The Argentina women's national tennis team represents

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competition and are governed by the Asociación Argentina de Tenis. The team's historical best results came in

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and 1993, when they reached the semifinals. Argentina played the last five years in the Americas Zone Group I, after being relegated losing World Group II Playoffs against

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. Argentina are currently number 24 in the ITF rankings.

History

Argentina made its Fed Cup debut in

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with a win against

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. In the 1984 edition of the Fed Cup,

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, Argentina's highest ranked singles female player up to date, made its debut. Two years later, the team made it to the semifinals of the world group where they lost against locals

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. Argentina would not reach the semifinals again until 1993 thanks to the efforts of Florencia Labat,

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and

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Current squad (2021)

Nadia Podoroska Nadia Natacha Podoroska (; born 10 February 1997) is an Argentine professional tennis player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Podoroska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with 14 singles titles and seven doubles titles on ...

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Victoria Bosio Victoria Bosio (; born 3 October 1994) is an Argentine tennis player. Bosio has won four singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 17 December 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 308. On 7 March 2022, she ...

* Guillermina Naya *

Jazmín Ortenzi Jazmín Ortenzi (born 20 November 2001) is an Argentine tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 406 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 17 October 2022. Ortenzi made her Fed Cup debut for Argentina in 2019. ITF ...

Recent performances

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1995, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.

History

Current squad (2021)

Recent performances

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

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