Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team

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Bulgaria
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Captain Magdalena Maleeva
ITF ranking 34 Steady2.svg (13 November 2023)
ColorsWhite & Green
First year 1966
Years played45
Ties played (W–L)150 (69-81)
Years in
World Group		14 (16-14)
Best finishWorld Group SF (1985, 1987)
Most total wins Katerina Maleeva (29-22)
Tsvetana Pironkova (29-26)
Most singles wins Tsvetana Pironkova (22-17)
Most doubles wins Magdalena Maleeva (9-9)
Katerina Maleeva (9-13)
Best doubles team Katerina Maleeva /
Manuela Maleeva (5-7)
Most ties played Tsvetana Pironkova (39)
Most years played Tsvetana Pironkova (13)

The Bulgaria women's national tennis team represents Bulgaria in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation.

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In 2024, Bulgaria competed in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I event in Oeiras, where they finished in last place in Pool A of the competition with only one win against Austria. In the play-offs the team proceeded to beat Norway, but then lost out to Portugal and was relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the upcoming 2025 edition.

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. From 1996 the team is competing in Group I of the Europe/Africa Zone.

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 Maleeva sisters (Magdalena Maleeva, Katerina Maleeva and Manuela Maleeva) who have represented Bulgaria for more than 20 years in the competition.

Current team

Player information and rankings as of 8 April 2024

The following players were called up for the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I in April 2024.

PlayerWTA RankFirst year playedTotal Win/LossSingles Win/LossDoubles Win/Loss
Viktoriya Tomova 74 2014 13–138–105–3
Gergana Topalova 253 2019 7–73–44–3
Isabella Shinikova 266 2012 19–2410–139–11
Lia Karatancheva 505 2023 10–55–25–3
Recent callups
PlayerMost recent appearance
Denislava Glushkova 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Julia Terziyska 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Yoana Konstantinova 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Rositsa Dencheva 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Petia Arshinkova 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Relegation Play-off

Recent performances

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1995, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

YearCompetitionDateLocationOpponentScoreResult
2020 Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin5 February Tallinn (EST)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin6 February Tallinn (EST)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0–3Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off 8 February Tallinn (EST)Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2–0Win
2022 Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin11 April Antalya (TUR)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin12 April Antalya (TUR)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0–3Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin13 April Antalya (TUR)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3–0Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin14 April Antalya (TUR)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin15 April Antalya (TUR)Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2–1Win
2023 Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin10 April Antalya (TUR)Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin11 April Antalya (TUR)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3–0Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin12 April Antalya (TUR)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2–1Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin13 April Antalya (TUR)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin14 April Antalya (TUR)Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2–1Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off15 April Antalya (TUR)Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2–0Win
2024 Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin8 April Oeiras (POR)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin9 April Oeiras (POR)Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin10 April Oeiras (POR)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2–1Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off12 April Oeiras (POR)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–1Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off13 April Oeiras (POR)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–2Loss

Team representatives

This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team in an official Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup match.

PlayerW-L
(Total)		W-L
(Singles)		W-L
(Doubles)		TiesDebutYears played
Jaklin Alawi 0–20–00–2220071
Galia Angelova 6–53–23–3819882
Petia Arshinkova 1–40–11–3520183
Lubomira Bacheva 1–60–41–2419934
Yulia Berberian 0–40–00–4419683
Borislava Botusharova 0–10–10–0120141
Maria Chakarova3–42–21–2419663
Rositsa Dencheva0–20–00–2220221
Galina Dimitrova 0–20–20–0219971
Dora Djilianova 0–10–00–1119951
Dia Evtimova 15–207–138–72920078
Filipa Gabrovska 2–40–02–4619983
Maria Geznenge 5–20–05–2719994
Denislava Glushkova1–11–10–0220231
Lia Karatancheva 10–55–25–31020232
Sesil Karatantcheva 10–66–24–41120043
Marina Kondova1–10–01–1219831
Yoana Konstantinova0–20–00–2220221
Elitsa Kostova 16–1810–126–627200810
Dimana Krastevitch 1–41–20–2320061
Svetlana Krivencheva 2–40–22–2619884
Katerina Maleeva 29–2220–99–1328198410
Magdalena Maleeva 27–1718–89–927199110
Manuela Maleeva 22–1216–46–82019836
Dessislava Mladenova 1–20–01–2320071
Diana Moskova0–10–00–1119751
Teodora Nedeva 0–30–00–3319962
Pavlina Nola 5–74–41–3719953
Elena Pampoulova 6–74–52–21019883
Antoaneta Pandjerova 8–133–85–51419965
Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova 1–10–11–0120101
Maria Penkova 3–61–02–6820043
Tsvetana Pironkova 29–2622–177–939200313
Lubka Radkova1–90–51–4519664
Dora Rangelova 4–71–23–5819863
Isabella Shinikova 19–2410–139–1134201211
Christina Sotirova0–10–10–0119751
Julia Terziyska 6–41–25–2920183
Viktoriya Tomova 13–138–105–32120148
Desislava Topalova 18–1614–74–92319978
Gergana Topalova 7–73–44–31120194
Radoslava Topalova 1–20–01–2320012
Adriana Velcheva1–41–20–2319831

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