Romania Billie Jean King Cup team

Romanian national women's tennis team

Romania

Captain	Horia Tecău
ITF ranking	12 1 (13 November 2023
Colors	blue & yellow

First year	1973
Years played	41
Ties played (W–L)	129 (75–54)
Years in World Group	13 (14–13)
Best finish	World Group SF (1973, 2019)

Most total wins	Ruxandra Dragomir (30–17)
Most singles wins	Ruxandra Dragomir (21–7)
Most doubles wins	Monica Niculescu (14–9)
Best doubles team	Gabriela Niculescu / Monica Niculescu (8–0)
Most ties played	Monica Niculescu (33)
Most years played	Monica Niculescu (10)

The Romania Billie Jean King Cup team represents Romania in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition. It is governed by the Federația Română de Tenis and currently competes in the World Group I, the highest level of the competition.

Current team (2024)

Sorana Cîrstea (singles)
Ana Bogdan (singles)
Jaqueline Cristian (singles)
Monica Niculescu (doubles)
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (doubles)

History

Romania's best result is a semi-final appearance in 1973. Romania is also a five-time Fed Cup quarterfinalist, having reached the last eight in 1974, 1978, 1980, 1981 and 2016.

It spent a total of twelve years in the competition's World Group, from which it was relegated in 1992. Romania spent the next seven years in the Europe/Africa Zonal level. The team reached the World Group II play-offs in 1999 but failed to secure a promotion to that level.

Romania competed exclusively at the Europe/Africa Zonal level from 2000 through 2013. With four players among the WTA's top 100 at the end of 2013 and 2014, the team achieved back-to-back promotions between 2014 and 2015.

As a result, Romania competed at the World Group level in 2016, for the first time since 1992, and were relegated to the World Group II for 2017. In 2018, Romania booked its return to the World Group thanks to a 3-1 play-off victory over Switzerland.

Players

2019 team (World Group)

Simona Halep (#3 Singles; #386 Doubles)
Mihaela Buzărnescu (#29 Singles; #27 Doubles)
Irina-Camelia Begu (#75 Singles; #35 Doubles)
Ana Bogdan (#105 Singles; #360 Doubles)
Monica Niculescu (#106 Singles; #51 Doubles)

2018 team (World Group play-offs)

Irina-Camelia Begu (#38 Singles; #25 Doubles)
Mihaela Buzărnescu (#40 Singles; #65 Doubles)
Sorana Cîrstea (#34 Singles, #153 Doubles)
Simona Halep (#1 Singles, #77 Doubles)

2018 team (World Group II)

Irina-Camelia Begu (#37 Singles; #27 Doubles)
Ana Bogdan (#86 Singles; #564 Doubles)
Sorana Cîrstea (#38 Singles, #150 Doubles)
Raluca Olaru (#45 Doubles)

2017 team (World Group II play-offs)

Irina-Camelia Begu (#43 Singles; #111 Doubles)
Sorana Cîrstea (#37 Singles, #1101 Doubles)
Simona Halep (#1 Singles; #133 Doubles)
Monica Niculescu (#77 Singles, #23 Doubles)

2017 team (World Group II)

Irina-Camelia Begu (#29 Singles; #125 Doubles)
Sorana Cîrstea (#62 Singles, #1113 Doubles)
Monica Niculescu (#36 Singles, #19 Doubles)
Patricia Maria Țig (#106 Singles, #205 Doubles)

2016 team (World Group play-offs)

Irina-Camelia Begu (#29 Singles; #168 Doubles)
Alexandra Dulgheru (#279 Singles; #1062 Doubles)
Simona Halep (#4 Singles; #124 Doubles)
Monica Niculescu (#38 Singles; #19 Doubles)

2016 team (World Group)

Simona Halep (#4 Singles; #124 Doubles)
Monica Niculescu (#38 Singles; #19 Doubles)
Andreea Mitu (#210 Singles; #80 Doubles)
Raluca Olaru (#74 Doubles)

2015 team (World Group play-offs)

2015 team (World Group II)

Notes

Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

2014 team

2013 team

2012 team

2011 team

2010 team

2009 team

Results

Only World Group, World Group Play-off, World Group II, and World Group II Play-off ties are included.

1973–1979

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1973	World Group, 1st Round	1 May	Bad Homburg (FRG)	Brazil	3–0	Won
	World Group, 2nd Round	3 May	Bad Homburg (FRG)	Sweden	2–1	Won
	World Group, Quarterfinal	4 May	Bad Homburg (FRG)	Great Britain	2–1	Won
	World Group, Semifinal	5 May	Bad Homburg (FRG)	South Africa	1–2	Lost
1974	World Group, 1st Round	May	Naples (ITA)	Argentina	2–1	Won
	World Group, 2nd Round	May	Naples (ITA)	Sweden	2–1	Won
	World Group, Quarterfinal	May	Naples (ITA)	West Germany	0–3	Lost
1975	World Group, 1st Round	May	Aix-en-Provence (FRA)	Luxembourg	3–0	Won
1975	World Group, 2nd Round	May	Aix-en-Provence (FRA)	Italy	1–2	Lost
1976	World Group, 1st Round	August	Philadelphia (USA)	Australia	0–3	Lost
1978	World Group, 1st Round	November	Melbourne (AUS)	Italy	2–1	Won
	World Group, 2nd Round	November	Melbourne (AUS)	Switzerland	2–1	Won
	World Group, Quarterfinal	December	Melbourne (AUS)	Soviet Union	0–3	Lost
1979	World Group, 1st Round	April	Madrid (ESP)	Mexico	2–1	Won
1979	World Group, 2nd Round	May	Madrid (ESP)	Switzerland	1–2	Lost

1980–1989

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	World Group, 1st Round	May	Berlin (FRG)	Ireland	3–0	Won
	World Group, 2nd Round	May	Berlin (FRG)	Switzerland	2–1	Won
	World Group, Quarterfinal	May	Berlin (FRG)	Czechoslovakia	1–2	Lost
1981	World Group, 1st Round	November	Tokyo (JPN)	Hungary	3–0	Won
	World Group, 2nd Round	November	Tokyo (JPN)	Israel	3–0	Won
	World Group, Quarterfinal	November	Tokyo (JPN)	United States	0–3	Lost
1983	World Group, 1st Round	July	Zürich (SUI)	Canada	3–0	Won
1983	World Group, 2nd Round	July	Zürich (SUI)	Switzerland	1–2	Lost
1986	World Group, 1st Round	July	Prague (TCH)	Brazil	1–2	Lost

1990–1999

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	World Group, 1st Round	22 July	Nottingham (GBR)	Finland	0–3	Lost
1991	World Group, Play-off	24 July	Nottingham (GBR)	Portugal	2–0	Won
1992	World Group, 1st Round	14 July	Frankfurt (GER)	Austria	1–2	Lost
1992	World Group, Play-off	16 July	Frankfurt (GER)	Bulgaria	1–2	Lost
1999	World Group II, Round robin	21 July	Amsterdam (NED)	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Won
	World Group II, Round robin	22 July	Amsterdam (NED)	Argentina	1–2	Lost
	World Group II, Round robin	23 July	Amsterdam (NED)	Australia	1–2	Lost

2010–2019

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	World Group II, Play-off	19–20 April	Bucharest (ROU)	Serbia	4–1	Won
2015	World Group II, 1st Round	7–8 February	Galați (ROU)	Spain	3–2	Won
2015	World Group, Play-off	18–19 April	Montreal (Canada)	Canada	3–2	Won
2016	World Group, 1st Round	6–7 February	Cluj-Napoca (ROU)	Czech Republic	2–3	Lost
2016	World Group, Play-off	16–17 April	Cluj-Napoca (ROU)	Germany	1–4	Lost
2017	World Group II, 1st Round	11–12 February	Bucharest (ROU)	Belgium	1–3	Lost
2017	World Group II, Play-off	22–23 April	Mamaia (ROU)	Great Britain	3-2	Won
2018	World Group II, 1st Round	10–11 February	Cluj-Napoca (ROU)	Canada	3–1	Won
2018	World Group, Play-off	21–22 April	Cluj-Napoca (ROU)	Switzerland	3–1	Won
2019	World Group, 1st Round	9–10 February	Ostrava (CZE)	Czech Republic	3–2	Won
2019	World Group, Semifinals	20–21 April	Rouen (FRA)	France	2-3	Lost

References

"Tecau named Romanian Billie Jean King Cup captain". Billie Jean King Cup. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
"WTA Year End Singles Rankings - 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
"WTA Year End Singles Rankings - 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ "Fed Cup – Team – Romania". ITF. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

External links

Team page on BillieJeanKingCup.com, the official website of the Billie Jean King Cup

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