The Czech Republic women's national tennis team is the representative national team of the

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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 chan ...

competition. The Czech Republic team in its current incarnation began competing in

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

. It is seen as the primary successor to the Czechoslovak team, and not

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

, even though the Czechoslovak team included both Czech and Slovak players. Czechoslovakia won the Billie Jean King Cup five times between 1975 and 1988 (when the competition was known as the Federation Cup), but the victory in 2011 (by which time the competition had been renamed the Fed Cup) was the team's first win as the Czech Republic. They have since won the competition five more times, in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018.Strength in Depth the Key for Five-Star Czech republic
, WTA official website, 14 November 2016

Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova (, ; ; born October18, 1956) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, singles for 332 weeks (List of WTA number ...

, one of the Czechoslovak team's greatest players, helped guide the team to victory in

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

. In 1981 she became a US citizen and in later tournaments, notably the 1986 Federation Cup final, she played for the

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against her former nation.

Current team

''Rankings .''

Players

Results

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

2020–2029

* Slovakia Billie Jean King Cup team

References

External links

* * – Official web {{Billie Jean King Cup navbox Billie Jean King Cup teams

1993 establishments in the Czech Republic 1963 establishments in Czechoslovakia 1992 disestablishments in Czechoslovakia