1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage
# 1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

The Knockout Stage of the 1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

| Placing | Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Slovenia | Hungary | Belarus | Belgium |
| 2 | Czech Republic | Russia | Latvia | Romania |
| 3 | Great Britain | Georgia | Switzerland | Croatia |
| 4 | Poland | Ukraine | Finland | Israel |

The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

## Draw

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Slovenia | Slovenia | 0 | | | |
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3 | | | |
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3 | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3 |
| | | | Belarus | Belarus | 0 |
| Russia | Russia | 1 | Belarus | Belarus | 0 |
| Belarus | Belarus | 2 | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 2 | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 1 | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 1 | Hungary | Hungary | 0 |
| | | | Belgium | Belgium | 3 |
| Romania | Romania | 0 | Belgium | Belgium | 3 |
| Belgium | Belgium | 3 | | | |

### Semifinals

**Slovenia vs. Czech Republic**

| Slovenia 0 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 20 April 1995 Clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 20 April 1995 Clay (outdoors) | Czech Republic 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Barbara Mulej Helena Suková 6 1 4 6 5 7   2 Tina Križan Jana Novotná 0 6 5 7     3 Tjaša Jezernik / Tina Križan Radka Bobková / Petra Langrová 4 6 4 6 ||||

**Belarus vs. Russia**

| Belarus 2 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 20 April 1995 Clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 20 April 1995 Clay (outdoors) | Russia 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Tatiana Ignatieva Eugenia Maniokova $6^4$ $7^7$ 7 5 3 6   2 Natasha Zvereva Elena Likhovtseva 6 2 6 4     3 Tatiana Ignatieva / Natasha Zvereva Elena Makarova / Eugenia Maniokova 6 2 6 0 ||||

**Hungary vs. Latvia**

| Hungary 2 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 20 April 1995 Clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 20 April 1995 Clay (outdoors) | Latvia 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Petra Mandula Oksana Bushevitsa 6 3 1 6 6 3   2 Andrea Temesvári Larisa Neiland 6 4 $7^7$ $6^4$     3 Petra Mandula / Andrea Temesvári Agnese Blumberga / Oksana Bushevitsa $6^5$ $7^7$ 5 7 ||||

**Belgium vs. Romania**

| Belgium 3 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 20 April 1995 Clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 20 April 1995 Clay (outdoors) | Romania 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Laurence Courtois Cătălina Cristea $7^7$ $6^4$ 6 3     2 Sabine Appelmans Ruxandra Dragomir 6 4 6 3     3 Els Callens / Nancy Feber Cătălina Cristea / Ruxandra Dragomir 6 4 6 3 ||||

### Finals

**Czech Republic vs. Belarus**

| Czech Republic 3 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 21 April 1995 Clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 21 April 1995 Clay (outdoors) | Belarus 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Helena Suková Tatiana Ignatieva 6 4 $6^7$ $7^9$ 6 3   2 Jana Novotná Natasha Zvereva 0 6 7 5 6 3   3 Radka Bobková / Petra Langrová Marina Stets / Vera Zhukovets 6 0 6 3 ||||

* Czech Republic advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against Sweden. They won, 4–1, and thus advanced to 1996 World Group II.

**Hungary vs. Belgium**

| Hungary 0 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 21 April 1995 Clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 21 April 1995 Clay (outdoors) | Belgium 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Petra Mandula Laurence Courtois 4 6 1 6     2 Andrea Temesvári Sabine Appelmans 4 6 6 4 3 6   3 Petra Mandula / Andrea Temesvári Els Callens / Nancy Feber 1 6 1 6 ||||

* Belgium advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against South Korea. They won, 3–2, and thus advanced to 1996 World Group II.
