Evelyn Fauth

Evelyn Fauth
Country (sports)	Austria
Born	27 November 1976 (age 45); Sankt Peter, Austria
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$201,106
Singles
Career record	278–263
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 127 (20 May 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	2R (2001)
Doubles
Career record	44–62
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	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 semi-final 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 quarter-finals, which left Fauth on the sidelines. Austria ultimately reached the semi-finals.

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)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 February 1994	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard		1–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	28 January 1996	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard		7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–1
Winner	2.	28 July 1996	ITF Dublin, Ireland	Clay	Pam Nelson	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	26 January 1997	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Meike Fröhlich	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	22 June 1997	ITF Klosters, Switzerland	Clay	Miroslava Vavrinec	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Winner	3.	13 July 1997	ITF Fiumicino, Italy	Clay	Alessia Lombardi	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	21 June 1998	ITF Grado, Italy	Clay	Andreea Vanc	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	5.	26 April 1999	ITF Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Mariam Ramón Climent	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	8 May 2000	ITF Midlothian, Canada	Clay	Catalina Castaño	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	17 September 2000	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	18 March 2002	ITF Juarez, Mexico	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	21 April 2002	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Gisela Dulko	7–5, 1–6, 3–6

Doubles (1–1)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 April 1994	ITF Gaborone, Botswana	Hard		Amanda Hopmans Magüi Serna	3–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	27 November 1995	ITF Salzburg, Austria	Carpet (i)	Barbara Schwartz	Milena Nekvapilová	6–7⁽¹⁾, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–3