Serbia Billie Jean King Cup team

Serbia
CaptainDušan Vemić
ITF ranking26 Decrease 1 (15 April 2024)
Highest ITF ranking4 (23 April 2012)
Colorsred & white
First year1969
Years played48
Ties played (W–L)161 (90–71)
Years in
World Group		7 (4–5)
Runners-up1 (2012)
Most total winsJelena Janković (34–16)
Most singles winsJelena Janković (27–11)
Most doubles winsDragana Zarić (15–11)
Sabrina Goleš (15–5)
Best doubles teamKatarina Mišić /
Dragana Zarić (6–0)
Sabrina Goleš /
Renata Šašak (6–3)
Most ties playedDragana Zarić (37)
Most years playedJelena Janković (12)
Last updated on: 16 November 2024.

The Serbian Billie Jean King Cup team represents Serbia in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Tennis Federation of Serbia.

As the legal successor to previous national teams, Serbia has inherited all results from the former Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro teams. Since June 2006, following the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro, the team has competed under the name Serbia.

In 2012, the team reached its first Fed Cup final, achieving victories over the Belgium and Russia teams in away ties, before ultimately losing to the Czech Republic in Prague. That same year, the Olympic Committee of Serbia honored the Fed Cup team as the best women's team of 2012.

Current team

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The following players represented Serbia in the World Group Play-offs in November 2024.[1]

Player Singles Rank Doubles Rank First year played No. of ties Total Win/Loss Singles Win/Loss Doubles Win/Loss
Lola Radivojević 177 426 2022 16 8–12 6–8 2–4
Mia Ristić 396 — 2023 12 7–7 7–5 0–2
Natalija Senić 384 524 2024 1 0–1 0–0 0–1
Anja Stanković 434 500 2024 1 0–1 0–0 0–1
Katarina Jokić 724 379 2022 1 0–1 0–0 0–1

WTA rankings on 4 November 2024[2][3]

Ana Ivanovic of Serbia competing against Ai Sugiyama of the Japan team in Belgrade on 7 February during the 2009 season.
Jelena Janković, team record holder with the most total wins (34–16) and singles match wins (27–11) for Serbia, playing against Slovakia in Košice on 14 July during the 2007 season.

Recent call-ups

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Main article: List of Serbia Billie Jean King Cup team representatives

The following players were part of a team in the last three years.

Player Singles Rank Doubles Rank First year played No. of ties Total Win/Loss Singles Win/Loss Doubles Win/Loss Last year played
Aleksandra Krunić 283 67 2011 28 28–14 15–8 13–6 2024
Nina Stojanović 431 310 2014 15 11–12 2–8 9–4 2024
Elena Milovanović 613 566 2022 4 1–4 0–1 1–3 2024
Olga Danilović 53 828 2018 14 12–8 7–3 5–5 2023
Katarina Kozarov 631 599 2022 8 3–5 0–0 3–5 2023
Natalija Stevanović 308 455 2022 1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2023
Dejana Radanović 306 1248 2017 7 4–6 2–3 2–3 2022

WTA rankings on 4 November 2024[2][3]

History

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Before 1992

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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

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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) 17 63
(39–24) 		7
(4–5) 		Final 2012
1969– Overall 48 161
(90–71) 		7
(4–5) 		Final 2012

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

Results

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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

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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
19 Apr clay  Sweden 1 : 2 Lost
20 Apr clay  Slovenia 2 : 1 Won
Europe/Africa Zone Group I play-offs 21 Apr clay  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
1 Feb carpet (i)  Romania 2 : 1 Won
Europe/Africa Zone Group I play-offs 2 Feb carpet (i)  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)  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
5 Feb hard (i)  Hungary 2 : 1 Won
Europe/Africa Zone Group I play-offs 7 Feb hard (i)  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
9 Feb hard (i)  Bulgaria 2 : 1 Won
10 Feb hard (i)  Israel 2 : 1 Won
Europe/Africa Zone Group I play-offs 11 Feb hard (i)  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
9 Feb hard (i)  Georgia 2 : 1 Won
Europe/Africa Zone Group I play-offs 10 Feb hard (i)  Latvia 1 : 2 Lost
2019 Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool A 6 Feb hard (i) Bath, United Kingdom  Georgia 2 : 1 Won
7 Feb hard (i)  Turkey 3 : 0 Won
8 Feb hard (i)  Croatia 2 : 1 Won
Europe/Africa Zone Play-offs 9 Feb hard (i)  Great Britain 0 : 2 Lost
2020–21 Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool A 6 Feb hard (i) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 2 : 1 Won
7 Feb hard (i)  Sweden 2 : 1 Won
Europe/Africa Zone Promotion Play-off 8 Feb hard (i)  Slovenia 2 : 1 Won
World Play-offs 16–17 Apr hard (i) Kraljevo, Serbia  Canada 0 : 4 Lost
2022 Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool A 11 Apr clay Antalya, Turkey  Estonia 2 : 1 Won
12 Apr clay  Denmark 2 : 1 Won
14 Apr clay  Hungary 1 : 2 Lost
15 Apr clay  Turkey 2 : 1 Won
Europe/Africa Zone Promotion Play-off 16 Apr clay  Croatia 0 : 2 Lost
World Play-offs 11–12 Nov clay San Luis Potosí, Mexico  Mexico 0 : 4 Lost
2023 Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool A 10 Apr clay Antalya, Turkey  Bulgaria 2 : 1 Won
11 Apr clay  Norway 2 : 1 Won
12 Apr clay  Croatia 3 : 0 Won
13 Apr clay  Denmark 3 : 0 Won
14 Apr clay  Sweden 1 : 2 Lost
Europe/Africa Zone Promotion Play-off 15 Apr clay  Netherlands 1 : 2 Lost
World Play-offs 10–11 Nov clay (i) Kraljevo, Serbia  Romania 0 : 4 Lost
2024 Europe/Africa Zone Group I Pool C 8 Apr clay Oeiras, Portugal  Norway 3 : 0 Won
9 Apr clay  Greece 2 : 1 Won
10 Apr clay  Sweden 3 : 0 Won
Europe/Africa Zone 1st to 3rd Place Play-Off 11 Apr clay  Netherlands 1 : 2 Lost
12 Apr clay  Austria 0 : 3 Lost
World Group Play-offs 15–16 Nov hard (i) Biel/Bienne, Switzerland   Switzerland 0 : 4 Lost

Captains

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List of Serbia BJK Cup team captains
Name Tenure Total
Lea Habunek 1968–1981 14
Jelena Genčić 1981–1994 14
Dragan Ćirić 1995–1997 3
Biljana Veselinović 1997–2004 8
Tatjana Ječmenica (1/2) 2005–2007 3
Dejan Vraneš 2007–2014 8
Tatjana Ječmenica (2/2) 2014–2020 7
Dušan Vemić 2020– 4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Vemić izabrao mladost za Švajcarsku". Tennis Federation of Serbia. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b WTA singles rankings
  3. ^ a b WTA dubles rankings
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