FED CUP TENNIS: DAY ONE PREVIEW NOTES FOR THE USA VERSUS POLAND – SLOANE STEPHENS & VENUS WILLIAMS PLAY SATURDAY

Written by: Staff on 5th February 2016

FED CUP TENNIS: DAY ONE PREVIEW NOTES FOR THE USA VERSUS POLAND - SLOANE STEPHENS & VENUS WILLIAMS PLAY SATURDAY |

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United States vs. Poland

Fed Cup by BNP Paribas

2016 World Group II First Round

Holua Tennis Center

at Holua Resort at Mauna Loa Village

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii * February 6-7

ORDER OF PLAY

The order of play for this weekend’s U.S. vs. Poland Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II First Round was determined at Friday’s Official Draw Ceremony, hosted at the Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

The opening day of play in the best-of-five match series features each country’s No. 1 singles player against the No. 2 player from the opposing country. The order of play for this weekend is as follows:

DAY/LOCAL TIME MATCH PAIRING

Saturday, 11:00 a.m. Singles A: Sloane Stephens (USA) vs. Magda Linette (POL)

Singles B: Venus Williams (USA) vs. Paula Kania (POL)

Sunday, 10:00 a.m. Singles C: Venus Williams (USA) vs. Magda Linette (POL)

Singles D: Sloane Stephens (USA) vs. Paula Kania (POL)

Doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands/CoCo Vandeweghe (USA)

vs. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik/Alicja Rosolska (POL)

DAY ONE PREVIEW NOTES

Fed Cup is taking place in Hawaii for the first time, as Kailua-Kona hosts the United States and Poland in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II First Round on an outdoor hard court at the Holua Tennis Center at Holua Resort at Mauna Loa Village, February 6-7.

The United States brings a strong team to Hawaii, led by world No. 12 and seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and world No. 25 Sloane Stephens. CoCo Vandeweghe, who is ranked No. 46 in singles and also reached the mixed doubles final at the 2016 Australian Open, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who is ranked in the Top 10 in the world in doubles, also anchor the team.

In Saturday’s first singles match of the day, Sloane Stephens, the United States’ No. 2 singles player, will face off against Poland’s No. 1 player Magda Linette, ranked No. 96 in the world. Stephens and Linette have met once on the WTA Tour last year in Washington D.C., where Stephens went on to win her first career WTA title. In Washington D.C., Stephens defeated Linette, 6-2, 6-1. Stephens and Linette also met as junior players in 2008 at the Eddie Herr, which Stephens also won. Stephens is coming off her second WTA title, winning Auckland prior to the 2016 Australian Open.

The second singles match on Saturday will feature the United States’ top player Venus Williams versus world No. 153 Paula Kania. Williams and Kania have met once on the WTA Tour in 2014 in Stanford, where Williams won 6-3, 6-2.

Hawaii becomes the 16th state to host Fed Cup. Hawaii hosted Davis Cup, the men’s equivalent to Fed Cup, in Kohala Coast at the Mauna Lani Racquet Club in the 1992 World Group First Round, where the U.S. team of Andre Agassi, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras swept Argentina, 5-0. Hawaii also hosted the SportMaster Tennis Championships of Maui, a $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit men’s Challenger, in mid-January in Maui and was joined by a $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit women’s event that same week for the first time this year.

The United States holds a 3-0 record over Poland in Fed Cup. The U.S. last faced Poland in the 1990 World Group First Round in Atlanta, sweeping the tie, 3-0. The U.S., who also faced Poland in 1974 and 1980, has never lost a point in Fed Cup to Poland. This will be the United States’ first home tie since 2014 in St. Louis, as the team competed on the road against Argentina and Italy last year.

The winner of this match advances to the World Group Playoff, held April 16-17, to compete for a spot in the 2017 World Group. The losing nation will play in the World Group II Playoff in April to remain in World Group II in 2017.

Fed Cup is the world’s largest annual international team competition in women’s sport with approximately 100 nations taking part each year. The U.S. leads all nations with 17 Fed Cup titles, the last coming in 2000. The U.S. is 37-6 in ties played at home and holds an overall 144-36 record.

WHERE TO WATCH

Tennis Channel will present live daily coverage, starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. local time) on Saturday and 3:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. local time) on Sunday.

FED CUP TEAM COMPARISON

United States

Poland

1963

First year played

1966

52

Years played

34

180 (144-36)

Ties played

111 (58-53)

17-time champion

(17-11 in finals)

Best Finish

Quarterfinalist in 1992

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1963	First year played	1966
52	Years played	34
180 (144-36)	Ties played	111 (58-53)
17-time champion (17-11 in finals)	Best Finish	Quarterfinalist in 1992