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2016 Fed Cup World Group play-offs - Wikipedia

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The World Group play-offs were four ties which involves the losing nations of the World Group first round and the winning nations of the World Group II. Nations that win their play-off ties entered the 2017 World Group, while losing nations joined the 2017 World Group II.

Participating Teams
Australia	Belarus	Germany	Italy
Romania	Russia	Spain	United States

Russia
2

Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Russia^[1]
16–17 April 2016
Clay (i)

Belarus
3

		1	2	3
1	Daria Kasatkina Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6 3	3 6	6 1
2	Margarita Gasparyan Victoria Azarenka	2 6	3 6
3	Daria Kasatkina Victoria Azarenka	2 6	7 5	3 6
4	Margarita Gasparyan Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6 4	1 6	5 7
5	Daria Kasatkina / Elena Vesnina Olga Govortsova / Aryna Sabalenka	6 4	6 2

Spain
4

Club de Tennis Lleida, Lleida, Spain^[2]
16–17 April 2016
Clay

Italy
0

		1	2
1	Garbiñe Muguruza Francesca Schiavone	7⁷ 6⁴	6 0
2	Carla Suárez Navarro Roberta Vinci	6 1	6 1
3	Garbiñe Muguruza Roberta Vinci	6 2	6 2
4	Carla Suárez Navarro Francesca Schiavone			not played
5	Anabel Medina Garrigues / Sara Sorribes Tormo Karin Knapp / Francesca Schiavone	1 1		retired

Romania vs. Germany

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Romania
1

Polyvalent Hall (Cluj-Napoca), Cluj-Napoca, Romania^[3]
16–17 April 2016
Clay (i)

Germany
4

		1	2	3
1	Irina-Camelia Begu Angelique Kerber	2 6	3 6
2	Simona Halep Andrea Petkovic	6 4	6⁵ 7⁷	6 4
3	Simona Halep Angelique Kerber	2 6	2 6
4	Monica Niculescu Andrea Petkovic	6 0	6¹ 7⁷	3 6
5	Irina-Camelia Begu / Alexandra Dulgheru Annika Beck / Julia Görges	7⁷ 6⁵	6⁴ 7⁷	[7] [10]

Australia vs. United States

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Australia
0

Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, Australia^[4]
16–17 April 2016
Clay

United States
4

		1	2	3
1	Daria Gavrilova Madison Keys	4 6	2 6
2	Samantha Stosur Christina McHale	6 3	1 6	5 7
3	Samantha Stosur Coco Vandeweghe	6 2	5 7	4 6
4	Daria Gavrilova Christina McHale				not played
5	Daria Gavrilova / Arina Rodionova Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Coco Vandeweghe	1 6	4 6

^ "Russia v Belarus". fedcup.com.
^ "Italy v Spain". fedcup.com.
^ "Romania v Germany". fedcup.com.
^ "Australia v USA". fedcup.com.

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Romania vs. Germany

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