Evelyn Fauth Explained

Evelyn Fauth
Birth Date:27 November 1976
Birth Place:Sankt Peter, Austria
Height:168 cm
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$201,106
Singlestitles:5 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 127 (20 May 2002)
Usopenresult:2R (2001)
Doublestitles:1 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 303 (16 October 2000)

Evelyn Fauth (born 27 November 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.

Biography

Fauth was born in the Styrian town of Sankt Peter, to parents Walter and Ingrid. She began playing tennis at the age of six and turned professional at 17.[1]

Her biggest title win was the Espinho ITF tournament in 1999, which included a semifinal win over Kim Clijsters.[2]

She appeared as a qualifier at the 2001 US Open and defeated Anne-Gaëlle Sidot to reach the second round, where she lost in three sets to Virginia Ruano Pascual.[3]

In 2002, she debuted for the Austria Fed Cup team in a surprise win over the United States, away from home in Charlotte, North Carolina in the first round of the World Group. Prior to the tie, American star Jennifer Capriati was dismissed from the team for not complying with team rules, meaning that Fauth received a walkover win in the scheduled second match, giving Austria a 2–0 lead with Barbara Schwartz having already put them ahead by winning the opener.[4] Schwartz then secured the tie for Austria in the third match, after which Fauth featured in two dead rubbers. She played a singles match against Monica Seles and partnered with Marion Maruska in the doubles rubber, losing both, to leave the scoreline at 3–2 in Austria's favour.[5] Barbara Schett returned to the team for the quarterfinals, which left Fauth on the sidelines. Austria ultimately reached the semifinals.

She played two further Fed Cup ties in 2003, against Belgium away in Bree and Canada at home in Neudorfl.

Since retiring she remained involved in tennis as a coach. She was named Styria's "Coach of the Year" in 2015.[6]

ITF Circuit finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (5–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.6 February 1994ITF İstanbul, TurkeyHard Barbara Báthory1–6, 2–6
Winner1.28 January 1996ITF İstanbul, TurkeyHard Andrea Schwarz7–6(5), 6–1
Winner2.28 July 1996ITF Dublin, IrelandClay Pam Nelson6–2, 6–3
Runner-up2.26 January 1997ITF İstanbul, TurkeyHard Meike Fröhlich2–6, 2–6
Runner-up3.22 June 1997ITF Klosters, SwitzerlandClay Miroslava Vavrinec6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Winner3.13 July 1997ITF Fiumicino, ItalyClay Alessia Lombardi6–3, 6–4
Winner4.21 June 1998ITF Grado, ItalyClay Andreea Vanc6–7(4), 6–1, 6–1
Winner5.26 April 1999ITF Espinho, PortugalClay Mariam Ramón Climent6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up4.8 May 2000ITF Midlothian, CanadaClay Catalina Castaño3–6, 5–7
Runner-up5.17 September 2000ITF Sofia, BulgariaClay Antoaneta Pandjerova5–7, 4–6
Runner-up6.18 March 2002ITF Juarez, MexicoClay María Sánchez Lorenzo6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up7.21 April 2002ITF Jackson, United StatesClay Gisela Dulko7–5, 1–6, 3–6

Doubles (1–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.3 April 1994ITF Gaborone, BotswanaHard3–6, 1–6
Winner1.27 November 1995ITF Salzburg, AustriaCarpet (i)6–7(1), 7–6(6), 6–3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Evelyn Fauth - Bio - Personal:. Women's Tennis Association. 2 January 2018.
  2. Web site: ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - $25,000 Espinho - 26 April - 02 May 1999. ITF. 2 January 2018.
  3. News: Agassi passes the Massu test. 31 August 2010. The Hindu. 2 January 2018.
  4. News: King Dismisses Capriati From Fed Cup. 27 April 2002. Los Angeles Times. 2 January 2018.
  5. News: Oostenrijk wipt Amerika uit Fed Cup. 29 April 2002. De Standaard. Dutch. 2 January 2018.
  6. News: Steirerin des Tages: Evelyn Fauth: Die Talenteschmiedin. 19 May 2015. Kleine Zeitung. German. 2 January 2018.