New Zealand Fed Cup team

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New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand.svg
Captain Sacha Hughes
ITF ranking 80 Decrease2.svg 5 (18 April 2016)
Colorswhite & black
First year 1965
Years played42
Ties played (W–L)133 (58–75)
Years in
World Group
23 (10–23)
Best finishWorld Group QF (1965, 1971)
Most total wins Leanne Baker (34–32)
Most singles wins Marina Erakovic (18–7)
Most doubles winsLeanne Baker (23–15)
Best doubles team Julie Richardson /
Belinda Cordwell (7–4)
Most ties playedLeanne Baker (48)
Most years playedLeanne Baker (12)

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

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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 (2019) [4]

Captain Sacha Hughes (AUS)

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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. 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. https://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/group-ii/asia-oceania/2019.aspx