View source for 2002 Fed Cup World Group play-offs

{{main|2002 Fed Cup}}
The '''2002 World Group play-offs''' decided which nations featured in World Group in the '''[[2003 Fed Cup]]'''. The play-off winners went on to feature in [[2003 Fed Cup World Group|World Group]] in 2003, while the losing nations joined Zonal Competition for 2003.

==Australia vs. Netherlands==
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Australia
|team2=Netherlands
|venue=[[WIN Sports Centre]], [[Wollongong]], [[Australia]]
|date=20–21 July 2002
|surface=Plexipave (indoors)
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Evie Dominikovic]] |4 |3 |  |T2P1=[[Miriam Oremans]] |6 |6 |  }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Alicia Molik]] |1 |6 |10 |T2P1=[[Kristie Boogert]] |6 |2 |8 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Alicia Molik]] |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Miriam Oremans]] |2 |3 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Evie Dominikovic]] |5 |7 |1  |T2P1=[[Kristie Boogert]] |7 |5 |6  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Alicia Molik]] |T1P2=[[Rennae Stubbs]] |7 |7 | |T2P1=[[Kristie Boogert]] |T2P2=[[Miriam Oremans]] |6.005 |6.035 |  }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100003473|title=Australia v Netherlands|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

==Sweden vs. Switzerland==
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Sweden 
|team2=Switzerland
|venue=[[Malmö IP]], [[Milan]], [[Sweden]]
|date=20–21 July 2002
|surface=Red clay (outdoors)
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Sofia Arvidsson]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Patty Schnyder]] |2 |2 |  }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Åsa Svensson]] |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Myriam Casanova]] |2 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Åsa Svensson]] |6.035 |7 |6 |T2P1=[[Patty Schnyder]] |7 |5 |8 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Sofia Arvidsson]] |0 |2 |  |T2P1=[[Myriam Casanova]] |6 |6 |  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Sofia Arvidsson]] |T1P2=[[Åsa Svensson]] |3 |6 |7 |T2P1=[[Myriam Casanova]] |T2P2=[[Patty Schnyder]] |6 |3 |5  }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100003479|title=Sweden v Switzerland|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

==Hungary vs. Argentina==
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Hungary 
|team2=Argentina
|venue=[[Római Teniszakadémia]], [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]
|date=20–21 July 2002
|surface=Red clay (outdoors)
|score1=0
|score2=5
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Petra Mandula]] |5 |2 |  |T2P1=[[Mariana Díaz Oliva]] |7 |6 |  }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Zsófia Gubacsi]] |6 |5 |1 |T2P1=[[Clarisa Fernández]] |4 |7 |6 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Petra Mandula]] |5 |6 |4 |T2P1=[[Clarisa Fernández]] |7 |2 |6 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Zsófia Gubacsi]] |6 |5 |3  |T2P1=[[Mariana Díaz Oliva]] |5 |7 |6  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Anikó Kapros]] |T1P2=[[Kira Nagy]] |6 |4 |0 |T2P1=[[Mariana Díaz Oliva]] |T2P2=[[Laura Montalvo]] |3 |6 |6  }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100003477|title=Hungary v Argentina|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

==United States vs. Israel==
{{FedCupbox
|team1=United States
|team2=Israel
|venue=[[Cooper Tennis Complex]], [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]], [[Missouri|MO]], [[United States]]
|date=20–21 July 2002
|surface=Hard (outdoors)
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Lindsay Davenport]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Anna Smashnova]] |3 |3 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Monica Seles]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Tzipora Obziler]] |4 |2 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Monica Seles]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Anna Smashnova]] |4 |0 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Lindsay Davenport]] |2 |6 |7  |T2P1=[[Tzipora Obziler]] |6 |1 |6.005  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Lisa Raymond]] |T1P2=[[Meghann Shaughnessy]] |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Tzipora Obziler]] |T2P2=[[Hila Rosen]] |3 |0 | }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100003480|title=United States v Israel|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

==Czech Republic vs. Canada==
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Czech Republic
|team2=Canada
|venue=[[TC Precolor Přerov]], [[Přerov]], [[Czech Republic]]
|date=20–21 July 2002
|surface=Red clay (outdoors)
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Barbora Strýcová]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Maureen Drake]] |1 |0 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Klára Koukalová]] |4 |6 |6  |T2P1=[[Marie-Ève Pelletier]] |6 |3 |4 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Klára Koukalová]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Jana Nejedly]] |3 |3 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Iveta Benešová]] |2 |6 |7  |T2P1=[[Marie-Ève Pelletier]] |6 |1 |6.005  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Petra Cetkovská]] |T1P2=[[Barbora Strýcová]] |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Marie-Ève Pelletier]] |T2P2=[[Vanessa Webb]] |2 |3 | }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100003476|title=Czech Republic v Canada|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

==China vs. Russia==
{{FedCupbox
|team1=China
|team2=Russia
|venue=Beijing International Tennis Center, [[Beijing]], [[China]]
|date=20–21 July 2002
|surface=Hard (indoors)
|score1=0
|score2=5
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Zheng Jie]] |3 |1 |  |T2P1=[[Tatiana Panova]] |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Sun Tiantian]] |2 |3 |  |T2P1=[[Elena Dementieva]] |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Zheng Jie]] |4 |0 |  |T2P1=[[Elena Dementieva]] |6 |6 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Li Na]] |0 |2 |  |T2P1=[[Elena Bovina]] |6 |6 |  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Yan Zi (tennis)|Yan Zi]] |T1P2=[[Zheng Jie]] |3 |6.025 | |T2P1=[[Elena Bovina]] |T2P2=[[Tatiana Panova]] |6 |7 | }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100003474|title=China v Russia|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

==Colombia vs. Japan==
{{fed|JPN}} was scheduled to play against {{fed|COL}} on 20–21 July in [[Bogotá]], but the Japanese withdrew from their tie citing security concerns over the [[Colombian armed conflict (1964–present)|Colombian armed conflict]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/2002_3562068/japanese-witdraw-from-fed-cup-play.html|title=Japanese withdraw from Fed Cup play|publisher=Houston Chronicle Archive}}</ref> Colombia thus progressed to the 2003 World Group, while Japan was relegated to Zonal Competition.

==Slovenia vs. Ukraine==
{{FedCupbox
|team1=Slovenia
|team2=Ukraine
|venue=[[SRC Marina Portorož]], [[Portorož]], [[Slovenia]]
|date=20–21 July 2002
|surface=Red clay (outdoors)
|score1=4
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Maja Matevžič]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Tatiana Perebiynis]] |3 |2 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Tina Pisnik]] |6 |3 |6  |T2P1=[[Yuliya Beygelzimer]] |2 |6 |2 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Tina Pisnik]] |7 |4 |6  |T2P1=[[Tatiana Perebiynis]] |6.025 |6 |3 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Maja Matevžič]] |6 |7 |  |T2P1=[[Yuliya Beygelzimer]] |3 |6.015 |  }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Ajda Brumen]] |T1P2=[[Petra Rampre]] |3 |3 | |T2P1=[[Yuliya Beygelzimer]] |T2P2=[[Tatiana Perebiynis]] |6 |6 | }}
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100003478|title=Slovenia v Ukraine|publisher=fedcup.com}}</ref>

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

[[Category:2002 Fed Cup|World Group play-offs]]