Slovakia Billie Jean King Cup team

Slovakia
Captain	Matej Lipták
ITF ranking	4 6 (4 December 2024)
Highest ITF ranking	1 [1] (Dec 2002)
Lowest ITF ranking	17 (23 April 2007 [2] )
Colors	blue, red & white
First year	1994
Years played	23
Ties played (W–L)	76 (45–31)
Years in World Group	12 (15–11)
Titles	1 (2002)
Most total wins	Daniela Hantuchová (36–20)
Most singles wins	Daniela Hantuchová (31–14)
Most doubles wins	Janette Husárová (11–6)
Best doubles team	Viktória Hrunčáková / Tereza Mihalíková (6–3)
Most ties played	Daniela Hantuchová (30)
Most years played	Daniela Hantuchová (15)

The Slovakia women's national tennis team represents Slovakia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovak Tennis Association.

History

Slovakia competed in its first Fed Cup in 1994. They won the Cup in 2002, being led by then top ten player Daniela Hantuchová.

Prior to 1992, Slovak players represented Czechoslovakia.

Current team (2025)

Rankings as of 7 April 2025 ^[update] .

Name	Born	First	Last		Ties	Win/Loss			Ranks [3] [4]
			Year	Tie		Sin	Dou	Tot	Sin	Dou
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	(1994-09-13)September 13, 1994	2012	2024	Slovenia	18	10–10	3–4	13–14	151	1194
Rebecca Šramková	(1996-10-19)October 19, 1996	2017	2025	United States	11	6–6	1–2	7–8	37	479
Viktória Hrunčáková	(1998-05-11)May 11, 1998	2018	2025	Denmark	16	14–5	6–5	20–10	262	321
Renáta Jamrichová	(2007-06-20)June 20, 2007	2023	2025	United States	4	2–2	0–0	2–2	333	1237
Tereza Mihalíková	(1998-06-02)June 2, 1998	2016	2025	United States	12	0–0	7–5	7–5	—	34
Mia Pohánková	(2008-10-21)October 21, 2008	2025	2025	United States	1	0–0	1–0	1–0	478	1605

Managers

The following managers have led the Slovak team since 1994: ^[5]

Name	Tenure	Ties	Won	Lost	Win %	Best Result
Jan Kukal	1994	6	5	1	83.3	L in 1994 World Group, Second Round
Ľubomír Kurhajec	1995–1996	4	2	2	50.0	L in 1996 World Group play-offs
Radka Zrubáková	1997–1998	4	3	1	75.0	W in 1998 World Group play-offs
Peter Vajda	1999–2001	7	2	5	28.6	L in 1999 World Group, Semi-finals
Tomáš Malik	2002–2004	8	6	2	75.0	2002 World Group Champions
Marián Vajda	2005	2	0	2	00.0	L in 2005 World Group II
Mojmír Mihal	2006–2008	9	7	2	77.8	L in 2008 World Group II
Matej Lipták	2009–present	36	20	16	55.6	L in 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Final
Totals		76	45	31	59.2

As of 13 Apr 2025 23:43 CET

Results

1994-2019

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	W–L
Fed Cup
World Group	2R	A	A	A	A	SF	11th	QF	W	QF	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	SF	QF	A	A	A	A	A	24–14
World Group play-offs	NH	A	L	A	W	A	NH	A	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	L	W	L	W	A	L	A	A	L	L	A	5–3
World Group II	NH	L	W	L	W	A	Not Held					L	A	L	L	W	W	A	W	A	A	L	L	W	W	L	2–3
World Group II play-offs	NH	W	A	W	A	A						L	W	W	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	W	A	A	W	2–2
Europe/Africa Group I	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	8–1
Win–loss	5–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	36–26
Year End Ranking								1	2	4	7						6		8	5

2020-2025

Tournament	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	W–L
Billie Jean King Cup
Finals	P	GS	GS	A	F	A	5–3
Qualifying round	W	NH	w/o	L	W	L	2–2
Play-offs	P	A	A	W	A	?	1–0
Europe/Africa Group I	A	NH	A	A	A	A	0–0
Win–loss	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	45–31
Year End Ranking		12	8	11	4

Finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Venue	Surface	Team	Opponents	Opposing Team	Score
Winner	2002	Palacio de Congresos de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain	Hard (i)	Janette Husárová Daniela Hantuchová Henrieta Nagyová Martina Suchá	Spain	Conchita Martínez Magüi Serna Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3–1
Loser	2024	Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga, Spain	Hard (i)	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Rebecca Šramková Viktória Hrunčáková Renáta Jamrichová Tereza Mihalíková	Italy	Jasmine Paolini Elisabetta Cocciaretto Lucia Bronzetti Sara Errani Martina Trevisan	0–2

By decade

1994–1999

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin (Group E)	18 April	Clay	Bad Waltersdorf (AUT)	Lithuania	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin (Group E)	21 April	Clay		Greece	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, 1st round	22 April	Clay		Greece	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Play-offs	23 April	Clay		Georgia	2–1	Won
	World Group, 1st round	18 July	Clay	Frankfurt (GER)	Finland	2–1	Won
	World Group, 2nd round	20 July	Clay		Germany	1–2	Lost
1995	World Group II	22–23 April	Grass	Perth (AUS)	Australia	2–3	Lost
	World Group II play-offs	22–23 July	Clay	Asunción (PAR)	Paraguay	5–0	Won
1996	World Group II	27–28 April	Clay	Plovdiv (BUL)	Bulgaria	5–0	Won
	World Group play-offs	13–14 July	Clay	Bratislava (SVK)	Netherlands	2–3	Lost
1997	World Group II	1–2 March	Carpet (i)	Košice (SVK)	Switzerland	2–3	Lost
	World Group II play-offs	12–13 July	Clay	Bratislava (SVK)	Canada	5–0	Won
1998	World Group II	18–19 April	Clay	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Argentina	4–1	Won
	World Group play-offs	25–26 July	Clay	Bratislava (SVK)	Belgium	4–1	Won
1999	World Group, Quarterfinals	17–18 April	Carpet (i)	Zürich (SUI)	Switzerland	5–0	Won
	World Group, Semi-finals	24–25 July	Clay	Moscow (RUS)	Russia	2–3	Lost

2000–2009

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	World Group, Round Robin (Group B)	27 April	Hard (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Switzerland	1–2	Lost
	World Group, Round Robin (Group B)	29 April	Hard (i)		Czech Republic	1–2	Lost
	World Group, Round Robin (Group B)	30 April	Hard (i)		Austria	0–2	Lost
2001	World Group play-offs, 1st round	28–29 April	Clay	Bratislava (SVK)	Hungary	4–1	Won
	World Group play-offs, Quarterfinal	21–23 July	Clay		Russia	2–3	Lost
2002	World Group, 1st round	27–28 April	Clay	Bratislava (SVK)	Switzerland	3–2	Won
	World Group, Quarterfinal	20–21 July	Carpet (i)		France	4–1	Won
	World Group, Semifinal	30–31 October	Hard (i)	Gran Canaria (ESP)	Italy	3–1	Won
	World Group, Final	2–3 November	Hard (i)		Spain	3–1	Champion
2003	World Group, 1st round	26–27 April	Clay	Ettenheim (GER)	Germany	3–2	Won
	World Group, Quarterfinal	19–20 July	Hard (i)	Charleroi (BEL)	Belgium	0–5	Lost
2004	World Group, 1st round	24–25 April	Clay	Sankt Pölten (AUT)	Austria	2–3	Lost
	World Group play-offs	10–11 July	Clay	Bratislava (SVK)	Belarus	4–0	Won
2005	World Group II	23–24 April	Hard (i)	Neuchâtel (SUI)	Switzerland	2–3	Lost
	World Group II play-offs	9–10 July	Hard	Pathum Thani (THA)	Thailand	1–4	Lost
2006	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I (Pool A)	17 April	Clay	Plovdiv (BUL)	Luxembourg	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I (Pool A)	18 April	Clay		Netherlands	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I (Pool A)	19 April	Clay		Finland	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Promotion Play-off	22 April	Clay		Great Britain	2–1	Won
	World Group II play-offs	14–15 July	Hard (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Thailand	5–0	Won
2007	World Group II	21–22 April	Clay	Bratislava (SVK)	Czech Republic	0–5	Lost
	World Group II play-offs	14–15 July	Hard (i)	Košice (SVK)	Serbia	4–1	Won
2008	World Group II	2–3 February	Carpet (i)	Brno (CZE)	Czech Republic	2–3	Lost
	World Group II play-offs	26–27 April	Clay (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Uzbekistan	5–0	Won
2009	World Group II	7–8 February	Hard (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Belgium	4–1	Won
	World Group play-offs	25–26 April	Clay (i)	Limoges (FRA)	France	2–3	Lost

2010–2019

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	World Group II	6–7 February	Hard (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	China	3–2	Won
	World Group play-offs	24–25 April	Clay (i)	Belgrade (SRB)	Serbia	3–2	Won
2011	World Group, 1st round	5–6 February	Hard (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Czech Republic	2–3	Lost
	World Group play-offs	16–17 April	Clay (i)		Serbia	2–3	Lost
2012	World Group II, 1st round	4–5 February	Hard (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	France	3–2	Won
	World Group play-offs	16–17 April	Clay (i)	Marbella (ESP)	Spain	3–2	Won
2013	World Group, 1st round	9–10 February	Hard (i)	Niš (SRB)	Serbia	3–2	Won
	World Group, Semifinal	20–21 April	Clay (i)	Moscow (RUS)	Russia	2–3	Lost
2014	World Group, 1st round	8–9 February	Hard (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Germany	1–3	Lost
	World Group play-offs	19–20 April	Hard (i)	Quebec (CAN)	Canada	1–3	Lost
2015	World Group II, 1st round	7–8 February	Clay (i)	Apeldoorn (NED)	Netherlands	1–4	Lost
	World Group II, Play-offs	18–19 April	Clay (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Sweden	4–0	Won
2016	World Group II, 1st round	6–7 February	Hard (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Australia	2–3	Lost
	World Group II, Play-offs	16–17 April	Clay (i)		Canada	3–2	Won
2017	World Group II, 1st round	11–12 February	Clay (i)	Forlì (ITA)	Italy	3–2	Won
	World Group play-offs	22–23 April	Clay (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Netherlands	2–3	Lost
2018	World Group II, 1st round	10–11 February	Hard (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Russia	4–1	Won
	World Group play-offs	21–22 April	Hard (i)	Minsk (BLR)	Belarus	2–3	Lost
2019	World Group II, 1st round	10–11 February	Hard (i)	Riga (LAT)	Latvia	0–4	Lost
	World Group II, Play-offs	20–21 April	Clay (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Brazil	3–1	Won

2020–2029

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2020–21	Finals Qualifying Round	6–7 Feb 2020	Clay (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Great Britain	3–1	Won
	Finals, Group stage (Group C)	1 Nov 2021	Hard (i)	Prague (CZE)	Spain	1–2	Lost
	Finals, Group stage (Group C)	2 Nov 2021	Hard (i)		United States	2–1	Won
2022	Finals Qualifying Round	15–16 Apr	–	– (AUS)	Australia	d w/o [1]
	Finals, Group stage (Group C)	8 Nov	Hard (i)	Glasgow (GBR)	Australia	1–2	Lost
Finals, Group stage (Group C)	9 Nov	Hard (i)	Belgium		2–1	Won
2023	Finals Qualifying Round	14–15 Apr	Hard (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Italy	2–3	Lost
	Finals Play-Offs	10–12 Nov	Hard (i)		Argentina	3–1	Won
2024	Finals Qualifying Round	12–14 Apr	Hard (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovenia	4–0	Won
	Finals, First round	14 Nov	Hard (i)	Málaga (ESP)	United States	2–1	Won
	Finals, Quarterfinals	17 Nov	Hard (i)		Australia	2–0	Won
	Finals, Semi-finals	19 Nov	Hard (i)		Great Britain	2–1	Won
	Finals	20 Nov	Hard (i)		Italy	0–2	Lost
2025	Finals Qualifying Round	11–13 Apr	Hard (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Denmark	3–0	Won
			Hard (i)		United States	1–2	Lost

Notes

1. ¹Prior to the qualifying round both   Russia and   Belarus were suspended from taking part in international events by the ITF due to Russian invasion of Ukraine.   Australia, the runner-up from 2020, was given the defending champion's right to advance. They were scheduled to play Slovakia, who advanced by walkover

See also

• Billie Jean King Cup
• Slovakia at the Hopman Cup
• Czech Republic Fed Cup team

References

1. "ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking". Archived from the original on 12 December 2002. Retrieved 12 December 2002.
2. "Current Fed Cup Rankings - 23 Apr 2007". 23 April 2007. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
3. "WTA Singles Rankings". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
4. "WTA Doubles Rankings". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
5. "Slovenský Fed Cup: Kapitán Mihal končí!". 16 December 2008.

External links

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