The Billie Jean King Cup is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was changed to the Fed Cup in 1995, and changed again in September 2020 in honor of former World No. 1 Billie Jean King. The Billie Jean King Cup is the world's largest annual women's international team sports competition in terms of the number of nations that compete. The current chair is Katrina Adams.
Janette Husárová is a Slovak former tennis player.
The Italy women's national tennis team represents Italy in international women's tennis and is directed by the Federazione Italiana Tennis. The team played in the first ever tournament in 1963, and is one of four teams that has taken part in every single edition since.
The Slovakia women's national tennis team represents Slovakia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovak Tennis Association.
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.
The Madagascar Billie Jean King Cup team represents Madagascar in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Fédération Malgache de Tennis. They currently compete in the Africa Zone of Group III.
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková is a Czech former professional tennis player.
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, two singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 26.
Storm Hunter is an Australian professional tennis player. She reached world No. 1 in doubles on 6 November 2023, becoming the third Australian woman to hold the top spot. She also has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 119 on 18 October 2021.
Magdalena Fręch is a Polish professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA ranking of world No. 32 reached on 16 September 2024. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 174 in the doubles rankings.
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2014. It primarily provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the Association of Tennis Professionals and Women's Tennis Association Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.
Valentini Grammatikopoulou is a Greek tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 143. On 15 July 2024, she peaked at No. 97 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won a singles and a doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, and in addition, 15 singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Emiliana Arango is a Colombian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 109, achieved on 20 November 2023. She has won three singles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Rebecca Šramková is a Slovak tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 89 in singles, achieved on 20 May 2024, and No. 364 in doubles, reached on 24 May 2021. On the ITF Women's Circuit, she has won 13 singles titles and four doubles titles.
Tamara Zidanšek is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three singles titles as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 17 titles in singles and six in doubles on the ITF Circuit.
Jana Rychlá is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.
The Uganda Fed Cup team represents Uganda in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Uganda Tennis Association. They will take part in the Fed Cup for the first time in 2018, competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group III.
Tennis is one of the most popular sports in Germany with more than five million active players. The German Tennis Federation is the largest tennis federation in the world with ca. 1.4 million members.
The finals, formerly known as World Group, is the highest level of Billie Jean King Cup competition in 2020–21. It was originally scheduled to be played on indoor clay courts at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary, from 14 until 19 April 2020, but was postponed due to COVID-19. The new venue was established to be the O2 Arena, in Prague, on indoor hard court. The ties were contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and are played on one day. There were two singles matches, followed by a single doubles tie.
The Rwanda Billie Jean King Cup team represents Rwanda in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Rwanda Tennis Federation. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group IV.
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