The Denmark Billie Jean King Cup team represents

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in 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 ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

competition and are governed by the Dansk Tennis Forbund. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II. They rank 53rd in the world with 547.50 points.

History

Denmark competed in its first Fed Cup in

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

. Their best result was reaching the quarterfinals in

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

and

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

Current team (2019)

Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is a Danish former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 71 weeks, including at the end of 2010 and 2011. She achieved the top ranking for the first time on 11 ...

* Karen Barritza *

Emilie Francati Emilie Francati (born 24 June 1997) is a former tennis player from Denmark. She reached a career-high combined junior ranking of 50 and the 2015 Australian Open girls' doubles semifinals. On the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tenni ...

Maria Jespersen Maria Jespersen (born 3 December 1991) is a Danish tennis player. Jespersen has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 872, achieved on 16 April 2018. She has won two ITF doubles titles. Jespersen has represented Denmark in Fed Cup The Bi ...

Clara Tauson Clara Tauson (born 21 December 2002) is a Danish professional tennis player. In 2016, at age 13, she became the youngest Danish champion in tennis. Caroline Wozniacki held the previous record when she won at age 14. Her career-high rankings are ...

External links

* Billie Jean King Cup teams

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History

Current team (2019)

See also

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