Austria at the 2002 Federation Cup

The Federation Cup is known for its best in women’s tennis. It has served as an equivalent tournament as that of men’s Davis Cup. The participating countries played in the qualifying stage against themselves, resulting from which the entrants to the World group stage were decided. The 2002 championship was the 40th edition of the Federation Cup. Austria started its international tennis career in 1963. A total of 83 nations participated in the tournament. Austria at the 2002 Federation Cup was one of the average teams.vv

Austria at the 2002 Federation Cup was placed in the World Group stage. Austria was placed alongside nations like United States, Czech Republic, Croatia, Spain, Russia, Germany, Switzerland and others. In the first round match, Austria faced United States. The match was a closely contested match in which eventually Austria stole the show by a score of 3-2. This moved Austria in the next round. In the Quarterfinals, Austria met Croatia. Austria emerged victorious by a dominating performance of 4-1. In the Semifinals, Austria was clashed against Spain. However, Austria lost by a close score of 2-3. Thus this led to the ousting of Austria from the championship.

Austria at the 2002 Federation Cup was placed in the World Group stage with other nations like United States, Czech Republic, Croatia, Spain, Russia, Germany and Switzerland. Austria was confident in its preparation level and seemed to storm the show by its dynamics. In the first round clash against United States, Austria kept its cool and balance of mind and pulled off a close win by 3-2. In the next round against Croatia, Austria was simply unstoppable and clean swept the scoreboards by 4-1 scoreline. However, Austria lost the Semifinal clash to Spain by 2-3 to get departed from the 2002 Federation Cup.