Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team

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

Bulgaria
CaptainDora Rangelova
ITF ranking42 (08 November 2021)
ColorsWhite & Green
First year1966
Years played43
Ties played (W–L)139 (63-76)
Years in
World Group		14 (16-14)
Best finishWorld Group SF (1985, 1987)
Most total winsKaterina Maleeva (29-22)
Tsvetana Pironkova (29-26)
Most singles winsTsvetana Pironkova (22-17)
Most doubles winsMagdalena Maleeva (9-9)
Katerina Maleeva (9-13)
Best doubles teamKaterina Maleeva /
Manuela Maleeva (5-7)
Most ties playedTsvetana Pironkova (39)
Most years playedTsvetana Pironkova (13)

In 2020, Bulgaria narrowly avoided relegation in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I event in Tallinn. After losses to Ukraine and Croatia in the group stage, a 2-0 victory over Greece in the relegation play-off maintained their status until 2021.

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 as of 4 April 2022

The following players were called up for the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I in April 2022.

Player WTA Rank First year played Total Win/Loss Singles Win/Loss Doubles Win/Loss
Viktoriya Tomova 107 2014 9–10 5–7 4–3
Isabella Shinikova 223 2012 12–17 7–9 5–8
Julia Terziyska 531 2018 1–1 0–0 1–1
Yoana Konstantinova N/A N/A 0–0 0–0 0–0
Rositsa Dencheva N/A N/A 0–0 0–0 0–0
Recent callups
PlayerMost recent appearance
Gergana Topalova2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Relegation Play-off
Petia Arshinkova2020–21 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
Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result
2020 Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 5 February Tallinn (EST)  Croatia 1–2 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 6 February Tallinn (EST)  Ukraine 0–3 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off 8 February Tallinn (EST)  Greece 2–0 Win
2022 Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 11 April Antalya (TUR)  Austria 1–2 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 12 April Antalya (TUR)  Croatia 0–3 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 13 April Antalya (TUR)  Sweden 3–0 Win
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 14 April Antalya (TUR)  Slovenia 1–2 Loss
Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin 15 April Antalya (TUR)  Georgia 2–1 Win

Team representatives

This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. A few of them have also been part of the Fed Cup teams of other countries.

Player W-L
(Total)		 W-L
(Singles)		 W-L
(Doubles)		 Ties Debut Years 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
Sesil Karatantcheva10–66–24–41120043
Marina Kondova1–10–01–1219831
Yoana Konstantinova0–20–00–2220221
Elitsa Kostova16–1810–126–628200810
Dimana Krastevitch1–41–20–2320061
Svetlana Krivencheva2–40–22–2619884
Katerina Maleeva29–2220–99–1328198410
Magdalena Maleeva27–1718–89–928199110
Manuela Maleeva22–1216–46–82019836
Dessislava Mladenova1–20–01–2320071
Diana Moskova0–10–00–1119751
Teodora Nedeva0–30–00–3319962
Elena Pampoulova8–85–63–21219885
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 Shinikova15–208–127–82620129
Christina Sotirova0–10–10–0119751
Pavlina Stoyanova5–74–41–3719953
Julia Terziyska5–31–24–1820182
Viktoriya Tomova12–117–85–31920147
Desislava Topalova18–1614–74–92319978
Radoslava Topalova1–20–01–2320012
Adriana Velcheva1–41–20–2319831

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