1979 Federation Cup (tennis)

The 1979 Federation Cup was the 17th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The tournament was held at the RSHE Club Campo in Madrid, Spain, from 30 April – 6 May. The United States won their fourth consecutive title, defeating Australia in their ninth final.

1979 Federation Cup

Details
Duration	30 April – 6 May
Edition	17th
Champion
Winning nation	United States
← 1978 1980 →

Participating teams

Participating Teams
Argentina	Australia	Belgium	Canada	Chinese Taipei	Czechoslovakia	Denmark	France
Great Britain	Hungary	Indonesia	Ireland	Israel	Italy	Japan	Luxembourg
Mexico	Netherlands	New Zealand	Norway	Philippines	Portugal	Romania	South Korea
Soviet Union	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Thailand	United States	West Germany	Yugoslavia

Draw

All ties were played at the RSHE Club Campo in Madrid, Spain, on clay courts.

	First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
		United States
		Philippines	w/o
							United States	3
							West Germany	0
		South Korea	0
		West Germany	3
												United States	3
												France	0
		Thailand	0
		Italy	3
							Italy	1
							France	2
		Indonesia	0
		France	3
																	United States	2
																	Soviet Union	0
		Switzerland	3
		Denmark	0
							Switzerland	2
							Romania	1
		Mexico	1
		Romania	2
												Switzerland	1
												Soviet Union	2
		Chinese Taipei	1
		Luxembourg	2
							Luxembourg	0
							Soviet Union	3
		Portugal	0
		Soviet Union	3
																						United States	3
																						Australia	0
		Great Britain	3
		New Zealand	0
							Great Britain	3
							Belgium	0
		Ireland	0
		Belgium	3
												Great Britain	0
												Czechoslovakia	3
		Czechoslovakia	3
		Hungary	0
							Czechoslovakia	2
							Sweden	1
		Sweden	3
		Israel	0
																	Czechoslovakia	0
																	Australia	3
		Netherlands	3
		Argentina	0
							Netherlands	3
							Japan	0
		Japan	3
		Norway	0
												Netherlands	1
												Australia	2
		Spain	1
		Yugoslavia	2
							Yugoslavia	0
							Australia	3
		Canada	0
		Australia	3

1st Round losing teams play in Consolation rounds

First round

United States vs. Philippines

Canceled; Philippines withdrew^[1]

South Korea vs. West Germany

South Korea 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		West Germany 3
1 2 3 1 Kim Nam-sook Iris Riedel-Kuhn 1 6 1 6     2 Lee Duk-hee Sylvia Hanika 1 6 1 6     3 Lee Duk-hee / Lee soon-oh Katja Ebbinghaus / Sylvia Hanika 1 6 5 7

^[2]

Thailand vs. Italy

Thailand 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Italy 3
1 2 3 1 Suthasini Sirikaya Sabina Simmonds 1 6 2 6     2 Chalada Wattana Daniela Marzano 3 6 1 6     3 Chalada Wattana / Suthasini Sirikaya Barbara Rossi / Manuela Zoni 6 4 5 7 6 8

^[3]

Indonesia vs. France

Indonesia 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		France 3
1 2 3 1 Lita Sugiarto Frédérique Thibault 0 6 2 6     2 Yolanda Soemarno Brigitte Simon 1 6 5 7     3 Lita Sugiarto / Yolanda Soemarno Françoise Dürr / Frédérique Thibault 2 6 1 6

^[4]

Switzerland vs. Denmark

Switzerland 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Denmark 0
1 2 3 1 Christiane Jolissaint Birgitte Hermansen 6 4 6 2     2 Petra Delhees Dorte Ekner 6 3 7 5     3 Petra Delhees / Christiane Jolissaint Dorte Ekner / Birgitte Hermansen 6 3 6 3

^[5]

Mexico vs. Romania

Mexico 1	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Romania 2
1 2 3 1 Maluca Llamas Lucia Romanov 3 6 2 6     2 Alejandra Vallejo Mariana Simionescu 3 6 6 8     3 Maluca Llamas / Alejandra Vallejo Lucia Romanov / Maria Romanov 6 3 6 2

^[6]

Chinese Taipei vs. Luxembourg

Chinese Taipei 1	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 1 Wen Hsiu-tsuan Rita Krombach 6 2 5 7 6 1   2 Ho Chiu-mei Simone Wolter 3 6 4 6     3 Ho Chiu-mei / Wen Hsiu-tsuan Rita Krombach / Simone Wolter 3 6 3 6

^[7]

Portugal vs. Soviet Union

Portugal 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Soviet Union 3
1 2 3 1 Leonora Peralta Natasha Chmyreva 3 6 2 6     2 Deborah Fiúza Olga Morozova 0 6 1 6     3 Manuel Maria Cabral Lencastre / Leonora Peralta Irina Shevchenko / Olga Zaitseva 4 6 2 6

^[8]

Great Britain vs. New Zealand

Great Britain 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		New Zealand 0
1 2 3 1 Sue Barker Chris Newton 6 0 6 0     2 Virginia Wade Brenda Perry 6 2 6 3     3 Sue Barker / Virginia Wade Chris Newton / Brenda Perry 6 1 6 1

^[9]

Ireland vs. Belgium

Ireland 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Belgium 3
1 2 3 1 Bernadette Davy Monique Van Haver 1 6 6 3 2 6   2 Helen Lennon Michele Gurdal 1 6 0 6     3 Helen Lennon / Jo Sheridan Michele Gurdal / Monique Van Haver 3 6 1 6

^[10]

Czechoslovakia vs. Hungary

Czechoslovakia 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Hungary 0
1 2 3 1 Regina Maršíková Judit Szörényi 6 3 6 0     2 Hana Mandlíková Anna Németh 6 1 6 4     3 Hana Mandlíková / Regina Maršíková Éva Rózsavölgyi / Judit Szörényi 6 2 6 3

^[11]

Sweden vs. Israel

Sweden 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Israel 0
1 2 3 1 Lena Sandin Hagit Zubary 6 3 6 2     2 Helena Anliot Paulina Peled 6 3 8 6     3 Helena Anliot / Mimmi Wikstedt Paulina Peled / Hagit Zubary 6 2 6 4

^[12]

Netherlands vs. Argentina

Netherlands 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Argentina 0
1 2 3 1 Elly Appel Emilse Raponi 6 2 7 5     2 Betty Stöve Ivanna Madruga Ossès 6 4 6 4     3 Marcella Mesker / Betty Stöve Viviana González / Adriana Villagrán Reami 6 0 6 4

^[13]

Japan vs. Norway

Japan 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Norway 0
1 2 3 1 Naoko Sato Bente Kjolstad 6 3 6 1     2 Sonoe Yonezawa Ellen Grindvold 6 4 6 1     3 Kiyoko Nomura / Naoko Sato Ellen Grindvold / Bente Kjolstad 6 2 6 2

^[14]

Spain vs. Yugoslavia

Spain 1	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Yugoslavia 2
1 2 3 1 Mónica Álvarez de Mon Renata Šašak 6 3 6 1     2 Carmen Perea Mima Jaušovec 2 6 0 6     3 Mónica Álvarez de Mon / Carmen Perea Mima Jaušovec / Renata Šašak 8 10 6 3 1 6

^[15]

Canada vs. Australia

Canada 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Australia 3
1 2 3 1 Nina Bland Wendy Turnbull 4 6 1 6     2 Marjorie Blackwood Dianne Fromholtz 4 6 2 6     3 Marjorie Blackwood / Lisette Senn Kerry Reid / Wendy Turnbull 6 8 1 6

^[16]

Second round

United States vs. West Germany

United States 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		West Germany 0
1 2 3 1 Tracy Austin Iris Riedel-Kuhn 6 1 6 3     2 Chris Evert Lloyd Sylvia Hanika 6 4 6 2     3 Rosemary Casals / Chris Evert Lloyd Katja Ebbinghaus / Sylvia Hanika 6 1 6 4

^[17]

Italy vs. France

Italy 1	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		France 2
1 2 3 1 Daniela Marzano Frédérique Thibault 6 4 1 6 6 2   2 Sabina Simmonds Françoise Dürr 6 2 3 6 3 6   3 Daniela Marzano / Sabina Simmonds Françoise Dürr / Frédérique Thibault 3 6 5 7

^[18]

Switzerland vs. Romania

Switzerland 2	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Romania 1
1 2 3 1 Christiane Jolissaint Lucia Romanov 3 6 1 6     2 Petra Delhees Mariana Simionescu 9 7 9 7     3 Petra Delhees / Christiane Jolissaint Lucia Romanov / Mariana Simionescu 6 4 6 2

^[19]

Luxembourg vs. Soviet Union

Luxembourg 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Soviet Union 3
1 2 3 1 Rita Krombach Irina Shevchenko 0 6 2 6     2 Simone Wolter Olga Morozova 0 6 1 6     3 Monique Krecke / Simone Wolter Olga Morozova / Olga Zaitseva 0 6 0 6

^[20]

Great Britain vs. Belgium

Great Britain 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Belgium 0
1 2 3 1 Sue Barker Monique Van Haver 6 3 11 9     2 Virginia Wade Michele Gurdal 4 6 6 2 6 3   3 Sue Barker / Virginia Wade Michele Gurdal / Monique Van Haver 6 3 6 2

^[21]

Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden

Czechoslovakia 2	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Sweden 1
1 2 3 1 Hana Mandlíková Lena Sandin 6 3 6 2     2 Regina Maršíková Helena Anliot 6 3 6 1     3 Hana Mandlíková / Regina Maršíková Helena Anliot / Mimmi Wikstedt 6 3 1 6 1 6

^[22]

Netherlands vs. Japan

Netherlands 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Japan 0
1 2 3 1 Elly Appel Kiyoko Nomura 6 0 6 2     2 Betty Stöve Sonoe Yonezawa 3 6 6 0 6 3   3 Marcella Mesker / Betty Stöve Fumiko Furuhashi / Kiyoko Nomura 6 2 6 4

^[23]

Yugoslavia vs. Australia

Yugoslavia 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Australia 3
1 2 3 1 Renata Šašak Kerry Reid 2 6 0 6     2 Mima Jaušovec Dianne Fromholtz 2 6 7 5 2 6   3 Renata Šašak / Mima Jaušovec Kerry Reid / Wendy Turnbull 3 6 3 6

^[24]

Quarterfinals

United States vs. France

United States 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		France 0
1 2 3 1 Tracy Austin Frédérique Thibault 6 4 6 0     2 Chris Evert Lloyd Brigitte Simon 6 0 6 0     3 Rosemary Casals / Chris Evert Lloyd Françoise Dürr / Frédérique Thibault 6 1 6 4

^[25]

Switzerland vs. Soviet Union

Switzerland 1	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Soviet Union 2
1 2 3 1 Claudia Pasquale Natasha Chmyreva 1 6 6 3 3 6   2 Petra Delhees Olga Morozova 1 6 6 2 6 4   3 Petra Delhees / Christiane Jolissaint Natasha Chmyreva / Olga Morozova 1 6 2 6

^[26]

Great Britain vs. Czechoslovakia

Great Britain 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Czechoslovakia 3
1 2 3 1 Sue Barker Hana Mandlíková 6 3 6 8 4 6   2 Virginia Wade Regina Maršíková 8 10 1 6     3 Anne Hobbs / Michelle Tyler Hana Mandlíková / Renáta Tomanová 6 8 5 7

^[27]

Netherlands vs. Australia

Netherlands 1	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Australia 2
1 2 3 1 Elly Appel Wendy Turnbull 2 6 3 6     2 Betty Stöve Dianne Fromholtz 2 6 6 2 3 6   3 Marcella Mesker / Betty Stöve Kerry Reid / Wendy Turnbull 6 4 9 7

^[28]

Semifinals

United States vs. Soviet Union

United States 2	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Soviet Union 0
1 2 3 1 Tracy Austin Natasha Chmyreva 6 0 6 1     2 Chris Evert Lloyd Olga Morozova 6 4 8 6     3 Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King Olga Morozova / Olga Zaitseva       not played

^[29]

Czechoslovakia vs. Australia

Czechoslovakia 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Australia 3
1 2 3 1 Hana Mandlíková Kerry Reid 4 6 3 6     2 Regina Maršíková Dianne Fromholtz 2 6 6 1 0 6   3 Regina Maršíková / Renáta Tomanová Kerry Reid / Wendy Turnbull 2 6 1 6

^[30]

Final

United States vs. Australia

United States 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain 6 May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Australia 0
1 2 3 1 Tracy Austin Kerry Reid 6 3 6 0     2 Chris Evert Lloyd Dianne Fromholtz 2 6 6 3 8 6   3 Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King Kerry Reid / Wendy Turnbull 3 6 6 3 8 6

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1979 Federation Cup Champions
United States Eighth title

Consolation rounds

Draw

	Consolation first round					Consolation quarterfinals					Consolation semifinals					Consolation final
							Canada	2
							Mexico	1
		Mexico	2
		Israel	1
												Canada	0
												Argentina	3
		Denmark	2
		Indonesia	1
							Denmark	0
							Argentina	3
		Hungary	0
		Argentina	3
																	Argentina	3
																	Spain	0
		Spain	2
		Norway	1
							Spain	2
							Thailand	0
		Thailand	2
		Ireland	1
												Spain	3
												South Korea	0
		Chinese Taipei	1
		Portugal	2
							Portugal	0
							South Korea	3
		South Korea	2
		New Zealand	1

First round

Mexico vs. Israel

Mexico 2	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Israel 1
1 2 3 1             2             3

^[32]

Denmark vs. Indonesia

Denmark 2	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Indonesia 1
1 2 3 1             2             3

^[33]

Hungary vs. Argentina

Hungary 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Argentina 3
1 2 3 1 Anna Németh Emilse Raponi 6 8 5 7     2 Judit Szörényi Ivanna Madruga Ossès 3 6 1 6     3 Éva Rózsavölgyi / Judit Szörényi Ivanna Madruga Ossès / Adriana Villagrán Reami 4 6 4 6

^[34]

Spain vs. Norway

Spain 2	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Norway 1
1 2 3 1 Mónica Álvarez de Mon Bente Kjolstad 6 2 6 1     2 Carmen Perea Ellen Grindvold 6 4 6 2     3 Vicky Baldovinos / Betona Pellón Fernández Ellen Grindvold / Bente Kjolstad 4 6 6 2 5 7

^[35]

Thailand vs. Ireland

Thailand 2	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Ireland 1
1 2 3 1             2             3

^[36]

Chinese Taipei vs. Portugal

Chinese Taipei 1	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Portugal 2
1 2 3 1 Wen Hsiu-tsuan Leonora Peralta 6 2 77 64     2 Ho Chiu-mei Deborah Fiúza 4 6 4 6     3 Ho Chiu-mei / Wen Hsiu-tsuan Deborah Fiúza / Leonora Peralta 6 3 5 7 3 6

^[37]

South Korea vs. New Zealand

South Korea 2	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		New Zealand 1
1 2 3 1 Kim Nam-sook Chris Newton 6 1 6 0     2 Lee Duk-hee Brenda Perry 3 6 6 4 4 6   3 Kim Nam-sook / Lee Duk-hee Chris Newton / Brenda Perry 4 6 6 3 7 5

^[38]

Quarterfinals

Canada vs. Mexico

Canada 2	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Mexico 1
1 2 3 1             2             3

^[39]

Denmark vs. Argentina

Denmark 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Argentina 3
1 2 3 1             2             3

^[40]

Spain vs. Thailand

Spain 2	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Thailand 0
1 2 3 1 Mónica Álvarez de Mon Chalada Wattana 6 2 4 6 6 1   2 Carmen Perea Suthasini Sirikaya 6 3 6 1     3           not played

^[41]

Portugal vs. South Korea

Portugal 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		South Korea 3
1 2 3 1 Patrícia Alvarenga Kim Nam-sook 1 6 0 6     2 Deborah Fiúza Lee Duk-hee 0 6 2 6     3 Patrícia Alvarenga / Deborah Fiúza Kim Nam-sook / Lee Soon-oh 2 6 3 6

^[42]

Semifinals

Canada vs. Argentina

Canada 0	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Argentina 3
1 2 3 1             2             3

^[43]

Spain vs. South Korea

Spain 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		South Korea 0
1 2 3 1 Mónica Álvarez de Mon Kim Nam-sook 7 5 6 3     2 Carmen Perea Lee Duk-hee 2 6 6 3 6 3   3 Betona Pellón Fernández / Carmen Perea Kim Nam-sook / Lee Soon-oh 6 4 6 2

^[44]

Final

Argentina vs. Spain

Argentina 3	RSHE Club Campo, Madrid, Spain April – May 1979 Red clay (outdoor)		Spain 0
1 2 3 1 Emilse Raponi Carmen Perea 6 0 5 7 6 4   2 Adriana Villagrán Reami Mónica Álvarez de Mon 6 1 6 3     3 Emilse Raponi / Adriana Villagrán Reami Betona Pellón Fernández / Carmen Perea 6 4 7 5

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