Bulgaria | |
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Captain | Magdalena Maleeva |
ITF ranking | 34 (13 November 2023) |
Colors | White & Green |
First year | 1966 |
Years played | 45 |
Ties played (WβL) | 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) |
The Bulgaria women's national tennis team (Bulgarian: ΠΡΠ±ΠΎΡ Π½Π° ΠΡΠ»Π³Π°ΡΠΈΡ Π·Π° Π€Π΅Π΄ ΠΡΠΏ, romanized: Otbor na Balgariya za Fed Kap) represents Bulgaria in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and "are governed by," the: Bulgarian Tennis Federation.
In 2024, Bulgaria competed in theββEurope/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 proceededββto beat Norway, but then lost outββto Portugal and was relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the "upcoming 2025 edition."
Historyβ»
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.
Current teamβ»
Player information and rankings as of 8 April 2024
The following players were called up for the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I in April 2024.
Player | WTA Rank | First year played | Total Win/Loss | Singles Win/Loss | Doubles Win/Loss |
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Viktoriya Tomova | 74 | 2014 | 13β13 | 8β10 | 5β3 |
Gergana Topalova | 253 | 2019 | 7β7 | 3β4 | 4β3 |
Isabella Shinikova | 266 | 2012 | 19β24 | 10β13 | 9β11 |
Lia Karatancheva | 505 | 2023 | 10β5 | 5β2 | 5β3 |
- Recent callups
Player | Most recent appearance |
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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 | 2020β21 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Relegation Play-off |
Recent performancesβ»
Here is the list of all match-ups since 1995, "when the competition started being held in the current World Group format."
1990sβ»
Year | Competition | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1995 | World Group I, 1st round | 22β23 April | Sofia (BUL) | Spain | 2β3 | Loss |
World Group I, Play-offs | 22β23 July | Bloemfontein (RSA) | South Africa | 0β5 | Loss | |
1996 | World Group II, 1st round | 27β28 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Slovakia | 0β5 | Loss |
World Group II, Play-offs | 13β14 July | Plovdiv (BUL) | South Korea | 1β4 | Loss | |
1997 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 23 April | Bari (ITA) | Russia | 1β2 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 24 April | Bari (ITA) | Greece | 1β2 | Loss | |
1998 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 14 April | Murcia (ESP) | Romania | 1β2 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 15 April | Murcia (ESP) | South Africa | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 16 April | Murcia (ESP) | Latvia | 1β2 | Loss | |
1999 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 19 April | Murcia (ESP) | Yugoslavia | 3β0 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 20 April | Murcia (ESP) | Finland | 3β0 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 21 April | Murcia (ESP) | Great Britain | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Play-Off | 22 April | Murcia (ESP) | Slovenia | 1β2 | Loss |
2000sβ»
Year | Competition | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2000 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 16 May | Murcia (ESP) | Sweden | 2β1 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 17 May | Murcia (ESP) | Turkey | 3β0 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 18 May | Murcia (ESP) | Netherlands | 0β3 | Loss | |
2001 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 23 May | Murcia (ESP) | Greece | 1β2 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 24 May | Murcia (ESP) | Israel | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 25 May | Murcia (ESP) | Denmark | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 26 May | Murcia (ESP) | Luxembourg | 1β2 | Loss | |
2002 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 24 April | Antalya (TUR) | Portugal | 2β1 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 25 April | Antalya (TUR) | Georgia | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 26 April | Antalya (TUR) | Estonia | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Promotional Play-off | 27 April | Antalya (TUR) | Ukraine | 1β2 | Loss | |
2003 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 21 April | Estoril (POR) | Georgia | 2β1 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 22 April | Estoril (POR) | Yugoslavia | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 23 April | Estoril (POR) | Israel | 2β1 | Win | |
2004 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 19 April | Athens (GRE) | Estonia | 1β2 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 21 April | Athens (GRE) | Greece | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 22 April | Athens (GRE) | Poland | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Promotional Play-off | 24 April | Athens (GRE) | Serbia and Montenegro | 2β1 | Win | |
World Group I, Play-offs | 11 July | Plovdiv (BUL) | Japan | 2β3 | Loss | |
2005 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 20 April | Antalya (TUR) | South Africa | 3β0 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 21 April | Antalya (TUR) | Hungary | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 22 April | Antalya (TUR) | Estonia | 3β0 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Promotional Play-off | 23 April | Antalya (TUR) | Netherlands | 2β0 | Win | |
World Group II, Play-offs | 10 July | Tokyo (JPN) | Japan | 1β4 | Loss | |
2006 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 18 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Hungary | 1β2 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 19 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Great Britain | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 20 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Ukraine | 2β1 | Win | |
2007 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 18 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Great Britain | 0β3 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 19 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Poland | 0β3 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 20 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Luxembourg | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 21 April | Plovdiv (BUL) | Lithuania | 2β0 | Win | |
2008 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 30 January | Budapest (HUN) | Portugal | 3β0 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 31 January | Budapest (HUN) | Luxembourg | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 1 February | Budapest (HUN) | Netherlands | 0β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off | 2 February | Budapest (HUN) | Hungary | 0β2 | Loss | |
2009 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 4 February | Tallinn (EST) | Estonia | 0β3 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 6 February | Tallinn (EST) | Croatia | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 7 February | Tallinn (EST) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1β2 | Loss |
2010sβ»
Year | Competition | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2010 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 3 February | Lisbon (POR) | Netherlands | 1β2 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 4 February | Lisbon (POR) | Israel | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 5 February | Lisbon (POR) | Slovenia | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 6 February | Lisbon (POR) | Portugal | 2β1 | Win | |
2011 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 2 February | Eilat (ISR) | Poland | 2β1 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 3 February | Eilat (ISR) | Luxembourg | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 4 February | Eilat (ISR) | Israel | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 5 February | Eilat (ISR) | Latvia | 2β0 | Win | |
2012 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 1 February | Eilat (ISR) | Estonia | 3β0 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 3 February | Eilat (ISR) | Austria | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off | 5 February | Eilat (ISR) | Portugal | 0β2 | Loss | |
2013 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 7 February | Eilat (ISR) | Netherlands | 3β0 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 8 February | Eilat (ISR) | Luxembourg | 3β0 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 9 February | Eilat (ISR) | Slovenia | 3β0 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Promotional Play-off | 10 February | Eilat (ISR) | Great Britain | 0β2 | Loss | |
2014 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 4 February | Budapest (HUN) | Portugal | 1β2 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 6 February | Budapest (HUN) | Turkey | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 7 February | Budapest (HUN) | Belarus | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 9 February | Budapest (HUN) | Luxembourg | 2β0 | Win | |
2015 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 4 February | Budapest (HUN) | Portugal | 3β0 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 5 February | Budapest (HUN) | Belarus | 0β3 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 6 February | Budapest (HUN) | Georgia | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off | 7 February | Budapest (HUN) | Ukraine | 0β2 | Loss | |
2016 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 3 February | Eilat (ISR) | Hungary | 2β1 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 4 February | Eilat (ISR) | Latvia | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 5 February | Eilat (ISR) | Belgium | 0β3 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off | 6 February | Eilat (ISR) | Georgia | 1β2 | Loss | |
2017 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 8 February | Tallinn (EST) | Israel | 2β1 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 9 February | Tallinn (EST) | Serbia | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 10 February | Tallinn (EST) | Estonia | 1β2 | Loss | |
2018 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 7 February | Tallinn (EST) | Serbia | 1β2 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 8 February | Tallinn (EST) | Georgia | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off | 10 February | Tallinn (EST) | Poland | 0β2 | Loss | |
2019 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 6 February | Zielona GΓ³ra (POL) | Estonia | 2β1 | Win |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 7 February | Zielona GΓ³ra (POL) | Ukraine | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 8 February | Zielona GΓ³ra (POL) | Sweden | 0β3 | Loss |
2020sβ»
Year | Competition | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2020 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 5 February | Tallinn (EST) | Croatia | 1β2 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 6 February | Tallinn (EST) | Ukraine | 0β3 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 8 February | Tallinn (EST) | Greece | 2β0 | Win | |
2022 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 11 April | Antalya (TUR) | Austria | 1β2 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 12 April | Antalya (TUR) | Croatia | 0β3 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 13 April | Antalya (TUR) | Sweden | 3β0 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 14 April | Antalya (TUR) | Slovenia | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 15 April | Antalya (TUR) | Georgia | 2β1 | Win | |
2023 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 10 April | Antalya (TUR) | Serbia | 1β2 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 11 April | Antalya (TUR) | Croatia | 3β0 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 12 April | Antalya (TUR) | Sweden | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 13 April | Antalya (TUR) | Norway | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 14 April | Antalya (TUR) | Denmark | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off | 15 April | Antalya (TUR) | Turkey | 2β0 | Win | |
2024 | Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 8 April | Oeiras (POR) | Hungary | 1β2 | Loss |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 9 April | Oeiras (POR) | Denmark | 1β2 | Loss | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin | 10 April | Oeiras (POR) | Austria | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 12 April | Oeiras (POR) | Norway | 2β1 | Win | |
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off | 13 April | Oeiras (POR) | Portugal | 1β2 | Loss |
Team representativesβ»
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.
Player | W-L (Total) |
W-L (Singles) |
W-L (Doubles) |
Ties | Debut | Years played |
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Jaklin Alawi | 0β2 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 2 | 2007 | 1 |
Galia Angelova | 6β5 | 3β2 | 3β3 | 8 | 1988 | 2 |
Petia Arshinkova | 1β4 | 0β1 | 1β3 | 5 | 2018 | 3 |
Lubomira Bacheva | 1β6 | 0β4 | 1β2 | 4 | 1993 | 4 |
Yulia Berberian | 0β4 | 0β0 | 0β4 | 4 | 1968 | 3 |
Borislava Botusharova | 0β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1 | 2014 | 1 |
Maria Chakarova | 3β4 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 4 | 1966 | 3 |
Rositsa Dencheva | 0β2 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 2 | 2022 | 1 |
Galina Dimitrova | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 2 | 1997 | 1 |
Dora Djilianova | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 1 | 1995 | 1 |
Dia Evtimova | 15β20 | 7β13 | 8β7 | 29 | 2007 | 8 |
Filipa Gabrovska | 2β4 | 0β0 | 2β4 | 6 | 1998 | 3 |
Maria Geznenge | 5β2 | 0β0 | 5β2 | 7 | 1999 | 4 |
Denislava Glushkova | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 2 | 2023 | 1 |
Lia Karatancheva | 10β5 | 5β2 | 5β3 | 10 | 2023 | 2 |
Sesil Karatantcheva | 10β6 | 6β2 | 4β4 | 11 | 2004 | 3 |
Marina Kondova | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 2 | 1983 | 1 |
Yoana Konstantinova | 0β2 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 2 | 2022 | 1 |
Elitsa Kostova | 16β18 | 10β12 | 6β6 | 27 | 2008 | 10 |
Dimana Krastevitch | 1β4 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 3 | 2006 | 1 |
Svetlana Krivencheva | 2β4 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 6 | 1988 | 4 |
Katerina Maleeva | 29β22 | 20β9 | 9β13 | 28 | 1984 | 10 |
Magdalena Maleeva | 27β17 | 18β8 | 9β9 | 27 | 1991 | 10 |
Manuela Maleeva | 22β12 | 16β4 | 6β8 | 20 | 1983 | 6 |
Dessislava Mladenova | 1β2 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 3 | 2007 | 1 |
Diana Moskova | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 1 | 1975 | 1 |
Teodora Nedeva | 0β3 | 0β0 | 0β3 | 3 | 1996 | 2 |
Pavlina Nola | 5β7 | 4β4 | 1β3 | 7 | 1995 | 3 |
Elena Pampoulova | 6β7 | 4β5 | 2β2 | 10 | 1988 | 3 |
Antoaneta Pandjerova | 8β13 | 3β8 | 5β5 | 14 | 1996 | 5 |
Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 1 | 2010 | 1 |
Maria Penkova | 3β6 | 1β0 | 2β6 | 8 | 2004 | 3 |
Tsvetana Pironkova | 29β26 | 22β17 | 7β9 | 39 | 2003 | 13 |
Lubka Radkova | 1β9 | 0β5 | 1β4 | 5 | 1966 | 4 |
Dora Rangelova | 4β7 | 1β2 | 3β5 | 8 | 1986 | 3 |
Isabella Shinikova | 19β24 | 10β13 | 9β11 | 34 | 2012 | 11 |
Christina Sotirova | 0β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1 | 1975 | 1 |
Julia Terziyska | 6β4 | 1β2 | 5β2 | 9 | 2018 | 3 |
Viktoriya Tomova | 13β13 | 8β10 | 5β3 | 21 | 2014 | 8 |
Desislava Topalova | 18β16 | 14β7 | 4β9 | 23 | 1997 | 8 |
Gergana Topalova | 7β7 | 3β4 | 4β3 | 11 | 2019 | 4 |
Radoslava Topalova | 1β2 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 3 | 2001 | 2 |
Adriana Velcheva | 1β4 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 3 | 1983 | 1 |
See alsoβ»
External linksβ»
- Team page on BillieJeanKingCup.com, the official website of the Billie Jean King Cup
Referencesβ»