Fed Cup

Fed Cup is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The competition was known as the Federation Cup until 1995. The Fed Cup is the world's largest annual women's international team sports competition, in terms of the number of nations that compete.

The men's equivalent of the Fed Cup is the Davis Cup. Australia, Czech Republic and the United States are the only countries that have held both the Fed Cup and Davis Cup at the same time.

History

Dating back to 1919, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman came up with the idea for a women's team tennis competition. Although rejected, she went ahead and presented a trophy at the 1923 annual contest between the United States and Great Britain, named the Wightman Cup.

Nell Hopman, wife of the legendary Australian Davis Cup Captain Harry Hopman, later took up Mrs. Wightman's original idea. however it was 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, persuading the ITF that it was a 'good idea' to have a team championship played over one week in a different venue each year. 40 years after Wightman’s idea of a women’s Davis Cup, it become a reality. In 1963, the ITF launched the Federation Cup to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Open to all nations the competition became a resounding success.

1987 Federation Cup (tennis)

The 1987 Federation Cup was the 25th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The tournament was held at Hollyburn Country Club in Vancouver, Canada, from 26 July – 2 August. West Germany won their first title, defeating the United States in the final. This was their first victory after four previous final appearances.

Qualifying Round

All ties were played at Hollyburn Country Club in Vancouver, Canada, on hard courts.

Winning nations advance to Main Draw, losing nations play in Consolation Rounds.

Israel vs. Zimbabwe

Norway vs. Peru

Denmark vs. Luxembourg

South Korea vs. Mexico

Chile vs. China

Ireland vs. Chinese Taipei

Poland vs. Philippines

Indonesia vs. Finland

Switzerland vs. Malta

Main Draw

1st Round losing teams play in Consolation Rounds

First Round

United States vs. Japan

France vs. Austria

Great Britain vs. Chile

Belgium vs. Italy

Bulgaria vs. Greece

Ireland vs. Indonesia

Jamaica vs. Spain

Denmark vs. Australia

Argentina vs. Switzerland

1996 Fed Cup

The 1996 Fed Cup was the 34th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The final took place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the United States on 28–29 September, with the United States defeating Spain to give the USA their 15th title.

World Group

Draw

World Group Play-offs

The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (Argentina, Austria, Germany and South Africa), and four winners of the World Group II ties (Belgium, Czech Republic, Netherlands and Slovakia) enter the draw for the World Group Play-offs.

Date: 13–14 July

World Group II

The World Group II is the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1996. Winners will advance to the World Group Play-offs, and loser will play in the World Group II Play-offs.

Date: 27–28 April

World Group II Play-offs

The four losing teams from World Group II (Australia, Bulgaria, Canada and Indonesia) will play off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Croatia and Switzerland), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (South Korea), and one team from the Americas Zone (Chile).

Fed

Fed, The Fed or FED may refer to:

  • Federal Reserve System, the central bank of the United States
  • An officer, official or branch of the US federal government, especially of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • The Fed (newspaper), a student newspaper published at Columbia University
  • FED (camera), a Soviet rangefinder camera
  • Fed (album), a 2002 album by American musician Liam Hayes
  • "Fed" (Law & Order), episode of the television series Law & Order
  • Field emission display, a type of flat panel display
  • Roger Federer (born 1981), Swiss professional tennis player
  • Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926), founder of the Bolshevik secret police Cheka
  • South Wales Miners' Federation, the trade union for miners in South Wales
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy, degenerative disease of the corneal endothelium
  • Front end development, an area of Web development focusing on the browser side
  • UK slang for a police officer
  • See also

  • Federal (disambiguation)
  • Feed (disambiguation)
  • Fed (album)

    Fed is the second studio album by American artist Liam Hayes, originally released on December 23, 2002.

    History

    The first song to appear from Fed was "No Education". An early version of the song was released as a single in 1997.

    Formal recording sessions for the album were started in early 2000 with engineers Bob Weston and Steve Albini contributing to the recording. Weston: "I've been recording this band called Plush, this guy Liam Hayes from Chicago, it's his thing. Liam likes to record in an older style. He bought himself this 1/2" 4-track tape machine, an Ampex 440, that he carts around. I helped him rebuild the thing and made it sound pretty good. So we cart it around and record on location. We recorded at a film sound-stage. We recorded in his practice space. We recorded at this public radio station and on a rooftop in downtown Chicago. Steve Albini has recorded him in a huge theater. The microphone practice is being done in a really minimal style and I try to follow Liam's "Old School" aesthetic. We are doing the basic tracks, guitar, bass, and drums. He is going to do a reduction mix using Ping-pong recording techniques from the 4-track tape onto a 1" 8 track tape machine that Steve Albini has, and do overdubs at Steve's studio.

    .327 Federal Magnum

    The .327 Federal Magnum is a cartridge introduced by Sturm, Ruger and Federal Cartridge, intended to provide the power of a .357 Magnum in six shot, compact revolvers, whose cylinders would otherwise only hold 5 rounds. The .327 Federal Magnum is actually a super magnum having replaced the .32 H&R Magnum as the pinnacle of the cartridge diameter.

    In the April 2008 issue of the NRA's American Rifleman magazine, Field Editor Bryce Towsley summed up his review of the cartridge as follows:

    The cartridge ultimately won the NRA Publications's prestigious Golden Bullseye Award for "Ammo of the Year" (2009).

    Background and Cartridge Development

    First introduced by Federal Cartridge company, the .327 Federal Magnum is an attempt to improve on the .32 H&R Magnum introduced in 1984. Like the .32 H&R Magnum, the .327 Federal Magnum is a lengthened, magnum version of the original .32 S&W cartridge, which dates back to 1878. The .32 S&W was a black powder cartridge developed by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. (UMC) with a case length of 0.61 in. (15 mm), and developed a velocity of around 700 ft/s (215 m/s). In 1896, the .32 S&W Long was introduced, which had a case length of 0.920 in (23.4 mm) and generated slightly higher velocities. The introduction of the .32 H&R Magnum nearly a century later increased the case length to 1.075 in (27.3 mm) and increased pressures from 15,000 psi to 21,000 CUP, giving velocities of approximately 1,200 ft/s (370 m/s). However, the .32 H&R Magnum cartridge failed to attract much interest from gun owners.

    Cup

    A cup is a small open container used for drinking and carrying drinks. It may be made of wood, plastic, glass, clay, metal, stone, china or other materials, and may have a stem, handles or other adornments. Cups are used for drinking across a wide range of cultures and social classes, and different styles of cups may be used for different liquids or in different situations.

    Cups have been used for thousands of years for the purpose of carrying food and drink, as well as for decoration. They may also be used in certain cultural rituals and to hold objects not intended for drinking such as coins.

    Types

    Names for different types of cups vary regionally and may overlap. Any transparent cup, regardless of actual composition, is likely to be called a "glass"; therefore, while a cup made of paper is a "paper cup", a transparent one for drinking shots is called a "shot glass", instead.

    Cups for hot beverages

    While in theory, most cups are well suited to hold drinkable liquids, hot drinks like tea are generally served in either insulated cups or porcelain teacups.

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