Belarus Billie Jean King Cup team

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Belarus
Flag of Belarus.svg
Captain Tatiana Poutchek
ITF ranking 6 Steady2.svg (22 March 2022) (suspended)
Highest ITF ranking2 (24 April 2017)
Colorsred & green
First year 1994
Years played26
Ties played (W–L)103 (72–31)
Years in
World Group		7 (5–6)
Best finishWorld Group F (2017)
Most total winsTatiana Poutchek (37–15)
Most singles wins Natalia Zvereva (24–7)
Most doubles winsTatiana Poutchek (28–7)
Best doubles team Darya Kustova /
Tatiana Poutchek (7–0)
Most ties playedTatiana Poutchek (45)
Most years playedTatiana Poutchek (15)

The Belarus women's national tennis team represented Belarus in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Belarus Tennis Association. They compete in the World Group. After the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine, the International Tennis Federation suspended Russia and Belarus from Billie Jean King Cup competitions. [1]

Contents

History

1994–2010: Early years

Prior to 1993, Belarusian players competed for the Soviet Union. Belarus competed in its first Fed Cup as an independent nation in 1994, when they achieved their best result by reaching the World Group 1st Round. For the next three years, the team competed in Europe/Africa Zonal Group I. In 1999, Belarus defeated Venezuela to reach World Group II. After spending one year at that level, the team was relegated to Europe/Africa Zonal Group I once again.[ citation needed ]

Belarus spent another four years at the Europe Arica Zonal Group I before reaching a World Group Play-off in 2004, where they lost to Slovakia in what was their last opportunity for promotion from the zonal level until 2011.[ citation needed ]

2011–2017: Resurgence and World Group Final

With the help of four players ranked in the WTA top-200 at the end of 2010, [2] Belarus defeated Estonia to return to World Group II, before immediately suffering back-to-back losses to the United States and Switzerland and being once again relegated to Europe/Africa Zonal Group I play. After several years competing at that level, the team was promoted to World Group II by defeating Japan in 2015.[ citation needed ]

Belarus defeated Canada in their 2016 World Group II tie. This victory secured a spot in the 2016 World Group play-offs, where they upset Russia 3–2. Belarus competed in the 2017 Fed Cup World Group, where they scored upsets against Netherlands in the quarterfinals and Switzerland in the semifinals. Belarus hosted the 2017 Fed Cup Final against the United States, which they lost 3-2. [3] [4]

2022: Suspension

After the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine, the International Tennis Federation suspended Russia and Belarus from Billie Jean King Cup competitions. [1]

Current team

Most recent year-end rankings are used.

NameBornFirstLastTiesWin/LossRanks [5] [6]
YearTieSinDouTotSinDou
Victoria Azarenka July 31, 198920052019Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2117–56–223–75018
Olga Govortsova August 23, 198820082017Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3120–106–326–13187172
Lidziya Marozava October 8, 199220132019Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 60–13–23–3112591
Aryna Sabalenka May 5, 199820162020Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 910–61–411–10135
Aliaksandra Sasnovich March 22, 199420122020Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2217–116–323–146845

Players

Key
Still active for the national team [nb 1]
*
Still playing active tennis
Player W-L
(Total)		W-L
(Singles)		W-L
(Doubles)		 Ties CareerYears
Victoria Azarenka *23–717–56–2212005–8
Olga Barabanschikova 33–1717–316–4351996–20038
Ima Bohush 2–10–12–0320081
Ekaterina Dzehalevich 8–62–66–0102005–20104
Olga Glouschenko 1–00–01–0119961
Olga Govortsova 26–1320–106–3312008–9
Tatiana Ignatieva 13–115–78–4161994–19974
Ilona Kremen *4–42–22–272013–5
Darya Kustova 11–43–38–1122004–201211
Vera Lapko *5–20–15–172015–3
Darya Lebesheva *0–10–00–1420121
Lidziya Marozava *3–30–13–262013–3
Ksenia Milevskaya 4–12–02–1420071
Nadejda Ostrovskaya 13–96–57–4191998–20036
Tatiana Poutchek 37–159–828–7451997–200915
Aryna Sabalenka *11–1010–61–492016–5
Aliaksandra Sasnovich *23–1517–116–4222012–9
Iryna Shymanovich *2–10–02–1320141
Marina Stets 0–40–00–441994–19952
Tatsiana Uvarova 3–13–10–0420041
Anastasia Yakimova 10–134–116–2172004–20125
Elena Yaryshka 0–10–00–1120011
Vera Zhukovets 0–40–00–441994–19952
Natalia Zvereva 35–1124–711–4321994–20027

Captains

Results

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2022 2023 W–L
Fed CupBJK Cup
World Group/Finals 1R AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA F 1R SF GS AA3–6
World Group play-offs/qualifying round NHAAAAANHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA W A W A W AA3–0
World Group II NHAAAA L Not HeldAAAAAAA L AAA W AAAAAA1–2
World Group II play-offs NHAAA W 1R Not Held L AAAAAA W L AA W AAAAAAA5–3
Europe/Africa Group I W F F F W A SF 1R 1R F W F 1R 5th 7th F 9th W A 7th F W AAAAAAA60–22
Win–loss4–13–13–24–16–02–24–12–11–22–23–13–12–23–12–23–12–25–00–22–23–15–02–02–11–11–11–20–00–072–33
Year End Ranking323423222324282426141722241583356N/AN/A

By decade

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1994, when Belarus started competing as a separate nation.

1994–1999

2000–2009

2010–2021


Year		CompetitionDateLocationOpponentScoreResult
2010 Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin3 February Lisbon (POR)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1–2Lost
4 FebruaryFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0Won
5 FebruaryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1–2Lost
Europe/Africa Zone, 9th to 12th play-offs6 FebruaryFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2–1Won
2011 Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/C, Round Robin2 February Eilat (ISR)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3–0Won
3 FebruaryFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3–0Won
4 FebruaryFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 3–0Won
Europe/Africa Zone, Promotional Play-off5 FebruaryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 2–0Won
World Group II, Play-off16–17 April Minsk (BLR)Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 5–0Won
2012 World Group II, First round4–5 February Worcester (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0–5Lost
World Group II, Play-off21–22 April Yverdon-les-Bains (SUI)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1–4Lost
2013 Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/A, Round robin6 February Eilat (ISR)Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 3–0Won
7 FebruaryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 2–1Won
8 FebruaryFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0–3Lost
Europe/Africa Zone, 5th to 8th play-offs10 FebruaryFlag of Israel.svg  Israel 0–2Lost
2014 Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round robin4 February Budapest (HUN)Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3–0Won
6 FebruaryFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3–0Won
7 FebruaryFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2–1Won
Europe/Africa Zone, Promotional play-off9 FebruaryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0–2Lost
2015 Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/A, Round robin4 February Budapest (HUN)Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 3–0Won
5 FebruaryFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3–0Won
6 FebruaryFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2–1Won
Europe/Africa Zone, Promotional play-off7 FebruaryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2–0Won
World Group II, Play-off18–19 AprilTokyo (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3–2Won
2016 World Group II, 1st Round6–7 February Quebec City (Canada)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3–2Won
World Group, Play-off16–17 AprilMoscow (RUS)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3–2Won
2017 World Group, 1st Round11–12 February Minsk (BLR)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4–1Won
World Group, Semi-Finals22–23 April Minsk (BLR)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3–2Won
World Group, Final11–12 November Minsk (BLR)Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2–3Lost
2018 World Group, 1st Round10–11 February Minsk (BLR)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2–3Lost
World Group, Play-off21–22 April Minsk (BLR)Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3–2Won
2019 World Group, 1st Round9–10 February Braunschweig (GER)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4–0Won
World Group, Semi-Finals20–21 April Brisbane (AUS)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2–3Lost
2020–21 Qualifying round7–8 February 2020 The Hague (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3–2Won
Finals, Group stage1 November 2021 Prague (CZE)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1–2Lost
4 November 2021Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1–2Lost

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Players considered active are the ones who have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ukraine: ITF suspends Russia, Belarus from Davis, Billie Jean King Cups". Punch Newspapers. March 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ "WTA Year End Singles Rankings - 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Defeats Belarus 3-2 to Win 2017 Fed Cup Title". USTA. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Fed Cup Final - The Stats". fedcup.com. ITF. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "WTA Year End Singles Rankings - 2019" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "WTA Year End Doubles Rankings - 2019" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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