Belarus Billie Jean King Cup team

The Belarus women's national tennis team represented Belarus in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Belarus Tennis Association. They compete in the World Group. After the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine, the International Tennis Federation suspended Russia and Belarus from Billie Jean King Cup competitions.[1]

Belarus
CaptainTatiana Poutchek
ITF ranking6 Steady (22 March 2022) (suspended)
Highest ITF ranking2 (24 April 2017)
Colorsred & green
First year1994
Years played26
Ties played (W–L)103 (72–31)
Years in
World Group		7 (5–6)
Best finishWorld Group F (2017)
Most total winsTatiana Poutchek (37–15)
Most singles winsNatalia Zvereva (24–7)
Most doubles winsTatiana Poutchek (28–7)
Best doubles teamDarya Kustova /
Tatiana Poutchek (7–0)
Most ties playedTatiana Poutchek (45)
Most years playedTatiana Poutchek (15)

History

1994–2010: Early years

Prior to 1993, Belarusian players competed for the Soviet Union. Belarus competed in its first Fed Cup as an independent nation in 1994, when they achieved their best result by reaching the World Group 1st Round. For the next three years, the team competed in Europe/Africa Zonal Group I. In 1999, Belarus defeated Venezuela to reach World Group II. After spending one year at that level, the team was relegated to Europe/Africa Zonal Group I once again.

Belarus spent another four years at the Europe Arica Zonal Group I before reaching a World Group Play-off in 2004, where they lost to Slovakia in what was their last opportunity for promotion from the zonal level until 2011.

2011–2017: Resurgence and World Group Final

With the help of four players ranked in the WTA top-200 at the end of 2010,[2] Belarus defeated Estonia to return to World Group II, before immediately suffering back-to-back losses to the United States and Switzerland and being once again relegated to Europe/Africa Zonal Group I play. After several years competing at that level, the team was promoted to World Group II by defeating Japan in 2015.

Belarus defeated Canada in their 2016 World Group II tie. This victory secured a spot in the 2016 World Group play-offs, where they upset Russia 3–2. Belarus competed in the 2017 Fed Cup World Group, where they scored upsets against Netherlands in the quarterfinals and Switzerland in the semifinals. Belarus hosted the 2017 Fed Cup Final against the United States, which they lost 3-2.[3][4]

2022: Suspension

After the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine, the International Tennis Federation suspended Russia and Belarus from Billie Jean King Cup competitions.[1]

Current team

Most recent year-end rankings are used.

Name Born First Last Ties Win/Loss Ranks[5][6]
Year Tie Sin Dou Tot Sin Dou
Victoria Azarenka (1989-07-31)July 31, 1989 2005 2019  Australia 21 17–5 6–2 23–7 50 18
Olga Govortsova (1988-08-23)August 23, 1988 2008 2017   Switzerland 31 20–10 6–3 26–13 187 172
Lidziya Marozava (1992-10-08)October 8, 1992 2013 2019  Germany 6 0–1 3–2 3–3 1125 91
Aryna Sabalenka (1998-05-05)May 5, 1998 2016 2020  Netherlands 9 10–6 1–4 11–10 13 5
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (1994-03-22)March 22, 1994 2012 2020  Netherlands 22 17–11 6–3 23–14 68 45

Players
Key
Still active for the national team[nb 1]
*
 Still playing active tennis
Player W-L
(Total)		 W-L
(Singles)		 W-L
(Doubles)		 Ties Career Years
Victoria Azarenka *23–717–56–2212005–8
Olga Barabanschikova33–1717–316–4351996–20038
Ima Bohush2–10–12–0320081
Ekaterina Dzehalevich8–62–66–0102005–20104
Olga Glouschenko1–00–01–0119961
Olga Govortsova26–1320–106–3312008–9
Tatiana Ignatieva13–115–78–4161994–19974
Ilona Kremen *4–42–22–272013–5
Darya Kustova11–43–38–1122004–201211
Vera Lapko *5–20–15–172015–3
Darya Lebesheva *0–10–00–1420121
Lidziya Marozava *3–30–13–262013–3
Ksenia Milevskaya4–12–02–1420071
Nadejda Ostrovskaya13–96–57–4191998–20036
Tatiana Poutchek37–159–828–7451997–200915
Aryna Sabalenka *11–1010–61–492016–5
Aliaksandra Sasnovich *23–1517–116–4222012–9
Iryna Shymanovich *2–10–02–1320141
Marina Stets0–40–00–441994–19952
Tatsiana Uvarova3–13–10–0420041
Anastasia Yakimova10–134–116–2172004–20125
Elena Yaryshka0–10–00–1120011
Vera Zhukovets0–40–00–441994–19952
Natalia Zvereva35–1124–711–4321994–20027

Captains
  • Simon Kagan (1994)
  • Marat Zverev (1995–1998)
  • Natalia Zvereva (1999)
  • Igor Tikhonko (2000)
  • Anatoli Yakauleu (2001–2002)
  • Simon Kagan (2003)
  • Yuri Scherbakou (2004)
  • Dmitri Tatur (2005–2008)
  • Natalia Zvereva (2009)
  • Vladimir Voltchkov (2010)
  • Sergei Teterin (2011)
  • Alexander Skrypko (2012)
  • Tatiana Poutchek (2013–2015)
  • Eduard Dubrou (2016–2018)
  • Tatiana Poutchek (2018–present)

Results
Tournament199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020–2120222023W–L
Fed Cup BJK Cup
World Group/Finals 1R A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A F 1R SF GS A A 3–6
World Group play-offs/qualifying round NH A A A A A NH A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A W A W A W A A 3–0
World Group II NH A A A A L Not Held A A A A A A A L A A A W A A A A A A 1–2
World Group II play-offs NH A A A W 1R Not Held L A A A A A A W L A A W A A A A A A A 5–3
Europe/Africa Group I W F F F W A SF 1R 1R F W F 1R 5th 7th F 9th W A 7th F W A A A A A A A 60–22
Win–loss 4–1 3–1 3–2 4–1 6–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 5–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 72–33
Year End Ranking 32 34 23 22 23 24 28 24 26 14 17 22 24 15 8 3 3 5 6 N/A N/A

By decade

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1994, when Belarus started competing as a separate nation.

1994–1999

2000–2009

2010–2021

Year		 Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result
2010 Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin 3 February Lisbon (POR)  Austria 1–2 Lost
4 February  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 Won
5 February  Great Britain 1–2 Lost
Europe/Africa Zone, 9th to 12th play-offs 6 February  Croatia 2–1 Won
2011 Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/C, Round Robin 2 February Eilat (ISR)  Austria 3–0 Won
3 February  Croatia 3–0 Won
4 February  Greece 3–0 Won
Europe/Africa Zone, Promotional Play-off 5 February  Poland 2–0 Won
World Group II, Play-off 16–17 April Minsk (BLR)  Estonia 5–0 Won
2012 World Group II, First round 4–5 February Worcester (USA)  United States 0–5 Lost
World Group II, Play-off 21–22 April Yverdon-les-Bains (SUI)   Switzerland 1–4 Lost
2013 Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/A, Round robin 6 February Eilat (ISR)  Georgia 3–0 Won
7 February  Austria 2–1 Won
8 February  Croatia 0–3 Lost
Europe/Africa Zone, 5th to 8th play-offs 10 February  Israel 0–2 Lost
2014 Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round robin 4 February Budapest (HUN)  Turkey 3–0 Won
6 February  Portugal 3–0 Won
7 February  Bulgaria 2–1 Won
Europe/Africa Zone, Promotional play-off 9 February  Netherlands 0–2 Lost
2015 Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/A, Round robin 4 February Budapest (HUN)  Georgia 3–0 Won
5 February  Bulgaria 3–0 Won
6 February  Portugal 2–1 Won
Europe/Africa Zone, Promotional play-off 7 February  Great Britain 2–0 Won
World Group II, Play-off 18–19 April Tokyo (JPN)  Japan 3–2 Won
2016 World Group II, 1st Round 6–7 February Quebec City (Canada)  Canada 3–2 Won
World Group, Play-off 16–17 April Moscow (RUS)  Russia 3–2 Won
2017 World Group, 1st Round 11–12 February Minsk (BLR)  Netherlands 4–1 Won
World Group, Semi-Finals 22–23 April Minsk (BLR)   Switzerland 3–2 Won
World Group, Final 11–12 November Minsk (BLR)  United States 2–3 Lost
2018 World Group, 1st Round 10–11 February Minsk (BLR)  Germany 2–3 Lost
World Group, Play-off 21–22 April Minsk (BLR)  Slovakia 3–2 Won
2019 World Group, 1st Round 9–10 February Braunschweig (GER)  Germany 4–0 Won
World Group, Semi-Finals 20–21 April Brisbane (AUS)  Australia 2–3 Lost
2020–21 Qualifying round 7–8 February 2020 The Hague (NED)  Netherlands 3–2 Won
Finals, Group stage 1 November 2021 Prague (CZE)  Belgium 1–2 Lost
4 November 2021  Australia 1–2 Lost

See also

Notes
  1. Players considered active are the ones who have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

References
  1. "Ukraine: ITF suspends Russia, Belarus from Davis, Billie Jean King Cups". Punch Newspapers. March 1, 2022.
  2. "WTA Year End Singles Rankings - 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. "U.S. Defeats Belarus 3-2 to Win 2017 Fed Cup Title". USTA. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. "Fed Cup Final - The Stats". fedcup.com. ITF. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. "WTA Year End Singles Rankings - 2019" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. "WTA Year End Doubles Rankings - 2019" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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