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by LandeywidrsMahalozia@hotmail.com on Nov 22, 2011

The notion for the event is usually traced back to 1919, when Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman came up using the idea for a women's team competition. When this was rejected, she instead presented a trophy in 1923 for an annual contest in between the United States and Amazing Britain, who had been at that time the strongest tennis-playing nations. Nell Hopman, wife of the legendary Australian Davis Cup Captain Harry Hopman, later took up Mrs Wightman's original idea.In 1962, when a British resident of the United States, Mary Hardwick Hare, presented a dossier proving that support for such an event was overwhelming, the ITF was persuaded that a team championship played over 1 week in a distinct venue each year was a 'good idea'. The decision as to which nations will be seeded is produced by the Fed Cup Committee, according to the ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking.In the levels below the Globe Group and Globe Group II, the Fed Cup nations compete in Zonal Competition events, that are split into 3...Read More >>