Ireland Billie Jean King Cup team

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Ireland
Flag of Ireland.svg
Captain Yvonne Doyle
ITF ranking 67 Increase2.svg 1 (16 November 2015)
Colorsgreen & white
First year 1964
Years played49
Ties played (W–L)166 (79–87)
Years in
World Group
12 (1–12)
Best finishWorld Group 2R (1964, 1972)
Most total wins Gina Niland (34–19)
Most singles winsGina Niland (22–14)
Most doubles wins Karen Nugent (16–7)
Best doubles team Siobhán Nicholson /
Gina Niland (5–1)
Yvonne Doyle /
Karen Nugent (5–1)
Most ties playedGina Niland (42)
Most years playedGina Niland (12)

The Ireland Billie Jean King Cup team represents Ireland in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis Ireland. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group III.

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History

Ireland competed in its first Fed Cup, as it was then known, in 1964. Their best result was reaching the round of 16 in 1972.

Current team

See also