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Longest Fed Cup Tiebreaks The 1980 competition introduced the tiebreak for all sets, except the final set. Listed below are the longest-known tiebreaks in Fed Cup. Overall Tiebreak Result Score Tie 21-19 Manisha Malhotra/Sania Mirza (IND) d. Vlada Ekshibarova/Ivanna Israilova (UZB) Tatiana Kovaltchouk (UKR) d. Natalie Grandin (RSA) Catalina Castano (COL) d. Gabriela Paz (VEN) 76 61 IND d. UZB 2-1 2004 Asia/Oceania Group I round-robin (third rubber) UKR d. RSA 2-1, 2001 Europe/Africa Group I round-robin (first rubber) COL d. VEN 3-0, 2012 Americas Zone Group I round-robin (first rubber) 17-15 17-15 76 64 76 75 Main Draw/World Group I & II Tiebreak Result Score Tie 14-12 Olga Savchuk (UKR) d. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) Jennifer Capriati (USA) d. Sandra Wasserman (BEL) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. Kim Clijsters (BEL) Rachel McQuillan (AUS) d. Amanda Coetzer (RSA) Jelena Kostanic (CRO) d. Andrea Glass (GER) 76 76 Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 76 64 UKR d. AUS 3-2, 2011 World Group play-off (fourth rubber) USA d. BEL 3-0, 1990 Second Round (first rubber) BEL d. USA 4-1 2011 World Group first round in Belgium (third rubber) AUS d. RSA 3-2, 1997 World Group II quarterfinal (second rubber) GER d. CRO 2-1, 2000 World Group round-robin (first rubber) SVK d. UZB 5-0, 2008 World Group II Play-off (third rubber) 13-11 12-10 12-10 11-9 11-9 60 76 67 62 61 63 76 67 61 63 Most Tiebreaks in a Tie Since the introduction of the tiebreak in Fed Cup, there have never been more than five tiebreaks in a 'best of five rubber' tie. This has happened twice before: Tie Zone and Round No. of Tiebreaks in Tie Czech Republic d. Australia 4-0 Italy d. Australia 4-1 Italy d. Indonesia 3-2 Italy d. Austria 3-2 Australia d. Colombia 3-2 2013 World Group first round 2011 World Group first round 1995 World Group II play-off 1998 World Group II first round 2003 World Group play-off 5 5 4 4 4 Argentina d. Japan 4-1 2004 World Group first round 4 Russia d. Croatia 3-2 2006 World Group play-off 4 Russia d. Italy 5-0 2011 World Group semifinal 4 Ukraine d. Sweden 3-2 2011 World Group II first round 4 In a 'best of three rubber' tie the record is four tiebreaks, which has happened on two occasions: Spain d. Netherlands 3-0 New Zealand d. Hong Kong, China 3-0 1993 quarterfinal 2003 Asia/Oceania Group I round-robin 2013 Fed Cup Final Media Guide | General Records & Statistics 65 4 4