The ITF has announced the official team nominations for the 2014 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties taking place on February 8-9.
WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
USA v ITALY
Venue: Public Auditorium, Cleveland, OH (hard – indoors)
USA
Madison Keys
Alison Riske
Christina McHale
Lauren Davis
Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez
Italy
Karin Knapp
Camila Giorgi
Nastassja Burnett
Alice Matteucci
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
SPAIN v CZECH REPUBLIC
Venue: Centro de Tenis Blas Infante, Seville (clay – outdoors)
Spain
Carla Suarez Navarro
Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor
Silvia Soler-Espinosa
Lara Arruabarrena
Captain: Conchita Martinez
Czech Republic
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Klara Zakopalova
Andrea Hlavackova
Captain: Petr Pala
SLOVAK REPUBLIC v GERMANY
Venue: Aegon Arena, National Tennis Centre, Bratislava (hard – indoors)
Slovak Republic
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova
Jana Cepelova
Captain: Matej Liptak
Germany
Angelique Kerber
Sabine Lisicki
Andrea Petkovic
Julia Goerges
Captain: Barbara Rittner
AUSTRALIA v RUSSIA
Venue: Domain Tennis Centre, Hobart (hard – outdoors)
Australia
Samantha Stosur
Casey Dellacqua
Ashleigh Barty
Storm Sanders
Captain: Alicia Molik
Russia
Victoria Kan
Irina Khromacheva
Valeria Solovyeva
Veronika Kudermetova
Captain: Anastasia Myskina
WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND
CANADA v SERBIA
Venue: Complexe Sportif Claude Robillard, Montreal (hard – indoors)
Canada
Eugenie Bouchard
Sharon Fichman
Gabriela Dabrowski
Aleksandra Wozniak
Captain: Sylvain Bruneau
Serbia
Bojana Jovanovski
Vesna Dolonc
Jovana Jaksic
Aleksandra Krunic
Captain: Dejan Vranes
SWEDEN v POLAND
Venue: Borashallen, Boras (hard – indoors)
Sweden
Johanna Larsson
Sofia Arvidsson
Rebecca Peterson
Hilda Melander
Captain: Lars-Anders Wahlgren
Poland
Agnieszka Radwanska
Katarzyna Piter
Paula Kania
Alicja Rosolska
Captain: Tomasz Wiktorowski
FRANCE v SWITZERLAND
Venue: Stade de Coubertin, Paris (hard – indoors)
France
Alize Cornet
Kristina Mladenovic
Caroline Garcia
Virginie Razzano
Captain: Amelie Mauresmo
Switzerland
Stefanie Voegele
Belinda Bencic
Viktorija Golubic
Timea Bacsinszky
Captain: Heinz Guenthardt
ARGENTINA v JAPAN
Venue: Pilara Tennis Club, Buenos Aires (clay – outdoors)
Argentina
Paula Ormachea
Maria Irigoyen
Florencia Molinero
Catalina Pella
Captain: Maria-Jose Gaidano
Japan
Kurumi Nara
Misaki Doi
Risa Ozaki
Shuko Aoyama
Captain: Yuka Kaneko
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