| 2003 Fed Cup World Group | ||||
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| Date | 26 April – 23 November | |||
| Edition | 13th | |||
| Champions | ||||
France | ||||
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TheWorld Group was the highest level ofFed Cup competition in 2003. Sixteen nations competed in a four-round knockout competition.Slovakia was the defending champion, but they were defeated in the quarterfinals byBelgium.France defeatedUnited States in the final to win their second title and claim the World No. 1 ranking.
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Argentina | Australia | Austria | Belgium |
Colombia | Croatia | Czech Republic | France |
Germany | Italy | Russia | Slovakia |
Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | United States |
| First round 26–27 April | Quarterfinals 19–20 July | Semifinals 19–20 November | Final 22–23 November | |||||||||||||||
| Ettenheim, Germany (Outdoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charleroi, Belgium (Indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bree, Belgium (Indoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Moscow, Russia (Indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Linköping, Sweden (Indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Washington, D.C., United States (Outdoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lowell, Massachusetts, United States (Indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Moscow, Russia (Indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Moscow, Russia (Indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portorož,Slovenia (Outdoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Buenos Aires, Argentina (Outdoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Moscow, Russia (Indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France (Indoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oviedo, Spain (Outdoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tarragona, Spain (Outdoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Slovakia 3 | Tennis Center Ettenheim,Ettenheim,Germany 26–27 April 2003 Red clay (outdoors) | Germany 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Austria 0 | Expodroom Bree,Bree,Belgium 26–27 April 2003 Red clay (indoors) | Belgium 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Italy 3 | Linköping,Sweden 26–27 April 2003 Premier hard (indoors) | Sweden 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Czech Republic 0 | The Paul E. Tsongas Arena,Lowell,MA,United States 26–27 April 2003 Plexipave (indoors) | United States 5 | |
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Russia 4 | Druzhba Multipurpose Arena,Moscow,Russia 26–27 April 2003 Taraflex (indoors) | Croatia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Slovenia 3 | Pilar,Argentine 26–27 April 2003 Taraflex (indoors) | Argentina 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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France 5 | Palais de Sports des Bullieux,Andrézieux-Bouthéon,France 26–27 April 2003 Red clay (indoors) | Colombia 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia 2 | Club Tenis Tarragona,Tarragona,Spain 26–27 April 2003 Red clay (outdoors) | Spain 3 | |
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Slovakia 0 | Spiroudome,Charleroi,Belgium 19–20 July 2003 Decoturf II (indoors) | Belgium 5 | |
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Italy 0 | William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Centre,Washington, D.C.,United States 19–20 July 2003 Decoturf II (outdoors) | United States 5 | |
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Russia 5 | SRC Marina Portorož,Portorož,Slovenia 19–20 July 2003 Red clay (outdoors) | Slovenia 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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France 4 | Escuela de Tenis Municipál Parque del Oeste,Oviedo,Spain 19–20 July 2003 Red clay (indoors) | Spain 1 | |
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Belgium 1 | Olympic Stadium,Moscow,Russia 19–20 November 2003 Taraflex (indoors) | United States 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Russia 2 | Olympic Stadium,Moscow,Russia 19–20 November 2003 Taraflex (indoors) | France 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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United States 1 | Olympic Stadium,Moscow,Russia 22–23 November 2003 Taraflex (indoors) | France 4 | |
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| 2003 Fed Cup champions |
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France Second title |