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Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team

The Bulgaria women's national tennis team (Bulgarian: Отбор на България за Фед Къп, romanized: Otbor na Balgariya za Fed Kap) represents Bulgaria in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation.

Bulgaria
CaptainMagdalena Maleeva
ITF ranking34 Steady (13 November 2023)
ColorsWhite & Green
First year1966
Years played45
Ties played (W–L)150 (69-81)
Years in
World Group		14 (16-14)
Best finishWorld Group SF (1985, 1987)
Most total winsKaterina Maleeva (29-22)
Tsvetana Pironkova (29-26)
Most singles winsTsvetana Pironkova (22-17)
Most doubles winsMagdalena Maleeva (9-9)
Katerina Maleeva (9-13)
Best doubles teamKaterina Maleeva /
Manuela Maleeva (5-7)
Most ties playedTsvetana Pironkova (39)
Most years playedTsvetana Pironkova (13)

In 2024, Bulgaria competed in the Europe/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 proceeded to beat Norway, but then lost out to Portugal and was relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the upcoming 2025 edition.

History

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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

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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
Viktoriya Tomova 74 2014 13–13 8–10 5–3
Gergana Topalova 253 2019 7–7 3–4 4–3
Isabella Shinikova 266 2012 19–24 10–13 9–11
Lia Karatancheva 505 2023 10–5 5–2 5–3
Recent callups
Player Most recent appearance
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 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Relegation Play-off

Recent performances

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

1990s

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result
2020 Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 5 February Tallinn (EST)   Croatia 1–2 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 6 February Tallinn (EST)   Ukraine 0–3 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off 8 February Tallinn (EST)   Greece 2–0 Win
2022 Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 11 April Antalya (TUR)   Austria 1–2 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 12 April Antalya (TUR)   Croatia 0–3 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 13 April Antalya (TUR)   Sweden 3–0 Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 14 April Antalya (TUR)   Slovenia 1–2 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 15 April Antalya (TUR)   Georgia 2–1 Win
2023 Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 10 April Antalya (TUR)   Serbia 1–2 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 11 April Antalya (TUR)   Croatia 3–0 Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 12 April Antalya (TUR)   Sweden 2–1 Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 13 April Antalya (TUR)   Norway 1–2 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 14 April Antalya (TUR)   Denmark 2–1 Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off 15 April Antalya (TUR)   Turkey 2–0 Win
2024 Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 8 April Oeiras (POR)   Hungary 1–2 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 9 April Oeiras (POR)   Denmark 1–2 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 10 April Oeiras (POR)   Austria 2–1 Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off 12 April Oeiras (POR)   Norway 2–1 Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off 13 April Oeiras (POR)   Portugal 1–2 Loss

Team representatives

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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
Jaklin Alawi 0–2 0–0 0–2 2 2007 1
Galia Angelova 6–5 3–2 3–3 8 1988 2
Petia Arshinkova 1–4 0–1 1–3 5 2018 3
Lubomira Bacheva 1–6 0–4 1–2 4 1993 4
Yulia Berberian 0–4 0–0 0–4 4 1968 3
Borislava Botusharova 0–1 0–1 0–0 1 2014 1
Maria Chakarova 3–4 2–2 1–2 4 1966 3
Rositsa Dencheva 0–2 0–0 0–2 2 2022 1
Galina Dimitrova 0–2 0–2 0–0 2 1997 1
Dora Djilianova 0–1 0–0 0–1 1 1995 1
Dia Evtimova 15–20 7–13 8–7 29 2007 8
Filipa Gabrovska 2–4 0–0 2–4 6 1998 3
Maria Geznenge 5–2 0–0 5–2 7 1999 4
Denislava Glushkova 1–1 1–1 0–0 2 2023 1
Lia Karatancheva 10–5 5–2 5–3 10 2023 2
Sesil Karatantcheva 10–6 6–2 4–4 11 2004 3
Marina Kondova 1–1 0–0 1–1 2 1983 1
Yoana Konstantinova 0–2 0–0 0–2 2 2022 1
Elitsa Kostova 16–18 10–12 6–6 27 2008 10
Dimana Krastevitch 1–4 1–2 0–2 3 2006 1
Svetlana Krivencheva 2–4 0–2 2–2 6 1988 4
Katerina Maleeva 29–22 20–9 9–13 28 1984 10
Magdalena Maleeva 27–17 18–8 9–9 27 1991 10
Manuela Maleeva 22–12 16–4 6–8 20 1983 6
Dessislava Mladenova 1–2 0–0 1–2 3 2007 1
Diana Moskova 0–1 0–0 0–1 1 1975 1
Teodora Nedeva 0–3 0–0 0–3 3 1996 2
Pavlina Nola 5–7 4–4 1–3 7 1995 3
Elena Pampoulova 6–7 4–5 2–2 10 1988 3
Antoaneta Pandjerova 8–13 3–8 5–5 14 1996 5
Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova 1–1 0–1 1–0 1 2010 1
Maria Penkova 3–6 1–0 2–6 8 2004 3
Tsvetana Pironkova 29–26 22–17 7–9 39 2003 13
Lubka Radkova 1–9 0–5 1–4 5 1966 4
Dora Rangelova 4–7 1–2 3–5 8 1986 3
Isabella Shinikova 19–24 10–13 9–11 34 2012 11
Christina Sotirova 0–1 0–1 0–0 1 1975 1
Julia Terziyska 6–4 1–2 5–2 9 2018 3
Viktoriya Tomova 13–13 8–10 5–3 21 2014 8
Desislava Topalova 18–16 14–7 4–9 23 1997 8
Gergana Topalova 7–7 3–4 4–3 11 2019 4
Radoslava Topalova 1–2 0–0 1–2 3 2001 2
Adriana Velcheva 1–4 1–2 0–2 3 1983 1

See also

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