2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Pool A
Group A of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III was one of two pools in Group III of the Europe/Africa zone of the 2009 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advanced to Group II for 2010.
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| title-2=Match
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| title-3=Set
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| title-4=Game
W–L
| title-5=Standings
| seed-1=60
| team-1-abbrev={{flagicon|GRE}} GRE
| team-1={{nowrap|{{fed|GRE}}}}
| match-w/l-1= 4–0
| set-w/l-1= 23–3
| game-w/l-1= 151–68
| standings-1= 1
| seed-2=64
| team-2-abbrev={{flagicon|FIN}} FIN
| team-2={{nowrap|{{fed|FIN}}}}
| match-w/l-2= 3–1
| set-w/l-2= 17–9
| game-w/l-2= 128–97
| standings-2= 2
| seed-3=71
| team-3-abbrev={{flagicon|IRL}} IRL
| team-3={{nowrap|{{fed|IRL}}}}
| match-w/l-3= 2–2
| set-w/l-3= 12–14
| game-w/l-3= 101–115
| standings-3= 3
| seed-4=81
| team-4-abbrev={{flagicon|ALG}} ALG
| team-4={{nowrap|{{fed|ALG}}}}
| match-w/l-4= 0–4
| set-w/l-4= 3–23
| game-w/l-4= 84–150
| standings-4= 5
| seed-5=82
| team-5-abbrev={{flagicon|MLT}} MLT
| team-5={{fed|MLT}}
| match-w/l-5= 1–3
| set-w/l-5= 11–17
| game-w/l-5= 109–143
| standings-5= 4
| color-row-1= |1v2=3–0 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0 |1v5=2–1
| color-row-2= |2v1=0–3 |2v3=2–1 |2v4=3–0 |2v5=3–0
| color-row-3= |3v1=0–3 |3v2=1–2 |3v4=3–0 |3v5=2–1
| color-row-4= |4v1=0–3 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=0–3 |4v5=1–2
| color-row-5= |5v1=1–2 |5v2=0–3 |5v3=1–2 |5v4=2–1
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Finland vs. Malta
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|team1=Finland
|team2=Malta
|venue=Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
|date=21 April 2009
|surface=Tarmac (outdoors)
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Piia Suomalainen |6 |4 |6 |T2P1=Kimberley Cassar |3 |6 |2 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Emma Laine |6 |6 | |T2P1=Elaine Genovese |0 |1 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Emma Laine |T1P2=Piia Suomalainen |6 |6 | |T2P1=Lisa Camenzuli |T2P2=Stephanie Sullivan |3 |3 | }}
|}}
Ireland vs. Algeria
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|team1=Ireland
|team2=Algeria
|venue=Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
|date=21 April 2009
|surface=Tarmac (outdoors)
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Amy Bowtell |1 |6 |6 |T2P1=Amira Benaissa |6 |2 |1 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Rachael Dillon |6 |6 | |T2P1=Fatima Zorah Bouabdallah |4 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Jenny Claffey |T1P2=Lynsey McCullough |6 |6 | |T2P1=Yasmine Alkema |T2P2=Assia Halo |0 |3 | }}
|}}
Greece vs. Ireland
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|team1=Greece
|team2=Ireland
|venue=Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
|date=22 April 2009
|surface=Tarmac (outdoors)
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Eleni Daniilidou |6 |6 | |T2P1=Amy Bowtell |2 |2 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Anna Gerasimou |6 |6 | |T2P1=Rachael Dillon |0 |1 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Eleni Daniilidou |T1P2=Anna Gerasimou |6 |6 | |T2P1=Jenny Claffey |T2P2=Lynsey McCullough |2 |2 | }}
|}}
Algeria vs. Malta
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|team1=Algeria
|team2=Malta
|venue=Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
|date=22 April 2009
|surface=Tarmac (outdoors)
|score1=1
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Yasmine Alkema |3 |2 | |T2P1=Kimberley Cassar |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Fatima Zorah Bouabdallah |4 |7 |6 |T2P1=Elaine Genovese |6 |5 |3 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Amira Benaissa |T1P2=Assia Halo |6.005 |2 | |T2P1=Lisa Camenzuli |T2P2=Kimberley Cassar |7 |6 | }}
|}}
Greece vs. Algeria
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|team1=Greece
|team2=Algeria
|venue=Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
|date=23 April 2009
|surface=Tarmac (outdoors)
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Eleni Daniilidou |6 |6 | |T2P1=Assia Halo |2 |2 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Anna Gerasimou |6 |6 | |T2P1=Yasmine Alkema |3 |2 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Eirini Georgatou |T1P2=Anna Gerasimou |6 |6 | |T2P1=Amira Benaissa |T2P2=Assia Halo |4 |3 | }}
|}}
Finland vs. Ireland
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|team1=Finland
|team2=Ireland
|venue=Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
|date=23 April 2009
|surface=Tarmac (outdoors)
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Piia Suomalainen |7 |6 | |T2P1=Amy Bowtell |5 |4 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Emma Laine |6 |6 | |T2P1=Rachael Dillon |1 |0 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Cecilia Estlander |T1P2=Heini Salonen |2 |3 | |T2P1=Jenny Claffey |T2P2=Lynsey McCullough |6 |6 | }}
|}}
Greece vs. Malta
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|team1=Greece
|team2=Malta
|venue=Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
|date=24 April 2009
|surface=Tarmac (outdoors)
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Eleni Daniilidou |6 |6 | |T2P1=Stephanie Sullivan |1 |3 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Anna Gerasimou |6 |6.045 |4 |T2P1=Kimberley Cassar |4 |7 |6 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Eleni Daniilidou |T1P2=Eirini Georgatou |6 |6 | |T2P1=Kimberley Cassar |T2P2=Elaine Genovese |0 |2 | }}
|}}
Finland vs. Algeria
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|team1=Finland
|team2=Algeria
|venue=Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
|date=24 April 2009
|surface=Tarmac (outdoors)
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Piia Suomalainen |7 |6 | |T2P1=Amira Benaissa |5 |3 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Emma Laine |6 |6 | |T2P1=Fatima Zorah Bouabdallah |0 |0 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Cecilia Estlander |T1P2=Piia Suomalainen |6 |7 | |T2P1=Yasmine Alkema |T2P2=Assia Halo |4 |6.055 | }}
|}}
Greece vs. Finland
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|team1=Greece
|team2=Finland
|venue=Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
|date=25 April 2009
|surface=Tarmac (outdoors)
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Eleni Daniilidou |6 |6 | |T2P1=Cecilia Estlander |1 |1 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Anna Gerasimou |1 |7 |7 |T2P1=Emma Laine |6 |6.065 |5 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Eleni Daniilidou |T1P2=Eirini Georgatou |6 |6 | |T2P1=Cecilia Estlander |T2P2=Heini Salonen |0 |1 | }}
|}}
Ireland vs. Malta
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|team1=Ireland
|team2=Malta
|venue=Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
|date=25 April 2009
|surface=Tarmac (outdoors)
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Amy Bowtell |6 |6 | |T2P1=Stephanie Sullivan |4 |1 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Rachael Dillon |6.045 |4 | |T2P1=Kimberley Cassar |7 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Jenny Claffey |T1P2=Lynsey McCullough |6 |4 |[10] |T2P1=Lisa Camenzuli |T2P2=Kimberley Cassar |4 |6 |[4] }}
|}}
- {{fed|GRE}} placed first in this group and thus advanced to Group II for 2010. They placed first in their pool of four and also won their promotion play-off match, meaning they achieved promotion to Group I for 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=GRE|title=Fed Cup Profile, Greece|publisher=fedcup.com}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx Fed Cup website]
{{2009 in tennis}}
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