Belgium Billie Jean King Cup team

Belgium
Belgium
Captain	Johan Van Herck
ITF ranking	6 3 (23 April 2018)
Colors	red & black
First year	1963
Years played	54
Ties played (W–L)	151 (80–71)
Years in; World Group	42 (21–41)
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	Michèle Gurdal /; Monique Van Haver (11–9)
Most ties played	Sabine Appelmans (33)
Most years played	Kirsten Flipkens (15)

Last updated April 05, 2025

The Belgian women's national tennis team, managed by the Belgian Tennis Federation, 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.

Current team (2024)

Greet Minnen (singles)
Yanina Wickmayer (singles)
Elise Mertens (singles)
Marie Benoît (doubles)
Kimberley Zimmermann (doubles)

Players

Note: players in bold are part of the 2018 Fed Cup team.

Name	DOB	Years	First	Last	Ties	Win/Loss
Name	DOB	Years	First	Last	Ties	Tot	Sin	Dou
Sabine Appelmans	(1972-04-22)22 April 1972	12	1988	1999	33	32–22	25–13	7–9
Monique Bedoret	(1932-10-25)25 October 1932	2	1964	1966	2	1–2	0–1	1–1
Elza Bellens	(1932-05-14)14 May 1932	1	1963	1963	1	0–1	0–1	0–0
Marie Benoît	(1995-03-16)16 March 1995	1	2016	2016	1	1–0	0–0	1–0
Ysaline Bonaventure	(1994-08-29)29 August 1994	4	2012	2016	9	7–4	4–0	3–4
Leslie Butkiewicz	(1982-05-26)26 May 1982	2	2005	2006	2	0–2	0–1	0–1
Els Callens	(1970-08-20)20 August 1970	11	1994	2005	28	26–13	9–7	17–6
Kim Clijsters	(1983-06-08)8 June 1983	9	2000	2011	17	24–4	21–3	3–1
Elke Clijsters	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985	3	2002	2004	3	0–4	0–1	0–3
Laurence Courtois	(1976-01-18)18 January 1976	8	1993	2002	25	19–10	8–3	11–7
Marianne De Crop	(1960-12-23)23 December 1960	1	1977	1977	1	0–1	0–1	0–0
Ilse de Ruysscher	(1962-07-13)13 July 1962	2	1985	1986	5	4–3	1–1	3–2
Marion De Witte	(1953-12-20)20 December 1953	2	1981	1982	7	6–8	3–4	3–4
Marlene De Wouters	(1963-02-18)18 February 1963	2	1981	1983	4	0–4	0–2	0–2
Ann Devries	(1979-02-27)27 February 1979	5	1985	1991	15	12–13	6–6	6–7
Nancy Feber	(1976-02-05)5 February 1976	4	1993	1997	14	11–3	2–2	9–1
Debbrich Feys	(1984-12-20)20 December 1984	2	2007	2008	2	1–2	0–1	1–1
Kirsten Flipkens	(1986-01-10)10 January 1986	15	2003	2018	26	14–30	12–20	2–10
Ann Gabriel	(1963-08-14)14 August 1963	4	1981	1984	11	7–9	6–5	1–4
Michèle Gurdal	(1952-11-30)30 November 1952	9	1972	1980	28	24–25	13–15	11–10
Tamaryn Hendler	(1992-08-12)12 August 1992	4	2007	2012	6	0–8	0–6	0–2
Justine Henin	(1982-06-01)1 June 1982	7	1999	2010	12	15–4	15–2	0–2
Michele Kahn	(1939-02-14)14 February 1939	3	1966	1970	6	2–6	1–4	1–2
Nicole Mabille	(1961-03-15)15 March 1961	3	1980	1984	6	3–6	2–1	1–5
Caroline Maes	(1982-11-09)9 November 1982	5	2002	2008	7	2–7	0–3	2–4
Mary Marechal		1	1963	1963	1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Christiane Mercelis	(1931-10-05)5 October 1931	6	1963	1969	8	2–11	0–5	2–6
Elise Mertens	(1995-11-17)17 November 1995	2	2017	2018	4	8–2	6–1	2–1
An-Sophie Mestach	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994	7	2010	2017	13	9–6	1–1	8–5
Dominique Monami	(1973-05-31)31 May 1973	9	1991	2000	21	22–11	17–7	5–4
Sofie Oyen	(1992-02-04)4 February 1992	2	2009	2010	2	0–2	0–0	0–2
Ingrid Palmieri	(1948-01-12)12 January 1948	4	1967	1970	7	2–9	1–6	1–3
Kathleen Schuurmans	(1966-07-03)3 July 1966	2	1984	1985	6	3–4	1–2	2–2
Monique Van Haver	(1948-08-31)31 August 1948	10	1970	1980	30	22–28	10–18	12–10
Caroline van Renterghem	(1972-01-31)31 January 1972	2	1988	1989	5	1–6	0–2	1–4
Alison Van Uytvanck	(1994-03-26)26 March 1994	7	2012	2018	18	15–10	12–5	3–5
Eveline Vanhyfte	(1984-03-19)19 March 1984	1	2005	2005	1	0–2	0–1	0–1
Aude Vermoezen	(1989-07-25)25 July 1989	1	2007	2007	1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Sandra Wasserman	(1970-03-10)10 March 1970	6	1985	1992	16	14–11	8–6	6–5
Yanina Wickmayer	(1989-10-20)20 October 1989	11	2007	2017	19	26–12	23–8	3–4
Ingrid Willems	(1959-12-01)1 December 1959	1	1982	1982	3	2–1	0–0	2–1
Maryna Zanevska	(1993-08-24)24 August 1993	1	2017	2017	2	0–2	0–1	0–1

Results

Overview

Tournament	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
Federation Cup
World Group	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R
Consolation Rounds	Not Held						SF	SF	A	SF	2R	SF	SF	A	SF	NH	A	QF	QF	QF	2R	A	2R	QF	2R	QF	2R	A

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	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
Federation Cup				Fed Cup
World Group	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	SF	QF	A	SF	W	QF	SF	QF	QF	F	QF	A	A	A	SF	QF	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF
World Group play-offs	W	L	L	NH	A	W	A	L	NH	NH	A	A	A	A	W	A	L	A	A	W	A	L	A	A	A	A	W	W	L
World Group II	Not Held				A	W	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	L	L	W	A	A	L	A	A	A	W	A	A
World Group II play-offs	Not Held				W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	W	A	A	A	L	A	A	W	A	A	A
Europe/Africa Group I play-offs	A	A	W	W	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	A	A
Europe/Africa Group I	A	A	W	W	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2nd	2nd	1st	A	A	A

Head-to-head

Team	Record	W%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Carpet	Unknown	First Meeting	Last Meeting
Israel	6–0	100.00%	2–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1972 Consolation Second Round, BEL 3–0 ISR in Johannesburg, Belgium	2015 Europe/Africa Zone I – Pool D, BEL 3–0 ISR in Budapest, Hungary
Romania	4–0	100.00%	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1975 Consolation Quarterfinal, BEL 2–0 ROM in Aix-en-Provence, France	2017 WG II, BEL 3–1 ROM in Bucharest, Romania
Russia	4–1	80.00%	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1975 Consolation Quarterfinal, BEL 0–3 USSR in Paris, France	2017 WG Play-offs, BEL 3–2 RUS in Moscow, Russia
Canada	3–0	100.00%	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1969 Consolation First Round, BEL 2–1 CAN in Athens, Greece	2009 WG II play-offs, BEL 3–2 CAN in Hasselt, Belgium
Serbia	3–1	75.00%	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1975 Consolation First Round, BEL 2–1 YUG in Aix-en-Provence, France	2016 WG II play-offs, BEL 3–2 SRB in Belgrade, Serbia
Croatia	3–2	60.00%	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1993 WG Play-offs, BEL 1–2 CRO in Frankfurt, Germany	2015 Europe/Africa Zone I – Pool D, BEL 1–2 CRO in Budapest, Hungary
Australia	3–5	37.50%	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1978 WG First Round, BEL 0–3 AUS in Melbourne, Australia	2002 WG First Round, BEL 3–1 AUS in Brussels, Belgium
Spain	3–5	37.50%	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	1977 Consolation Second Round, BEL 1–2 ESP in Eastbourne, England	2019 WG Play-offs, BEL 2–3 ESP in Kortrijk, Belgium
Colombia	2–0	100.00%	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1984 WG First Round, BEL 2–1 COL in São Paulo, Brazil	2008 WG II play-offs, BEL 5–0 COL in Mons, Belgium
Estonia	2–0	100.00%	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1994 Europe/Africa Zone I – Pool A, BEL 3–0 EST in Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	2010 WG I play-offs, BEL 3–2 EST in Hasselt, Belgium
Indonesia	2–0	100.00%	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1974 Consolation Quarterfinal, BEL 2–1 INA in Naples, Italy	2010 WG I play-offs, BEL 3–2 INA in Jakarta, Indonesia
Ireland	2–0	100.00%	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1979 WG First Round, BEL 3–0 IRL in Madrid, Spain	1993 Europe/Africa Zone – Pool B, BEL 3–0 IRL in Nottingham, England
Norway	2–0	100.00%	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1983 Consolation First Round, BEL 2–1 NOR in Zürich, Switzerland	1993 Europe/Africa Zone – Pool B, BEL 3–0 NOR in Nottingham, England
Portugal	2–0	100.00%	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1982 Consolation First Round, BEL 3–0 POR in Santa Clara, United States	2014 Europe/Africa Zone I – 5th to 8th play-offs, BEL 2–1 POR in Budapest, Hungary
Turkey	2–0	100.00%	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1994 Europe/Africa Zone I – Pool A, BEL 3–0 TUR in Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	1994 Europe/Africa Zone I – Knockout Stage Semifinal, BEL 3–0 TUR in Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
South Korea	2–1	66.67%	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1973 Consolation Second Round, BEL 2–0 KOR in Bad Homburg, Germany	1995 WG II play-offs, BEL 3–2 KOR in Ostend, Belgium
Latvia	2–1	66.67%	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1993 WG First Round, BEL 1–2 LAT in Frankfurt, Germany	2016 Europe/Africa Zone I – Pool D, BEL 3–0 LAT in Eilat, Israel
Argentina	2–2	50.00%	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1964 WG Second Round, BEL 0–3 ARG in Philadelphia, United States	2005 WG Play-offs, BEL 3–2 ARG in Bree, Belgium
Austria	2–2	50.00%	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1974 Consolation Second Round, BEL 3–0 AUT in Naples, Italy	2003 WG First Round, BEL 5–0 AUT in Bree, Belgium
Sweden	2–2	50.00%	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1983 WG First Round, BEL 0–3 SWE in Zürich, Switzerland	1994 WG First Round, BEL 1–2 SWE in Frankfurt, Germany
Great Britain	2–4	33.33%	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	1969 WG Second Round, BEL 0–3 GBR in Athens, Greece	2016 Europe/Africa Zone I – Promotional Play-offs, BEL 2–0 GBR in Eilat, Israel
Hungary	2–4	33.33%	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1966 WG Second Round, BEL 1–2 HUN in Turin, Italy	2016 Europe/Africa Zone I – Pool D, BEL 3–0 HUN in Eilat, Israel
United States	2–5	28.57%	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1990 WG Second Round, BEL 0–3 USA in Norcross, United States	2011 WG First Round, BEL 4–1 USA in Merksem, Belgium
Bulgaria	1–0	100.00%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2016 Europe/Africa Zone I – Pool D, BEL 3–0 BUL in Eilat, Israel
Ecuador	1–0	100.00%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1972 Consolation Quarterfinal, BEL 3–0 ECU in Johannesburg, South Africa
Egypt	1–0	100.00%	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1986 Consolation First Round, BEL 3–0 EGY in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Finland	1–0	100.00%	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1986 WG Qualifying Round, BEL 3–0 FIN in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Greece	1–0	100.00%	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1988 Consolation Second Round, BEL 2–1 GRE in Melbourne, Australia
Luxembourg	1–0	100.00%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2014 Europe/Africa Zone I – Pool A, BEL 3–0 LUX in Budapest, Hungary
Senegal	1–0	100.00%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1993 Europe/Africa Zone – Pool B, BEL 3–0 SEN in Nottingham, England
Slovenia	1–0	100.00%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1993 Europe/Africa Zone – Play-offs, BEL 2–1 SLO in Nottingham, England
Thailand	1–0	100.00%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1985 Consolation First Round, BEL 3–0 THA in Nagoya, Japan
Uruguay	1–0	100.00%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1985 WG Qualifying Round, BEL 3–0 URU in Nagoya, Japan
Zimbabwe	1–0	100.00%	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1976 WG First Round, BEL 2–1 RHO in Philadelphia, United States
Denmark	1–1	50.00%	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1975 Consolation Second Round, BEL 0–2 DEN in Aix-en-Provence, France	1977 Consolation Semifinal, BEL 3–0 DEN in Eastbourne, England
Germany	1–1	50.00%	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1986 Consolation Second Round, BEL 0–3 FRG in Prague, Czechoslovakia	2001 WG – Pool B, BEL 3–0 GER in Madrid, Spain
Netherlands	1–1	50.00%	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1999 WG II, BEL 5–0 NED in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	2014 Europe/Africa Zone I – Pool A, BEL 0–3 LUX in Budapest, Hungary
New Zealand	1–1	50.00%	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1973 Consolation First Round, BEL 2–1 NZL in Bad Homburg, Germany	1977 WG First Round, BEL 1–2 NZL in Eastbourne, England
Poland	1–1	50.00%	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2010 WG II, BEL 3–2 POL in Bydgoszcz, Poland	2013 WG II play-offs, BEL 1–4 POL in Koksijde, Belgium
Slovakia	1–1	50.00%	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1998 WG Play-offs, BEL 1–4 SVK in Bratislava, Slovakia	2009 WG II, BEL 1–4 SVK in Bratislava, Slovakia
South Africa	1–4	20.00%	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	1969 Consolation Semifinal, BEL 1–2 RSA in Athens, Greece	1996 WG Play-offs, BEL 4–1 RSA in Bloemfontein, South Africa
Switzerland	1–4	20.00%	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	1970 WG First Round, BEL 1–2 SUI in Freiburg, West Germany	2013 WG II, BEL 1–4 SUI in Bern, Switzerland
France	1–5	16.67%	0–3	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	1980 Consolation Quarterfinal, BEL 0–2 FRA in West Berlin	2019 WG First Round, BEL 1–3 FRA in Liège, Belgium
Italy	1–7	12.50%	0–2	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	1967 WG First Round, BEL 0–3 ITA in West Berlin	2018 WG Play-offs, BEL 4–0 ITA in Genoa, Italy
China	0–1	0.00%	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2007 WG Play-offs, BEL 1–4 CHN in Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Hong Kong	0–1	0.00%	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1987 Consolation Second Round, BEL 0–3 HKG in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Mexico	0–1	0.00%	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1982 WG First Round, BEL 1–2 MEX in Santa Clara, United States
Philippines	0–1	0.00%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1985 Consolation Second Round, BEL 1–2 PHI in Nagoya, Japan
Ukraine	0–1	0.00%	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2008 WG II, BEL 2–3 UKR in Kharkiv, Ukraine
Czech Republic	0–2	0.00%	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1989 WG Play-offs, BEL 0–3 CSK in Tokyo, Japan	2011 WG Semifinal, BEL 2–3 CZE in Charleroi, Belgium
Japan	0–4	0.00%	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1972 Consolation Semifinal, BEL 1–2 JPN in Johannesburg, South Africa	2012 WG Play-offs, BEL 1–4 JPN in Tokyo, Japan

By Decade

1963–1969

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	World Group, 1st round	17 June	London (GBR)	Australia	0–3	Lost
1964	World Group, 1st round	2 September	Philadelphia (USA)	Argentina	0–3	Lost
1966	World Group, 1st round	10 May	Turin (ITA)	Hungary	1–2	Lost
1967	World Group, 1st round	6 June	West Berlin (FRG)	Italy	0–3	Lost
1968	World Group, 1st round	21 May	Paris (FRA)	Soviet Union	0–3	Lost
1969	World Group, 2nd Round	22 May	Athens (GRE)	Great Britain	0–3	Lost
	World Group, Consolation Qualifying Round	23 May		Canada	2–1	Won
	World Group, 1st Round	24 May		South Africa	1–2	Lost

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			Israel	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, Quarter-final			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			Canada	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 2nd round			Israel	2–1	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, Quarter-final			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			Portugal	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, Quarter-final			Italy	0–3	Lost
1983	World Group, 1st round	17–24 July	Zürich (SUI)	Sweden	0–3	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round			Norway	2–1	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 2nd round			Austria	2–1	Lost
1984	World Group, 1st round	15–22 July	São Paulo (BRA)	Colombia	2–1	Won
1984	World Group, 2nd round	15–22 July	São Paulo (BRA)	Australia	0–3	Lost
1985	World Group, qualifying round	6–14 October	Nagoya (JPN)	Uruguay	3–0	Won
	World Group, 1st round			Hungary	0–3	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round			Philippines	1–2	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round			Thailand	3–0	Lost
1986	World Group, qualifying round	20–27 July	Prague (TCH)	Finland	3–0	Won
	World Group, 1st Round			West Germany	0–3	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round			Egypt	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 2nd round			Sweden	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, Quarter-final			Hungary	1–2	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		Japan	1–2	Lost
	World Group play-offs, Repechage Round	26 July		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		Norway	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/B, Round Robin	13 May		Senegal	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, 1st round	15 May		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		Estonia	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, 1st round	22 April		Turkey	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Quarter-final	23 April		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		Romania	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin	19 April		Israel	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, 1st round	20 April		Romania	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Semi-finals	21 April		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	Den Bosch (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		France	2–1	Won
	World Group, Round Robin (Group C)	30 April		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		Australia	3–0	Won
	World Group, Round Robin (Group B)	10 November		Spain	3–0	Won
	World Group, Final	11 November		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 (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	Bree (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	Kharkiv (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
2012	World Group, 1st Round	4–5 February	Charleroi (BEL)	Serbia	2–3	Lost
2012	World Group play-offs	21–22 April	Tokyo (JPN)	Japan	1–4	Lost
2013	World Group II, 1st Round	9–10 February	Bern (SUI)	Switzerland	1–4	Lost
2013	World Group II play-offs	20–21 April	Koksijde (BEL)	Poland	1–4	Lost
2014	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/A, Round Robin	4 February	Budapest (HUN)	Luxembourg	3–0	Won
		5 February		Netherlands	0–3	Lost
		7 February		Croatia	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, 5th to 8th Play-off	9 February		Portugal	2–1	Won
2015	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin	4 February	Budapest (HUN)	Latvia	3–0	Won
		5 February		Israel	3–0	Won
		6 February		Croatia	1–2	Lost
	Europe/Africa Zone, 5th to 8th Play-off	7 February		Hungary	0–3	Lost
2016	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin	3 February	Eilat (ISR)	Latvia	3–0	Won
		4 February		Hungary	3–0	Won
		5 February		Bulgaria	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Promotional Play-off	6 February		Great Britain	2–0	Won
	World Group II play-offs	16–17 April	Belgrade (SRB)	Serbia	3–2	Won
2017	World Group II, 1st Round	11–12 February	Bucharest (ROM)	Romania	3–1	Won
2017	World Group play-offs	22–23 April	Moscow (RUS)	Russia	3–2	Won
2018	World Group I, 1st Round	10–11 February	La Roche-sur-Yon (FRA)	France	2–3	Lost
2018	World Group play-offs	21–22 April	Genoa (ITA)	Italy	4–0	Won
2019	World Group I, 1st Round	9–10 February	Liège (BEL)	France	1–3	Lost
2019	World Group play-offs	20–21 April	Kortrijk (BEL)	Spain	2–3	Lost

2020–2029

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2020–21	Finals qualifying round	7–8 February 2020	Kortrijk (BEL)	Kazakhstan	3–1	Won
	Finals, Group B	1 November 2021	Prague (CZE)	Belarus	2–1	Won
	Finals, Group B	2 November 2021	Prague (CZE)	Australia	1–2	Lost
2022	Finals qualifying round	15–16 April 2022	Antalya (TUR)	Belarus	Walkover	Won
	Finals, Group B	9 November 2022	Glasgow (SCO)	Slovakia	1–2	Lost
	Finals, Group B	10 November 2022	Glasgow (SCO)	Australia	0–3	Lost
2023	Finals qualifying round	14–15 April 2023	Vancouver (CAN)	Canada	2–3	Lost
2023	Play-offs	10–12 November 2023	Charleroi (BEL)	Hungary	3–1	Won
2024	Finals qualifying round	12–13 April 2024	Orlando (USA)	United States	0–4	Lost
2024	Play-offs	15–17 November 2024	Guangzhou (CHN)	China	2–3	Lost
2025	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I

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	2016
6	Dominique Monami	2017	2018
7	Ivo Van Aken	2018	2018
8	Johan Van Herck	2018	2023
9	Wim Fissette	2023	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 232 days (1969)
Youngest player: Tamaryn Hendler – 14 years 252 days (2007)

External links

Team page on BillieJeanKingCup.com, the official website of the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)

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Current champions (2024): Italy
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Former World Group teams (in the current format, since 1995)	Argentina Austria Belgium Belarus Bulgaria China Colombia Croatia France Hungary Israel Kazakhstan Latvia Netherlands Slovenia Russia Serbia Switzerland South Africa Sweden Ukraine
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v t e Belgian Sportsman 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 2012 Tom Boonen 2013 Frederik Van Lierde 2014 Thibaut Courtois 2015 Kevin De Bruyne 2016 Greg Van Avermaet 2017 David Goffin 2018 Eden Hazard 2019 Remco Evenepoel 2020–2021 Wout van Aert 2022–2024 Remco Evenepoel
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 2012 Evi Van Acker 2013 Kirsten Flipkens 2014 Nafissatou Thiam 2015 Delfine Persoon 2016–2017 Nafissatou Thiam 2018–2019 Nina Derwael 2020 Emma Meesseman 2021 Nina Derwael 2022 Nafissatou Thiam 2023 Lotte Kopecky 2024 Nafissatou Thiam
Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Motocross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Motocross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Men's under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team 2012 Men's field hockey team 2013–2014 Men's football team 2015 Davis Cup team 2016 Men's field hockey team 2017 Davis Cup team 2018–2019 Men's field hockey team 2020 Women's basketball team 2021 Men's field hockey team 2022 Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team 2023 Women's basketball team 2024 Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe
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 2012 Kimmer Coppejans 2013 Nafissatou Thiam 2014 Divock Origi 2015 Tiesj Benoot 2016 Louise Carton 2017 Lotte Kopecky 2018 Remco Evenepoel 2019 Yari Verschaeren 2020 Charles De Ketelaere 2021 Thibau Nys 2022 Cian Uijtdebroeks 2023 Alec Segaert 2024 Jarno Widar
Paralympic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 Wim Decleir 2012 Marieke Vervoort 2013 Joachim Gérard 2014 Michèle George 2015 Marieke Vervoort 2016 Laurens Devos 2017–2018 Peter Genyn 2019–2021 Joachim Gérard 2022 Michèle George 2023-2024 Maxime Carabin
Coach	2011–2012 Jacques Borlée 2013–2014 Marc Wilmots 2015 Hein Vanhaezebrouck 2016–2017 Roger Lespagnard 2018 Roberto Martínez 2019 Shane Mcleod 2020 Philip Mestdagh 2021 Shane Mcleod 2022 Roger Lespagnard 2023 Rachid Meziane 2024 Sven Vanthourenhout