The Greece Denmark Billie Jean King Cup team represents

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

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 Hellenic Tennis Federation. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I.

History

Greece competed in its first Fed Cup in

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

. Their best result was reaching the round of 16 in

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

and

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

. Their current team is:

Maria Sakkari Maria Sakkari ( gr, Μαρία Σάκκαρη, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her ...

Valentini Grammatikopoulou Valentini Grammatikopoulou ( el, Βαλεντίνη Γραμματικοπούλου; born 9 February 1997) is a Greek tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 143. On 28 February 2022, she peaked at No ...

Eleni Kordolaimi Eleni Kordolaimi ( gr, Ελένη Κορδολαίμη; born 7 March 1993) is a Greek tennis player. Career Kordolaimi has a career-high WTA rankings of 435 in singles, achieved on 10 December 2018, and 344 in doubles, set on 16 July 2018. She h ...

Despina Papamichail Despina Papamichail ( el, Δέσποινα Παπαμιχαήλ; born in Preveza, 9 February 1993) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, reached on 20 June 2022. Her highest doubles rankin ...

and Emmanouela Antonakis. Past players include:

Eleni Daniilidou Eleni Daniilidou ( el, Ελένη Δανιηλίδου; ; born 19 September 1982) is a Greek former tennis player from the island of Crete. She is considered one of the best Greek tennis players of the Open Era, winning five singles titles and t ...

, Anna Koumantou,

Christína Papadáki Christína Papadáki ( el, Χριστίνα Παπαδάκη) (born 24 February 1973) is a former tennis player from Greece who turned professional in 1989. Her biggest career achievement was reaching the final of the Copa Colsanitas Seguros ...

, Christina Zachariadou,

Olga Tsarbopoulou Olga Tsarbopoulou (born 19 June 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Greece. Biography Tsarbopoulou was 15, when she began competing for the Greece Fed Cup team in 1983. She was a bronze medalist in the singles event at the 1983 Me ...

, Angelika Kanellopoulou and

Carol-Ann Kalogeropoulos Carol-Ann Kalogeropoulos (born 11 March 1943) is a Greek-American former professional tennis player. Kalogeropoulos originally competed under her maiden name Carol-Ann Prosen and is a native of Florida. An Orange Bowl The Orange Bowl is an a ...

. Denise Panagopoulou of Greece holds the record for the youngest player that ever competed in the Fed Cup. In 1977, she played at the age of 12 and 360 days.

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* Billie Jean King Cup teams

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History

See also

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