1991 Federation Cup World Group Play-offs
# 1991 Federation Cup World Group Play-offs

The World Group Play-offs for the 1991 Federation Cup was held from 24–26 July at the Nottingham Tennis Centre in Nottingham, United Kingdom, on hard courts.

The sixteen teams that were defeated in the first round of the World Group played off in the first round. Those that lost again would then play off again in the Repechage Round; with the four teams that lost again being relegated to Zonal Competition in 1992.

## Draw

| Repechage Round 24–25 July | Repechage Round 24–25 July | Repechage Round 24–25 July | First Round 25–26 July | First Round 25–26 July | First Round 25–26 July |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Brazil | Brazil | 1 |
| | | | Argentina | Argentina | 2 |
| Brazil | Brazil | 1 | Argentina | Argentina | 2 |
| Paraguay | Paraguay | 2 | | | |
| Paraguay | Paraguay | 2 | Sweden | Sweden | 3 |
| | | | Paraguay | Paraguay | 0 |
| | | | Romania | Romania | 2 |
| | | | Portugal | Portugal | 0 |
| Portugal | Portugal | 0 | Portugal | Portugal | 0 |
| Hungary | Hungary | 2 | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 2 | Netherlands | Netherlands | 2 |
| | | | Hungary | Hungary | 0 |
| | | | Denmark | Denmark | 2 |
| | | | Greece | Greece | 1 |
| Greece | Greece | 0 | Greece | Greece | 1 |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | Israel | Israel | 2 |
| | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 0 |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 2 |
| | | | Belgium | Belgium | 1 |
| Belgium | Belgium | 3 | Belgium | Belgium | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 0 | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 0 | France | France | 2 |
| | | | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 0 |

## First round

### Brazil vs. Argentina

| Brazil 1 | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 24 July 1991 Hard | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 24 July 1991 Hard | Argentina 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Sabrina Giusto Mercedes Paz 0 6 1 6     2 Luciana Corsato Patricia Tarabini 6 1 1 6 8 6   3 Cláudia Chabalgoity / Luciana Corsato Mercedes Paz / Patricia Tarabini 1 6 4 6 ||||

### Sweden vs. Paraguay

| Sweden 3 | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 24 July 1991 Hard | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 24 July 1991 Hard | Paraguay 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Maria Strandlund Larissa Schaerer 6 4 7 5     2 Cecilia Dahlman Rossana de los Ríos 6 3 6 2     3 Jonna Jonerup / Maria Lindström Rossana de los Ríos / Larissa Schaerer 6 3 6 0 ||||

### Romania vs. Portugal

| Romania 2 | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 24 July 1991 Hard | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 24 July 1991 Hard | Portugal 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Ruxandra Dragomir Tânia Couto 6 1 6 0     2 Irina Spîrlea Sofia Prazeres 2 6 6 1 6 2   3          not played ||||

### Netherlands vs. Hungary

| Netherlands 2 | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 24 July 1991 Hard | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 24 July 1991 Hard | Hungary 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Nicole Krijger-Jagerman Ágnes Muzamel $7^7$ $6^1$ 6 2     2 Manon Bollegraf Virág Csurgó 6 1 6 3     3          not played ||||

### Denmark vs. Greece

| Denmark 2 | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 July 1991 Hard | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 July 1991 Hard | Greece 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Karin Ptaszek Christína Papadáki 6 2 6 2     2 Sofie Albinus Angelika Kanellopoulou 2 6 4 6     3 Sofie Albinus / Karin Ptaszek Angelika Kanellopoulou / Christína Papadáki 6 2 6 1 ||||

### Israel vs. New Zealand

| Israel 2 | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 July 1991 Hard | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 July 1991 Hard | New Zealand 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Ilana Berger Claudine Toleafoa 6 2 6 2     2 Yael Segal Belinda Cordwell 6 0 6 3     3          not played ||||

### Japan vs. Belgium

| Japan 2 | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 July 1991 Hard | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 July 1991 Hard | Belgium 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Kimiko Date Sandra Wasserman 6 2 6 2     2 Naoko Sawamatsu Sabine Appelmans 3 6     retired  3 Kimiko Date / Maya Kidowaki Sabine Appelmans / Ann Devries 3 6 6 2 6 3 ||||

### France vs. Yugoslavia

| France 2 | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 July 1991 Hard | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 July 1991 Hard | Yugoslavia 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Mary Pierce Ljudmila Pavlov 6 0 6 1     2 Nathalie Tauziat Nadin Ercegović 6 2 5 7 6 2   3          not played ||||

## Repechage Round

### Brazil vs. Paraguay

| Brazil 1 | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 July 1991 Hard | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 July 1991 Hard | Paraguay 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Sabrina Giusto Larissa Schaerer 7 5 6 4     2 Luciana Corsato Rossana de los Ríos 1 6 4 6     3 Cláudia Chabalgoity / Sabrina Giusto Rossana de los Ríos / Larissa Schaerer 6 4 1 6 2 6 ||||

### Portugal vs. Hungary

| Portugal 0 | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 July 1991 Hard | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 July 1991 Hard | Hungary 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Tânia Couto Ágnes Muzamel 6 4 5 7 1 6   2 Sofia Prazeres Petra Schmitt 5 7 $6^3$ $7^7$     3          not played ||||

### Greece vs. New Zealand

| Greece 0 | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 26 July 1991 Hard | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 26 July 1991 Hard | New Zealand 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Christína Papadáki Claudine Toleafoa 4 6 2 6     2 Angelika Kanellopoulou Belinda Cordwell 1 6 1 6     3          not played ||||

### Belgium vs. Yugoslavia

| Belgium 3 | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 26 July 1991 Hard | Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom 26 July 1991 Hard | Yugoslavia 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Sandra Wasserman Ljudmila Pavlov 6 2 6 3     2 Sabine Appelmans Nadin Ercegović 6 2 6 1     3 Sabine Appelmans / Sandra Wasserman Nadin Ercegović / Ljudmila Pavlov 6 1 6 0 ||||
