Fed Cup Teams/Surfaces

USA v Austria
Venue: Old Providence Racquet Club, Charlotte, NC
Surface: Clay – outdoors

USA
Jennifer Capriati
Monica Seles
Meghann Shaughnessy
Lisa Raymond
Captain: Billie Jean King

Austria
Barbara Schwartz
Evelyn Fauth
Marion Maruska
Daniela Kix
Captain: Alfred Tesar

Slovak Republic v Switzerland
Venue: NTC Stadium, Bratislava
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Slovak Republic
Daniela Hantuchova
Martina Sucha
Henrieta Nagyova
Janette Husarova
Captain: Tomas Malik

Switzerland
Patty Schnyder
Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Miroslava Vavrinec
Myriam Casanova
Captain: Annemarie Ruegg

Croatia v Czech Republic
Venue: Tennis Center Zlatni Rat, Bol
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Croatia
Iva Majoli
Jelena Kostanic
Silvija Talaja
Karolina Sprem
Captain: Goran Prpic

Czech Republic
Sandra Kleinova
Iveta Benesova
Eva Birnerova
Petra Cetkovska
Captain: Jan Kukal

Argentina v France
Venue: Buenos Aires Lawn Tenis Club, Buenos Aires
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Argentina
Paola Suarez
Mariana Diaz-Oliva
Maria-Emilia Salerni
Clarisa Fernandez
Captain: Ricardo Rivera

France
Amelie Mauresmo
Sandrine Testud
Nathalie Dechy
Emilie Loit
Captain: Guy Forget

Spain v Hungary
Venue: Club de Tenis Almeria, Almeria
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Spain
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Angeles Montolio
Magui Serna
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Captain: Miguel Margets

Hungary
Petra Mandula
Zsofia Gubacsi
Rita Kuti Kis
Aniko Kapros
Captain: Andrea Temesvari

Italy v Sweden
Venue: Tennis Club Milano, Milan
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Italy
Adriana Serra Zanetti
Antonella Serra Zanetti
Maria-Elena Camerin
Roberta Vinci
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

Sweden
Asa Svensson
Sofia Arvidsson
Maria Wolfbrandt
Aleksandra Srndovic
Captain: Maria Strandlund

Germany v Russia
Venue: TC Blau-Weiss Blasewitz, Dresden
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Germany
Marlene Weingartner
Barbara Rittner
Bianka Lamade
Martina Muller
Captain: Markus Schur

Russia
Elena Dementieva
Anastasia Myskina
Elena Likhovtseva
Elena Bovina
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev

Belgium v Australia
Venue: Royal Leopold Club, Brussels
Surface: Clay - outdoors

Belgium
Kim Clijsters
Justine Henin
Els Callens
Laurence Courtois
Captain: Ivo Van Aken

Australia
Nicole Pratt
Alicia Molik
Samantha Stosur
Rennae Stubbs
Captain: Evonne Goolagong Cawley

All matches will be played on Red Clay Outdoors.

How weird :rolleyes: ;)

It is weird... Switzerland and Slovak replublic is tough to choose...

I'll go with Switzerland though..:)

it's not weird at all..since we are in the clay-season. All players want to play on clay now..otherwise they'll have to get used to another surface again.

Good luck

USA,Croatia and Switzerland:D

Good luck USA, Spain, and Slovakia!

Good luck BELGIUM
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Go France, Switzerland, and Germany!

Also USA I guess ;)

hehe.

ALLEZ EMMANUELLE!

Thanks for this info, CB -- may I ask where you found it?

Also do the matches begin on Thursday or when??

Go USA!!!!!

Kick butt, Jennifer and Monica!!!!!:bounce:

---------------------GOOD LUCK CROATIA!------------------:bounce:

ARGENTINA:bounce: :wavey: :bounce:

ARGENTINA:bounce: :wavey: :bounce:

ARGENTINA:bounce: :wavey: :bounce:

The USA tie will be on GREEN CLAY OUTDOORS ;)

Ajmo HRVATSKA!!!!

:wavey: Marsha -
Fed Cup info can be found here: http://www.itftennis.com/html/comp/framesetfed.html
:D

Vamos España - strange no Conchita in the team?!

is it just me , or all ties are being held on clay? the host could not pick or something?

rhz, the host could pick, but almost all of the home teams prefer clay (except for USA) and USA picked clay because we are in the middle of the clay season and they would probably win on any surface.