The Italy women's national tennis team represents Italy in international women's tennis and is directed by the

Federazione Italiana Tennis The Italian Tennis Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Tennis, FIT) is the national governing body for the Tennis sport in Italy. History The FIT was born in Florence in 1910 with just 26 affiliated clubs. Davis and Fed Cup ATP Cup United ...

. The team played in the first ever tournament in

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, and is one of four teams that has taken part in every single edition since. The Italian national team was initially unsuccessful in world tennis, only winning twenty ties in the first two decades of competition never reaching past the quarterfinals since

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, but in recent times they have become of the most successful teams in the world. They have been a regular member of the ITF rankings World Top Ten since the initiation of the rankings in

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, and became one of five teams to reach the World No. 1 position in

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, after they managed to reach all but one final from

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. They have also reached every semifinal since

, and since

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, have accumulated a 22–9 win–loss ratio. Francesca Schiavone holds the Italian Fed Cup record for most singles wins and total wins, while Roberta Vinci holds the record for most doubles wins and years of participation. Sandra Cecchini has participated in the most ties for Italy, however, having played in just two more ties Schiavone and Vinci. Former ATP World No. 7 and Davis Cup captain

Corrado Barazzutti Corrado Barazzutti (born 19 February 1953, in Udine) is a former tennis player from Italy. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, achieved in August 1978. After his player career Barazzutti was non-playing captain of the Italy Davis C ...

is the current captain of the Italian Fed Cup team, having held that position since 2002. As of April 2013, the team is the World No. 2 in the ITF rankings, with only Czech Republic holding a higher position.

Current team

History

Italy competed in its first Fed Cup in

, the team consisting of

Lea Pericoli Lea Pericoli (born 22 March 1935) is an Italian former tennis player and later television presenter and journalist from Milan. She reached the last sixteen of the French Open two times and the Wimbledon Championships three times, and is also fam ...

and

Silvana Lazzarino Silvana Lazzarino (19 May 1933) is a former female tennis player from Italy. She reached the semifinals at 1954 French Championships. In doubles, she reached the French semifinals in 1953, 1957 and 1964. Her best results at Wimbledon was reachi ...

. They are one of four nations to have competed in every edition of the tournament. Italy won the Cup in

and

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Results

1963-1979

1980-1994

1995-2014

Records

Longest winning streak

Finals: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Notes

References

External links

* {{Italian national teams Billie Jean King Cup teams Fed Cup Tennis