New Zealand Billie Jean King Cup team

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.

New Zealand
CaptainMatt Hair
ITF ranking80 Decrease 5 (18 April 2016)
Colorswhite & black
First year1965
Years played42
Ties played (W–L)133 (58–75)
Years in
World Group		23 (10–23)
Best finishWorld Group QF (1965, 1971)
Most total winsLeanne Baker (34–32)
Most singles winsMarina Erakovic (18–7)
Most doubles winsLeanne Baker (23–15)
Best doubles teamJulie Richardson /
Belinda Cordwell (7–4)
Most ties playedLeanne Baker (48)
Most years playedLeanne Baker (12)

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 (2023)[4][5]

Captain Matt Hair (AUS)

See also

References
  1. David Long (10 December 2011). "NZ women given one-year Fed Cup tennis ban". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. "Lack of ability leads Tennis NZ to pull Fed Cup team". Stuff.co.nz. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. "No Fed Cup again for New Zealand's Marina Erakovic and rising young guns". stuff.co.nz. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  4. "Billie Jean King Cup- Draws & Results". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. "New Zealand women's tennis team named for Billie Jean King Cup in Malaysia". tennis.kiwi. Retrieved 4 October 2023.


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