Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team explained

Bulgaria
Type:Fed
Captain:Magdalena Maleeva
Itf Rank:34 (13 November 2023)
Colors:White & Green
First Year:1966
Years Played:45
Ties Played:150 (69-81)
Wg Played:14 (16-14)
Best:World Group SF (1985, 1987)
Player Wins:Katerina Maleeva (29-22)
Tsvetana Pironkova (29-26)
Singles Wins:Tsvetana Pironkova (22-17)
Doubles Wins:Magdalena Maleeva (9-9)
Katerina Maleeva (9-13)
Best Doubles:Katerina Maleeva /
Manuela Maleeva (5-7)
Most Ties:Tsvetana Pironkova (39)
Most Years:Tsvetana Pironkova (13)

The Bulgaria women's national tennis team represents Bulgaria in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation.

In 2024, Bulgaria competed in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I event in Oeiras, where they finished in last place in Pool A of the competition with only one win against Austria. In the play-offs the team proceeded to beat Norway, but then lost out to Portugal and was relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the upcoming 2025 edition.

History

Bulgaria competed in its first Fed Cup in 1966. Until the 1996 edition of the competition the team has always played in the Fed Cup World Group. From 1996 the team is competing in Group I of the Europe/Africa Zone.

The best results of the Bulgarian Fed Cup team are the semifinals the team played in 1985 and 1987. The team also reached the quarterfinals of the competition in 1968, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992 and 1994. These results are closely connected with the success of the Maleeva sisters (Magdalena Maleeva, Katerina Maleeva and Manuela Maleeva) who have represented Bulgaria for more than 20 years in the competition.

Current team

Player information and rankings

The following players were called up for the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I in April 2024.

width=27% Playerwidth=14% WTA Rankwidth=14% First year playedwidth=15% Total Win/Losswidth=15% Singles Win/Losswidth=15% Doubles Win/Loss
Viktoriya Tomova74201413–138–105–3
Gergana Topalova25320197–73–44–3
Isabella Shinikova266201219–2410–139–11
Lia Karatancheva505202310–55–25–3
Julia Terziyska52720186–41–25–2-->
Recent callups
Player Most recent appearance
Denislava Glushkova 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
2023 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Yoana Konstantinova 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Rositsa Dencheva 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Relegation Play-off

Recent performances

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1995, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

YearCompetitionDateLocationOpponentScoreResult
2020Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin5 FebruaryTallinn (EST)1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin6 FebruaryTallinn (EST)0–3Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off8 FebruaryTallinn (EST)2–0Win
2022Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin11 AprilAntalya (TUR)1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin12 AprilAntalya (TUR)0–3Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin13 AprilAntalya (TUR)3–0Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin14 AprilAntalya (TUR)1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin15 AprilAntalya (TUR)2–1Win
2023Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin10 AprilAntalya (TUR)1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin11 AprilAntalya (TUR)3–0Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin12 AprilAntalya (TUR)2–1Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin13 AprilAntalya (TUR)1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin14 AprilAntalya (TUR)2–1Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off15 AprilAntalya (TUR)2–0Win
2024Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin8 AprilOeiras (POR)1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin9 AprilOeiras (POR)1–2Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin10 AprilOeiras (POR)2–1Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off12 AprilOeiras (POR)2–1Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off13 AprilOeiras (POR)1–2Loss

Team representatives

This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team in an official Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup match.

width=200Playerwidth=100W-L
(Total)		width=100W-L
(Singles)		width=100W-L
(Doubles)		width=50Tieswidth=100Debutwidth=100Years played
Jaklin Alawi0–20–00–2220071
Galia Angelova6–53–23–3819882
Petia Arshinkova1–40–11–3520183
Lubomira Bacheva1–60–41–2419934
Yulia Berberian0–40–00–4419683
Borislava Botusharova0–10–10–0120141
Maria Chakarova3–42–21–2419663
Rositsa Dencheva0–20–00–2220221
Galina Dimitrova0–20–20–0219971
Dora Djilianova0–10–00–1119951
Dia Evtimova15–207–138–72920078
Filipa Gabrovska2–40–02–4619983
Maria Geznenge5–20–05–2719994
Denislava Glushkova1–11–10–0220231
Lia Karatancheva10–55–25–31020232
Sesil Karatantcheva10–66–24–41120043
Marina Kondova1–10–01–1219831
Yoana Konstantinova0–20–00–2220221
Elitsa Kostova16–1810–126–627200810
Dimana Krastevitch1–41–20–2320061
Svetlana Krivencheva2–40–22–2619884
Katerina Maleeva29–2220–99–1328198410
Magdalena Maleeva27–1718–89–927199110
Manuela Maleeva22–1216–46–82019836
Dessislava Mladenova1–20–01–2320071
Diana Moskova0–10–00–1119751
Teodora Nedeva0–30–00–3319962
Pavlina Nola5–74–41–3719953
Elena Pampoulova6–74–52–21019883
Antoaneta Pandjerova8–133–85–51419965
Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova1–10–11–0120101
Maria Penkova3–61–02–6820043
Tsvetana Pironkova29–2622–177–939200313
Lubka Radkova1–90–51–4519664
Dora Rangelova4–71–23–5819863
Isabella Shinikova19–2410–139–1134201211
Christina Sotirova0–10–10–0119751
Julia Terziyska6–41–25–2920183
Viktoriya Tomova13–138–105–32120148
Desislava Topalova18–1614–74–92319978
Gergana Topalova7–73–44–31120194
Radoslava Topalova1–20–01–2320012
Adriana Velcheva1–41–20–2319831

See also

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