Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team

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

Bulgaria
CaptainMagdalena Maleeva
ITF ranking34 Steady (13 November 2023)
ColorsWhite & Green
First year1966
Years played45
Ties played (W–L)150 (69-81)
Years in
World Group		14 (16-14)
Best finishWorld Group SF (1985, 1987)
Most total winsKaterina Maleeva (29-22)
Tsvetana Pironkova (29-26)
Most singles winsTsvetana Pironkova (22-17)
Most doubles winsMagdalena Maleeva (9-9)
Katerina Maleeva (9-13)
Best doubles teamKaterina Maleeva /
Manuela Maleeva (5-7)
Most ties playedTsvetana Pironkova (39)
Most years playedTsvetana Pironkova (13)

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

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
PlayerMost recent appearance
Denislava Glushkova2023 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Julia Terziyska2023 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Yoana Konstantinova2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Rositsa Dencheva2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Round Robin
Petia Arshinkova2020–21 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

2000s

2010s

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 Alawi0–20–00–2220071
Galia Angelova6–53–23–3819882
Petia Arshinkova1–40–11–3520183
Lubomira Bacheva1–60–41–2419934
Yulia Berberian0–40–00–4419683
Borislava Botusharova0–10–10–0120141
Maria Chakarova3–42–21–2419663
Rositsa Dencheva0–20–00–2220221
Galina Dimitrova0–20–20–0219971
Dora Djilianova0–10–00–1119951
Dia Evtimova15–207–138–72920078
Filipa Gabrovska2–40–02–4619983
Maria Geznenge5–20–05–2719994
Denislava Glushkova1–11–10–0220231
Lia Karatancheva10–55–25–31020232
Sesil Karatantcheva10–66–24–41120043
Marina Kondova1–10–01–1219831
Yoana Konstantinova0–20–00–2220221
Elitsa Kostova16–1810–126–627200810
Dimana Krastevitch1–41–20–2320061
Svetlana Krivencheva2–40–22–2619884
Katerina Maleeva29–2220–99–1328198410
Magdalena Maleeva27–1718–89–927199110
Manuela Maleeva22–1216–46–82019836
Dessislava Mladenova1–20–01–2320071
Diana Moskova0–10–00–1119751
Teodora Nedeva0–30–00–3319962
Pavlina Nola5–74–41–3719953
Elena Pampoulova6–74–52–21019883
Antoaneta Pandjerova8–133–85–51419965
Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova1–10–11–0120101
Maria Penkova3–61–02–6820043
Tsvetana Pironkova29–2622–177–939200313
Lubka Radkova1–90–51–4519664
Dora Rangelova4–71–23–5819863
Isabella Shinikova19–2410–139–1134201211
Christina Sotirova0–10–10–0119751
Julia Terziyska6–41–25–2920183
Viktoriya Tomova13–138–105–32120148
Desislava Topalova18–1614–74–92319978
Gergana Topalova7–73–44–31120194
Radoslava Topalova1–20–01–2320012
Adriana Velcheva1–41–20–2319831

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