1973 Federation Cup

Details
Duration	30 April – 6 May
Edition	11th
Champion
Winning Nation	Australia
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The 1973 Federation Cup was the 11th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. 30 nations participated in the tournament, which was held at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club in Bad Homburg, West Germany from 30 April–6 May. Australia defeated South Africa in the final, winning the title without losing a rubber.^[1]

Participating teams

Participating teams
Argentina	Australia	Austria	Belgium	Brazil	Canada
Chile	Denmark	France	Great Britain	Greece	Indonesia
Ireland	Italy	Japan	Luxembourg	Mexico	Netherlands
New Zealand	Norway	Poland	Romania	South Africa	South Korea
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States	West Germany	Yugoslavia

Draw

All ties were played at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club in Bad Homburg, West Germany on clay courts.

	First Round 30 April–1 May					Second Round 2–3 May					Quarterfinals 4 May					Semifinals 5 May					Final 6 May
							Australia	2
							Japan	0
		Japan	3
		Ireland	0
												Australia	3
												Indonesia	0
		Luxembourg
		Poland	w/o
							Luxembourg	0
							Indonesia	3
		New Zealand	1
		Indonesia	2
																	Australia	3
																	West Germany	0
		United States	3
		Italy	0
							United States	2
							South Korea	1
		Norway	0
		South Korea	3
												United States	0
												West Germany	3
		Spain	2
		Canada	0
							Spain	0
							West Germany	3
		Chile	w/o
		West Germany
																						Australia	3
																						South Africa	0
		South Africa	3
		Greece	0
							South Africa	3
							Belgium	0
		Switzerland	0
		Belgium	3
												South Africa	3
												Netherlands	0
		Denmark	2
		Yugoslavia	1
							Denmark	0
							Netherlands	2
		Netherlands	2
		France	1
																	South Africa	2
																	Romania	1
		Sweden	3
		Argentina	0
							Sweden	1
							Romania	2
		Romania	3
		Brazil	0
												Romania	2
												Great Britain	1
		Austria	0
		Mexico	3
							Mexico	0
							Great Britain	3

First round

Japan vs. Ireland

Japan 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[2] 30 April 1973 Clay		Ireland 0
1 2 3 1 Kazuko Sawamatsu Geraldine Barniville 6 4 6 1     2 Hideko Goto Susan Minford 7 5 6 1     3 Kazuko Sawamatsu / Kimiyo Hatanaka Geraldine Barniville / Susan Minford 6 1 6 2

New Zealand vs. Indonesia

New Zealand 1	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[3] 30 April 1973 Clay		Indonesia 2
1 2 3 1 Marilyn Pryde Lany Kaligis 4 6 3 6     2 Judy Connor Lita Sugiarto 2 6 4 6     3 Judy Connor / Marilyn Pryde Lany Kaligis / Lita Sugiarto 6 3 10 8

United States vs. Italy

United States 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[4] 30 April 1973 Clay		Italy 0
1 2 3 1 Patti Hogan Lucia Bassi 6 4 6 0     2 Linda Tuero Anna-Maria Nasuelli 6 2 6 1     3 Patti Hogan / Sharon Walsh Lucia Bassi / Daniela Marzano 6 3 3 6 6 2

Norway vs. South Korea

Norway 0	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[5] 30 April 1973 Clay		South Korea 3
1 2 3 1 Ellen Grindvold Yang Jeong-soon 3 6 5 7     2 Liv Hubert Lee Mi-ok 4 6 0 6     3 Ellen Grindvold / Liv Hubert Lee Mi-ok / Yang Jeong-soon 1 6 6 3 3 6

Spain vs. Canada

Spain 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[6] 30 April 1973 Clay		Canada 0
1 2 3 1 Carmen Mandarino Janice Tindle 6 4 4 6 6 4   2 Carmen Perea Andrée Martin 3 6 7 5 6 4   3           not played

South Africa vs. Greece

South Africa 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[7] 1 May 1973 Clay		Greece 0
1 2 3 1 Patricia Walkden Carol-Ann Kalogeropoulos 6 2 6 2     2 Brenda Kirk Alice Alexandri 6 0 6 0     3 Brenda Kirk / Patricia Walkden Carol-Ann Kalogeropoulos / Dionissia Kotsia 6 0 6 0

Switzerland vs. Belgium

Switzerland 0	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[8] 1 May 1973 Clay		Belgium 3
1 2 3 1 Evagreth Emmenegger Michèle Gurdal 6 0 1 6 2 6   2 Marianne Kindler Monique Van Haver 0 6 4 6     3 Evagreth Emmenegger / Ingrid Sadlon Michèle Gurdal / Monique Van Haver 2 6 3 6

Denmark vs. Yugoslavia

Denmark 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[9] 1 May 1973 Clay		Yugoslavia 1
1 2 3 1 Anne-Mette Sørensen Mima Jaušovec 0 6 5 7     2 Mari-Ann Klougart Jelena Genčić 6 3 6 2     3 Dorte Ekner / Anne-Mette Sørensen Jelena Genčić / Mima Jaušovec 6 0 2 6 7 5

Netherlands vs. France

Netherlands 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[10] 1 May 1973 Clay		France 1
1 2 3 1 Marijke Schaar Nathalie Fuchs 6 3 6 3     2 Gertruida Walhof Odile de Roubin 2 6 4 6     3 Marijke Schaar / Gertruida Walhof Odile de Roubin / Florence Guédy 2 6 6 0 6 2

Sweden vs. Argentina

Sweden 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[11] 1 May 1973 Clay		Argentina 0
1 2 3 1 Ingrid Bentzer Raquel Giscafré 6 1 6 1     2 Christina Sandberg Inés Roget 6 3 6 3     3 Ingrid Bentzer / Christina Sandberg Inés Roget / Elvira Weisenberger 7 5 6 3

Romania vs. Brazil

Romania 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[12] 1 May 1973 Clay		Brazil 0
1 2 3 1 Judith Gohn Andrea Menezes 6 0 6 0     2 Virginia Ruzici Suzana Gesteira 6 1 6 2     3 Judith Gohn / Mariana Simionescu Suzana Gesteira / Andrea Menezes 6 1 6 2

Mexico vs. Austria

Austria 0	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[13] 1 May 1973 Clay		Mexico 3
1 2 3 1 Sonja Pachta Elena Subirats 3 6 1 6     2 Veronika Buche Gina Díaz Ponce 7 5 2 6 5 7   3 Sabine Bernegger / Veronika Buche María-Teresa Salvidea Díaz / Elena Subirats 5 7 3 6

Second round

Australia vs. Japan

Australia 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[14] 2 May 1973 Clay		Japan 0
1 2 3 1 Evonne Goolagong Kazuko Sawamatsu 6 2 6 0     2 Patricia Coleman Hideko Goto 6 0 6 1     3 Evonne Goolagong / Janet Young Hideko Goto / Kazuko Sawamatsu 4 1     not completed

Luxembourg vs. Indonesia

Luxembourg 0	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[15] 2 May 1973 Clay		Indonesia 3
1 2 3 1 Flore Wagner Lany Kaligis 2 6 2 6     2 Monique Hendel Lita Sugiarto 0 6 0 6     3 Josiane Graas / Flore Wagner Lany Kaligis / Lita Sugiarto 0 6 1 6

United States vs. South Korea

United States 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[16] 2 May 1973 Clay		South Korea 1
1 2 3 1 Patti Hogan Yang Jeong-soon 3 6 4 6     2 Linda Tuero Lee Mi-ok 6 1 7 5     3 Patti Hogan / Sharon Walsh Lee Mi-ok / Yang Jeong-soon 6 1 6 0

Spain vs. West Germany

Spain 0	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[17] 2 May 1973 Clay		West Germany 3
1 2 3 1 Carmen Mandarino Helga Masthoff 1 6 0 6     2 Carmen Perea Katja Ebbinghaus 8 6 0 6 2 6   3 Ana María Estalella Manso / Carmen Mandarino Helga Masthoff / Heide Schildknecht 3 6 4 6

South Africa vs. Belgium

South Africa 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[18] 2 May 1973 Clay		Belgium 0
1 2 3 1 Patricia Walkden Michèle Gurdal 6 4 6 3     2 Brenda Kirk Monique Van Haver 6 2 3 6 6 3   3 Brenda Kirk / Patricia Walkden Michèle Gurdal / Monique Van Haver 6 1 6 4

Denmark vs. Netherlands

Denmark 0	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[19] 2 May 1973 Clay		Netherlands 2
1 2 3 1 Anne-Mette Sørensen Marijke Schaar 0 6 1 6     2 Mari-Ann Klougart Gertruida Walhof 0 6 2 6     3           not played

Sweden vs. Romania

Sweden 1	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[20] 3 May 1973 Clay		Romania 2
1 2 3 1 Ingrid Bentzer Judith Gohn 6 3 3 6 6 3   2 Christina Sandberg Virginia Ruzici 3 6 6 8     3 Ingrid Bentzer / Mimmi Wikstedt Judith Gohn / Mariana Simionescu 4 6 6 2 5 7

Mexico vs. Great Britain

Mexico 0	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[21] 3 May 1973 Clay		Great Britain 3
1 2 3 1 Elena Subirats Virginia Wade 5 7 5 7     2 Gina Díaz Ponce Joyce Williams 4 6 6 3 1 6   3 Gina Díaz Ponce / Elena Subirats Virginia Wade / Joyce Williams 5 7 7 9

Quarterfinals

Australia vs. Indonesia

Australia 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[22] 4 May 1973 Clay		Indonesia 0
1 2 3 1 Evonne Goolagong Lany Kaligis 6 0 5 7 6 1   2 Patricia Coleman Lita Sugiarto 6 4 6 2     3 Evonne Goolagong / Janet Young Lany Kaligis / Lita Sugiarto 6 1 6 0

United States vs. West Germany

United States 0	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[23] 4 May 1973 Clay		West Germany 3
1 2 3 1 Linda Tuero Helga Masthoff 2 6 5 7     2 Patti Hogan Katja Ebbinghaus 4 6 1 6     3 Janice Metcalf / Sharon Walsh Helga Masthoff / Heide Schildknecht 4 6 2 6

South Africa vs. Netherlands

South Africa 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[24] 4 May 1973 Clay		Netherlands 0
1 2 3 1 Patricia Walkden Marijke Schaar 6 3 6 3     2 Brenda Kirk Gertruida Walhof 6 1 2 6 6 3   3 Ilana Kloss / Patricia Walkden Gertruida Walhof / Tine Zwaan 6 4 6 0

Romania vs. Great Britain

Romania 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[25] 4 May 1973 Clay		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 1 Judith Gohn Virginia Wade 2 6 3 6     2 Mariana Simionescu Joyce Williams 6 3 6 8 6 3   3 Judith Gohn / Virginia Ruzici Virginia Wade / Joyce Williams 7 5 6 2

Semifinals

Australia vs. West Germany

Australia 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[26] 5 May 1973 Clay		West Germany 0
1 2 3 1 Evonne Goolagong Helga Masthoff 6 4 6 3     2 Patricia Coleman Katja Ebbinghaus 6 3 6 2     3 Evonne Goolagong / Janet Young Helga Masthoff / Heide Schildknecht 6 4 4 6 6 1

South Africa vs. Romania

South Africa 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[27] 5 May 1973 Clay		Romania 1
1 2 3 1 Patricia Walkden Judith Gohn 6 4 6 1     2 Brenda Kirk Virginia Ruzici 6 4 3 6 3 6   3 Brenda Kirk / Patricia Walkden Judith Gohn / Mariana Simionescu 6 2 4 6 6 3

Final

Australia vs. South Africa

Australia 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[28] 6 May 1973 Clay		South Africa 0
1 2 3 1 Evonne Goolagong Patricia Walkden 6 0 6 2     2 Patricia Coleman Brenda Kirk 10 8 6 0     3 Evonne Goolagong / Janet Young Brenda Kirk / Patricia Walkden 6 1 6 2

Consolation Round

Teams which lost in the first or second round of the main draw went on to play in the Consolation Round.

Draw

	Consolation first round 3 May					Consolation second round 3 May					Consolation Quarterfinals 4 May					Consolation Semifinals 5 May					Consolation final 6 May
							Sweden	3
							Canada	0
												Sweden	2
												Norway	1
							Mexico [29]	w/o
							Norway
																	Sweden	2
																	South Korea	1
							Spain	2
							Italy	1
												Spain	1
												South Korea	2
		Belgium	2
		New Zealand	1
							Belgium	0
							South Korea	2
		South Korea	3
		Switzerland	0
																						Sweden	'2
																						Japan	1
		France	3
		Denmark	0
							France	2
							Brazil	0
		Brazil	3
		Luxembourg	0
												France	2
												Ireland	0
							Greece	0
							Ireland	3
																	France	1
																	Japan	2
							Austria	2
							Yugoslavia	1
												Austria	0
												Japan	3
							Argentina	0
							Japan	2

First round

Belgium vs. New Zealand

Belgium 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[30] 3 May 1973 Clay		New Zealand 1
1 2 3 1             2             3

South Korea vs. Switzerland

South Korea 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[31] 3 May 1973 Clay		Switzerland 0
1 2 3 1 Yang Jeong-soon Evagreth Emmenegger 6 3 7 5     2 Lee Duk-hee Ingrid Sadlon 6 4 6 0     3 Lee Duk-hee / Lee Soon-oh Marianne Kindler / Ingrid Sadlon 6 3 6 3

France vs. Denmark

France 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[32] 3 May 1973 Clay		Denmark 0
1 2 3 1 Odile de Roubin Anne-Mette Sørensen 6 3 6 4     2 Florence Guédy Mari-Ann Klougart 6 1 6 1     3 Odile de Roubin / Florence Guédy Dorte Ekner / Mari-Ann Klougart 7 5 6 1

Luxembourg vs. Brazil

Brazil 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[33] 3 May 1973 Clay		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 1             2             3

Second round

Sweden vs. Canada

Sweden 3	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[34] 3 May 1973 Clay		Canada 0
1 2 3 1 Ingrid Bentzer Janice Tindle 6 2 6 2     2 Christina Sandberg Andrée Martin 6 3 6 3     3 Ingrid Bentzer / Mimmi Wikstedt Andrée Martin / Janice Tindle 6 0 7 5

Spain vs. Italy

Spain 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[35] 3 May 1973 Clay		Italy 1
1 2 3 1             2             3

Belgium vs. South Korea

Belgium 0	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[36] 3 May 1973 Clay		South Korea 2
1 2 3 1 Michèle Gurdal Yang Jeong-soon 6 3 6 8 4 6   2 Monique Van Haver Lee Duk-hee 2 6 6 4 2 6   3           not played

France vs. Brazil

France 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[37] 3 May 1973 Clay		Brazil 0
1 2 3 1 Florence Guédy Suzana Gesteira 9 11 6 3 8 6   2 Odile de Roubin Andrea Menezes 6 1 2 6 6 1   3           not played

Greece vs. Ireland

Greece 0	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[38] 3 May 1973 Clay		Ireland 3
1 2 3 1             2             3

Austria vs. Yugoslavia

Austria 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[39] 3 May 1973 Clay		Yugoslavia 1
1 2 3 1 Sonja Pachta Mima Jaušovec 3 6 6 2 2 6   2 Veronika Buche Jelena Genčić 6 3 6 1     3 Veronika Buche / Sonja Pachta Jelena Genčić / Mima Jaušovec 7 5 7 5

Argentina vs. Japan

Argentina 0	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[40] 3 May 1973 Clay		Japan 2
1 2 3 1 Inés Roget Kazuko Sawamatsu 1 6 1 6     2 Elvira Weisenberger Hideko Goto 3 6 5 7     3           not played

Quarterfinals

Sweden vs. Norway

Sweden 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[41] 4 May 1973 Clay		Norway 1
1 2 3 1 Ingrid Bentzer Ellen Grindvold 6 3 6 0     2 Christina Sandberg Liv Hubert 6 1 6 0     3 Ingrid Bentzer / Mimmi Wikstedt Ellen Grindvold / Liv Hubert 6 8 6 8

South Korea vs. Spain

Spain 1	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[42] 4 May 1973 Clay		South Korea 2
1 2 3 1 Carmen Mandarino Yang Jeong-soon 6 3 3 6 1 6   2 Carmen Perea Lee Duk-hee 6 1 1 6 3 6   3 Carmen Mandarino / Carmen Perea Lee Duk-hee / Lee Soon-oh 6 1 6 1

France vs. Ireland

France 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[43] 4 May 1973 Clay		Ireland 0
1 2 3 1 Nathalie Fuchs Geraldine Barniville 7 5 6 4     2 Odile de Roubin Eleanor McFadden 6 0 6 2     3           not played

Austria vs. Japan

Austria 0	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[44] 4 May 1973 Clay		Japan 3
1 2 3 1 Sonja Pachta Kazuko Sawamatsu 4 6 1 6     2 Veronika Buche Hideko Goto 1 6 5 7     3 Veronika Buche / Sonja Pachta Kayoko Fukuoka / Kazuko Sawamatsu 0 6 1 6

Semifinals

Sweden vs. South Korea

Sweden 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[45] 5 May 1973 Clay		South Korea 1
1 2 3 1 Ingrid Bentzer Yang Jeong-soon 3 6 6 2 6 3   2 Christina Sandberg Lee Duk-hee 6 2 6 2     3 Ingrid Bentzer / Christina Sandberg Lee Duk-hee / Lee Mi-ok 6 2 6 8 2 6

France vs. Japan

France 1	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[46] 5 May 1973 Clay		Japan 2
1 2 3 1 Nathalie Fuchs Kazuko Sawamatsu 6 1 6 3     2 Odile de Roubin Hideko Goto 1 6 0 6     3 Odile de Roubin / Nathalie Fuchs Kayoko Fukuoka / Kazuko Sawamatsu 2 6 0 6

Final

Sweden vs. Japan

Sweden 2	Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, West Germany[47] 6 May 1973 Clay		Japan 1
1 2 3 1 Ingrid Bentzer Kazuko Sawamatsu 7 9 1 6     2 Christina Sandberg Hideko Goto 6 1 4 6 7 5   3 Ingrid Bentzer / Christina Sandberg Kayoko Fukuoka / Kazuko Sawamatsu 6 4 3 6 6 0