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The 2009 Fed Cup was the 47th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis. The final took place in Reggio Calabria, Italy, on 7-8 November, with Italy defeating the United States of America 4-0.

[edit] World Group

For more details on this topic, see 2009 Fed Cup World Group.

Participating Teams
Argentina	China	Czech Republic	France
Italy	Russia	Spain	United States

[edit] Draw

	1st Round 7-8 February			Semifinals 25-26 April			Final 7-8 November

	Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
	1	Russia	5
		China	0	Castellaneta, Italy (clay)
				1	Russia	1
Orléans, France (indoor hard)				4	Italy	4
	4	Italy	5
		France	0				Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)
							4	Italy	4
	Surprise, AZ, USA (hard)						3	United States	0
		Argentina	2
	3	United States	3	Brno, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
				3	United States	3
Brno, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)					Czech Republic	2
		Czech Republic	4
	2	Spain	1

[edit] Final

Italy
4

Circolo del Tennis, Reggio Calabria, Italy
7 November - 8 November 2009
clay (outdoors)

United States
0

		1	2	3
1	Flavia Pennetta Alexa Glatch	6 3	6 1
2	Francesca Schiavone Melanie Oudin	7 6²	6 2
3	Flavia Pennetta Melanie Oudin	7 5	6 2
4	Francesca Schiavone Alexa Glatch				not played
5	Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci Liezel Huber / Vania King	4 6	6 3	11 9

[edit] World Group Play-offs

For more details on this topic, see 2009 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs.

The 4 losing teams in the World Group first round ties (China, France, Argentina, and Spain), and 4 winners of the World Group II ties (Slovakia, Germany, Serbia, and Ukraine) enter the draw for the World Group Play-offs. 4 seeded teams, based on the latest Fed Cup ranking, are drawn against 4 unseeded teams.

Date: 25-26 April

Venue (surface)	Winning team	Score	Losing team
Lleida, Spain (clay)	Serbia	4–0	Spain (1)
Limoges, France (indoor clay)	France (2)	3–2	Slovakia
Frankfurt, Germany (clay)	Germany	3–2	China (3)
Mar del Plata, Argentina (clay)	Ukraine	5–0	Argentina (4)

[edit] World Group II

For more details on this topic, see 2009 Fed Cup World Group II.

Date: 7-8 February

Venue (surface)	Winning team	Score	Losing team
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)	Slovakia	4–1	Belgium (1)
Zurich, Switzerland (indoor hard)	Germany (4)	3–2	Switzerland
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)	Serbia	4–1	Japan (3)
Kharkiv, Ukraine (indoor hard)	Ukraine	3–2	Israel (2)

[edit] World Group II Play-offs

For more details on this topic, see 2009 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs.

The four losing teams from World Group II (Belgium, Switzerland, Japan, and Israel) will play off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Estonia and Poland), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Australia), and one team from the Americas Zone (Canada).

Date: 25–26 April

Venue (surface)	Winning team	Score	Losing team
Hasselt, Belgium (indoor clay)	Belgium (1)	3–2	Canada
Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)	Estonia	3–2	Israel (2)
Gdynia, Poland (clay)	Poland	3–2	Japan (3)
Mildura, Australia (grass)	Australia (4)	3–1	Switzerland