2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The play-offs of the 2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the fifteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Pool results

PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1  Serbia  Great Britain  Belarus  Croatia
2  Hungary  Turkey  Georgia  Belgium
3  Austria  Ukraine  Bulgaria  Israel
4 N/A  Liechtenstein  Portugal  Latvia

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to the World Group II Play-offs.

Serbia vs. Croatia


Serbia
2
Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[1]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)

Croatia
0
1 2 3
1 Serbia
Croatia
Ivana Jorović
Ana Konjuh
6
3
2
6
7
5
 
2 Serbia
Croatia
Aleksandra Krunić
Donna Vekić
6
1
6
1
   
3 Serbia
Croatia
Ivana Jorović / Aleksandra Krunić
Darija Jurak / Ana Konjuh
      not
played

Belarus vs. Great Britain


Belarus
2
Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[2]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)

Great Britain
0
1 2 3
1 Belarus
United Kingdom
Olga Govortsova
Johanna Konta
6
0
6
1
   
2 Belarus
United Kingdom
Victoria Azarenka
Heather Watson
6
4
6
1
   
3 Belarus
United Kingdom
Victoria Azarenka / Olga Govortsova
Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith
      not
played

5th place play-off

The runner-up teams from pools B and C and those from A and D competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh.

Hungary vs. Belgium


Hungary
3
Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[3]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)

Belgium
0
1 2 3
1 Hungary
Belgium
Anna Bondár
Alison Van Uytvanck
      w/o
 
2 Hungary
Belgium
Réka-Luca Jani
Kirsten Flipkens
2
6
77
65
   
retired
3 Hungary
Belgium
Anna Bondár / Dalma Gálfi
Kirsten Flipkens / Alison Van Uytvanck
      w/o
 

Turkey vs. Georgia


Turkey
2
Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[4]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)

Georgia
1
1 2 3
1 Turkey
Georgia (country)
Başak Eraydın
Mariam Bolkvadze
3
6
3
6
   
2 Turkey
Georgia (country)
İpek Soylu
Ekaterine Gorgodze
2
6
6
0
6
1
 
3 Turkey
Georgia (country)
Çağla Büyükakçay / Pemra Özgen
Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava
7
5
5
7
1
0
 
retired

9th place play-off

The third-placed teams of Groups B and C competed to determine the ninth- and tenth-placed teams.

Ukraine vs. Bulgaria


Ukraine
2
Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[5]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)

Bulgaria
0
1 2 3
1 Ukraine
Bulgaria
Kateryna Kozlova
Viktoriya Tomova
6
4
6
0
   
2 Ukraine
Bulgaria
Elina Svitolina
Dia Evtimova
6
2
6
3
   
3 Ukraine
Bulgaria
Olga Savchuk / Lesia Tsurenko
Dia Evtimova / Viktoriya Tomova
      not
played

Relegation play-offs

The teams placing last in each pool competed to keep their place in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The bottom-placed team from group A faced the bottom-placed team from Group D, whilst Group B's and Group C's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Austria vs. Latvia


Austria
1
Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[6]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)

Latvia
2
1 2 3
1 Austria
Latvia
Julia Grabher
Jeļena Ostapenko
2
6
1
6
   
2 Austria
Latvia
Barbara Haas
Diāna Marcinkēviča
6
0
2
6
6
0
 
3 Austria
Latvia
Julia Grabher / Sandra Klemenschits
Diāna Marcinkēviča / Jeļena Ostapenko
5
7
3
6
   

Liechtenstein vs. Portugal


Liechtenstein
0
Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[7]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)

Portugal
2
1 2 3
1 Liechtenstein
Portugal
Kathinka von Deichmann
Maria João Koehler
3
6
0
6
   
2 Liechtenstein
Portugal
Stephanie Vogt
Michelle Larcher de Brito
67
79
5
7
   
3 Liechtenstein
Portugal
Stephanie Vogt / Kathinka von Deichmann
Maria João Koehler / Michelle Larcher de Brito
      not
played

Final placements

Placing Teams
Promoted  Serbia  Belarus
Third  Croatia  Great Britain
Fifth  Hungary  Turkey
Seventh  Belgium  Georgia
Ninth  Ukraine
Tenth  Bulgaria
Eleventh  Israel
Twelfth  Latvia  Portugal
Relegated  Austria  Liechtenstein

References

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