Germany at the 2002 Federation Cup

The Federation Cup was organized by the International Tennis Federation in the year 1963 as they were celebrating its 50th anniversary. The 2002 Federation Cup was the 40th edition of the most popular sporting events in the history of the women’s tennis. There were about 83 teams which participated in this competition and Germany at the 2002 Federation Cup was one of them. Germany began its Fed Cup campaign since 1963 and in the year 1987 and 1992 they have emerged as champions of this competition and also they have been runners up on four occasions in 1966, 1970, 1982 and 1983. Germany participated as West Germany from 1963 to 1989.

Germany at the 2002 Federation Cup was in the world group along with the teams like Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Rep, France, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United States. In the first round match against Russia Germany had a tough time as both the teams were performing well. But in the end it was Germany who was glorious as they defeated Russia by the score of 3:2. In the quarterfinals they had to play against Spain, in this match Spain dominated from the start and did not give a single chance to Germany to over come them. Spain defeated Germany in that match by the score of 5:0. Therefore Germany could regain their world group spot for the 2003 Fed Cup.

The over all performance of Germany at the 2002 Federation Cup was satisfying enough as loss in the last match did not cost them their world group spot. After wining the first round match against Russia Germany could not perform well in the quarterfinals against Spain as they were out classed in that match.