The Paraguay Billie Jean King Cup team represents

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

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 Asociación Paraguaya de Tenis. Paraguay competed in Americas Zone Group I in

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- its ninth consecutive year at this level.

History

Paraguay's best Fed Cup performances were in

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and

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, when reaching the World Group II play-offs. Its first appearance in the competition was four years earlier in

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Last tie

Paraguay was defeated by Argentina 0-2 in the Americas Zone Group I play-offs in 2016.

Next tie

Paraguay will compete in the Americas Zone Group I in 2017.

Current team (2017)

Verónica Cepede Royg Verónica Cepede Royg (; born 21 January 1992) is a professional Paraguayan tennis player. On 7 August 2017, she reached her highest WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of No. 73 whilst her best doubles ranking is No. 85, achieved on 19 September ...

Montserrat González Montserrat González Benítez (; born 1 July 1994) is a Paraguayan former tennis player. In her career, she won eleven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of w ...

Camila Giangreco Campiz Liz Camila Giangreco Campiz (born 24 August 1996) is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player. She won two singles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 20 November 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50 ...

Lara Escauriza Lara Escauriza (born 14 October 1998) is a Paraguayan tennis player. Escauriza has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 778, achieved on 9 March 2020. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of 513, reached ...

External links

* Billie Jean King Cup teams

1991 establishments in Paraguay Sports clubs established in 1991 {{Paraguay-sport-stub

History

Last tie

Next tie

Current team (2017)

See also

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