title: 2001 Fed Cup World Group
text: # 2001 Fed Cup World Group
  
  The World Group was the highest level of competition in the 2001 Fed Cup. For this year, eight teams qualifying from the play-offs were put into two pools of four teams each, with the winner of each pool advancing to the final. The defending champions United States were meant to be an automatic qualifier for the World Group, but they withdrew due to security risks following the September 11 attacks.
  
  Belgium won their first title, defeating four-time finalist Russia in the final.
  
  ## Participating teams
  
  Participating teams :
  
  | Argentina | Australia | Belgium | Czech Republic |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | France | Germany | Russia | Spain |
  
  ## Pools
  
  Venue: Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain (indoor clay) Date: 7–10 November
  
  | | Pool A | RUS | FRA | ARG | CZE |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Russia (3–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
  | 2 | France (2–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
  | 3 | Argentina (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
  | 4 | Czech Republic (0–3) | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
  | | Pool B | BEL | ESP | GER | AUS |
  | 1 | Belgium (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
  | 2 | Spain (2–1) | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
  | 3 | Germany (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
  | 4 | Australia (0–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
  
  ## Final
  
  ### Russia vs. Belgium
  
  | Russia 1 | Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain 11 November 2001 Red clay (indoors) | Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain 11 November 2001 Red clay (indoors) | Belgium 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Nadia Petrova Justine Henin 0 6 3 6     2 Elena Dementieva Kim Clijsters 0 6 4 6     3 Elena Likhovtseva / Nadia Petrova Els Callens / Laurence Courtois 7 5 $7^7$ $6^2$ ||||
  
  * 2001 Fed Cup Champions
  * Belgium First title
  