- Belgium Fed Cup team
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Captain =Sabine Appelmans
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ITF Rank = 5
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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 sanctionedFed Cup since the very beginning:1963 . It has won the competition once; in2001 . BothKim Clijsters andJustine Henin won their singles matches to seal the first victory for Belgium against host nationSpain inMadrid .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
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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
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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 defeatedVirginia Ruano Pascual of Spain
*Longest tie-break: 24 Points, 13/11 -Jennifer Capriati of the United States defeatedSandra Wasserman
*Most games in a rubber: 42 Games, 6-7(4) 7-6(8) 9-7 -Meghann Shaughnessy of the United States defeatedKirsten Flipkens
*Oldest player:Christiane Mercelis - 37 years 226 days
*Youngest player:Tamaryn Hendler - 14 years 252 days (2007)ee also
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Fed Cup
*Belgium Davis Cup team External links
*FedCupteamlink|code=BEL
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