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Bulgaria Fed Cup team

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Appearances
  
17 (17-17)

Captain
  
Dora Rangelova

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Current ranking
  
42 1 (16 November 2015)

Most total wins
  
Katerina Maleeva (29-22)

Most singles wins
  
Katerina Maleeva (20-9) Tsvetana Pironkova (20-16)

Most doubles wins
  
Magdalena Maleeva (9-9) Katerina Maleeva (9-13)

Best doubles team
  
Katerina Maleeva / Manuela Maleeva (5-7)

The Bulgaria Fed Cup team represents Bulgaria in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation.

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In 2015, Bulgaria made a strong start to its Europe/Africa Zone Group I campaign with a 3-0 victory over Portugal, but struggled to maintain its early form and slumped to defeat against Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine to finish in 10th place in Budapest.

History

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 Team (2017)

  • Tsvetana Pironkova
  • Isabella Shinikova
  • Viktoriya Tomova
  • Sesil Karatantcheva
  • Recent performances

    Here is the list of all match-ups since 1995, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.

    Team representatives

    This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match.

    References

    Bulgaria Fed Cup team Wikipedia