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{{Short description|Part of tennis tournament}}
{{main|2007 Fed Cup}}
{{Infobox tennis tournament year|2007|Fed Cup World Group
| date=21 April – 16 September
| edition=17th
| champ={{fed-big|RUS}}
| main_name=Fed Cup
}}

The '''World Group''' was the highest level of [[Fed Cup]] competition in 2007. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. [[Italy Fed Cup team|Italy]] was the defending champion, but they were defeated in the final by the No. 1 team [[Russia Fed Cup team|Russia]].

==Participating teams==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!colspan=4|'''Participating teams'''
|-
!style="width:25%;"| {{fed-big|BEL}}
!style="width:25%;"| {{fed-big|CHN}}
!style="width:25%;"| {{fed-big|FRA}}
!style="width:25%;"| {{fed-big|ITA}}
|-
!{{fed-big|JPN}}
!{{fed-big|RUS}}
!{{fed-big|ESP}}
!{{nowrap|{{fed-big|USA}}}}
|}

==Draw==
{{8TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=21–22 April
| RD2-date=14–15 July
| RD3-date=15–16 September
| teamwidth=16
| RD1T1-loc=[[Castellaneta|Castellaneta Marina]], [[Italy]] (Outdoor clay)
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1={{fed|ITA}} | RD1-score1=5
| RD1-seed2=&nbsp; | RD1-team2={{fed|CHN}} | RD1-score2=0

| RD1T2-loc=[[Limoges]], [[France]] (Indoor clay)
| RD1-seed3=&nbsp; | RD1-team3={{fed|JPN}} | RD1-score3=0
| RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4={{fed|FRA}} | RD1-score4=5

| RD1T3-loc=[[Moscow]], [[Russia]] (Indoor clay)
| RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5={{fed|RUS}} | RD1-score5=5
| RD1-seed6=&nbsp; | RD1-team6={{fed|ESP}} | RD1-score6=0

| RD1T4-loc={{nowrap|[[Delray Beach, Florida|Delray Beach, FL]], [[United States]] (Outdoor hard)}}
| RD1-seed7=&nbsp; | RD1-team7={{fed|USA}} | RD1-score7=5
| RD1-seed8=2 | RD1-team8={{fed|BEL}} | RD1-score8=0

| RD2T1-loc={{nowrap|[[Castellaneta|Castellaneta Marina]], [[Italy]] (Outdoor clay)}}
| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1={{fed|ITA}} | RD2-score1=3
| RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2={{fed|FRA}} | RD2-score2=2

| RD2T2-loc={{nowrap|[[Stowe, Vermont|Stowe, VT]], [[United States]] (Outdoor hard)}}
| RD2-seed3=3 | RD2-team3={{fed|RUS}} | RD2-score3=3
| RD2-seed4=&nbsp; | RD2-team4={{fed|USA}} | RD2-score4=2

| RD3T1-loc={{nowrap|[[Moscow]], [[Russia]] (Indoor hard)}}
| RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1={{fed|ITA}} | RD3-score1=0
| RD3-seed2=3 | RD3-team2={{fed|RUS}} | RD3-score2=4
}}

==First round==
===Italy vs. China===
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Italy
|team2=China
|venue=[[Nova Yardinia]], [[Castellaneta]], [[Italy]]
|date=21–22 April 2007
|surface=Red clay (outdoors)
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Tathiana Garbin]] |6 |2 |6  |T2P1=[[Sun Tiantian]] |4 |6 |3  }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Flavia Pennetta]] |0 |7 |3 |T2P1=[[Peng Shuai]] |6 |5 |0 |re2=3 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Tathiana Garbin]] |3 |6 |6  |T2P1=[[Zhang Shuai (tennis)|Zhang Shuai]] |6 |2 |4 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Mara Santangelo]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Sun Tiantian]] |4 |2 |  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Mara Santangelo]] |6 |6 | |T1P2=[[Roberta Vinci]]  |T2P1=[[Sun Shengnan]] |T2P2=[[Sun Tiantian]] |2 |4 |  }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100008902|title=Italy v China|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

===Japan vs. France===
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Japan
|team2=France
|venue=[[Palais des Sports de Fetes]], [[Limoges]], [[France]]
|date=21–22 April 2007
|surface=Red clay (indoors)
|score1=0
|score2=5
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Ai Sugiyama]] |5 |1 |  |T2P1=[[Nathalie Dechy]] |7 |6 |  }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Akiko Morigami]] |2 |4 | |T2P1=[[Tatiana Golovin]] |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Ai Sugiyama]] |6.025 |0 |  |T2P1=[[Tatiana Golovin]] |7 |6 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Akiko Morigami]] |6.035 |6 |2  |T2P1=[[Virginie Razzano]] |7 |1 |6  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Ayumi Morita]] |1 |2 | |T1P2=[[Ai Sugiyama]]  |T2P1=[[Séverine Brémond Beltrame|Séverine Brémond]] |T2P2=[[Nathalie Dechy]] |6 |6 |  }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100008901|title=Japan v France|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

===Russia vs. Spain===
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Russia
|team2=Spain
|venue=[[Luzhniki Palace of Sports]], [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
|date=21–22 April 2007
|surface=Red clay (indoors)
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Nadia Petrova]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] |3 |4 |  }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Lourdes Domínguez Lino]] |3 |2 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] |6 |4 |6  |T2P1=[[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] |3 |6 |0 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Anna Chakvetadze]] |3 |7 |6  |T2P1=[[Nuria Llagostera Vives]] |6 |6.045 |2  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Nadia Petrova]] |6 |4 |6 |T1P2=[[Elena Vesnina]]  |T2P1=[[Lourdes Domínguez Lino]] |T2P2=[[Laura Pous Tió]] |1 |6 |2  }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100008900|title=Russia v Spain|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

===United States vs. Belgium===
{{FedCupbox
|team1=United States
|team2=Belgium
|venue=[[Delray Beach Tennis Center]], [[Delray Beach]], [[Florida]], [[United States]]
|date=21–22 April 2007
|surface=Plexipave (outdoors)
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Venus Williams]] |7 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Kirsten Flipkens]] |5 |2 |  }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Serena Williams]] |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Caroline Maes]] |1 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Vania King]] |4 |6 |7  |T2P1=[[Kirsten Flipkens]] |6 |4 |5 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Venus Williams]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Yanina Wickmayer]] |1 |2 |  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Vania King]] |6 |6 | |T1P2=[[Lisa Raymond]]  |T2P1=[[Tamaryn Hendler]] |T2P2=[[Caroline Maes]] |1 |2 |  }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100008899|title=United States v Belgium|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

==Semifinals==
===Italy vs. France===
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Italy
|team2=France
|venue=[[Nova Yardinia]], [[Castellaneta]], [[Italy]]
|date=14–15 July 2007
|surface=Red clay (outdoors)
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Tathiana Garbin]] |3 |6 |2  |T2P1=[[Tatiana Golovin]] |6 |2 |6  }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Francesca Schiavone]] |7 |6 | |T2P1=[[Amélie Mauresmo]] |5 |3 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Mara Santangelo]] |7 |0 |4  |T2P1=[[Amélie Mauresmo]] |6.045 |6 |6 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Francesca Schiavone]] |6 |2 |7  |T2P1=[[Tatiana Golovin]] |4 |6 |5  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Francesca Schiavone]] |4 |6 |6 |T1P2=[[Roberta Vinci]]  |T2P1=[[Séverine Brémond Beltrame|Séverine Brémond]] |T2P2=[[Nathalie Dechy]] |6 |1 |2  }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100008904|title=Italy v France|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

===Russia vs. United States===
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Russia
|team2=United States
|venue=[[The Stadium at Topnotch]], [[Stowe, Vermont|Stowe]], [[United States]]
|date=14–15 July 2007
|surface=Decoturf (outdoors)
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Anna Chakvetadze]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Vania King]] |1 |3 |  }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Nadia Petrova]] |6.055 |6 |4 |T2P1=[[Venus Williams]] |7 |0 |6 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Anna Chakvetadze]] |1 |4 |  |T2P1=[[Venus Williams]] |6 |6 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Nadia Petrova]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Meilen Tu]] |1 |2 |  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Nadia Petrova]] |7 |7 | |T1P2=[[Elena Vesnina]]  |T2P1=[[Venus Williams]] |T2P2=[[Lisa Raymond]] |5 |6.005 |  }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100008903|title=Russia v United States|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

==Final==
===Italy vs. Russia===
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Italy
|team2=Russia
|venue=[[Luzhniki Palace of Sports]], [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
|date=15–16 September 2007
|surface=RuKortHard (indoors)
|score1=0
|score2=4
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Francesca Schiavone]] |4 |6 |4  |T2P1=[[Anna Chakvetadze]] |6 |4 |6  }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Mara Santangelo]] |1 |2 | |T2P1=[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Francesca Schiavone]] |6 |6.065 |5  |T2P1=[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] |4 |7 |7 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Mara Santangelo]] |2 |4 |  |T2P1=[[Elena Vesnina]] |6 |6 |  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Mara Santangelo]] | | | |T1P2=[[Roberta Vinci]]  |T2P1=[[Nadia Petrova]] |T2P2=[[Elena Vesnina]] | | |np=  }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100008905|title=Italy v Russia|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>
{{winners|fed|2007 Fed Cup champions|RUS|Third}}

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Fed Cup structure]]

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