Bulgaria Fed Cup team

Bulgaria
Captain Dora Rangelova
ITF ranking 42 Decrease 1 (16 November 2015)
Colors white & green
First year 1966
Years played 37
Ties played (W–L) 118 (55-63)
Years in
World Group		 17 (17-17)
Best finish World Group SF (1985, 1987)
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)
Most ties played Tsvetana Pironkova (36)
Most years played Tsvetana Pironkova (13)

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

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

Player information and rankings as of 1 February 2015. The following players were called up for the Europe/Africa Zone Group I ties in February 2016.

Player WTA Rank First year played Total Win/Loss Singles Win/Loss Doubles Win/Loss
Tsvetana Pironkova93 200327–2520–167–9
Elitsa Kostova245 200812–148–94–5
Isabella Shinikova286 20076–32–2 4–1
Dia Evtimova366 200715–167–12 8–4
Recent callups
Player Most recent appearance
Viktoriya Tomova 2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Round Robin
Borislava Botusharova 2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Round Robin

Recent performances

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

1990s

2000s

2010s

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

Team representatives

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

Player W-L
(Total)		 W-L
(Singles)		 W-L
(Doubles)		 Ties Debut Years Played
Jaklin Alawi0–20–00–2220071
Galia Angelova6–53–23–3819882
Lubomira Bacheva1–60–41–2419934
Yulia Berberian0–40–00–4419683
Borislava Botusharova0–10–10–0120141
Maria Chakarova3–42–21–2419663
Galina Dimitrova0–20–20–0219971
Dora Djilianova0–10–00–1119951
Dia Evtimova15–167–128–42520077
Filipa Gabrovska2–40–02–4619983
Maria Geznenge5–20–05–2719994
Sesil Karatantcheva8–56–22–3820042
Marina Kondova1–10–01–1219831
Elitsa Kostova12–148–94–52020088
Dimana Krastevitch1–41–20–2320061
Svetlana Krivencheva2–40–22–2619884
Katerina Maleeva29–2220–99–1328198410
Magdalena Maleeva27–1718–89–928199110
Manuela Maleeva22–1216–46–82019836
Dessislava Mladenova1–20–01–2320071
Diana Moskova0–10–00–1119751
Teodora Nedeva0–30–00–3319962
Pavlina Nola5–74–41–3719953
Elena Pampoulova8–85–63–21219885
Antoaneta Pandjerova8–133–85–51419965
Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova1–10–11–0120101
Maria Penkova3–61–02–6820043
Tsvetana Pironkova27–2620–167–1036200312
Lubka Radkova1–90–51–4519664
Dora Rangelova4–71–23–5819863
Isabella Shinikova6–32–24–1720123
Christina Sotirova0–10–10–0119751
Viktoriya Tomova3–30–23–1520142
Desislava Topalova18–1614–74–92319978
Radoslava Topalova1–20–01–2320012
Adriana Velcheva1–41–20–2319831

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