The Belgian women's national tennis team, managed by the Belgian Tennis Federation, has been competing in the

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sanctioned

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since the very beginning: 1963. It has won the competition once, in 2001. Both

Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Clijsters reached the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, having held both rankings simultaneously in 2003. She won six major titles, ...

and

Justine Henin Justine Henin (; born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Henin, coming from a country with limited success in tenni ...

won their singles matches to seal the first victory for Belgium against Russia in Madrid.

Players

Note: players in bold are part of the

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team.

Results

Overview

Head-to-head

By Decade

1963–1969

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

2020–2029

Famous players

* Dominique Monami *

Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans (born 22 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. She was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011. Career Appelmans started playing at the neighbour's court at the age of seven. Her first traine ...

Els Callens Els Callens (born 20 August 1970) is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium. Callens became professional in January 1990. Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal ...

Laurence Courtois Laurence Courtois (born 18 January 1976) is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium. Courtois, who was born in Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in E ...

Ann Devries Ann Devries (born 27 February 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. Biography Devries, a right-handed player, was born in the Flemish city of Bree, Belgium, Bree. She trained in Antwerp from the age of 12, and by 15 was maki ...

Michele Gurdal Michele (), is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael. Michele (pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically ...

Monique Van Haver Monique Van Haver (born 31 August 1948) is a Belgian former professional 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 play ...

* Sandra Wasserman *

Yanina Wickmayer Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 12, on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she achieved a career-high of world No. ...

Kirsten Flipkens Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (; born 10 January 1986) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Flipkens has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, winning the 2012 T ...

Coaches

Team statistics

*Longest rubber: 3 hrs 35 mins –

defeated

Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual (; born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She had moderate success in singles, winning three career Women's Tennis Association (WTA) titles as well as reaching two Grand Slam quarterfinal ...

of Spain *Longest tie-break: 24 Points, 13/11 –

Jennifer Capriati Jennifer Maria Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. A member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, she won three singles Grand Slam titles and was the gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics ...

of the United States defeated Sandra Wasserman *Most games in a rubber: 42 Games, 6–7(4) 7–6(8) 9–7 –

Meghann Shaughnessy Meghann Shaughnessy (born April 13, 1979 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American former professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in 2001 and won six titles on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. ...

of the United States defeated

*Oldest player: Christiane Mercelis – 37 years 232 days (1969) *Youngest player: Tamaryn Hendler – 14 years 252 days (2007)

External links

* {{National sports teams of Belgium Billie Jean King Cup teams

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