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The Title Decided by Doubles The title has been decided by the doubles rubber on 15 occasions to date. Note: finals were best of three until 1994. 1963 USA defeated Australia 2-1 Darlene Hard/Billie Jean Moffitt (USA) d. Margaret Smith/Lesley Turner (AUS) 36 1311 63 1987 Germany defeated USA 2-1 Steffi Graf/Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (GER) d. Chris Evert/Pam Shriver (USA) 16 75 64 1969 USA defeated Australia 2-1 Peaches Bartkowicz/Nancy Richey (USA) d. Margaret Court/Judy Tegart (AUS) 64 64 1990 USA defeated Russia 2-1 Gigi Fernandez/Zina Garrison (USA) d. Larisa Savchenko/Natalia Zvereva (RUS) 64 63 1972 South Africa defeated Great Britain 2-1 Brenda Kirk/Pat Waldken Pretorius (RSA) d. Virginia Wade/Joyce Williams (GBR) 61 75 1991 Spain defeated USA 2-1 Conchita Martinez/Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) d. Gigi Fernandez/Zina Garrison (USA) 36 61 61 1974 Australia defeated USA 2-1 Evonne Goolagong/Janet Young (AUS) d. Julie Heldman/Sharon Walsh (USA) 75 86 1998 Spain defeated Switzerland 3-2 Conchita Martinez/Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) d. Martina Hingis/Patty Schnyder (SUI) 60 62 1976 USA defeated Australia 2-1 Rosemary Casals/Billie Jean King (USA) d. Evonne Goolagong/Kerry Reid (AUS) 75 63 2004 Russia defeated France 3-2 Anastasia Myskina/Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Marion Bartoli/Emilie Loit (FRA) 76(5) 75 1978 USA defeated Australia 2-1 Chris Evert/Billie Jean King (USA) d. Kerry Reid/Wendy Turnbull (AUS) 46 61 64 2005 Russia defeated France 3-2 Elena Dementievna/Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Amelie Mauresmo/Mary Pierce (FRA) 64 16 63 1984 Czechoslovakia defeated Australia 2-1 Hana Mandlikova/Helena Sukova (CZE) d. Elizabeth Sayers/Wendy Turnbull (AUS) 62 62 2006 Italy defeated Belgium 3-2 Francesca Schiavone/Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Kirsten Flipkens/Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 36 62 2-0 ret. 2011 Czech Republic defeated Russia 3-2 Lucie Hradecka/Kveta Peschke (CZE) d. Maria Kirilenko/Elena Vesnina (RUS) 64 62 2013 Fed Cup Final Media Guide | Fed Cup Finals: Results & Statistics 27