2003 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Pool A

Group A of the 2003 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I of the 2003 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the play-offs and the bottom team being relegated to Group II for next year.

		CHN	JPN	KOR	NZL	HKG	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
20	China		0–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	16–4	111–55	2
24	Japan	2–0		2–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	19–2	126–45	1
25	South Korea	0–2	1–2		2–0	3–0	2–2	12–10	96–93	3
45	New Zealand	0–3	0–3	0–2		3–0	1–3	6–14	70–111	4
53	Hong Kong	0–3	0–2	0–3	0–3		0–4	2–22	59–145	5

Japan vs. South Korea

Japan 2	Tokyo, Japan 21 April 2003 Hard (outdoors)		South Korea 0
1 2 3 1 Shinobu Asagoe Hong Da-jung 6^4 7^7 6 1 4 6   2 Ai Sugiyama Choi Young-ja 6 0 6 2     3 Rika Fujiwara / Ai Sugiyama Choi Young-ja / Hong Da-jung 6 4 6 2

[1]

New Zealand vs. Hong Kong

New Zealand 3	Tokyo, Japan 21 April 2003 Hard (outdoors)		Hong Kong 0
1 2 3 1 Leanne Baker Kristin Godridge 7^7 6^4 4 6 6 3   2 Shelley Stephens Lam Po-Kuen 7^8 6^6 7^7 6^2     3 Leanne Baker / Eden Marama Lam Po-Kuen / Kristin Godridge 6^7 7^9 6 3 6 2

[2]

China vs. Hong Kong

China 3	Tokyo, Japan 22 April 2003 Hard (outdoors)		Hong Kong 0
1 2 3 1 Sun Tiantian Kristin Godridge 6 0 6 1     2 Zheng Jie Lee Si-Nga 6 0 6 1     3 Yan Zi / Zheng Jie Lam Po-Kuen / Lee Si-Nga 6 2 6 0

[3]

Japan vs. New Zealand

Japan 0	Tokyo, Japan 22 April 2003 Hard (outdoors)		New Zealand 2
1 2 3 1 Saori Obata Eden Marama 6 1 6 4     2 Shinobu Asagoe Leanne Baker 6 0 6 0     3 Saori Obata / Ai Sugiyama Ilke Gers / Shelley Stephens 6 0 6 1

[4]

China vs. Japan

China 0	Tokyo, Japan 23 April 2003 Hard (outdoors)		Japan 2
1 2 3 1 Sun Tiantian Shinobu Asagoe 6^5 7^7 3 6     2 Zheng Jie Ai Sugiyama 5 6 1 6     3 Li Ting / Sun Tiantian Rika Fujiwara / Saori Obata       not played

[5]

South Korea vs. New Zealand

South Korea 2	Tokyo, Japan 24 April 2003 Hard (outdoors)		New Zealand 0
1 2 3 1 Choi Jin-young Eden Marama 6 3 6 2     2 Hong Da-jung Shelley Stephens 4 6 6 1 6 2   3 Choi Young-ja / Kim Mi-ok Leanne Baker / Eden Marama       not played

[6]

China vs. New Zealand

China 3	Tokyo, Japan 24 April 2003 Hard (outdoors)		New Zealand 0
1 2 3 1 Sun Tiantian Ilke Gers 6 1 6 2     2 Zheng Jie Shelley Stephens 6 3 6 4     3 Li Ting / Sun Tiantian Leanne Baker / Eden Marama 6 1 6 4

[7]

South Korea vs. Hong Kong

South Korea 3	Tokyo, Japan 24 April 2003 Hard (outdoors)		Hong Kong 0
1 2 3 1 Kim Mi-ok Kristin Godridge 6 3 6 1     2 Hong Da-jung Lam Po-Kuen 6 3 6 3     3 Choi Jin-young / Kim Mi-ok Lam Po-Kuen / Kristin Godridge 6 1 6 4

[8]

China vs. South Korea

China 2	Tokyo, Japan 25 April 2003 Hard (outdoors)		South Korea 0
1 2 3 1 Sun Tiantian Kim Mi-ok 6 3 6 3     2 Zheng Jie Choi Jin-young 6 1 6 3     3 Li Ting / Sun Tiantian Choi Young-ja / Kim Mi-ok       not played

[9]

Japan vs. Hong Kong

Japan 2	Tokyo, Japan 25 April 2003 Hard (outdoors)		Hong Kong 0
1 2 3 1 Saori Obata Lee Si-Nga 6 0 6 0     2 Shinobu Asagoe Lam Po-Kuen 6 1 6 1     3 Rika Fujiwara / Saori Obata Lam Po-Kuen / Kristin Godridge       not played

[10]

•  Hong Kong failed to win any ties in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 2004. However, they did not compete next year.[11]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

1. "Japan v South Korea". fedcup.com.
2. "New Zealand v Hong Kong". fedcup.com.
3. "China v Hong Kong". fedcup.com.
4. "Japan v New Zealand". fedcup.com.
5. "China v Japan". fedcup.com.
6. "South Korea v New Zealand". fedcup.com.
7. "China v New Zealand". fedcup.com.
8. "South Korea v Hong Kong". fedcup.com.
9. "China v South Korea". fedcup.com.
10. "Japan v Hong Kong". fedcup.com.
11. "Fed Cup Profile, Hong Kong". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website