New Zealand Billie Jean King Cup team explained

New Zealand
Type:	Fed
Captain:	Matt Hair
Itf Rank:	80 5 (18 April 2016)
Colors:	white & black
First Year:	1965
Years Played:	42
Ties Played:	133 (58–75)
Wg Played:	23 (10–23)
Best:	World Group QF (1965, 1971)
Player Wins:	Leanne Baker (34–32)
Singles Wins:	Marina Erakovic (18–7)
Doubles Wins:	Leanne Baker (23–15)
Best Doubles:	Julie Richardson / Belinda Cordwell (7–4)
Most Ties:	Leanne Baker (48)
Most Years:	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)^[4]

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

Captain Matt Hair (AUS)

Past teams (2023)^{[5] [6]}

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

Captain Matt Hair (AUS)

See also

• Fed Cup
• New Zealand Davis Cup team

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Long . NZ women given one-year Fed Cup tennis ban . Stuff.co.nz . 10 December 2011 . 2015-11-13.
2. Web site: Lack of ability leads Tennis NZ to pull Fed Cup team . 12 January 2015 . Stuff.co.nz . 2015-11-13.
3. Web site: No Fed Cup again for New Zealand's Marina Erakovic and rising young guns. stuff.co.nz. 31 January 2016. 2016-05-30.
4. https://tennis.kiwi/news/nz-to-target-opponents-during-billie-jean-king-cup/#:~:text=The%20New%20Zealand%20team%20consists,Paige%20Hourigan%20and%20Monique%20Barry.
5. Web site: Billie Jean King Cup- Draws & Results .
6. Web site: New Zealand women's tennis team named for Billie Jean King Cup in Malaysia . 2023-10-04 . tennis.kiwi . en-US.