Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team

Tennis team representing Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Captain	Magdalena Maleeva
ITF ranking	34 (13 November 2023)
Colors	White & Green

First year	1966
Years played	45
Ties played (W–L)	150 (69-81)
Years in World Group	14 (16-14)
Best finish	World Group SF (1985, 1987)

Most total wins	Katerina Maleeva (29-22) Tsvetana Pironkova (29-26)
Most singles wins	Tsvetana Pironkova (22-17)
Most doubles wins	Magdalena Maleeva (9-9) Katerina Maleeva (9-13)
Best doubles team	Katerina Maleeva / Manuela Maleeva (5-7)
Most ties played	Tsvetana Pironkova (39)
Most years played	Tsvetana Pironkova (13)

The Bulgaria women's national tennis team represents Bulgaria in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation.

In 2024, Bulgaria competed in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I event in Oeiras, where they finished in last place in Pool A of the competition with only one win against Austria. In the play-offs the team proceeded to beat Norway, but then lost out to Portugal and was relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the upcoming 2025 edition.

History

Bulgaria competed in its first Fed Cup in 1966. Until the 1996 edition of the competition the team has always played in the Fed Cup World Group. From 1996 the team is competing in Group I of the Europe/Africa Zone.

The best results of the Bulgarian Fed Cup team are the semifinals the team played in 1985 and 1987. The team also reached the quarterfinals of the competition in 1968, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992 and 1994. These results are closely connected with the success of the Maleeva sisters (Magdalena Maleeva, Katerina Maleeva and Manuela Maleeva) who have represented Bulgaria for more than 20 years in the competition.

Current team

Player information and rankings as of 8 April 2024^[update]

The following players were called up for the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I in April 2024.

Player	WTA Rank	First year played	Total Win/Loss	Singles Win/Loss	Doubles Win/Loss
Viktoriya Tomova	74	2014	13–13	8–10	5–3
Gergana Topalova	253	2019	7–7	3–4	4–3
Isabella Shinikova	266	2012	19–24	10–13	9–11
Lia Karatancheva	505	2023	10–5	5–2	5–3

Recent callups

Player	Most recent appearance
Denislava Glushkova	2023 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Julia Terziyska	2023 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Yoana Konstantinova	2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Rositsa Dencheva	2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Petia Arshinkova	2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Relegation Play-off

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

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	World Group I, 1st round	22–23 April	Sofia (BUL)	Spain	2–3	Loss
1995	World Group I, Play-offs	22–23 July	Bloemfontein (RSA)	South Africa	0–5	Loss
1996	World Group II, 1st round	27–28 April	Plovdiv (BUL)	Slovakia	0–5	Loss
1996	World Group II, Play-offs	13–14 July	Plovdiv (BUL)	South Korea	1–4	Loss
1997	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	23 April	Bari (ITA)	Russia	1–2	Loss
1997	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	24 April	Bari (ITA)	Greece	1–2	Loss
1998	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	14 April	Murcia (ESP)	Romania	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	15 April	Murcia (ESP)	South Africa	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	16 April	Murcia (ESP)	Latvia	1–2	Loss
1999	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	19 April	Murcia (ESP)	Yugoslavia	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	20 April	Murcia (ESP)	Finland	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	21 April	Murcia (ESP)	Great Britain	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Play-Off	22 April	Murcia (ESP)	Slovenia	1–2	Loss

2000s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	16 May	Murcia (ESP)	Sweden	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	17 May	Murcia (ESP)	Turkey	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	18 May	Murcia (ESP)	Netherlands	0–3	Loss
2001	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	23 May	Murcia (ESP)	Greece	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	24 May	Murcia (ESP)	Israel	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	25 May	Murcia (ESP)	Denmark	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	26 May	Murcia (ESP)	Luxembourg	1–2	Loss
2002	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	24 April	Antalya (TUR)	Portugal	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	25 April	Antalya (TUR)	Georgia	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	26 April	Antalya (TUR)	Estonia	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Promotional Play-off	27 April	Antalya (TUR)	Ukraine	1–2	Loss
2003	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	21 April	Estoril (POR)	Georgia	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	22 April	Estoril (POR)	Yugoslavia	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	23 April	Estoril (POR)	Israel	2–1	Win
2004	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	19 April	Athens (GRE)	Estonia	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	21 April	Athens (GRE)	Greece	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	22 April	Athens (GRE)	Poland	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Promotional Play-off	24 April	Athens (GRE)	Serbia and Montenegro	2–1	Win
	World Group I, Play-offs	11 July	Plovdiv (BUL)	Japan	2–3	Loss
2005	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	20 April	Antalya (TUR)	South Africa	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	21 April	Antalya (TUR)	Hungary	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	22 April	Antalya (TUR)	Estonia	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Promotional Play-off	23 April	Antalya (TUR)	Netherlands	2–0	Win
	World Group II, Play-offs	10 July	Tokyo (JPN)	Japan	1–4	Loss
2006	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	18 April	Plovdiv (BUL)	Hungary	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	19 April	Plovdiv (BUL)	Great Britain	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	20 April	Plovdiv (BUL)	Ukraine	2–1	Win
2007	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	18 April	Plovdiv (BUL)	Great Britain	0–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	19 April	Plovdiv (BUL)	Poland	0–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	20 April	Plovdiv (BUL)	Luxembourg	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off	21 April	Plovdiv (BUL)	Lithuania	2–0	Win
2008	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	30 January	Budapest (HUN)	Portugal	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	31 January	Budapest (HUN)	Luxembourg	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	1 February	Budapest (HUN)	Netherlands	0–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off	2 February	Budapest (HUN)	Hungary	0–2	Loss
2009	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	4 February	Tallinn (EST)	Estonia	0–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	6 February	Tallinn (EST)	Croatia	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off	7 February	Tallinn (EST)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	Loss

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	3 February	Lisbon (POR)	Netherlands	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	4 February	Lisbon (POR)	Israel	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	5 February	Lisbon (POR)	Slovenia	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off	6 February	Lisbon (POR)	Portugal	2–1	Win
2011	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	2 February	Eilat (ISR)	Poland	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	3 February	Eilat (ISR)	Luxembourg	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	4 February	Eilat (ISR)	Israel	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off	5 February	Eilat (ISR)	Latvia	2–0	Win
2012	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	1 February	Eilat (ISR)	Estonia	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	3 February	Eilat (ISR)	Austria	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off	5 February	Eilat (ISR)	Portugal	0–2	Loss
2013	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	7 February	Eilat (ISR)	Netherlands	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	8 February	Eilat (ISR)	Luxembourg	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	9 February	Eilat (ISR)	Slovenia	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Promotional Play-off	10 February	Eilat (ISR)	Great Britain	0–2	Loss
2014	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	4 February	Budapest (HUN)	Portugal	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	6 February	Budapest (HUN)	Turkey	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	7 February	Budapest (HUN)	Belarus	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off	9 February	Budapest (HUN)	Luxembourg	2–0	Win
2015	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	4 February	Budapest (HUN)	Portugal	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	5 February	Budapest (HUN)	Belarus	0–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	6 February	Budapest (HUN)	Georgia	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off	7 February	Budapest (HUN)	Ukraine	0–2	Loss
2016	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	3 February	Eilat (ISR)	Hungary	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	4 February	Eilat (ISR)	Latvia	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	5 February	Eilat (ISR)	Belgium	0–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off	6 February	Eilat (ISR)	Georgia	1–2	Loss
2017	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	8 February	Tallinn (EST)	Israel	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	9 February	Tallinn (EST)	Serbia	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	10 February	Tallinn (EST)	Estonia	1–2	Loss
2018	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	7 February	Tallinn (EST)	Serbia	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	8 February	Tallinn (EST)	Georgia	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off	10 February	Tallinn (EST)	Poland	0–2	Loss
2019	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	6 February	Zielona Góra (POL)	Estonia	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	7 February	Zielona Góra (POL)	Ukraine	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	8 February	Zielona Góra (POL)	Sweden	0–3	Loss

2020s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	5 February	Tallinn (EST)	Croatia	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	6 February	Tallinn (EST)	Ukraine	0–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off	8 February	Tallinn (EST)	Greece	2–0	Win
2022	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	11 April	Antalya (TUR)	Austria	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	12 April	Antalya (TUR)	Croatia	0–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	13 April	Antalya (TUR)	Sweden	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	14 April	Antalya (TUR)	Slovenia	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	15 April	Antalya (TUR)	Georgia	2–1	Win
2023	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	10 April	Antalya (TUR)	Serbia	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	11 April	Antalya (TUR)	Croatia	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	12 April	Antalya (TUR)	Sweden	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	13 April	Antalya (TUR)	Norway	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	14 April	Antalya (TUR)	Denmark	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Positional Play-off	15 April	Antalya (TUR)	Turkey	2–0	Win
2024	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	8 April	Oeiras (POR)	Hungary	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	9 April	Oeiras (POR)	Denmark	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Round Robin	10 April	Oeiras (POR)	Austria	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off	12 April	Oeiras (POR)	Norway	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation Play-off	13 April	Oeiras (POR)	Portugal	1–2	Loss

Team representatives

This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team in an official Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup match.

Player	W-L (Total)	W-L (Singles)	W-L (Doubles)	Ties	Debut	Years played
Jaklin Alawi	0–2	0–0	0–2	2	2007	1
Galia Angelova	6–5	3–2	3–3	8	1988	2
Petia Arshinkova	1–4	0–1	1–3	5	2018	3
Lubomira Bacheva	1–6	0–4	1–2	4	1993	4
Yulia Berberian	0–4	0–0	0–4	4	1968	3
Borislava Botusharova	0–1	0–1	0–0	1	2014	1
Maria Chakarova	3–4	2–2	1–2	4	1966	3
Rositsa Dencheva	0–2	0–0	0–2	2	2022	1
Galina Dimitrova	0–2	0–2	0–0	2	1997	1
Dora Djilianova	0–1	0–0	0–1	1	1995	1
Dia Evtimova	15–20	7–13	8–7	29	2007	8
Filipa Gabrovska	2–4	0–0	2–4	6	1998	3
Maria Geznenge	5–2	0–0	5–2	7	1999	4
Denislava Glushkova	1–1	1–1	0–0	2	2023	1
Lia Karatancheva	10–5	5–2	5–3	10	2023	2
Sesil Karatantcheva	10–6	6–2	4–4	11	2004	3
Marina Kondova	1–1	0–0	1–1	2	1983	1
Yoana Konstantinova	0–2	0–0	0–2	2	2022	1
Elitsa Kostova	16–18	10–12	6–6	27	2008	10
Dimana Krastevitch	1–4	1–2	0–2	3	2006	1
Svetlana Krivencheva	2–4	0–2	2–2	6	1988	4
Katerina Maleeva	29–22	20–9	9–13	28	1984	10
Magdalena Maleeva	27–17	18–8	9–9	27	1991	10
Manuela Maleeva	22–12	16–4	6–8	20	1983	6
Dessislava Mladenova	1–2	0–0	1–2	3	2007	1
Diana Moskova	0–1	0–0	0–1	1	1975	1
Teodora Nedeva	0–3	0–0	0–3	3	1996	2
Pavlina Nola	5–7	4–4	1–3	7	1995	3
Elena Pampoulova	6–7	4–5	2–2	10	1988	3
Antoaneta Pandjerova	8–13	3–8	5–5	14	1996	5
Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova	1–1	0–1	1–0	1	2010	1
Maria Penkova	3–6	1–0	2–6	8	2004	3
Tsvetana Pironkova	29–26	22–17	7–9	39	2003	13
Lubka Radkova	1–9	0–5	1–4	5	1966	4
Dora Rangelova	4–7	1–2	3–5	8	1986	3
Isabella Shinikova	19–24	10–13	9–11	34	2012	11
Christina Sotirova	0–1	0–1	0–0	1	1975	1
Julia Terziyska	6–4	1–2	5–2	9	2018	3
Viktoriya Tomova	13–13	8–10	5–3	21	2014	8
Desislava Topalova	18–16	14–7	4–9	23	1997	8
Gergana Topalova	7–7	3–4	4–3	11	2019	4
Radoslava Topalova	1–2	0–0	1–2	3	2001	2
Adriana Velcheva	1–4	1–2	0–2	3	1983	1

External links

Team page on BillieJeanKingCup.com, the official website of the Billie Jean King Cup

References

Billie Jean King Cup

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