List of Australia Fed Cup team representatives

Since the initiation of the Fed Cup tournament 1963, 44 tennis players have reperesented the Australia Fed Cup team in ties.[1] A Fed Cup tie is a contest involving four singles tennis matches and one doubles match in World Group and World Group II competitions from 1995 onwards, and two singles and one doubles matches elsewhere,[2] competed between two Class B members of the ITF.[3] Fed Cup differs from Davis Cup in that ties are played over two days rather than three, that the doubles match is played fifth rather than third, that matches are always best-of-three, and that zonal competition ties never have more than three matches.

Tennis Australia has existed since 1904,[4] but the sport itself has remained popular in Australia since the nineteenth century, mainly due to the fact that the country's climate is recognised as being desirable for outdoor sports.[5] As a result, Australian tennis grew to a point where it is often considered to be one of the most dominant in the world,[6][7] highlighted by seventeen Fed Cup final appearances with seven wins,[1] and the emergence of celebrated players such as multi Grand Slam titalists and former World No. 1s Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong.[4][8][9][10] However, since the 1980s the performance of Australian women's singles tennis has fallen considerably.[11] While many players such as Rennae Stubbs and Samantha Stosur enjoyed great success in doubles,[12] no women appeared in the top 20 singles rankings between Elizabeth Smylie in 1987[13] and Alicia Molik in 2004,[14] and the Fed Cup team was relegated to Zonal Competition for the first time since 1963 in 2004.[15] The decline continued in 2008, when the Australians were unable to even qualify for the Fed Cup zonal competition final,[16] and there were no Australian women in the Year-End Top 50.[17] However, recently there has been a resurgence for Australian tennis, with the Fed Cup team returning to the World Group in 2011 and 2013,[18] and Stosur becoming a consistent top ten singles player[19] and becoming the first Australian woman since 1980 to win a Grand Slam title at the 2011 US Open.[20] Young Australian tennis players such as 2012 Fed Cup debutant Olivia Rogowska[21][22] and Ashleigh Barty[23][24] are also considered to make future rises in the rankings.

The Australian team is one of four nations to compete in every edition of the Fed Cup since its initiation; Margaret Court (then known as Margaret Smith), Jan O'Neill and Lesley Turner partook in the first competition.[1] Wendy Turnbull has partaken in the most ties, and has also achieved the most doubles wins and most total wins for an Australian in Fed Cup. Dianne Balestrat, however, holds the record for the most singles wins, though she will be overtaken if active player Samantha Stosur accumulates two more wins to her Fed Cup record.[1]

This list includes all players who have played at least one Fed Cup tie and is initially arranged in alphabetical order according to surname.

Key

  • DOB – Date of birth
  • First – Year of debut
  • Last – Year of latest game
  • Ties – Number of ties played
  • Sin – singles matches
  • Dou – doubles matches
  • Tot – total matches

Fed Cup players

Dianne Balestrat
Margaret Court (left) and Evonne Goolagong Cawley (right)
Kerry Melville Reid
Alicia Molik
Samantha Stosur (left) and Rennae Stubbs (right)
Name[1] DOB[1] First[1] Last[1] Ties[1] Win/Loss[1]
Sin Dou Tot
Balestrat, DianneDianne Balestrat 10 August 1956 1974 1983 37 24–9 11–2 35–11
Barclay, CatherineCatherine Barclay 12 June 1973 1999 1999 3 3–0 0–0 3–0
Benedetti, GailGail Benedetti 3 April 1945 1966 1966 2 1–1 0–0 1–1
Barty, AshleighAshleigh Barty 24 April 1996 2013 2014 4 1–0 2–1 3–1
Bradtke, NicoleNicole Bradtke 22 September 1969 1988 1996 17 12–8 6–1 18–9
Byrne, JennyJenny Byrne 25 February 1967 1985 1992 6 0–0 5–1 5–1
Coleman, PatriciaPatricia Coleman 13 May 1953 1973 1973 4 4–0 0–0 4–0
Court, MargaretMargaret Court 16 June 1942 1963 1971 20 20–0 15–5 35–5
Dellacqua, CaseyCasey Dellacqua 11 February 1985 2006 2015 17 6–5 9–4 15–9
Dokic, JelenaJelena Dokic 12 April 1983 1998 2012 14 13–2 1–1 14–3
Dominikovic, EvieEvie Dominikovic 29 May 1980 2001 2005 7 2–3 3–1 5–4
Ebbern, RobynRobyn Ebbern 2 June 1944 1964 1964 1 1–0 0–0 1–0
Ellwood, AnnabelAnnabel Ellwood 2 February 1978 1997 1998 3 2–2 1–0 3–2
Ferguson, SophieSophie Ferguson 19 March 1986 2005 2005 2 1–0 0–1 1–1
Gajdošová, JarmilaJarmila Gajdošová 26 April 1987 2011 2015 8 6–7 0–2 6–9
Godridge, KristinKristin Godridge 7 February 1973 1990 1991 2 0–0 1–1 1–1
Goolagong Cawley, EvonneEvonne Goolagong Cawley 31 July 1951 1970 1982 26 22–3 13–2 35–5
Gourlay Cawley, HelenHelen Gourlay Cawley 23 December 1946 1972 1975 8 3–3 3–2 6–5
Guse, Kerry-AnneKerry-Anne Guse 4 December 1972 1997 1998 4 1–1 2–1 3–2
Hunt, LesleyLesley Hunt 29 May 1950 1970 1972 2 1–0 1–0 2–0
Jaggard-Lai, MichelleMichelle Jaggard-Lai 6 May 1969 1993 1993 4 2–2 0–0 2–2
Krantzcke, KarenKaren Krantzcke 1 February 1947 1966 1970 7 4–1 7–0 11–1
Kunce, KristineKristine Kunce 3 March 1970 1994 1997 4 0–2 1–1 1–3
Leo, SusanSusan Leo 10 August 1962 1980 1983 13 2–0 9–3 11–3
McQuillan, RachelRachel McQuillan 2 December 1971 1990 2001 23 6–18 5–3 11–21
McShea, LisaLisa McShea 29 October 1974 2004 2004 1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Melville Reid, KerryKerry Melville Reid 7 August 1947 1967 1979 29 20–4 17–6 37–10
Minter, AnneAnne Minter 3 April 1963 1981 1989 23 16–6 4–0 20–6
Minter, ElizabethElizabeth Minter 23 August 1965 1984 1984 2 0–0 2–0 2–0
Molik, AliciaAlicia Molik 27 January 1981 1999 2010 22 12–15 6–6 18–21
Moore, JessicaJessica Moore 16 August 1990 2008 2009 3 1–2 0–0 1–2
O'Neill, JanJan O'Neill 9 July 1941 1963 1963 3 3–0 0–0 3–0
Pratt, NicoleNicole Pratt 5 March 1973 1998 2007 20 14–12 1–1 15–13
Rodionova, AnastasiaAnastasia Rodionova 12 May 1982 2010 2011 3 1–2 1–2 2–4
Rogowska, OliviaOlivia Rogowska 7 June 1991 2012 2015 3 0–1 0–2 0–3
Smylie, ElizabethElizabeth Smylie 11 April 1963 1984 1994 31 7–8 17–5 24–13
Stewart, BryanneBryanne Stewart 9 December 1979 2005 2005 3 0–0 2–1 2–1
Stosur, SamanthaSamantha Stosur 30 March 1984 2003 2015 27 27–15 6–0 33–15
Stubbs, RennaeRennae Stubbs 26 March 1971 1992 2011 41 0–3 28–10 28–13
Tegart Dalton, JudyJudy Tegart Dalton 12 December 1965 1965 1970 15 6–1 12–3 18–4
Tremelling, JanineJanine Tremelling 12 September 1967 1986 1990 5 0–0 4–1 4–1
Turnbull, WendyWendy Turnbull 26 November 1952 1977 1988 45 17–8 29–8 46–16
Turner Bowrey, LesleyLesley Turner Bowrey 16 August 1942 1963 1967 13 7–3 6–3 13–6
Wheeler, ChristinaChristina Wheeler 15 April 1982 2004 2004 1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Young, JanetJanet Young 22 October 1951 1973 1974 7 0–0 6–0 6–0

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Topics: Fed Cup". ESPN.com. 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  3. ↑ International Tennis Federation (ITF) (2011). "Fed Cup Rules & Regulations". Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  4. 1 2 Tennis Australia (2012). "Tennis Australia: About Us". Retrieved 2012-12-29.
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  11. ↑ "The next Goolagong Cawley". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2004-10-26. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  12. ↑ "2012 WTA Media Guide" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "Elizabeth Smylie". wtatennis.com.
  14. ↑ "Alicia Molik". wtatennis.com.
  15. ↑ "Failure in Fed Cup relegates Australia". The Age. 2004-07-12. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  16. ↑ "Australia misses out on Fed Cup zone final". The Age. 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  17. ↑ "Sony Ericson WTA Tour Singles Rankings" (PDF). wtatennis.com. 2008-11-10. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
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  21. ↑ "Results, not favours, driving Fed Cup player Olivia Rogowska". The Australian. 2012-12-27. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  22. ↑ Christie, V. (2012-12-10). "ATM: Olivia's new highs". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
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