USA vs Czech Republic in 2018 Fed Cup Final set in Prague.
The Czech Republic team will host the Team USA at the O2 Arena in Prague in the 2018 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final held on 10-11 November.
The Czech Republic makes the Fed Cup history to win the 6th titles in only eight years & the USA is the defending winners of 2017 Fed Cup.
This will be the fourth time that the Czech Republic has facilitated a Fed Cup Final at the 10,700-limit field and it is yet to lose, having lifted the title against Serbia in 2012, Germany in 2014 and Russia in 2015.
As in earlier years, the last will be played on a hard, indoor court which supports the Czechs' wide exhibit of huge hitters. Nonetheless, that will likewise play under the control of the USA, a country not shy of intensity itself.
List of Fed Cup Champions: Past Winners history.
The Arena, formerly known as the Sazka Arena, was worked so as to organize the World Ice Hockey Championships in 2004 and has since held major wearing occasions for ice hockey, basketball, and floorball.
The scene has likewise facilitated three Davis Cup by BNP Paribas ties - all of which have brought about triumphs for the home side, including the 2012 Davis Cup Final which saw the Czechs crush Spain to win its first title since Czechoslovakia won in 1980.
The Czechs are through to the last after a 4-1 win away against a German side flaunting two Top-12 players pursued a 3-1 prevail upon Switzerland at home in the opening round.
Czech Republic will look vindicate its annihilation on account of USA in a year ago's elimination rounds, and record a prevail upon its rivals out of the blue since the 1985 Fed Cup Final.
Fed Cup History: USA vs Czech Republic
USA have won more titles than any other nation, having been crowned champions 18 times - most recently in 2017. Their total tally includes seven straight victories between 1976 and 1982, when they also set records during this period for most successive wins in ties (37) and rubbers (64).
The Czechs have been crowned champions on 10 occasions - in 1975, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016 - making them the second most successful Fed Cup nation behind USA. The first five of these wins came under the flag of Czechoslovakia, which they played as until 1992. The Czechs then played as Czech & Slovak Republics in 1993 and Czech Republic since 1994.
Fed Cup Final 2018: USA Team / Rosters.
Sloane STEPHENS
Venus WILLIAMS
Madison KEYS
Coco VANDEWEGHE
Serena WILLIAMS
Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS
Fed Cup Final 2018: Czech Republic Team / Rosters.
Karolina PLISKOVA
Petra KVITOVA
Barbora STRYCOVA
Katerina SINIAKOVA
Lucie SAFAROVA
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