Estonia at the 2003 Federation Cup

Finland made its debut appearance in the most prestigious women’s tennis tournament, the Fed Cup, in the year 1968. The best performance by this team was in 1993, when it reached the quarterfinals.

Finland at the 2003 Fed Cup played in the Europe/Africa Group 2 C. The players for Finland were Emma Laine, Piia Suomalainen, Essi Laine, Pekka Potinkara and Carina Bjornstrom.

Finland at the 2003 Fed Cup played four ties from Europe/Africa Group 2 C. The first tie was against Egypt in which Finland won 2-1.

The second tie was played against Bosnia/Herzegovina. In this tie Finland defeated its opponent with the score line 3-0.

Botswana came against Finland in the third round robin of Europe/Africa Group 2 C in which Finland made a 2-1 win.

The last round was the play off round in which Finland was against Greece.

N.Kipritidou of Greece defeated E.Laine of Finland by 6-1 and 6-4 in first match.

In the second match, E.Laine of Finland defeated C.Zachariadou of Greece in sets of 7-5 and 7-5.

In the doubles match, A.Kaplani and C.Zachariadou of Greece defeated E.Laine and P.Suomalainen of Finland in straight sets of 7-6(3) and 6-4.

Thus, Greece defeated Finland by a score of 2-1 in this Playoff matches.

Matches played: 3 in Round Robin and Playoffs

Matches won: 3 in Round Robin

Matches lost: Playoffs