The Egypt Billie Jean King Cup team represents
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
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
Egyptian Tennis Federation. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group III.
History
Egypt competed in its first Fed Cup in
1986
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, but did not play again until
1994
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. They then competed again in
1995
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, but not in
1996
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. Since
1997
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, Egypt has taken part in every edition. Their best result was second place in their Group II pool in
2001
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and
2003
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.
Current team (2017)
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Sandra Samir
Sandra Sameh Samir Abdul Salam ( ar, ساندرا سامح سمير عبدالسلام; born 4 November 1997) is an Egyptian professional tennis player.
Samir won the 2013 U-16 African Junior Tennis Championships.
She has won 13 singles and eig ...
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Ola Abou Zekry
Ola Mohamed Tarek Al Said Abou Zekry ( ar, علا محمد طارق السيد أبوذكرى; born 20 June 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Egypt.
Abou Zekry has career-high WTA rankings of 441 in singles, achieved on 20 July 2 ...
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Mai El Kamash
Mai El Kamash ( ar, مي الكماش; born 10 September 1994) is an Egyptian former professional tennis player.
El Kamash has reached career-high rankings of 913 in singles and 876 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). She won one ...
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Rana Sherif Ahmed
Rana Sherif Ahmed ( ar, رنا شريف أحمد; born 20 July 1994) is an inactive Egyptian tennis player.
On 8 November 2010, she peaked at No. 982 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for the Egypt Fed Cup team
The Egypt Billie Jean King Cup t ...
See also
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Fed 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 ...
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Egypt Davis Cup team
The Egypt men's national tennis team represents Egypt in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Egyptian Tennis Federation.
Egypt currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II. They reached the semifinals of Group I in ...
External links
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Billie Jean King Cup teams
Fed 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 ...
Fed 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 ...
1986 establishments in Egypt
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