Serbia Fed Cup team

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Serbia Fed Cup team[1]
Captain Dejan Vraneš (as of 2007)
ITF ranking 19 (as of July 16, 2007)
Colors Red, Blue and White
First year 1969[2]
Years played 33[2]
Ties played (W-L) 103 (54-49)[2]
Most total wins Dragana Zarić (33-19)
Most singles wins Dragana Zarić (18-8)
Most doubles wins Dragana Zarić (15-11)
Best doubles team Dragana Zarić &
Katarina Dašković (6-0)
Most ties played Dragana Zarić (37)
Most years played Dragana Zarić (11)

The Serbia Fed Cup team represents Serbia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Serbia Tennis Federation. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I.

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[edit] History

[edit] Before 1992

See also: Yugoslavia Fed Cup team

Serbia, together with other former Yugoslavian countries, competed in its first Fed Cup in 1969, as Yugoslavia Fed Cup team until 1992. Yugoslavia reached the semifinals in 1984, with 1977 French Open champion, Mima Jaušovec and Sabrina Goleš in the team.

[edit] From 1995

Together with, what is now Montenegro Fed Cup team, Serbia competed under name of Yugoslavia from 1995 until 2003; and from 2004 - 2006 under name of Serbia and Montenegro. After Montenegro declared its independence, Serbia is competing under its present name.

The biggest success, from 1995, is when Serbia Fed Cup team reached 2007 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs, but then were defeated by Slovakia Fed Cup team.

[edit] Current team

Jelena Janković playing for Serbia against Slovakia; people in red T-shirts are Serbian team (Košice, July 14, 2007)
Jelena Janković playing for Serbia against Slovakia; people in red T-shirts are Serbian team (Košice, July 14, 2007)

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Data is from 1995; for FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia (see also Yugoslavia Fed Cup team)
  2. ^ a b c From 1969-1992 see Yugoslavia Fed Cup team, from 1995-2003 team played under the name FR Yugoslavia, until 2004-2006 under the name of Serbia and Montenegro, and from 2007 under Serbian name

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