Belgium Fed Cup team

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Name = Belgium

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Nickname =
Captain = Sabine Appelmans
Coach =
ITF Rank = 5
ITF max =
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ITF min =
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Colors = red & black
First year = 1963
Years played = 43
Ties played = 121 (62-59)
Titles = 1 (2001)
Runners-up = 1 (2006)
Best =
Player wins = Sabine Appelmans (32-22)
Singles wins = Sabine Appelmans (25-13)
Doubles wins = Els Callens (17-6)
Best doubles = Monique van Haver/Michele Gurdal (11-9)
Most ties = Sabine Appelmans (33)
Most years = Sabine Appelmans (12)

The Belgian Fed Cup team has been competing in the International Tennis Federation sanctioned Fed Cup since the very beginning: 1963. It has won the competition once; in 2001. Both Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin won their singles matches to seal the first victory for Belgium against host nation Spain in Madrid.

World Group record

*1990 - 2nd round
*1991 - 1st round
*1992 - "not qualified"
*1993 - "not qualified"
*1994 - "not qualified"
*1995 - "not qualified"
*1996 - "not qualified"
*1997 - Semi-final
*1998 - 1st round
*1999 - "not qualified"
*2000 - 1st round
*2001 - Champion
*2002 - Quarter-final
*2003 - Semi-final
*2004 - Quarter-final
*2005 - 1st round
*2006 - Final
*2007 - 1st round
*2008 - "not qualified"

Recent Results

2004

2007

2008

Famous players

*Sabine Appelmans
*Els Callens
*Kim Clijsters
*Laurence Courtois
*Ann Devries
*Michele Gurdal
*Justine Henin(-Hardenne)
*Dominique (Van Roost-)Monami
*Monique Van Haver
*Sandra Wasserman
*Yanina Wickmayer

Coaches

*Steven Martens (1994-1998)
*Ivo Van Aken (1999-2004)
*Carl Maes (2005-2007)
*Sabine Appelmans (2007- )

Team statistics

*Longest rubber: 3 hrs 35 mins - Els Callens defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain
*Longest tie-break: 24 Points, 13/11 - Jennifer Capriati of the United States defeated Sandra Wasserman
*Most games in a rubber: 42 Games, 6-7(4) 7-6(8) 9-7 - Meghann Shaughnessy of the United States defeated Kirsten Flipkens
*Oldest player: Christiane Mercelis - 37 years 226 days
*Youngest player: Tamaryn Hendler - 14 years 252 days (2007)

ee also

*Fed Cup
*Belgium Davis Cup team

External links

*FedCupteamlink|code=BEL