Serbia Billie Jean King Cup team

The Serbian Billie Jean King Cup team represents Serbia in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Tennis Federation of Serbia. They will compete in 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I at Venue 1 in Bath, United Kingdom. From 5 June 2006, the team is playing under the name of Serbia.

Serbia
Captain	Dušan Vemić
ITF ranking	21 (12 November 2018)
Highest ITF ranking	4 (23 April 2012)
Colors	red & white
First year	1995
Years played	24
Ties played (W–L)	81 (50–31)
Years in World Group	7 (4–5)
Runners-up	1 (2012)
Most total wins	Jelena Janković (34–16)
Most singles wins	Jelena Janković (27–11)
Most doubles wins	Dragana Zarić (15–11) Sabrina Goleš (15–5)
Best doubles team	Katarina Mišić / Dragana Zarić (6–0) Sabrina Goleš / Renata Šašak (6–3)
Most ties played	Dragana Zarić (37)
Most years played	Jelena Janković (12)

The team reached the 2012 final after beating Belgium and Russia in away ties and lost to Czech Republic in Prague in their first Fed Cup final.

The Olympic Committee of Serbia declared the Fed Cup team as the best female team of the year in 2012.

Current team

The following players were called up for the Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I in February 2019.^[1]

Player	Singles Rank	Doubles Rank	First year played	No. of ties	Total Win/Loss	Singles Win/Loss	Doubles Win/Loss
Aleksandra Krunić	57	46	2009	13	11–7	6–4	5–3
Olga Danilović	112	124	2018	3	3–3	3–0	0–3
Ivana Jorović	117	690	2015	11	11–7	7–4	4–3
Nina Stojanović	248	99	2014	9	5–7	1–4	4–3

 

Ana Ivanovic of Serbia against Ai Sugiyama from Japan (Belgrade 7 February 2009)

 

Jelena Janković team record holder with most total wins (34–16) and singles match wins (27–11) playing for Serbia against Slovakia (Košice 14 July 2007)

Recent call-ups

The following players were part of a team in the last few years.^[2]

Player	WTA Rank	First year played	Total Win/Loss	Singles Win/Loss	Doubles Win/Loss	Last year played
Dejana Radanović	213	2017	2–3	2–1	0–2	2018
Jovana Jakšić	277	2014	2–3	0–2	2–1	2016
Bojana Marinković	– 65 ITF	2017	0–3	0–0	0–3	2018
Jelena Janković	Inactive (72)*	2001	34–16	27–11	7–5	2016
Doroteja Erić	Inactive	2015 DNP	0–0	0–0	0–0	2015 DNP
Ana Ivanovic	Retired	2006	20–9	17–7	3–2	2015
Bojana Jovanovski Petrović	Retired	2010	6–11	4–9	2–2	2014 (2016 DNP)
Vesna Dolonc	Retired	2013	1–4	1–3	0–1	2014
Vojislava Lukić	Retired	2007	2–2	1–2	1–0	2007 (2015 DNP)

• *Special ranking
• WTA rankings as of 4 February 2019

History

Before 1992

See also: Yugoslavia Fed Cup team

Serbia, together with other former Yugoslavian countries, competed in its first Fed Cup in 1969, as Yugoslavian Fed Cup team until 1992. Yugoslavia reached the semifinals in 1984, with 1977 French Open champion, Mima Jaušovec and Sabrina Goleš in the team.

From 1995

Together with, what is now Montenegro Fed Cup team, Serbia competed under name of Yugoslavia from 1995 until 2003; and from 2004–2006 under name of Serbia and Montenegro. After Montenegro declared its independence, Serbia is competing under its present name since 2007.

The biggest success from 1995 is when Serbia Fed Cup team reached the final in 2012 Fed Cup World Group, where they lost to Czech Republic in away tie.

Year	Name of the country	Years played	Ties played	Years in World Group	Best result
1969–1992	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ)	19	53 (24–29)	–	Main Draw Semifinals 1984
1995–2003	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ)	9	34 (20–14)	0	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I Play–offs 2002, 2003
2004–2006	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	3	11 (7–4)	0	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I Play–offs 2004, 2006
2007–	Serbia (SRB)	12	36 (23–13)	3 (2–3)	Final 2012
1969–	Overall	43	134 (74–60)	3 (2–3)	Final 2012

Serbia considers as the direct successor of Fed Cup team Serbia and Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia and SFR Yugoslavia.

Results

Tournament	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	W–L
Federation Cup
World Group	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	QF	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	QF	SF	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	Q1	1R	A	Susp.		22–27
Europe/Africa Zone	Not Held																													QF			2–2
Win–loss	–	–	–	–	–	–	0–1	0–2	0–0	–	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	4–2	2–2	0–3	2–2	–	–	24–29

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	W–L
Fed Cup
World Group	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	F	QF	A	A	A	A	A	2–3
World Group play-offs	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	L	W	A	L	A	A	A	A	A	2–2
World Group II	A	A	A	A	A	Not Held					A	A	A	A	W	A	W	A	A	L	A	L	A	A	2–2
World Group II play-offs	A	A	A	A	A						A	A	L	W	A	A	A	A	A	L	W	L	L	A	2–4
Europe/Africa Zone Group I	A	13-16	A	9-12	13-16	A	5-8	PO	PO	PO	7-8	PO	W	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	W	PO	29–19
Europe/Africa Zone Group II	W	A	W	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	13–1
Win–loss	4–1	0–3	5–0	1–2	0–3	4–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	0–2	4–1	2–1	74–60
Year End Ranking								32	32	28	31	24	19	14	7	11	7	4	4	6	10	24	17	21

Match-ups since 2007 under present name Serbia

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool C	18 Apr	clay	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Estonia	3 : 0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool C	19 Apr	clay	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Sweden	1 : 2	Lost
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool C	20 Apr	clay	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Slovenia	2 : 1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I play-offs	21 Apr	clay	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Romania	2 : 1	Won
	World Group II play-offs	14–15 Jul	hard (i)	Košice, Slovakia	Slovakia	1 : 4	Lost
2008	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool D	31 Jan	carpet (i)	Budapest, Hungary	Poland	2 : 1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool D	1 Feb	carpet (i)	Budapest, Hungary	Romania	2 : 1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I play-offs	2 Feb	carpet (i)	Budapest, Hungary	Netherlands	2 : 0	Won
	World Group II play-offs	26–27 Apr	hard (i)	Zagreb, Croatia	Croatia	3 : 2	Won
2009	World Group II	7–8 Feb	hard (i)	Belgrade, Serbia	Japan	4 : 1	Won
	World Group play-offs	25–26 Apr	clay	Lleida, Spain	Spain	4 : 0	Won
2010	World Group 1st Round	6–7 Feb	hard (i)	Belgrade, Serbia	Russia	2 : 3	Lost
	World Group play-offs	24–25 Apr	clay (i)	Belgrade, Serbia	Slovakia	2 : 3	Lost
2011	World Group II	5–6 Feb	hard (i)	Novi Sad, Serbia	Canada	3 : 2	Won
	World Group play-offs	16–17 Apr	clay (i)	Bratislava, Slovakia	Slovakia	3 : 2	Won
2012	World Group 1st Round	4–5 Feb	hard (i)	Charleroi, Belgium	Belgium	3 : 2	Won
	World Group Semifinals	21–22 Apr	clay (i)	Moscow, Russia	Russia	3 : 2	Won
	World Group Final	3–4 Nov	hard (i)	Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1 : 3	Runner-up
2013	World Group 1st Round	9–10 Feb	hard (i)	Niš, Serbia	Slovakia	2 : 3	Lost
	World Group play-offs	20–21 Apr	clay	Stuttgart, Germany	Germany	2 : 3	Lost
2014	World Group II	8–9 Feb	hard (i)	Montreal, Canada	Canada	1 : 4	Lost
	World Group II play-offs	19–20 Apr	clay	Bucharest, Romania	Romania	1 : 4	Lost
2015	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool A	4 Feb	hard (i)	Budapest, Hungary	Austria	3 : 0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool A	5 Feb	hard (i)	Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	2 : 1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I play-offs	7 Feb	hard (i)	Budapest, Hungary	Croatia	2 : 0	Won
	World Group II play-offs	18–19 Apr	hard	Novi Sad, Serbia	Paraguay	4 : 1	Won
2016	World Group II	6–7 Feb	hard (i)	Kraljevo, Serbia	Spain	0 : 4	Lost
	World Group II play-offs	16–17 Apr	clay (i)	Belgrade, Serbia	Belgium	2 : 3	Lost
2017	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool D	8 Feb	hard (i)	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	2 : 1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool D	9 Feb	hard (i)	Tallinn, Estonia	Bulgaria	2 : 1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool D	10 Feb	hard (i)	Tallinn, Estonia	Israel	2 : 1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I play-offs	11 Feb	hard (i)	Tallinn, Estonia	Poland	2 : 1	Won
	World Group II play-offs	22–23 Apr	hard (i)	Zrenjanin, Serbia	Australia	0 : 4	Lost
2018	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool A	7 Feb	hard (i)	Tallinn, Estonia	Bulgaria	2 : 1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool A	9 Feb	hard (i)	Tallinn, Estonia	Georgia	2 : 1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I play-offs	10 Feb	hard (i)	Tallinn, Estonia	Latvia	1 : 2	Lost

Former teams

• 1993: UN sport sanctions
• 1994: UN sport sanctions
• 1995: Dragana Zarić – Katarina Dašković – Dragana Ilić – Branislava Ivanović
• 1996: Dragana Zarić – Sandra Naćuk – Branislava Ivanović
• 1997: Dragana Zarić – Sandra Naćuk – Dragana Ilić – Ljiljana Nanušević
• 1998: Sandra Naćuk – Dragana Zarić – Tatjana Ječmenica – Sanja Jukić
• 1999: Dragana Zarić – Branka Bojović – Borka Majstorović
• 2000: Katarina Mišić – Marina Petrović – Dragana Zarić – Renata Ljukovčan
• 2001: Sandra Naćuk – Dragana Zarić – Katarina Mišić – Jelena Janković
• 2002: Dragana Zarić – Katarina Mišić – Jelena Janković – Daniela Berček
• 2003: Jelena Janković – Dragana Zarić – Katarina Mišić – Ana Jovanović (DNP)
• 2004: Jelena Dokic – Jelena Janković – Ana Timotić – Dragana Zarić
• 2005: Jelena Janković – Ana Timotić – Dragana Zarić – Ana Jovanović
• 2006: Ana Ivanovic – Ana Timotić – Danica Krstajić – Ana Veselinović (DNP)
• 2007: Jelena Janković – Vojislava Lukić – Ana Timotić – Ana Jovanović – Nataša Zorić (DNP)
• 2008: Jelena Janković – Ana Ivanovic – Jelena Janković – Ana Jovanović – Teodora Mirčić
• 2009: Jelena Janković – Ana Ivanovic – Ana Jovanović – Aleksandra Krunić – Bojana Jovanovski (DNP)
• 2010: Jelena Janković – Ana Ivanovic – Bojana Jovanovski – Ana Jovanović (DNP) – Aleksandra Krunić (DNP)
• 2011: Jelena Janković – Ana Ivanovic – Bojana Jovanovski – Aleksandra Krunić – Ana Jovanović – Tamara Čurović (DNP)
• 2012: Jelena Janković – Ana Ivanovic – Bojana Jovanovski – Aleksandra Krunić – Natalija Kostić (DNP)
• 2013: Ana Ivanovic – Bojana Jovanovski – Vesna Dolonc – Aleksandra Krunić – Ivana Jorović (DNP)
• 2014: Ana Ivanovic – Bojana Jovanovski – Vesna Dolonc – Jovana Jakšić – Aleksandra Krunić (DNP) – Nina Stojanović
• 2015: Ana Ivanovic – Jelena Janković (DNP) – Aleksandra Krunić – Ivana Jorović – Doroteja Erić (DNP) – Vojislava Lukić (DNP)
• 2016: Jelena Janković – Bojana Jovanovski (DNP) – Aleksandra Krunić – Jovana Jakšić – Ivana Jorović – Nina Stojanović
• 2017: Aleksandra Krunić – Nina Stojanović – Ivana Jorović – Dejana Radanović – Bojana Marinković – Olga Danilović (INJ)
• 2018: Dejana Radanović – Olga Danilović – Bojana Marinković – Ivana Jorović (INJ)

Captains

• Lea Habunek, 1968—1981
• Jelena Genčić, 1981—1994
• Dragan Ćirić, 1995—1997
• Biljana Veselinović, 1997—2004
• Tatjana Ječmenica, 2005—2007
• Dejan Vraneš, 2007—2014
• Tatjana Ječmenica, 2014—2020
• Dušan Vemić, 2020—

See also

• Fed Cup
• Serbia Davis Cup team
• Serbia ATP Cup team

References

1. "Izvučen žreb za I grupu Evro-Afričke zone Fed kup takmičenja za 2019". Tennis Federation of Serbia. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
2. Medić, Jelena (25 December 2017). "SPISAK ZA FED KUP Olga debituje za Srbiju, Jorovićeva glavni adut naše selekcije". Blic. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

External links

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