Bulgaria Fed Cup team
The Bulgaria Fed Cup team represents Bulgaria in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation. They currently compete in the Group II of the Europe/Africa Zone after losing the relegation play-off against Bosnia and Herzegovina in February 2009.
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. In the period 1996-2009 the team competed in Group I of the Europe/Africa Zone before being relegated for the first time in their history to Group II after losing the relegation play-off against Bosnia and Herzegovina in February 2009.
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 Maleevi sisters (Magdalena Maleeva, Katerina Maleeva and Manuela Maleeva) who have represented Bulgaria for more than 20 years in the competition.
Players
| Name |
Won |
Lost |
No of Ties |
First Year |
Years Played |
| Jaklin Alawi |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2007 |
1 |
| Galia Angelova |
6 |
5 |
8 |
1988 |
2 |
| Lubomira Bacheva |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1993 |
4 |
| Yulia Berberian |
0 |
4 |
4 |
1968 |
3 |
| Adriana Velcheva |
1 |
4 |
3 |
1983 |
1 |
| Galina Dimitrova |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1997 |
1 |
| Dora Djilianova |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1995 |
1 |
| Dia Evtimova |
5 |
6 |
8 |
2007 |
2 |
| Filipa Gabrovska |
2 |
4 |
6 |
1998 |
3 |
| Maria Geznenge |
5 |
2 |
7 |
1999 |
4 |
| Sesil Karatantcheva |
9 |
5 |
8 |
2004 |
2 |
| Marina Kondova |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1983 |
1 |
| Elitsa Kostova |
0 |
7 |
4 |
2008 |
2 |
| Dimana Krastevitch |
1 |
4 |
3 |
2006 |
1 |
| Svetlana Krivencheva |
2 |
4 |
6 |
1988 |
4 |
| Magdalena Maleeva |
24 |
17 |
24 |
1991 |
9 |
| Katerina Maleeva |
29 |
22 |
28 |
1984 |
10 |
| Manuela Maleeva |
22 |
12 |
20 |
1983 |
6 |
| Dessislava Mladenova |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2007 |
1 |
| Diana Moskova |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1975 |
1 |
| Teodora Nedeva |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1996 |
2 |
| Pavlina Stoyanova-Nola |
5 |
7 |
7 |
1995 |
3 |
| Elena Pampoulova |
8 |
8 |
12 |
1988 |
5 |
| Antoaneta Pandjerova |
8 |
13 |
14 |
1996 |
5 |
| Maria Penkova |
3 |
6 |
8 |
2004 |
3 |
| Tsvetana Pironkova |
16 |
16 |
22 |
2003 |
7 |
| Lubka Radkova |
1 |
9 |
5 |
1966 |
4 |
| Dora Rangelova |
4 |
7 |
8 |
1986 |
3 |
| Christina Sotirova |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1975 |
1 |
| Radoslava Topalova |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2001 |
2 |
| Dessislava Topalova |
18 |
16 |
23 |
1997 |
8 |
| Maria Chakarova |
3 |
4 |
4 |
1966 |
3 |
Current team
The Bulgarian Fed Cup team which took part in the 2011 edition of the competition is captained by Dora Rangelova and includes:
See also
External links
References
- ^ As of 9 February 2009, Fed Cup - Current Rankings