1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool A

Group A of the 1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1996 Fed Cup. Six teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 1998.

		GBR	DEN	EST	ARM	LIT	EGY	Match W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
	Great Britain		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	5–0	29–3	184–63	1
	Denmark	1–2		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–1	27–6	183–99	2
	Estonia	0–3	0–3		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	17–16	142–135	3
	Armenia	0–3	0–3	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–3	14–16	120–120	4
	Lithuania	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–4	6–18	72–168	5
	Egypt	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–5	2–24	54–193	6

Great Britain 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Lithuania 0
1 2 3 1 Julie Pullin Indrė Kastanauskaitė 6 0 6 0     2 Samantha Smith Galina Misiuriova 6 0 6 0     3 Clare Wood / Lorna Woodroffe Vaida Martinkute / Galina Misiuriova 6 1 6 1

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Denmark 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 Eva Dyrberg Aida Khalatian 7 5 6 0     2 Sofie Albinus Sona Saringulyan 6 2 6 2     3 Mette Iversen / Maria Rasmussen Aida Khalatian / Sona Saringulyan 6 1 6 4

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Estonia 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Egypt 0
1 2 3 1 Liina Suurvarik Yasmin Attia-Abdalla 6 2 6 3     2 Helen Laupa Marwa El Many 6 4 63 77 6 3   3 Helina Lill / Liina Suurvarik Yasmin Attia-Abdalla / Marwa El Many 6 1 4 6 6 0

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Great Britain 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Egypt 0
1 2 3 1 Julie Pullin Yasmin Attia-Abdalla 6 1 6 1     2 Samantha Smith Marwa El Many 6 1 6 1     3 Clare Wood / Lorna Woodroffe Yasmin Attia-Abdalla / Marwa El Many 6 1 6 0

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Denmark 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Estonia 0
1 2 3 1 Eva Dyrberg Helene Holter 2 6 6 4 6 0   2 Sofie Albinus Helina Lill 6 3 7 5     3 Sofie Albinus / Eva Dyrberg Helen Laupa / Liina Suurvarik 6 1 6 1

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Armenia 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Lithuania 0
1 2 3 1 Aida Khalatian Indrė Kastanauskaitė 6 2 6 0     2 Sona Saringulyan Galina Misiuriova 6 2 6 3     3 Aida Khalatian / Sona Saringulyan Vaida Martinkute / Galina Misiuriova 6 0 6 1

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Great Britain 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 7 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Estonia 0
1 2 3 1 Clare Wood Liina Suurvarik 6 3 6 0     2 Samantha Smith Helene Holter 6 3 6 4     3 Julie Pullin / Lorna Woodroffe Helene Holter / Liina Suurvarik 6 0 6 1

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Denmark 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 7 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Lithuania 0
1 2 3 1 Eva Dyrberg Indrė Kastanauskaitė 6 1 6 0     2 Sofie Albinus Galina Misiuriova 6 2 7 5     3 Eva Dyrberg / Mette Iversen Vaida Martinkute / Galina Misiuriova 6 3 6 1

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Armenia 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 7 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Egypt 0
1 2 3 1 Aida Khalatian Yasmin Attia-Abdalla 6 3 6 0     2 Sona Saringulyan Marwa El Many 6 3 6 2     3 Aida Khalatian / Naira Santrosian Yasmin Attia-Abdalla / Marwa El Many 6 1 6 1

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Great Britain 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 Clare Wood Aida Khalatian 6 1 6 2     2 Samantha Smith Sona Saringulyan 6 0 6 3     3 Clare Wood / Lorna Woodroffe Naira Santrosian / Sona Saringulyan 6 2 6 3

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Denmark 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Egypt 0
1 2 3 1 Eva Dyrberg Ingy El Taweel 6 2 6 1     2 Sofie Albinus Dalia El Sheikh 6 3 6 3     3 Mette Iversen / Maria Rasmussen Yasmin Attia-Abdalla / Marwa El Many 6 3 6 1

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Estonia 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Lithuania 0
1 2 3 1 Liina Suurvarik Vaida Martinkute 6 0 6 0     2 Helina Lill Galina Misiuriova 6 3 77 63     3 Helene Holter / Helen Laupa Indrė Kastanauskaitė / Galina Misiuriova 6 2 6 0

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Great Britain 2	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Denmark 1
1 2 3 1 Clare Wood Eva Dyrberg 3 6 6 4 3 6   2 Samantha Smith Sofie Albinus 4 6 6 4 6 2   3 Julie Pullin / Lorna Woodroffe Sofie Albinus / Eva Dyrberg 6 4 6 2

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Estonia 2	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Armenia 1
1 2 3 1 Liina Suurvarik Aida Khalatian 6 3 6 1     2 Helene Holter Sona Saringulyan 6 3 6 4     3 Helen Laupa / Helina Lill Aida Khalatian / Sona Saringulyan 3 6 2 6

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Lithuania 3	Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Egypt 0
1 2 3 1 Indrė Kastanauskaitė Dalia El Sheikh 711 69 6 1     2 Galina Misiuriova Marwa El Many 7 5 6 3     3 Vaida Martinkute / Galina Misiuriova Yasmin Attia-Abdalla / Marwa El Many 6 3 7 5

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•  Great Britain placed first in the pool, and thus advanced to Group I in 1998, where they placed third in their group of four.^[16]

• Fed Cup structure

• Fed Cup website