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Belgium Fed Cup team

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Appearances
  
42 (21–41)

Runners-up
  
1 (2006)

Best result
  
1 (2001)

Captain
  
Dominique Monami

Belgium Fed Cup team

Current ranking
  
12 8 (13 February 2017)

Most total wins
  
Sabine Appelmans (32–22)

Most singles wins
  
Sabine Appelmans (25–13)

The Belgian Fed Cup team, managed by the Belgian Tennis Federation, has been competing in the International Tennis Federation sanctioned Fed Cup since the very beginning: 1963. It has won the competition once, in 2001. Both Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin won their singles matches to seal the first victory for Belgium against Russia in Madrid.

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Players

Note: players in bold are part of the 2016 Fed Cup team.

Famous players

  • Kim Clijsters
  • Dominique Monami
  • Justine Henin
  • Sabine Appelmans
  • Els Callens
  • Laurence Courtois
  • Ann Devries
  • Michele Gurdal
  • Monique Van Haver
  • Sandra Wasserman
  • Yanina Wickmayer
  • Kirsten Flipkens

    • Team statistics

  • Longest rubber: 3 hrs 35 mins – Els Callens defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain
  • Longest tie-break: 24 Points, 13/11 – Jennifer Capriati of the United States defeated Sandra Wasserman
  • Most games in a rubber: 42 Games, 6–7(4) 7–6(8) 9–7 – Meghann Shaughnessy of the United States defeated Kirsten Flipkens
  • Oldest player: Christiane Mercelis – 37 years 232 days
  • Youngest player: Tamaryn Hendler – 14 years 252 days (2007)

    • References

    Belgium Fed Cup team Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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