Bulgaria Fed Cup team


The Bulgaria Fed Cup team represents Bulgaria in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation.
In 2015, Bulgaria made a strong start to its Europe/Africa Zone Group I campaign with a 3-0 victory over Portugal, but struggled to maintain its early form and slumped to defeat against Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine to finish in 10th place in Budapest.

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 who have represented Bulgaria for more than 20 years in the competition.

Current Team (2018)

The following players were called up for the Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I in February 2018.
PlayerWTA RankFirst year playedTotal Win/LossSingles Win/LossDoubles Win/Loss
Viktoriya Tomova13920144–51–43–1
Isabella Shinikova38020128–104–44–6
Yuliya Terziyska59020180–00–00–0
Petya Arshinkova90920180–00–00–0

WTA Rankings as of 5 February 2018

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

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.
PlayerW-L
W-L
W-L
TiesDebutYears Played
Jaklin Alawi0–20–00–2220071
Galia Angelova6–53–23–3819882
Lubomira Bacheva1–60–41–2419934
Yulia Berberian0–40–00–4419683
Borislava Botusharova0–10–10–0120141
Maria Chakarova3–42–21–2419663
Galina Dimitrova0–20–20–0219971
Dora Djilianova0–10–00–1119951
Dia Evtimova15–167–128–42520077
Filipa Gabrovska2–40–02–4619983
Maria Geznenge5–20–05–2719994
Sesil Karatantcheva10–66–24–41120043
Marina Kondova1–10–01–1219831
Elitsa Kostova12–148–94–52020088
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
Pavlina Nola5–74–41–3719953
Elena Pampoulova8–85–63–21219885
Antoaneta Pandjerova8–133–85–51419965
Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova1–10–11–0120101
Maria Penkova3–61–02–6820043
Tsvetana Pironkova27–2620–167–1036200312
Lubka Radkova1–90–51–4519664
Dora Rangelova4–71–23–5819863
Isabella Shinikova6–32–24–1720123
Christina Sotirova0–10–10–0119751
Viktoriya Tomova3–30–23–1520142
Desislava Topalova18–1614–74–92319978
Radoslava Topalova1–20–01–2320012
Adriana Velcheva1–41–20–2319831