2007 Fed Cup World Group#First round
{{Short description|Part of tennis tournament}}
{{main|2007 Fed Cup}}
{{Infobox tennis tournament year|2007|Fed Cup World Group
| date=21 April – 16 September
| edition=17th
| champ={{fed-big|RUS}}
| main_name=Fed Cup
}}
The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2007. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Italy was the defending champion, but they were defeated in the final by the No. 1 team Russia.
Participating teams
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |
| colspan=4|Participating teams |
|---|
| style="width:25%;"| {{fed-big|BEL}}
!style="width:25%;"| {{fed-big|CHN}} !style="width:25%;"| {{fed-big|FRA}} !style="width:25%;"| {{fed-big|ITA}} |
| {{fed-big|JPN}}
!{{fed-big|RUS}} !{{fed-big|ESP}} !{{nowrap|{{fed-big|USA}}}} |
Draw
{{8TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=21–22 April
| RD2-date=14–15 July
| RD3-date=15–16 September
| teamwidth=16
| RD1T1-loc=Castellaneta Marina, Italy (Outdoor clay)
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1={{fed|ITA}} | RD1-score1=5
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{fed|CHN}} | RD1-score2=0
| RD1T2-loc=Limoges, France (Indoor clay)
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{fed|JPN}} | RD1-score3=0
| RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4={{fed|FRA}} | RD1-score4=5
| RD1T3-loc=Moscow, Russia (Indoor clay)
| RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5={{fed|RUS}} | RD1-score5=5
| RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{fed|ESP}} | RD1-score6=0
| RD1T4-loc={{nowrap|Delray Beach, FL, United States (Outdoor hard)}}
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7={{fed|USA}} | RD1-score7=5
| RD1-seed8=2 | RD1-team8={{fed|BEL}} | RD1-score8=0
| RD2T1-loc={{nowrap|Castellaneta Marina, Italy (Outdoor clay)}}
| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1={{fed|ITA}} | RD2-score1=3
| RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2={{fed|FRA}} | RD2-score2=2
| RD2T2-loc={{nowrap|Stowe, VT, United States (Outdoor hard)}}
| RD2-seed3=3 | RD2-team3={{fed|RUS}} | RD2-score3=3
| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{fed|USA}} | RD2-score4=2
| RD3T1-loc={{nowrap|Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)}}
| RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1={{fed|ITA}} | RD3-score1=0
| RD3-seed2=3 | RD3-team2={{fed|RUS}} | RD3-score2=4
}}
First round
=Italy vs. China=
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Italy
|team2=China
|venue=Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta, Italy
|date=21–22 April 2007
|surface=Red clay (outdoors)
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Tathiana Garbin |6 |2 |6 |T2P1=Sun Tiantian |4 |6 |3 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Flavia Pennetta |0 |7 |3 |T2P1=Peng Shuai |6 |5 |0 |re2=3 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Tathiana Garbin |3 |6 |6 |T2P1=Zhang Shuai |6 |2 |4 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Mara Santangelo |6 |6 | |T2P1=Sun Tiantian |4 |2 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Mara Santangelo |6 |6 | |T1P2=Roberta Vinci |T2P1=Sun Shengnan |T2P2=Sun Tiantian |2 |4 | }}
}}
=Japan vs. France=
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Japan
|team2=France
|venue=Palais des Sports de Fetes, Limoges, France
|date=21–22 April 2007
|surface=Red clay (indoors)
|score1=0
|score2=5
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Ai Sugiyama |5 |1 | |T2P1=Nathalie Dechy |7 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Akiko Morigami |2 |4 | |T2P1=Tatiana Golovin |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Ai Sugiyama |6.025 |0 | |T2P1=Tatiana Golovin |7 |6 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Akiko Morigami |6.035 |6 |2 |T2P1=Virginie Razzano |7 |1 |6 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Ayumi Morita |1 |2 | |T1P2=Ai Sugiyama |T2P1=Séverine Brémond |T2P2=Nathalie Dechy |6 |6 | }}
}}
=Russia vs. Spain=
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Russia
|team2=Spain
|venue=Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow, Russia
|date=21–22 April 2007
|surface=Red clay (indoors)
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Nadia Petrova |6 |6 | |T2P1=Anabel Medina Garrigues |3 |4 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Svetlana Kuznetsova |6 |6 | |T2P1=Lourdes Domínguez Lino |3 |2 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Svetlana Kuznetsova |6 |4 |6 |T2P1=Anabel Medina Garrigues |3 |6 |0 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Anna Chakvetadze |3 |7 |6 |T2P1=Nuria Llagostera Vives |6 |6.045 |2 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Nadia Petrova |6 |4 |6 |T1P2=Elena Vesnina |T2P1=Lourdes Domínguez Lino |T2P2=Laura Pous Tió |1 |6 |2 }}
}}
=United States vs. Belgium=
{{FedCupbox
|team1=United States
|team2=Belgium
|venue=Delray Beach Tennis Center, Delray Beach, Florida, United States
|date=21–22 April 2007
|surface=Plexipave (outdoors)
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Venus Williams |7 |6 | |T2P1=Kirsten Flipkens |5 |2 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Serena Williams |6 |6 | |T2P1=Caroline Maes |1 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Vania King |4 |6 |7 |T2P1=Kirsten Flipkens |6 |4 |5 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Venus Williams |6 |6 | |T2P1=Yanina Wickmayer |1 |2 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Vania King |6 |6 | |T1P2=Lisa Raymond |T2P1=Tamaryn Hendler |T2P2=Caroline Maes |1 |2 | }}
}}
Semifinals
=Italy vs. France=
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Italy
|team2=France
|venue=Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta, Italy
|date=14–15 July 2007
|surface=Red clay (outdoors)
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Tathiana Garbin |3 |6 |2 |T2P1=Tatiana Golovin |6 |2 |6 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Francesca Schiavone |7 |6 | |T2P1=Amélie Mauresmo |5 |3 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Mara Santangelo |7 |0 |4 |T2P1=Amélie Mauresmo |6.045 |6 |6 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Francesca Schiavone |6 |2 |7 |T2P1=Tatiana Golovin |4 |6 |5 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Francesca Schiavone |4 |6 |6 |T1P2=Roberta Vinci |T2P1=Séverine Brémond |T2P2=Nathalie Dechy |6 |1 |2 }}
}}
=Russia vs. United States=
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Russia
|team2=United States
|venue=The Stadium at Topnotch, Stowe, United States
|date=14–15 July 2007
|surface=Decoturf (outdoors)
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Anna Chakvetadze |6 |6 | |T2P1=Vania King |1 |3 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Nadia Petrova |6.055 |6 |4 |T2P1=Venus Williams |7 |0 |6 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Anna Chakvetadze |1 |4 | |T2P1=Venus Williams |6 |6 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Nadia Petrova |6 |6 | |T2P1=Meilen Tu |1 |2 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Nadia Petrova |7 |7 | |T1P2=Elena Vesnina |T2P1=Venus Williams |T2P2=Lisa Raymond |5 |6.005 | }}
}}
Final
=Italy vs. Russia=
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Italy
|team2=Russia
|venue=Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow, Russia
|date=15–16 September 2007
|surface=RuKortHard (indoors)
|score1=0
|score2=4
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Francesca Schiavone |4 |6 |4 |T2P1=Anna Chakvetadze |6 |4 |6 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Mara Santangelo |1 |2 | |T2P1=Svetlana Kuznetsova |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Francesca Schiavone |6 |6.065 |5 |T2P1=Svetlana Kuznetsova |4 |7 |7 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Mara Santangelo |2 |4 | |T2P1=Elena Vesnina |6 |6 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Mara Santangelo | | | |T1P2=Roberta Vinci |T2P1=Nadia Petrova |T2P2=Elena Vesnina | | |np= }}
}}
{{winners|fed|2007 Fed Cup champions|RUS|Third}}
References
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