Belgium Fed Cup team

Belgium

Captain	Sabine Appelmans
ITF ranking	5
Colors	red & black
First year	1963
Years played	43
Ties played (W-L)	122 (63–59)
Fed Cup titles	1 (2001)
Runners-up	1 (2006)
Most total wins	Sabine Appelmans (32–22)
Most singles wins	Sabine Appelmans (25–13)
Most doubles wins	Els Callens (17–6)
Best doubles team	Monique van Haver/Michele Gurdal (11–9)
Most ties played	Sabine Appelmans (33)
Most years played	Sabine Appelmans (12)

The Belgian Fed Cup team 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.

1 Current squad
2 World Group record
3 Results
4 Famous players
5 Coaches
6 Team statistics
7 See also
8 External links

Current squad

World Group record

1990 – 2nd round
1991 – 1st round
1992 – not qualified
1993 – not qualified
1994 – not qualified
1995 – not qualified
1996 – not qualified
1997 – Semi-final
1998 – 1st round
1999 – not qualified
2000 – 1st round
2001 – Champion
2002 – Quarter-final
2003 – Semi-final
2004 – Quarter-final
2005 – 1st round
2006 – Final
2007 – 1st round
2008 – not qualified
2009 – not qualified
2010 – not qualified
2011 – Semi-final
2012 - Qualified

Results

1980–1989

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	World Group, 1st round	19–25 May	West Berlin (FRG)	Italy	3–0	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round	19–25 May	West Berlin (FRG)	Israel	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, Quarter-final	19–25 May	West Berlin (FRG)	France	0–2*	Lost
1981	World Group, 1st round	9–15 November	Tokyo (JPN)	Great Britain	0–3	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round	9–15 November	Tokyo (JPN)	Canada	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 2nd round	9–15 November	Tokyo (JPN)	Israel	2–1	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, Quarter-final	9–15 November	Tokyo (JPN)	Spain	1–2	Lost
1982	World Group, 1st round	19–25 July	Santa Clara (USA)	Mexico	1–2	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round	19–25 July	Santa Clara (USA)	Portugal	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, Quarter-final	19–25 July	Santa Clara (USA)	Italy	0–3	Lost
1983	World Group, 1st round	17–24 July	Zürich (SUI)	Sweden	0–3	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round	17–24 July	Zürich (SUI)	Norway	2–1	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 2nd round	17–24 July	Zürich (SUI)	Austria	2–1	Lost

1990–1999

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	World Group, 1st round	21–29 July	Atlanta (USA)	Sweden	2–1	Won
1990	World Group, 2nd round	21–29 July	Atlanta (USA)	United States	0–3	Lost
1991	World Group, 1st round	23 July	Nottingham (GBR)	Spain	0–2*	Lost
	World Group Play-offs, 1st round	25 July	Nottingham (GBR)	Japan	1–2	Lost
	World Group Play-offs, Repechage Round	26 July	Nottingham (GBR)	Yugoslavia	3–0	Won
1992	World Group, 1st round	14 July	Frankfurt (GER)	Spain	1–2	Lost
1992	World Group Play-offs	16 July	Frankfurt (GER)	South Africa	1–2	Lost
1993	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/B, Round Robin	11 May	Nottingham (GBR)	Ireland	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/B, Round Robin	12 May	Nottingham (GBR)	Norway	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/B, Round Robin	13 May	Nottingham (GBR)	Senegal	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, 1st round	15 May	Nottingham (GBR)	Slovenia	2–1	Won
	World Group, 1st round	19–20 July	Frankfurt (GER)	Latvia	1–2	Lost
	World Group Play-offs	21–22 July	Frankfurt (GER)	Croatia	1–2	Lost
1994	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/A, Round Robin	19 April	Bad Waltersdorf (AUT)	Turkey	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/A, Round Robin	21 April	Bad Waltersdorf (AUT)	Estonia	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, 1st round	22 April	Bad Waltersdorf (AUT)	Turkey	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Quarter-final	23 April	Bad Waltersdorf (AUT)	Great Britain	2–0*	Won
	World Group, 1st round	18–19 July	Frankfurt (GER)	Sweden	1–2	Lost
1995	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin	17 April	Murcia (ESP)	Croatia	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin	18 April	Murcia (ESP)	Romania	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin	19 April	Murcia (ESP)	Israel	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, 1st round	20 April	Murcia (ESP)	Romania	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Semi-finals	21 April	Murcia (ESP)	Hungary	3–0	Won
	World Group II Play-offs	22–23 July	Ostend (BEL)	South Korea	3–2	Won
1996	World Group II	27–28 April	Jakarta (INA)	Indonesia	3–2	Won
1996	World Group I Play-offs	12–13 July	Bloemfontein (RSA)	South Africa	4–1	Won
1997	World Group I, 1st round	1–2 March	Sprimont (BEL)	Spain	5–0	Won
1997	World Group I, Semi-finals	12–13 July	Nice (FRA)	France	2–3	Lost
1998	World Group I, 1st round	18–19 April	Ghent (BEL)	France	2–3	Lost
1998	World Group I Play-offs	25–26 July	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	1–4	Lost
1999	World Group II	17–18 April	's-Hertogenbosch (NED)	Netherlands	5–0	Won

2000–2009

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	World Group, Round Robin (Group C)	27 April	Moscow (RUS)	Australia	2–1	Won
	World Group, Round Robin (Group C)	29 April	Moscow (RUS)	France	2–1	Won
	World Group, Round Robin (Group C)	30 April	Moscow (RUS)	Russia	2–1	Won
	World Group, Semi-final	21 November	Las Vegas (USA)	United States	1–2	Lost
2001	World Group, Round Robin (Group B)	7 November	Madrid (ESP)	Germany	3–0	Won
	World Group, Round Robin (Group B)	9 November	Madrid (ESP)	Australia	3–0	Won
	World Group, Round Robin (Group B)	10 November	Madrid (ESP)	Spain	3–0	Won
	World Group, Final	11 November	Madrid (ESP)	Russia	2–1	Champion
2002	World Group, 1st round	27–28 April	Brussels (BEL)	Australia	3–1*	Won
2002	World Group, Quarter-final	20–21 July	Bologna (ITA)	Italy	1–4	Lost
2003	World Group, 1st round	26–27 April	Bree (BEL)	Austria	5–0	Won
	World Group, Quarter-final	19–20 July	Charleroi (BEL)	Slovakia	5–0	Won
	World Group, Semi-final	19–20 November	Moscow (RUS)	United States	1–4	Lost
2004	World Group, 1st round	24–25 April	Bree (BEL)	Croatia	3–2	Won
2004	World Group, Quarter-final	10–11 July	Jerez de la Frontera (ESP)	Spain	2–3	Lost
2005	World Group, 1st round	23–24 April	Delray Beach (USA)	United States	0–5	Lost
2005	World Group Play-offs	9–10 July	Unknown (BEL)	Argentina	3–2	Won
2006	World Group, 1st round	22–23 April	Liège (BEL)	Russia	3–2	Won
	World Group, Semi-final	15–16 July	Ostend (BEL)	United States	4–1	Won
	World Group, Final	16–17 September	Charleroi (BEL)	Italy	2–3	Lost
2007	World Group, 1st round	21–22 April	Delray Beach (USA)	United States	0–5	Lost
2007	World Group Play-offs	14–15 July	Knokke-Heist (BEL)	China	1–4	Lost
2008	World Group II	2–3 February	Kharkov (UKR)	Ukraine	2–3	Lost
2008	World Group II Play-offs	26–27 April	Mons (BEL)	Colombia	5–0	Won
2009	World Group II	7–8 February	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	1–4	Lost
2009	World Group II Play-offs	25–26 April	Hasselt (BEL)	Canada	3–2	Won

2010–2019

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	World Group II	6–7 February	Bydgoszcz (POL)	Poland	3–2	Won
2010	World Group Play-offs	24–25 April	Hasselt (BEL)	Estonia	3–2	Won
2011	World Group, 1st round	5–6 February	Antwerp (BEL)	United States	4–1	Won
2011	World Group, Semi-final	16–17 April	Charleroi (BEL)	Czech Republic	2–3	Lost

Famous players

Coaches

No.	Name	Coach From	Coach Until
1	Steven Martens	1994	1998
2	Ivo Van Aken	1999	2004
3	Carl Maes	2005	2007
4	Sabine Appelmans	2007	2011
5	Ann Devries	2011	present

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 226 days
Youngest player: Tamaryn Hendler – 14 years 252 days (2007)

External links

Team page on FedCup.com

Fed Cup

Current Champions: Czech Republic

2012 World Group teams	Belgium · Czech Republic · Germany · Italy · Russia · Serbia · Spain · Ukraine

Editions	1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012

World Groups	1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012

Champions • Structure

Belgian Sportsperson of the Year

Men	1967 Ferdinand Bracke 1968 Serge Reding 1969–1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bruno Brokken 1976 Ivo Van Damme 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980 Robert Van de Walle 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Eddy Annys 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Gaston Rahier & Vincent Rousseau 1986 William Van Dijck 1987 Georges Jobé 1988 Eric Geboers 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991 Jean-Michel Saive 1992 Georges Jobé 1993 Vincent Rousseau 1994 Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996 Fred Deburghgraeve 1997 Luc Van Lierde 1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1999 Luc Van Lierde 2000 Joël Smets 2001–2004 Stefan Everts 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Stefan Everts 2007 Tom Boonen 2008 Sven Nys 2009–2011 Philippe Gilbert

Women	1975 Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977 Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979 Carine Verbauwen 1980 Ingrid Berghmans 1981 Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986 Ingrid Berghmans 1987 Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989 Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991 Sabine Appelmans 1992 Annelies Bredael 1993 Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995 Brigitte Becue 1996 Ulla Werbrouck 1997 Gella Vandecaveye 1998 Dominique Monami 1999–2002 Kim Clijsters 2003–2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006–2007 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008 Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011 Kim Clijsters

Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Belgian Motorcross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Belgian Motorcross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Men's 4×400 metres relay

Talent	1998 Kim Clijsters 1999 Bart Wellens 2000 Bart Aernouts 2001 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 2002 Thomas Buffel 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005 Niels Albert 2006 Yoris Grandjean 2007 Dominique Cornu 2008 Elise Matthysen 2009 Romelu Lukaku 2010 Luca Brecel 2011 Thomas Van der Plaetsen

Paralimpic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 Wim Decleir

Coach	2011 Jacques Borlée