# 1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool A

Group A of the 1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1996 Fed Cup. Six teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 1998.
| | GBR | DEN | EST | ARM | LIT | EGY | Match W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| Great Britain | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 29–3 | 184–63 | 1 |
| Denmark | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 27–6 | 183–99 | 2 |
| Estonia | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 17–16 | 142–135 | 3 |
| Armenia | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 14–16 | 120–120 | 4 |
| Lithuania | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–4 | 6–18 | 72–168 | 5 |
| Egypt | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–5 | 2–24 | 54–193 | 6 |

## Great Britain vs. Lithuania

| Great Britain 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Lithuania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Julie Pullin Indrė Kastanauskaitė 6 0 6 0     2 Samantha Smith Galina Misiuriova 6 0 6 0     3 Clare Wood / Lorna Woodroffe Vaida Martinkute / Galina Misiuriova 6 1 6 1 ||||

## Denmark vs. Armenia

| Denmark 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Armenia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Eva Dyrberg Aida Khalatian 7 5 6 0     2 Sofie Albinus Sona Saringulyan 6 2 6 2     3 Mette Iversen / Maria Rasmussen Aida Khalatian / Sona Saringulyan 6 1 6 4 ||||

## Estonia vs. Egypt

| Estonia 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 5 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Egypt 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Liina Suurvarik Yasmin Attia-Abdalla 6 2 6 3     2 Helen Laupa Marwa El Many 6 4 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6 3   3 Helina Lill / Liina Suurvarik Yasmin Attia-Abdalla / Marwa El Many 6 1 4 6 6 0 ||||

## Great Britain vs. Egypt

| Great Britain 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Egypt 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Julie Pullin Yasmin Attia-Abdalla 6 1 6 1     2 Samantha Smith Marwa El Many 6 1 6 1     3 Clare Wood / Lorna Woodroffe Yasmin Attia-Abdalla / Marwa El Many 6 1 6 0 ||||

## Denmark vs. Estonia

| Denmark 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Estonia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Eva Dyrberg Helene Holter 2 6 6 4 6 0   2 Sofie Albinus Helina Lill 6 3 7 5     3 Sofie Albinus / Eva Dyrberg Helen Laupa / Liina Suurvarik 6 1 6 1 ||||

## Armenia vs. Lithuania

| Armenia 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 6 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Lithuania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aida Khalatian Indrė Kastanauskaitė 6 2 6 0     2 Sona Saringulyan Galina Misiuriova 6 2 6 3     3 Aida Khalatian / Sona Saringulyan Vaida Martinkute / Galina Misiuriova 6 0 6 1 ||||

## Great Britain vs. Estonia

| Great Britain 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 7 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 7 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Estonia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Clare Wood Liina Suurvarik 6 3 6 0     2 Samantha Smith Helene Holter 6 3 6 4     3 Julie Pullin / Lorna Woodroffe Helene Holter / Liina Suurvarik 6 0 6 1 ||||

## Denmark vs. Lithuania

| Denmark 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 7 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 7 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Lithuania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Eva Dyrberg Indrė Kastanauskaitė 6 1 6 0     2 Sofie Albinus Galina Misiuriova 6 2 7 5     3 Eva Dyrberg / Mette Iversen Vaida Martinkute / Galina Misiuriova 6 3 6 1 ||||

## Armenia vs. Egypt

| Armenia 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 7 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 7 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Egypt 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aida Khalatian Yasmin Attia-Abdalla 6 3 6 0     2 Sona Saringulyan Marwa El Many 6 3 6 2     3 Aida Khalatian / Naira Santrosian Yasmin Attia-Abdalla / Marwa El Many 6 1 6 1 ||||

## Great Britain vs. Armenia

| Great Britain 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Armenia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Clare Wood Aida Khalatian 6 1 6 2     2 Samantha Smith Sona Saringulyan 6 0 6 3     3 Clare Wood / Lorna Woodroffe Naira Santrosian / Sona Saringulyan 6 2 6 3 ||||

## Denmark vs. Egypt

| Denmark 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Egypt 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Eva Dyrberg Ingy El Taweel 6 2 6 1     2 Sofie Albinus Dalia El Sheikh 6 3 6 3     3 Mette Iversen / Maria Rasmussen Yasmin Attia-Abdalla / Marwa El Many 6 3 6 1 ||||

## Estonia vs. Lithuania

| Estonia 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 8 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Lithuania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Liina Suurvarik Vaida Martinkute 6 0 6 0     2 Helina Lill Galina Misiuriova 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^3$     3 Helene Holter / Helen Laupa Indrė Kastanauskaitė / Galina Misiuriova 6 2 6 0 ||||

## Great Britain vs. Estonia

| Great Britain 2 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Denmark 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Clare Wood Eva Dyrberg 3 6 6 4 3 6   2 Samantha Smith Sofie Albinus 4 6 6 4 6 2   3 Julie Pullin / Lorna Woodroffe Sofie Albinus / Eva Dyrberg 6 4 6 2 ||||

## Estonia vs. Armenia

| Estonia 2 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Armenia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Liina Suurvarik Aida Khalatian 6 3 6 1     2 Helene Holter Sona Saringulyan 6 3 6 4     3 Helen Laupa / Helina Lill Aida Khalatian / Sona Saringulyan 3 6 2 6 ||||

## Lithuania vs. Egypt

| Lithuania 3 | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey 9 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) | Egypt 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Indrė Kastanauskaitė Dalia El Sheikh 7$^{11}$ 6$^9$ 6 1     2 Galina Misiuriova Marwa El Many 7 5 6 3     3 Vaida Martinkute / Galina Misiuriova Yasmin Attia-Abdalla / Marwa El Many 6 3 7 5 ||||
* Great Britain placed first in the pool, and thus advanced to Group I in 1998, where they placed third in their group of four.