1966 Federation Cup (tennis)
# 1966 Federation Cup (tennis)

The 1966 Federation Cup was the fourth edition of what is now known as the Fed Cup. 21 nations participated in the tournament, which was held at the Turin Press Sporting Club in Turin, Italy from 10–15 May. United States won their second title, defeating West Germany in the final, in what was the first final not featuring Australia.

## Participating teams

Participating Teams :

| Argentina | Australia | Austria | Belgium | Bulgaria | Canada | Czechoslovakia |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| East Germany | France | Great Britain | Hungary | Italy | Morocco | Netherlands |
| Poland | Rhodesia | South Africa | Sweden | Switzerland | United States | West Germany |

## Draw

All ties were played at the Turin Press Sporting Club in Turin, Italy on clay courts.

| First Round 10 May | First Round 10 May | Second Round 12 May | Second Round 12 May | Quarterfinals 13 May | Quarterfinals 13 May | Semifinals 14 May | Semifinals 14 May | Final 15 May | Final 15 May |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | United States | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | Sweden | 0 | | | | | | |
| Sweden | 3 | Sweden | 0 | | | | | | |
| Morocco | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Morocco | 0 | | | United States | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | France | 1 | | | | |
| | | France | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | Hungary | 1 | | | | | | |
| Hungary | 2 | Hungary | 1 | | | | | | |
| Belgium | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Belgium | 1 | | | | | United States | 2 | | |
| | | | | | | Great Britain | 1 | | |
| | | Great Britain | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | Canada | 0 | | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | 1 | Canada | 0 | | | | | | |
| Canada | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Canada | 2 | | | Great Britain | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Czechoslovakia | 0 | | | | |
| | | Czechoslovakia | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | Poland | 0 | | | | | | |
| Poland | | Poland | 0 | | | | | | |
| East Germany | w/o | | | | | | | | |
| East Germany | w/o | | | | | | | United States | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | West Germany | 0 |
| | | Italy | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | Rhodesia | 0 | | | | | | |
| Rhodesia | 3 | Rhodesia | 0 | | | | | | |
| Austria | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Austria | 0 | | | Italy | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | West Germany | 2 | | | | |
| | | Argentina | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | West Germany | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | West Germany | 2 | | |
| | | | | | | Australia | 1 | | |
| | | Netherlands | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | South Africa | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Netherlands | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Australia | 2 | | | | |
| | | Switzerland | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | Australia | 3 | | | | | | |

### First round

Sweden vs. Morocco

| Sweden 3 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 10 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 10 May 1966 Clay | Morocco 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Christina Sandberg Jacqueline Morales 7 9 6 3 6 2   2 Eva Lundqvist Françoise Repoux 6 2 6 4     3 Ingrid Löfdahl / Eva Lundqvist Jacqueline Morales / Françoise Repoux 7 5 7 5 ||||

Hungary vs. Belgium

| Hungary 2 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 10 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 10 May 1966 Clay | Belgium 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Klara Bardoczy Christiane Mercelis 3 6 7 5 6 4   2 Erzsébet Széll Michele Kahn 6 0 6 3     3 Klara Bardóczy / Éva Szabó Monique Bedoret / Christiane Mercelis 6 4 1 6 2 6 ||||

Bulgaria vs. Canada

| Bulgaria 1 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 10 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 10 May 1966 Clay | Canada 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Maria Chakarova Vicki Berner 6 2 1 6 6 2   2 Lubka Radkova Faye Urban 3 6 0 6     3 Maria Chakarova / Lubka Radkova Vicki Berner / Faye Urban 1 6 0 6 ||||

Rhodesia vs. Austria

| Rhodesia 3 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 10 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 10 May 1966 Clay | Austria 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Patricia Walkden Sonja Pachta 6 2 6 4     2 Joan Walker Monika Hassmann 11 9 6 2     3 Patricia Walkden / Joan Walker Monika Hassmann / Sonja Pachta 6 4 6 8 6 4 ||||

### Second round

United States vs. Sweden

| United States 3 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Sweden 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Billie Jean King Christina Sandberg 6 2 6 3     2 Julie Heldman Eva Lundqvist 6 4 6 0     3 Carole Graebner / Billie Jean King Ingrid Löfdahl / Eva Lundqvist 6 3 6 1 ||||

France vs. Hungary

| France 2 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Hungary 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Françoise Dürr Klara Bardóczy 6 2 6 0     2 Évelyne Terras Erzsébet Széll 1 6 1 6     3 Françoise Dürr / Janine Lieffrig Klara Bardóczy / Erzsébet Széll 6 1 6 0 ||||

Great Britain vs. Canada

| Great Britain 3 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Canada 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Ann Jones Vicki Berner 6 0 6 3     2 Winnie Shaw Faye Urban 6 2 6 2     3 Ann Jones / Elizabeth Starkie Brenda Nunns / Faye Urban 8 6 6 3 ||||

Czechoslovakia vs. Poland

| Czechoslovakia 3 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Poland 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Vlasta Vopičková Danula Rylska 6 2 6 1     2 Jitka Volavková Barbara Olszewska 6 1 6 1     3 Jitka Volavková / Vlasta Vopičková Barbara Olszewska / Danula Rylska 6 2 6 2 ||||

Italy vs. Rhodesia

| Italy 3 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Rhodesia 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Lea Pericoli Patricia Walkden 6 2 4 6 6 4   2 Maria Teresa Riedl Joan Walker 6 1 6 2     3 Silvana Lazzarino / Maria Teresa Riedl Patricia Walkden / Joan Walker 6 2 6 3 ||||

Argentina vs. West Germany

| Argentina 0 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | West Germany 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Norma Baylon Edda Buding 4 6 4 6     2 Graciela Moran Helga Niessen 0 6 3 6     3 Raquel Giscafré / Graciela Moran Edda Buding / Helga Hösl 4 6 1 6 ||||

Netherlands vs. South Africa

| Netherlands 2 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | South Africa 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Els Veentjer-Spruyt Annette Van Zyl 4 6 2 6     2 Gertruida Groenman Esmé Emmanuel 6 3 1 6 6 1   3 Gertruida Groenman / Els Veentjer-Spruyt Esmé Emmanuel / Annette Van Zyl 8 6 3 6 6 2 ||||

Switzerland vs. Australia

| Switzerland 0 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 12 May 1966 Clay | Australia 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Sonja Fetz Judy Tegart 0 6 0 6     2 Anne-Marie Studer Gail Sherriff 1 6 2 6     3 Janine Bourgnon / Sonja Fetz Karen Krantzcke / Judy Tegart 0 6 2 6 ||||

### Quarterfinals

United States vs. France

| United States 2 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 13 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 13 May 1966 Clay | France 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Julie Heldman Janine Lieffrig 6 0 6 4     2 Billie Jean King Françoise Dürr 5 7 6 2 6 3   3 Carole Graebner / Billie Jean King Françoise Dürr / Janine Lieffrig 2 6 6 2 3 6 ||||

Great Britain vs. Czechoslovakia

| Great Britain 3 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 13 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 13 May 1966 Clay | Czechoslovakia 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Winnie Shaw Jitka Volavková 6 4 7 9 6 4   2 Ann Jones Vlasta Vopičková 4 6 6 2 6 1   3 Ann Jones / Elizabeth Starkie Jitka Volavková / Vlasta Vopičková 6 3 6 4 ||||

Italy vs. West Germany

| Italy 1 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 13 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 13 May 1966 Clay | West Germany 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Maria Teresa Riedl Helga Niessen 3 6 4 6     2 Lea Pericoli Edda Buding 6 4 3 6 5 7   3 Silvana Lazzarino / Lea Pericoli Helga Niessen / Helga Hösl 8 6 7 5 ||||

Netherlands vs. Australia

| Netherlands 1 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 13 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 13 May 1966 Clay | Australia 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Betty Stöve Gail Sherriff 6 2 6 4     2 Els Veentjer-Spruyt Judy Tegart 0 6 0 6     3 Gertruida Groenman / Betty Stöve Karen Krantzcke / Judy Tegart 1 6 6 8 ||||

### Semifinals

United States vs. Great Britain

| United States 2 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 14 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 14 May 1966 Clay | Great Britain 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Julie Heldman Winnie Shaw 6 4 5 7 6 3   2 Billie Jean King Ann Jones 1 6 4 6     3 Carole Graebner / Billie Jean King Ann Jones / Elizabeth Starkie 4 6 6 3 6 0 ||||

West Germany v Australia

| West Germany 2 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 14 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 14 May 1966 Clay | Australia 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Edda Buding Judy Tegart 8 10 6 4 6 2   2 Helga Niessen Karen Krantzcke 6 3 6 3     3 Edda Buding / Helga Hösl Karen Krantzcke / Judy Tegart 6 2 2 6 0 6 ||||

### Final

United States vs. West Germany

| United States 3 | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 15 May 1966 Clay | Turin Press Sporting Club, Turin, Italy 15 May 1966 Clay | West Germany 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Julie Heldman Helga Niessen 4 6 7 5 6 1   2 Billie Jean King Edda Buding 6 3 3 6 6 1   3 Carole Graebner / Billie Jean King Edda Buding / Helga Hösl 6 4 6 2 ||||
