New Zealand Billie Jean King Cup team

New Zealand
Captain	Matt Hair
ITF ranking	80 5 (18 April 2016)
Colors	white & black
First year	1965
Years played	42
Ties played (W–L)	133 (58–75)
Years in World Group	23 (10–23)
Best finish	World Group QF (1965, 1971)
Most total wins	Leanne Baker (34–32)
Most singles wins	Marina Erakovic (18–7)
Most doubles wins	Leanne Baker (23–15)
Best doubles team	Julie Richardson / Belinda Cordwell (7–4)
Most ties played	Leanne Baker (48)
Most years played	Leanne Baker (12)

The New Zealand Billie Jean King Cup team represents New Zealand in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition. It is governed by Tennis New Zealand.

History

A New Zealand team first competed in the Fed Cup in 1965. Its best results have been World Group quarter-finals in 1965 and 1971.

Due to a late withdrawal from a competition in 2011, New Zealand were banned from competing in the 2012 Fed Cup. ^[1]

New Zealand chose to not enter a team in the 2015 and 2016 Fed Cups because they feared their team wouldn't be competitive. ^{[2] [3]}

Current team (2024)

Source: ^[4]

• Monique Barry
• Paige Hourigan
• Valentina Ivanov
• Erin Routliffe
• Lulu Sun

Captain Matt Hair (AUS)

Past teams (2023)

Source: ^[5]

• Erin Routliffe
• Monique Barry
• Jade Otway
• Vivian Yang

Captain Matt Hair (AUS)

See also

• Fed Cup
• New Zealand Davis Cup team

References

1. David Long (10 December 2011). "NZ women given one-year Fed Cup tennis ban". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
2. "Lack of ability leads Tennis NZ to pull Fed Cup team". Stuff.co.nz. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
3. "No Fed Cup again for New Zealand's Marina Erakovic and rising young guns". stuff.co.nz. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
4. "NZ captain to target opponents during Billie Jean King Cup".
5. "New Zealand women's tennis team named for Billie Jean King Cup in Malaysia". tennis.kiwi. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

External links

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