Bulgaria_Fed_Cup_team
Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team
Tennis team representing Bulgaria
The Bulgaria women's national tennis team represents Bulgaria in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation.
Quick Facts Captain, ITF ranking ...
| Bulgaria | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Magdalena Maleeva |
| ITF ranking | 34  (13 November 2023) |
| Colors | White & Green |
| First year | 1966 |
| Years played | 45 |
| Ties played (W–L) | 150 (69-81) |
| Years in World Group | 14 (16-14) |
| Best finish | World Group SF (1985, 1987) |
| Most total wins | Katerina Maleeva (29-22) Tsvetana Pironkova (29-26) |
| Most singles wins | Tsvetana Pironkova (22-17) |
| Most doubles wins | Magdalena Maleeva (9-9) Katerina Maleeva (9-13) |
| Best doubles team | Katerina Maleeva / Manuela Maleeva (5-7) |
| Most ties played | Tsvetana Pironkova (39) |
| Most years played | Tsvetana Pironkova (13) |
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In 2024, Bulgaria competed in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I event in Oeiras, where they finished in last place in Pool A of the competition with only one win against Austria. In the play-offs the team proceeded to beat Norway, but then lost out to Portugal and was relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the upcoming 2025 edition.
Bulgaria competed in its first Fed Cup in 1966. Until the 1996 edition of the competition the team has always played in the Fed Cup World Group. From 1996 the team is competing in Group I of the Europe/Africa Zone.
The best results of the Bulgarian Fed Cup team are the semifinals the team played in 1985 and 1987. The team also reached the quarterfinals of the competition in 1968, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992 and 1994. These results are closely connected with the success of the Maleeva sisters (Magdalena Maleeva, Katerina Maleeva and Manuela Maleeva) who have represented Bulgaria for more than 20 years in the competition.
Player information and rankings as of 8 April 2024[update]
The following players were called up for the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I in April 2024.
More information Player, WTA Rank ...
| Player | WTA Rank | First year played | Total Win/Loss | Singles Win/Loss | Doubles Win/Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktoriya Tomova | 74 | 2014 | 13–13 | 8–10 | 5–3 |
| Gergana Topalova | 253 | 2019 | 7–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 |
| Isabella Shinikova | 266 | 2012 | 19–24 | 10–13 | 9–11 |
| Lia Karatancheva | 505 | 2023 | 10–5 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
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- Recent callups
More information Player, Most recent appearance ...
| Player | Most recent appearance |
|---|---|
| Denislava Glushkova | 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin |
| Julia Terziyska | 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin |
| Yoana Konstantinova | 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin |
| Rositsa Dencheva | 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin |
| Petia Arshinkova | 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Relegation Play-off |
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Here is the list of all match-ups since 1995, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.
1990s
More information Year, Competition ...
| Year | Competition | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | World Group I, 1st round | 22–23 April | Sofia (BUL) |  Spain |
2–3 | Loss |
| World Group I, Play-offs | 22–23 July | Bloemfontein (RSA) |  South Africa |
0–5 | Loss | |
| 1996 | World Group II, 1st round | 27–28 April | Plovdiv (BUL) |  Slovakia |
0–5 | Loss |
| World Group II, Play-offs | 13–14 July | Plovdiv (BUL) |  South Korea |
1–4 | Loss | |
| 1997 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 23 April | Bari (ITA) |  Russia |
1–2 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 24 April | Bari (ITA) |  Greece |
1–2 | Loss | |
| 1998 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 14 April | Murcia (ESP) |  Romania |
1–2 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 15 April | Murcia (ESP) | South Africa |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 16 April | Murcia (ESP) |  Latvia |
1–2 | Loss | |
| 1999 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 19 April | Murcia (ESP) |  Yugoslavia |
3–0 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 20 April | Murcia (ESP) |  Finland |
3–0 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 21 April | Murcia (ESP) |  Great Britain |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Play-Off | 22 April | Murcia (ESP) |  Slovenia |
1–2 | Loss |
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2000s
More information Year, Competition ...
| Year | Competition | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 16 May | Murcia (ESP) |  Sweden |
2–1 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 17 May | Murcia (ESP) |  Turkey |
3–0 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 18 May | Murcia (ESP) |  Netherlands |
0–3 | Loss | |
| 2001 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 23 May | Murcia (ESP) | Greece |
1–2 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 24 May | Murcia (ESP) |  Israel |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 25 May | Murcia (ESP) |  Denmark |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 26 May | Murcia (ESP) |  Luxembourg |
1–2 | Loss | |
| 2002 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 24 April | Antalya (TUR) |  Portugal |
2–1 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 25 April | Antalya (TUR) |  Georgia |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 26 April | Antalya (TUR) |  Estonia |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Promotional Play-off | 27 April | Antalya (TUR) |  Ukraine |
1–2 | Loss | |
| 2003 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 21 April | Estoril (POR) | Georgia |
2–1 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 22 April | Estoril (POR) | Yugoslavia |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 23 April | Estoril (POR) | Israel |
2–1 | Win | |
| 2004 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 19 April | Athens (GRE) | Estonia |
1–2 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 21 April | Athens (GRE) | Greece |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 22 April | Athens (GRE) |  Poland |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Promotional Play-off | 24 April | Athens (GRE) |  Serbia and Montenegro |
2–1 | Win | |
| World Group I, Play-offs | 11 July | Plovdiv (BUL) |  Japan |
2–3 | Loss | |
| 2005 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 20 April | Antalya (TUR) | South Africa |
3–0 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 21 April | Antalya (TUR) |  Hungary |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 22 April | Antalya (TUR) | Estonia |
3–0 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Promotional Play-off | 23 April | Antalya (TUR) | Netherlands |
2–0 | Win | |
| World Group II, Play-offs | 10 July | Tokyo (JPN) | Japan |
1–4 | Loss | |
| 2006 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 18 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Hungary |
1–2 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 19 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Great Britain |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 20 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Ukraine |
2–1 | Win | |
| 2007 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 18 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Great Britain |
0–3 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 19 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Poland |
0–3 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 20 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Luxembourg |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 21 April | Plovdiv (BUL) |  Lithuania |
2–0 | Win | |
| 2008 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 30 January | Budapest (HUN) | Portugal |
3–0 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 31 January | Budapest (HUN) | Luxembourg |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 1 February | Budapest (HUN) | Netherlands |
0–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off | 2 February | Budapest (HUN) | Hungary |
0–2 | Loss | |
| 2009 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 4 February | Tallinn (EST) | Estonia |
0–3 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 6 February | Tallinn (EST) |  Croatia |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 7 February | Tallinn (EST) |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1–2 | Loss |
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2010s
More information Year, Competition ...
| Year | Competition | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 3 February | Lisbon (POR) | Netherlands |
1–2 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 4 February | Lisbon (POR) | Israel |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 5 February | Lisbon (POR) | Slovenia |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 6 February | Lisbon (POR) | Portugal |
2–1 | Win | |
| 2011 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 2 February | Eilat (ISR) | Poland |
2–1 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 3 February | Eilat (ISR) | Luxembourg |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 4 February | Eilat (ISR) | Israel |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 5 February | Eilat (ISR) | Latvia |
2–0 | Win | |
| 2012 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 1 February | Eilat (ISR) | Estonia |
3–0 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 3 February | Eilat (ISR) |  Austria |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off | 5 February | Eilat (ISR) | Portugal |
0–2 | Loss | |
| 2013 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 7 February | Eilat (ISR) | Netherlands |
3–0 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 8 February | Eilat (ISR) | Luxembourg |
3–0 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 9 February | Eilat (ISR) | Slovenia |
3–0 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Promotional Play-off | 10 February | Eilat (ISR) | Great Britain |
0–2 | Loss | |
| 2014 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 4 February | Budapest (HUN) | Portugal |
1–2 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 6 February | Budapest (HUN) | Turkey |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 7 February | Budapest (HUN) |  Belarus |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 9 February | Budapest (HUN) | Luxembourg |
2–0 | Win | |
| 2015 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 4 February | Budapest (HUN) | Portugal |
3–0 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 5 February | Budapest (HUN) | Belarus |
0–3 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 6 February | Budapest (HUN) | Georgia |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off | 7 February | Budapest (HUN) | Ukraine |
0–2 | Loss | |
| 2016 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 3 February | Eilat (ISR) | Hungary |
2–1 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 4 February | Eilat (ISR) | Latvia |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 5 February | Eilat (ISR) |  Belgium |
0–3 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off | 6 February | Eilat (ISR) | Georgia |
1–2 | Loss | |
| 2017 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 8 February | Tallinn (EST) | Israel |
2–1 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 9 February | Tallinn (EST) |  Serbia |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 10 February | Tallinn (EST) | Estonia |
1–2 | Loss | |
| 2018 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 7 February | Tallinn (EST) | Serbia |
1–2 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 8 February | Tallinn (EST) | Georgia |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off | 10 February | Tallinn (EST) | Poland |
0–2 | Loss | |
| 2019 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 6 February | Zielona Góra (POL) | Estonia |
2–1 | Win |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 7 February | Zielona Góra (POL) | Ukraine |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 8 February | Zielona Góra (POL) | Sweden |
0–3 | Loss |
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2020s
More information Year, Competition ...
| Year | Competition | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 5 February | Tallinn (EST) | Croatia |
1–2 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 6 February | Tallinn (EST) | Ukraine |
0–3 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 8 February | Tallinn (EST) | Greece |
2–0 | Win | |
| 2022 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 11 April | Antalya (TUR) | Austria |
1–2 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 12 April | Antalya (TUR) | Croatia |
0–3 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 13 April | Antalya (TUR) | Sweden |
3–0 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 14 April | Antalya (TUR) | Slovenia |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 15 April | Antalya (TUR) | Georgia |
2–1 | Win | |
| 2023 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 10 April | Antalya (TUR) | Serbia |
1–2 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 11 April | Antalya (TUR) | Croatia |
3–0 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 12 April | Antalya (TUR) | Sweden |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 13 April | Antalya (TUR) |  Norway |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 14 April | Antalya (TUR) | Denmark |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off | 15 April | Antalya (TUR) | Turkey |
2–0 | Win | |
| 2024 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 8 April | Oeiras (POR) | Hungary |
1–2 | Loss |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 9 April | Oeiras (POR) | Denmark |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 10 April | Oeiras (POR) | Austria |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 12 April | Oeiras (POR) | Norway |
2–1 | Win | |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 13 April | Oeiras (POR) | Portugal |
1–2 | Loss |
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This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team in an official Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup match.
More information Player, W-L (Total) ...
| Player | W-L (Total) |
W-L (Singles) |
W-L (Doubles) |
Ties | Debut | Years played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaklin Alawi | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2 | 2007 | 1 |
| Galia Angelova | 6–5 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 8 | 1988 | 2 |
| Petia Arshinkova | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 5 | 2018 | 3 |
| Lubomira Bacheva | 1–6 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 4 | 1993 | 4 |
| Yulia Berberian | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4 | 1968 | 3 |
| Borislava Botusharova | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 2014 | 1 |
| Maria Chakarova | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4 | 1966 | 3 |
| Rositsa Dencheva | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2 | 2022 | 1 |
| Galina Dimitrova | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2 | 1997 | 1 |
| Dora Djilianova | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1995 | 1 |
| Dia Evtimova | 15–20 | 7–13 | 8–7 | 29 | 2007 | 8 |
| Filipa Gabrovska | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 6 | 1998 | 3 |
| Maria Geznenge | 5–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 7 | 1999 | 4 |
| Denislava Glushkova | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2 | 2023 | 1 |
| Lia Karatancheva | 10–5 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 10 | 2023 | 2 |
| Sesil Karatantcheva | 10–6 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 11 | 2004 | 3 |
| Marina Kondova | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2 | 1983 | 1 |
| Yoana Konstantinova | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2 | 2022 | 1 |
| Elitsa Kostova | 16–18 | 10–12 | 6–6 | 27 | 2008 | 10 |
| Dimana Krastevitch | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3 | 2006 | 1 |
| Svetlana Krivencheva | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 6 | 1988 | 4 |
| Katerina Maleeva | 29–22 | 20–9 | 9–13 | 28 | 1984 | 10 |
| Magdalena Maleeva | 27–17 | 18–8 | 9–9 | 27 | 1991 | 10 |
| Manuela Maleeva | 22–12 | 16–4 | 6–8 | 20 | 1983 | 6 |
| Dessislava Mladenova | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3 | 2007 | 1 |
| Diana Moskova | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1975 | 1 |
| Teodora Nedeva | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3 | 1996 | 2 |
| Pavlina Nola | 5–7 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 7 | 1995 | 3 |
| Elena Pampoulova | 6–7 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 10 | 1988 | 3 |
| Antoaneta Pandjerova | 8–13 | 3–8 | 5–5 | 14 | 1996 | 5 |
| Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1 | 2010 | 1 |
| Maria Penkova | 3–6 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 8 | 2004 | 3 |
| Tsvetana Pironkova | 29–26 | 22–17 | 7–9 | 39 | 2003 | 13 |
| Lubka Radkova | 1–9 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 5 | 1966 | 4 |
| Dora Rangelova | 4–7 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 8 | 1986 | 3 |
| Isabella Shinikova | 19–24 | 10–13 | 9–11 | 34 | 2012 | 11 |
| Christina Sotirova | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 1975 | 1 |
| Julia Terziyska | 6–4 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 9 | 2018 | 3 |
| Viktoriya Tomova | 13–13 | 8–10 | 5–3 | 21 | 2014 | 8 |
| Desislava Topalova | 18–16 | 14–7 | 4–9 | 23 | 1997 | 8 |
| Gergana Topalova | 7–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11 | 2019 | 4 |
| Radoslava Topalova | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3 | 2001 | 2 |
| Adriana Velcheva | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3 | 1983 | 1 |
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