The Czech Republic women's national tennis team is the representative national team of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

Billie Jean King Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...

competition. The Czech Republic team in its current incarnation began competing in

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. It is seen as the primary successor to the Czechoslovak team, and not

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

, even though the Czechoslovak team included both Czech and Slovak players. Czechoslovakia won the Billie Jean King Cup five times between 1975 and 1988 (when the competition was known as the Federation Cup), but the victory in 2011 (by which time the competition had been renamed the Fed Cup) was the team's first win as the Czech Republic. They have since won the competition five more times, in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018.Strength in Depth the Key for Five-Star Czech republic
WTA official website, 14 November 2016

Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...

, one of the Czechoslovak team's greatest players, helped guide the team to victory in

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. In 1981 she became a US citizen and in later tournaments, notably the 1986 Federation Cup final, she played for the

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against her former nation.

Current team

''Rankings .''

Players

Results

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

2020–2029

Slovakia Billie Jean King Cup team The Slovakia women's national tennis team represents Slovakia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovak Tennis Association. History Slovakia competed in its first Fed Cup in 1994 Federation Cup (tennis), 1994. They won the Cu ...

References

External links

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