La sfârşitul acestei săptămâni – sâmbătă, 9 şi duminică, 10 noiembrie – se va disputa a 57-a finală a Fed Cup (finalele de până acum, la sfârşitul ştirii):
Echipa Franţei, la masă şi la recuperare, urmărindu-şi coechipiera devenind campioană la Shenzhen
Cele două echipe la antrenamente
Campioanele de la Turneul Final WTA nu ajunseseră încă
Credit Foto: @tennisaustralia & @fftennis
AUSTRALIA – FRANŢA
Locaţie RAC Arena, Perth, Australia
Suprafaţă: Hard – Plexicushion Prestige, Outdoor
Partidele încep în fiecare zi la ora 17.00
Palmares direct: 5-1*
*ultima întâlnire, în 2000
Palmares finale
Australia: 17 – 7 câştigate: 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974; 10 pierdute: 1963, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1993
Franţa: 5 – 2 câştigate: 1997, 2003; 3 pierdute: 2004, 2005, 2016
Loturile:
AUSTRALIA
- Ashleigh Barty – 1 WTA la simplu, 19 WTA la dublu / palmares Fed Cup simplu: 10-1, dublu: 7-1 / 23 de ani
- Ajla Tomljanovic – 51, 159 / 3-3 , 1-4 / 26 de ani – a jucat doar pentru Croaţia în 2010 şi 2011, în Grupele Zonale. În 2010, a pierdut la Simona Halep 6-7(5), 6-1, 7-6(2) pentru jucătoarea noastră. Scor final: 2-1 pentru România, a doua victorie a româncelor a fost adusă de Alexandra Dulgheru / Simona Halep
- Samantha Stosur – 96, 12 / 29-20, 8-0 / 35 de ani
- Astra Sharma – 108, 136 / 0-0, 0-0 / 24 de ani
- Priscilla Hon – 126, 641 / 0-0, 1-0 / 21 de ani
căpitan nejucător: Alicia Molik
FRANŢA
- Kristina Mladenovic – 40, 2 / 9-8, 12-2/ 26 de ani
- Caroline Garcia – 45, 247 / 11-5, 6-1 / 26 de ani
- Alizé Cornet – 60, 111 / 4-14, 4-4 / 29 de ani
- Fiona Ferro – 63, 284 / 0-0, 0-1/ 22 de ani
- Pauline Parmentier – 122, 832 / 6-12, 1-1 / 33 de ani
căpitan nejucător: Julien Benneteau
Drumul spre finală:
Australia: 3-2 cu Belarus în semifinale, 3-2 cu SUA în sferturi
Franţa: 3-2 cu România în semifinale, 3-1 cu Belgia în sferturi
*
| 1963 |  United States (1) |
2–1 |  Australia (1) |
London, UK |
| 1964 | Australia (1) |
2–1 | United States (1) |
Philadelphia, USA |
| 1965 | Australia (2) |
2–1 | United States (2) |
Melbourne, Australia |
| 1966 | United States (2) |
3–0 |  West Germany (1) |
Turin, Italy |
| 1967 | United States (3) |
2–0 |  Great Britain (1) |
West Berlin |
| 1968 | Australia (3) |
3–0 |  Netherlands (1) |
Paris, France |
| 1969 | United States (4) |
2–1 | Australia (2) |
Athens, Greece |
| 1970 | Australia (4) |
3–0 | West Germany (2) |
Freiburg, West Germany |
| 1971 | Australia (5) |
3–0 | Great Britain (2) |
Perth, Australia |
| 1972 |  South Africa (1) |
2–1 | Great Britain (3) |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 1973 | Australia (6) |
3–0 | South Africa (1) |
Bad Homburg, West Germany |
| 1974 | Australia (7) |
2–1 | United States (3) |
Naples, Italy |
| 1975 |  Czechoslovakia (1) |
3–0 | Australia (3) |
Aix-en-Provence, France |
| 1976 | United States (5) |
2–1 | Australia (4) |
Philadelphia, USA |
| 1977 | United States (6) |
2–1 | Australia (5) |
Eastbourne, UK |
| 1978 | United States (7) |
2–1 | Australia (6) |
Melbourne, Australia |
| 1979 | United States (8) |
3–0 | Australia (7) |
Madrid, Spain |
| 1980 | United States (9) |
3–0 | Australia (8) |
West Berlin |
| 1981 | United States (10) |
3–0 | Great Britain (4) |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 1982 | United States (11) |
3–0 | West Germany (3) |
Santa Clara, USA |
| 1983 | Czechoslovakia (2) |
2–1 | West Germany (4) |
Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1984 | Czechoslovakia (3) |
2–1 | Australia (9) |
São Paulo, Brazil |
| 1985 | Czechoslovakia (4) |
2–1 | United States (4) |
Nagoya, Japan |
| 1986 | United States (12) |
3–0 | Czechoslovakia (1) |
Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| 1987 | West Germany (1) |
2–1 | United States (5) |
Vancouver, Canada |
| 1988 | Czechoslovakia (5) |
2–1 |  Soviet Union (1) |
Melbourne, Australia |
| 1989 | United States (13) |
3–0 |  Spain (1) |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 1990 | United States (14) |
2–1 | Soviet Union (2) |
Atlanta, USA |
| 1991 | Spain (1) |
2–1 | United States (6) |
Nottingham, UK |
| 1992 | Germany (2) |
2–1 | Spain (2) |
Frankfurt, Germany |
| 1993 | Spain (2) |
3–0 | Australia (10) |
Frankfurt, Germany |
| 1994 | Spain (3) |
3–0 | United States (7) |
Frankfurt, Germany |
| 1995 | Spain (4) |
3–2 | United States (8) |
Valencia, Spain |
| 1996 | United States (15) |
5–0 | Spain (3) |
Atlantic City, USA |
| 1997 |  France (1) |
4–1 | Netherlands (2) |
Den Bosch, Netherlands |
| 1998 | Spain (5) |
3–2 |  Switzerland (1) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1999 | United States (16) |
4–1 |  Russia (3) |
Stanford, USA |
| 2000 | United States (17) |
5–0 | Spain (4) |
Las Vegas, USA |
| 2001 |  Belgium (1) |
2–1 | Russia (4) |
Madrid, Spain |
| 2002 |  Slovakia (1) |
3–1 | Spain (5) |
Gran Canaria, Spain |
| 2003 | France (2) |
4–1 | United States (9) |
Moscow, Russia |
| 2004 | Russia (1) |
3–2 | France (1) |
Moscow, Russia |
| 2005 | Russia (2) |
3–2 | France (2) |
Paris, France |
| 2006 |  Italy (1) |
3–2 | Belgium (1) |
Charleroi, Belgium |
| 2007 | Russia (3) |
4–0 | Italy (1) |
Moscow, Russia |
| 2008 | Russia (4) |
4–0 | Spain (6) |
Madrid, Spain |
| 2009 | Italy (2) |
4–0 | United States (10) |
Reggio Calabria, Italy |
| 2010 | Italy (3) |
3–1 | United States (11) |
San Diego, USA |
| 2011 | Czech Republic (6) |
3–2 | Russia (5) |
Moscow, Russia |
| 2012 | Czech Republic (7) |
3–1 |  Serbia (1) |
Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2013 | Italy (4) |
4–0 | Russia (6) |
Cagliari, Italy |
| 2014 | Czech Republic (8) |
3–1 | Germany (5) |
Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2015 | Czech Republic (9) |
3–2 | Russia (7) |
Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2016 | Czech Republic (10) |
3–2 | France (3) |
Strasbourg, France |
| 2017 | United States (18) |
3–2 |  Belarus (1) |
Minsk, Belarus |
| 2018 | Czech Republic (11) |
3–0 | United States (12) |
Prague, Czech Republic |
