The Canada women's national tennis represents Canada in

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competition since 1963. They are overseen by Tennis Canada, the governing body of tennis in Canada. Canada has reached the semifinals in 1988, and the quarterfinals on four occasions in 1964, 1967, 1987 and 2015. It has also only missed one Fed Cup since the inaugural competition in 1963.

History

1963–1994: Appearances in the World Group quarterfinals and semifinals

Canada played its first tie in 1963 when the team of Ann Barclay and

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was defeated 0–3 by

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in World Group first round. Canada and its team of Benita Senn,

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and Louise Brown reached the World Group quarterfinals in 1964 with a 2–1 victory over

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in the second round, but was defeated 0–3 the next round by

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. In 1967, Canada made it again to the World Group quarterfinals after beating

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2–1 in the opening round, but was defeated this time 0–3 by

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. Team members were Susan Butt, Vicki Berner and Faye Urban. In 1987, Canada reached the third World Group quarterfinal of its history. The team of

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, Carling Bassett-Seguso and

Jill Hetherington Jill Hetherington-Hultquist (born October 27, 1964) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She played college tennis for the University of Florida, and was women's tennis head coach at the University of Washington until May 2014. Colle ...

defeated

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3–0 in the first round and the

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2–1 in the second round. They were however eliminated 1–2 by

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. Canada had its better run to date when

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, Helen Kelesi and Jill Hetherington helped the country reach the World Group semifinals in 1988. Canada beat

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2–1 and

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3–0 in the first and second rounds respectively, and then

3–0 in the quarterfinals. Their run was ended by

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with a score of 0–3.

1995–2009: Moderate success

In 1995, Canada had its second best result with the new World Group format when they made it to the World Group I playoffs after beating

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3–2 in the World Group II first round. The squad of

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, Patricia Hy-Boulais, Jill Hetherington and Rene Simpson were then defeated 0–5 by

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. In 2006, Canada earned its spot back in the World Group II when team members

Aleksandra Wozniak Aleksandra Wozniak ( pl, Woźniak; born September 7, 1987) is a Canadian former tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005, and achieved a career-best ranking of No. 21 in June 2009, making her the fifth highest-ranked Canadian singl ...

Stéphanie Dubois Stéphanie Dubois (born October 31, 1986) is a former tennis player from Canada. She turned professional in 2004 and achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 87 in January 2012. Dubois was awarded Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada tw ...

and

Marie-Ève Pelletier Marie-Ève Pelletier (; born May 18, 1982) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 106 in singles on June 20, 2005 and 54 in doubles on April 12, 2010. Tennis c ...

beat

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3–2 in the World Group II playoffs. They were eliminated in the first round the next year by

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2–3. Canada was not able to secure its place in the World Group II for the second straight year as the team was eliminated by Argentina in the World Group II playoffs later that year.

2010–13: World Group II contender

In 2010, Canada (team members were Aleksandra Wozniak, Marie-Ève Pelletier,

Valérie Tétreault Valérie Tétreault (born January 21, 1988) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 112 in February 2010, and peaked at No. 307 in the doubles rankings in April of the same year. Te ...

and

Sharon Fichman Sharon Fichman ( ; born December 3, 1990) is a Canadian-Israeli inactive tennis player. In 2004, at the age of 13, she was Canada's Under-18 Indoor & Outdoor National girls' champion, and also won the doubles title. In 2005, Fichman won the gol ...

) won the World Group II playoff over Argentina by the convincing score of 5–0 and regained the World Group II. In the World Group II first round in 2011,

Rebecca Marino Rebecca Catherine Marino (born December 16, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. On 11 July 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38. Marino was awarded ''Female Player of the Year'' by Tennis Canada two times, in 2010 ...

won the opening match over

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and Aleksandra Wozniak lost the second one to

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. The next day, Marino lost the third rubber to Jovanovski, but Wozniak tied the meeting thanks to a win over

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. Canada's doubles team of Sharon Fichman and Marie-Ève Pelletier was however eliminated by Jovanovski and Krunić to give the win 3–2 to

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. Canada then had to play a playoff to stay in the World Group II for the second straight year, but lost a close tie to

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2–3. In 2013, Canada was promoted to the World Group II for the first time since 2011 when the team of

Eugenie Bouchard Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; french: Eugénie Bouchard, ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian tennis player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam t ...

Gabriela Dabrowski Gabriela "Gaby" Dabrowski (; pl, Dąbrowska, ; born April 1, 1992) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 164 by the WTA on November 3, 2014 and her highest doubles ranking of world No. 4 on ...

, Sharon Fichman and Stéphanie Dubois beat

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3–2 in the World Group II playoffs.

2014–15: Run to the World Group

In the first round of the World Group II in 2014, Wozniak won the first rubber over

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. Bouchard then gave Canada a 2–0 lead after the first day when she beat

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. In the third rubber the next day, Bouchard defeated Dolonc and secured the victory for Canada. Canadians Dabrowski and Fichman lost the doubles match to Jakšić and

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to end the tie with a 3–1 score in favour of Canada. Canada next played a World Group I playoff in April against

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, the first time since 2004. The first day, Wozniak upset No. 52

Jana Čepelová Jana Čepelová (; born 29 May 1993) is an inactive Slovak tennis player. She has won seven singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 May 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 18 May 2015, she p ...

and Bouchard won her match over Kristína Kučová to end day one with a 2–0 lead for Canada. Bouchard then won her next match the following day over Čepelová to clinch the tie for the host country with an insurmountable 3–0 lead. The win means Canada has its place in the World Group I next year, the first time ever for the country since the introduction of the new World Group format in 1995. Slovaks

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and

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beat the Canadian duo of Dabrowski and Fichman to close the meeting with a 3–1 score for Canada. Canada played their 2015 World Group first round against the reigning champions and number one seed the

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at home. The team, without its two best players Bouchard and Wozniak in its ranks, lost the four matches of the meeting. Canada had to host

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in a World Group playoff in April to stay in the World Group for the next year.

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surprised No. 33

Irina-Camelia Begu Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 22 in the world, in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking, also No. 22. Begu ...

in the first match, her first Fed Cup win, but Bouchard was upset by

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in the second to end day one in a 1–1 tie. Bouchard and Abanda both lost their matches the next day (to Mitu and Dulgheru respectively) to give the win to Romania. Dabrowski and Fichman defeated the Romanian doubles team of Mitu and Olaru to end the meeting with a 3–2 score in favour of Romania.

2016 to present: Short relegation to the Americas Zone and return to the World Group II

Canada next played a World Group II first round tie at home against

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in February 2016, but lost the meeting by a score of 2–3. Canada then played a playoff in April 2016 to secure its place in the World Group II for the next year, but lost a fourth tie in a row with a score of 3–2 for

. They were relegated in the Americas Zone Group I for 2017, the first time since 2013. In February 2017, the team of

Bianca Andreescu Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (; born June 16, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 in the world, and is the highest-ranked Canadian in the history of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Andreescu ...

Charlotte Robillard-Millette Charlotte Robillard-Millette (born January 12, 1999) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 532 on September 25, 2017 and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 231 on May 15, 2017. She ach ...

Katherine Sebov Katherine Sebov (born January 5, 1999) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 190, on 16 January 2023, and a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 22, on 20 July 2015. Early life Sebov was ...

and

Carol Zhao Carol Zhao (Chinese:赵一羽; born June 20, 1995) is a Canadian tennis player. She turned professional in June 2016 and was Canada's top singles player from June 11th, 2018 to July 23rd, 2018. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. ...

defeated respectively

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and

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in the Round Robin, and

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in the promotional playoff. Canada next played in April 2017 at the World Group II Play-offs against

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. Françoise Abanda won her two singles matches over world No. 51

Yaroslava Shvedova Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia. She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus o ...

and world No. 31 Yulia Putintseva. 16-year-old Bianca Andreescu lost her first rubber to Putintseva but defeated Shvedova in the second. The doubles team of Gabriela Dabrowski and Katherine Sebov lost the final rubber to

Kamila Kerimbayeva Kamila Kerimbayeva ( kk, Камила Керімбаева, ''Kamila Kerımbaeva''; born 18 June 1995) is an inactive tennis player from Kazakhstan. She has career-high WTA rankings of 291 in singles and 303 in doubles, and won 18 titles (ten ...

and

Galina Voskoboeva Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (russian: Галина Олеговна Воскобоева; born 18 December 1984) is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 7 May 2012. He ...

. Canada won the tie 3-2 and will be back in the World Group II in 2018. In 2018, the team of Bianca Andreescu, Gabriela Dabrowski, Katherine Sebov and Carol Zhao lost in the first round of the World Group II first round to

by the score of 1-3. Zhao and Andreescu lost the two singles matches the first day, respectively to

Sorana Cîrstea Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-high ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March ...

and

. The second day, Sebov was defeated by Begu and Canada's doubles team of Dabrowski and Zhao won over

Ana Bogdan Ana Bogdan (born 25 November 1992) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2007, she peaked at No. 46 in the WTA rankings in October 2022. Bogdan had a successful junior career, reaching world No. 2 on 5 January ...

and

Raluca Olaru Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of 11 singles and 15 doubles ITF titles, Olaru reached one WTA singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA TourPetkovic, Olaru Into Final(25 Jul ...

. In the World Group II Play-offs, Andreescu lost the first rubber in three sets to world No. 40

Lesia Tsurenko Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko ( uk, Леся Вікторівна Цуренко; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles and eight doubles tournaments on the IT ...

and Bouchard won her two singles matches over

Kateryna Bondarenko Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; uk, Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine. She was the doubles champion in 2008 at the Australian Open, partnering ...

and Tsurenko. Dabrowski lost the fourth singles match to Bondarenko, sending the tie to a decisive doubles match. The team of Andreescu and Dabrowski won over Bondarenko and

Olga Savchuk Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk ( uk, Ольга Миколаївна Савчук; born 20 September 1987) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up in the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She resides in Nassau, Bahamas. Her be ...

to secure Canada's place in the World Group II for a second straight year.

Current team

''Rankings as of September 9, 2019''

Players

:''*Active players in bold, statistics as of September 9, 2019''

Recent performances

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

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Head-to-head record

:''*Previous champions in bold. Teams that have been ranked No. 1 in italics. Statistics as of September 9, 2019''

References

External links

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