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, Central and Western

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

that compete collectively as one country in both the

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...

(men) and

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 ...

(women) tennis tournaments. Pacific Oceania is governed by the

Oceania Tennis Federation Oceania Tennis Federation (OTF) is the regional governing body of tennis in Oceania. It was formed as a regional association of International Tennis Federation in 1993 with seven member nations to foster the development of tennis in the Oceania re ...

. As some Pacific Ocean countries and territories were too small or underdeveloped to have their own national teams, Pacific Oceania was established in the 1995, with both the men's and women's teams first participating in the 1995 editions of the

and

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 ...

, respectively.

Nations and territories represented

;Oceania Tennis Federation members never represented # #

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π Sports clubs established in 1995 Sport in Papua New Guinea Sport in Fiji Sport in Samoa Sport in Nauru Sport in Tonga Sport in Tuvalu Sport in Tahiti Sport in Kiribati Tennis in the United States Tennis in France Tennis in Samoa Tennis teams Tennis in Oceania Tennis in Fiji Tennis in Guam Tennis in Palau Tennis in Papua New Guinea Tennis in the Marshall Islands Tennis in Nauru Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone 1995 establishments in Oceania Sport in Oceania {{Tennis-stub

Nations and territories represented

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