New Zealand Billie Jean King Cup team
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Captain | Sacha Hughes |
ITF ranking | 80 ![]() |
Colors | white & black |
First year | 1965 |
Years played | 42 |
Ties played (W–L) | 133 (58–75) |
Years in World Group | 23 (10–23) |
Best finish | World Group QF (1965, 1971) |
Most total wins | Leanne Baker (34–32) |
Most singles wins | Marina Erakovic (18–7) |
Most doubles wins | Leanne Baker (23–15) |
Best doubles team | Julie Richardson / Belinda Cordwell (7–4) |
Most ties played | Leanne Baker (48) |
Most years played | Leanne Baker (12) |
The New Zealand Fed Cup team represents New Zealand in the Fed Cup tennis competition. It is governed by Tennis New Zealand.
History[]
A New Zealand team first competed in the Fed Cup in 1965. Its best results have been World Group quarter-finals in 1965 and 1971.
Due to a late withdrawal from a competition in 2011, New Zealand were banned from competing in the 2012 Fed Cup.[1]
New Zealand chose to not enter a team in the 2015 and 2016 Fed Cups because they feared their team wouldn't be competitive.[2][3]
Current team (2019)[4][]
- Paige Hourigan
- Emily Fanning
- Erin Routliffe
- Valentina Ivanov
Captain Sacha Hughes (AUS)
See also[]
- Fed Cup
- New Zealand Davis Cup team
References[]
- ^ David Long (10 December 2011). "NZ women given one-year Fed Cup tennis ban". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Lack of ability leads Tennis NZ to pull Fed Cup team". Stuff.co.nz. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "No Fed Cup again for New Zealand's Marina Erakovic and rising young guns". stuff.co.nz. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "Billie Jean King Cup- Draws & Results".
External links[]
- Team page on BillieJeanKingCup.com, the official website of the Billie Jean King Cup
Categories:
- Billie Jean King Cup teams
- Tennis in New Zealand
- Women's national sports teams of New Zealand
- Billie Jean King Cup stubs
- New Zealand sports team stubs