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Comebacks From 0-2 Down There have been five comebacks from 0-2 down since the best of five format was adopted for Fed Cup World Group matches in 1995. World Group II play-offs - Australia defeated Canada 3-2 in Canada 1996 Rene Simpson (CAN) d. Nicole Bradtke (AUS) Patricia Hy-Boulais (CAN) d. Rachel McQuillan (AUS) Nicole Bradtke (AUS) d. Patricia Hy-Boulais (CAN) Rachel McQuillan (AUS) d. Rene Simpson (CAN) Bradtke/McQuillan (AUS) d. Hetherington/Simpson (CAN) 36 63 63 62 75 63 36 62 63 64 46 63 60 World Group II first round - Austria defeated Australia 3-2 in Austria 1999 Jelena Dokic (AUS) d. Barbara Schett (AUT) Alicia Molik (AUS) d. Sylvia Plischke (AUT) Barbara Schett (AUT) d. Alicia Molik (AUS) Barbara Schwartz (AUT) d. Jelena Dokic (AUS) Schett/Schwartz (AUT) d. Molik/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 63 57 64 57 61 75 61 61 16 62 64 63 63 World Group quarterfinal - Spain defeated Belgium 3-2 in Spain 2004 Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) Els Callens (BEL) d. Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Els Callens (BEL) Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (ESP) d. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual (ESP) d. Callens/Flipkens (BEL) 76(5) 16 62 26 64 119 64 60 63 64 63 62 World Group first round - Russia defeated France 3-2 in Russia 2011 Alize Cornet (FRA) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Maria Sharapova (RUS) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) Kuznetsova/Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Julie Coin/Cornet (FRA) 36 63 64 63 64 36 63 62 64 64 76(4) 60 World Group II first round – Sweden defeated Argentina 3-2 in Argentina 2013 Paula Ormachea (ARG) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) Florencia Molinero (ARG) d. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. Paula Ormachea (ARG) Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. Florencia Molinero (ARG) Arvidsson/Larsson (SWE) d. Maria Irigoyen/Mailen Auroux (ARG) 63 60 63 26 61 75 67(6) 3-2 ret. 63 62 64 64 World Group semifinal - Russia defeated Slovak Republic 3-2 in Russia 2013 Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Dominika Cibulkova/Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 57 61 64 62 64 75 61 63 46 64 46 63 61 Best Performances by Unseeded Nations In 2012 Serbia became the seventh unseeded nation to reach the Fed Cup Final, after Australia (1993), Netherlands (1997), Russia (1999), both Belgium and Italy in 2006, and Spain (2008). Italy is the only unseeded nation to win the Fed Cup, doing so when defeating Belgium 3-2 in the 2006 Final. 2013 Fed Cup Final Media Guide | Nation Records, Statistics & Ranking 44