WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., March 21 (UPI) -- Jennifer Capriati, Monica Seles, Meghann Shaughnessy and Lisa Raymond were named to the United States team that will face Austria in the first round of the Fed Cup at Charlotte, N.C., April 27-28, team captain Billie Jean King announced Thursday.
Capriati, the two-time Australian Open champion and No. 1 player in the Sanex WTA Tour rankings, has represented the U.S. in the Fed Cup in 1990, 1991, 1996 and 2000. The 25-year-old has won three of the last five Grand Slam titles and regained the No. 1 ranking from fellow American Venus Williams this week.
Seles has been on every Fed Cup team since 1996, helping the U.S. to titles that year as well as 1999 and 2000. She has 52 career singles titles,including nine Grand Slams. The 28-year-old won most recently at Doha, Qatar in February.
Raymond is ranked No. 21 in singles and No. 1 in doubles. She won at Memphis this year and already has four doubles titles with partner Rennae Stubbs in 2002. The 28-year-old has 31 career doubles titles and was a Fed Cup member in 1997, 1998 and 2000.
Shaughnessy has two singles and three doubles titles this season and is making her Fed Cup debut. The 22-year-old is ranked No. 13 in singles and No. 24 in doubles.
"I couldn't be more pleased with our Fed Cup team for the start of the 2002 campaign," King said. "Not only do we have the top players in singles and doubles in Jennifer and Lisa, but we have a loyal veteran and formidable Fed Cup player in Monica and a rising star in Meghann.
"The quest for the 2002 Fed Cup will be a competitive one, but we are starting with a strong team against the Austrians."
The U.S. has won a record 17 Fed Cup championships since the event began in 1963. The Americans withdrew from the event last year following the September 11 terrorist attacks. Sixteen nations are competing this year. The U.S.-Austria winner faces the winner of the Czech Republic-Croatia tie in the second round on July 20-21.
