Belgium Fed Cup team

Belgium

Captain	Ann Devries
ITF ranking	14 8 (18 April 2016)
Colors	red & black

First year	1963
Years played	52
Ties played (W–L)	147 (77–70)
Years in World Group	42 (21–41)
Titles	1 (2001)
Runners-up	1 (2006)

Most total wins	Sabine Appelmans (32–22)
Most singles wins	Sabine Appelmans (25–13)
Most doubles wins	Els Callens (17–6)
Best doubles team	Michèle Gurdal / Monique Van Haver (11–9)
Most ties played	Sabine Appelmans (33)
Most years played	Kirsten Flipkens (13)

The Belgian Fed Cup team, managed by the Belgian Tennis Federation, 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 Russia in Madrid.

Players

Note: players in bold are part of the 2016 Fed Cup team.

Name	DOB	Years	First	Last	Ties	Win/Loss
Name	DOB	Years	First	Last	Ties	Tot	Sin	Dou
Appelmans, SabineSabine Appelmans	(1972-04-22)22 April 1972	12	1988	1999	33	32–22	25–13	7–9
Bedoret, MoniqueMonique Bedoret	(1932-10-25)25 October 1932	2	1964	1966	2	1–2	0–1	1–1
Bellens, ElzaElza Bellens	(1932-05-14)14 May 1932	1	1963	1963	1	0–1	0–1	0–0
Benoît, MarieMarie Benoît	(1995-03-16)16 March 1995	1	2016	2016	1	1–0	0–0	1–0
Bonaventure, YsalineYsaline Bonaventure	(1994-08-29)29 August 1994	4	2012	2016	8	7–3	7–0	3–3
Butkiewicz, LeslieLeslie Butkiewicz	(1992-05-26)26 May 1992	2	2005	2006	2	0–2	0–1	0–1
Callens, ElsEls Callens	(1970-08-20)20 August 1970	11	1994	2005	28	26–13	9–7	17–6
Clijsters, KimKim Clijsters	(1983-06-08)8 June 1983	9	2000	2011	17	24–4	21–3	3–1
Clijsters, ElkeElke Clijsters	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985	3	2002	2004	3	0–4	0–1	0–3
Courtois, LaurenceLaurence Courtois	(1976-01-18)18 January 1976	8	1993	2002	25	19–10	8–3	11–7
De Crop, MarianneMarianne De Crop	(1960-12-23)23 December 1960	1	1977	1977	1	0–1	0–1	0–0
De Ruysscher, IlseIlse De Ruysscher	(1962-07-13)13 July 1962	2	1985	1986	5	4–3	1–1	3–2
De Witte, MarionMarion De Witte	(1953-12-20)20 December 1953	2	1981	1982	7	6–8	3–4	3–4
De Wouters, MarleneMarlene De Wouters	(1963-02-18)18 February 1963	2	1981	1983	4	0–4	0–2	0–2
Devries, AnnAnn Devries	(1979-02-27)27 February 1979	5	1985	1991	15	12–13	6–6	6–7
Feber, NancyNancy Feber	(1976-02-05)5 February 1976	4	1993	1997	14	11–3	2–2	9–1
Feys, DebbrichDebbrich Feys	(1984-12-20)20 December 1984	2	2007	2008	2	1–2	0–1	1–1
Flipkens, KirstenKirsten Flipkens	(1986-01-10)10 January 1986	12	2003	2015	22	11–27	10–18	1–9
Gabriel, AnnAnn Gabriel	(1963-08-14)14 August 1963	4	1981	1984	11	7–9	6–5	1–4
Gurdal, MichèleMichèle Gurdal	(1952-11-30)30 November 1952	9	1972	1980	28	24–25	13–15	11–10
Hendler, TamarynTamaryn Hendler	(1992-08-12)12 August 1992	4	2007	2012	6	0–8	0–6	0–2
Henin, JustineJustine Henin	(1982-06-01)1 June 1982	7	1999	2010	12	15–4	15–2	0–2
Kahn, MicheleMichele Kahn	(1939-02-14)14 February 1939	3	1966	1970	6	2–6	1–4	1–2
Mabille, NicoleNicole Mabille	(1961-03-15)15 March 1961	3	1980	1984	6	3–6	2–1	1–5
Maes, CarolineCaroline Maes	(1982-11-09)9 November 1982	5	2002	2008	7	2–7	0–3	2–4
Marechal, MaryMary Marechal		1	1963	1963	1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Mercelis, ChristianeChristiane Mercelis	(1931-10-05)5 October 1931	6	1963	1969	8	2–11	0–5	2–6
Mestach, An-SophieAn-Sophie Mestach	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994	6	2010	2016	11	8–5	1–1	7–4
Monami, DominiqueDominique Monami	(1973-05-31)31 May 1973	9	1991	2000	21	22–11	17–7	5–4
Oyen, SofieSofie Oyen	(1992-02-04)4 February 1992	2	2009	2010	2	0–2	0–0	0–2
Palmieri, IngridIngrid Palmieri	(1948-01-12)12 January 1948	4	1967	1970	7	2–9	1–6	1–3
Schuurmans, KathleenKathleen Schuurmans	(1966-07-03)3 July 1966	2	1984	1985	6	3–4	1–2	2–2
Van Haver, MoniqueMonique Van Haver	(1948-08-31)31 August 1948	10	1970	1980	30	22–28	10–18	12–10
Van Renterghem, CarolineCaroline Van Renterghem	(1972-01-31)31 January 1972	2	1988	1989	5	1–6	0–2	1–4
Van Uytvanck, AlisonAlison Van Uytvanck	(1994-03-26)26 March 1994	5	2012	2016	15	13–11	10–5	3–6
Vanhyfte, EvelineEveline Vanhyfte	(1984-03-19)19 March 1984	1	2005	2005	1	0–2	0–1	0–1
Vermoezen, AudeAude Vermoezen	(1989-07-25)25 July 1989	1	2007	2007	1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Wasserman, SandraSandra Wasserman	(1970-03-10)10 March 1970	6	1985	1992	16	14–11	8–6	6–5
Wickmayer, YaninaYanina Wickmayer	(1989-10-20)20 October 1989	9	2007	2015	17	23–12	20–8	3–4
Willems, IngridIngrid Willems	(1959-12-01)1 December 1959	1	1982	1982	3	2–1	0–0	2–1

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
2009 – not qualified
2010 – not qualified
2011 – Semi-final
2012 - 1st round
2013 - not qualified
2014 - not qualified
2015 - not qualified
2016 - not qualified
2017 - not qualified

Results

1963–1969

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	World Group, 1st round	17 June	London (GBR)	Australia	0–3	Lost
1964	World Group, 1st round	2 September	Philadelphia (USA)	Argentina	0–3	Lost
1966	World Group, 1st round	10 May	Turin (ITA)	Hungary	1–2	Lost
1967	World Group, 1st round	6 June	West Berlin (FRG)	Italy	0–3	Lost
1968	World Group, 1st round	21 May	Paris (FRA)	Soviet Union	0–3	Lost
1969	World Group, 2nd Round	22 May	Athens (GRE)	Great Britain	0–3	Lost
	World Group, Consolation Qualifying Round	23 May		Canada	2–1	Won
	World Group, 1st Round	24 May		South Africa	1–2	Lost

1980–1989

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	World Group, 1st round	19–25 May	West Berlin (FRG)	Italy	3–0	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round			Israel	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, Quarter-final			France	0–2*	Lost
1981	World Group, 1st round	9–15 November	Tokyo (JPN)	Great Britain	0–3	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round			Canada	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 2nd round			Israel	2–1	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, Quarter-final			Spain	1–2	Lost
1982	World Group, 1st round	19–25 July	Santa Clara (USA)	Mexico	1–2	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round			Portugal	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, Quarter-final			Italy	0–3	Lost
1983	World Group, 1st round	17–24 July	Zürich (SUI)	Sweden	0–3	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round			Norway	2–1	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 2nd round			Austria	2–1	Lost
1984	World Group, 1st round	15–22 July	Sao Paulo (BRA)	Colombia	2–1	Won
1984	World Group, 2nd round	15–22 July	Sao Paulo (BRA)	Australia	0–3	Lost
1985	World Group, Qualifying Round	6–14 October	Nagoya (JPN)	Uruguay	3–0	Won
	World Group, 1st round			Hungary	0–3	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round			Philippines	1–2	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round			Thailand	3–0	Lost
1986	World Group, Qualifying Round	20–27 July	Prague (TCH)	Finland	3–0	Won
	World Group, 1st Round			West Germany	0–3	Lost
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 1st round			Egypt	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, 2nd round			Sweden	3–0	Won
	World Group Consolation Rounds, Quarter-final			Hungary	1–2	Lost

1990–1999

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	World Group, 1st round	21–29 July	Atlanta (USA)	Sweden	2–1	Won
1990	World Group, 2nd round	21–29 July	Atlanta (USA)	United States	0–3	Lost
1991	World Group, 1st round	23 July	Nottingham (GBR)	Spain	0–2*	Lost
	World Group Play-offs, 1st round	25 July		Japan	1–2	Lost
	World Group Play-offs, Repechage Round	26 July		Yugoslavia	3–0	Won
1992	World Group, 1st round	14 July	Frankfurt (GER)	Spain	1–2	Lost
1992	World Group Play-offs	16 July	Frankfurt (GER)	South Africa	1–2	Lost
1993	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/B, Round Robin	11 May	Nottingham (GBR)	Ireland	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/B, Round Robin	12 May		Norway	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/B, Round Robin	13 May		Senegal	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, 1st round	15 May		Slovenia	2–1	Won
	World Group, 1st round	19–20 July	Frankfurt (GER)	Latvia	1–2	Lost
	World Group Play-offs	21–22 July	Frankfurt (GER)	Croatia	1–2	Lost
1994	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/A, Round Robin	19 April	Bad Waltersdorf (AUT)	Turkey	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/A, Round Robin	21 April		Estonia	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, 1st round	22 April		Turkey	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Quarter-final	23 April		Great Britain	2–0*	Won
	World Group, 1st round	18–19 July	Frankfurt (GER)	Sweden	1–2	Lost
1995	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin	17 April	Murcia (ESP)	Croatia	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin	18 April		Romania	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin	19 April		Israel	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, 1st round	20 April		Romania	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Semi-finals	21 April		Hungary	3–0	Won
	World Group II Play-offs	22–23 July	Ostend (BEL)	South Korea	3–2	Won
1996	World Group II	27–28 April	Jakarta (INA)	Indonesia	3–2	Won
1996	World Group I Play-offs	12–13 July	Bloemfontein (RSA)	South Africa	4–1	Won
1997	World Group I, 1st round	1–2 March	Sprimont (BEL)	Spain	5–0	Won
1997	World Group I, Semi-finals	12–13 July	Nice (FRA)	France	2–3	Lost
1998	World Group I, 1st round	18–19 April	Ghent (BEL)	France	2–3	Lost
1998	World Group I Play-offs	25–26 July	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	1–4	Lost
1999	World Group II	17–18 April	's-Hertogenbosch (NED)	Netherlands	5–0	Won

2000–2009

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	World Group, Round Robin (Group C)	27 April	Moscow (RUS)	Australia	2–1	Won
	World Group, Round Robin (Group C)	29 April		France	2–1	Won
	World Group, Round Robin (Group C)	30 April		Russia	2–1	Won
	World Group, Semi-final	21 November	Las Vegas (USA)	United States	1–2	Lost
2001	World Group, Round Robin (Group B)	7 November	Madrid (ESP)	Germany	3–0	Won
	World Group, Round Robin (Group B)	9 November		Australia	3–0	Won
	World Group, Round Robin (Group B)	10 November		Spain	3–0	Won
	World Group, Final	11 November		Russia	2–1	Champion
2002	World Group, 1st round	27–28 April	Brussels (BEL)	Australia	3–1*	Won
2002	World Group, Quarter-final	20–21 July	Bologna (ITA)	Italy	1–4	Lost
2003	World Group, 1st round	26–27 April	Bree (BEL)	Austria	5–0	Won
	World Group, Quarter-final	19–20 July	Charleroi (BEL)	Slovakia	5–0	Won
	World Group, Semi-final	19–20 November	Moscow (RUS)	United States	1–4	Lost
2004	World Group, 1st round	24–25 April	Bree (BEL)	Croatia	3–2	Won
2004	World Group, Quarter-final	10–11 July	Jerez de la Frontera (ESP)	Spain	2–3	Lost
2005	World Group, 1st round	23–24 April	Delray Beach (USA)	United States	0–5	Lost
2005	World Group Play-offs	9–10 July	Bree (BEL)	Argentina	3–2	Won
2006	World Group, 1st round	22–23 April	Liège (BEL)	Russia	3–2	Won
	World Group, Semi-final	15–16 July	Ostend (BEL)	United States	4–1	Won
	World Group, Final	16–17 September	Charleroi (BEL)	Italy	2–3	Lost
2007	World Group, 1st round	21–22 April	Delray Beach (USA)	United States	0–5	Lost
2007	World Group Play-offs	14–15 July	Knokke-Heist (BEL)	China	1–4	Lost
2008	World Group II	2–3 February	Kharkov (UKR)	Ukraine	2–3	Lost
2008	World Group II Play-offs	26–27 April	Mons (BEL)	Colombia	5–0	Won
2009	World Group II	7–8 February	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	1–4	Lost
2009	World Group II Play-offs	25–26 April	Hasselt (BEL)	Canada	3–2	Won

2010–2019

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	World Group II	6–7 February	Bydgoszcz (POL)	Poland	3–2	Won
2010	World Group Play-offs	24–25 April	Hasselt (BEL)	Estonia	3–2	Won
2011	World Group, 1st round	5–6 February	Antwerp (BEL)	United States	4–1	Won
2011	World Group, Semi-final	16–17 April	Charleroi (BEL)	Czech Republic	2–3	Lost
2012	World Group, 1st Round	4–5 February	Charleroi (BEL)	Serbia	2–3	Lost
2012	World Group Play-offs	21–22 April	Tokyo (JPN)	Japan	1–4	Lost
2013	World Group II, 1st Round	9–10 February	Bern (SUI)	Switzerland	1–4	Lost
2013	World Group II Play-offs	20–21 April	Koksijde (BEL)	Poland	1–4	Lost
2014	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/A, Round Robin	4 February	Budapest (HUN)	Luxembourg	3–0	Won
		5 February		Netherlands	0–3	Lost
		7 February		Croatia	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, 5th to 8th Play-off	9 February		Portugal	2–1	Won
2015	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin	4 February	Budapest (HUN)	Latvia	3–0	Won
		5 February		Israel	3–0	Won
		6 February		Croatia	1–2	Lost
	Europe/Africa Zone, 5th to 8th Play-off	7 February		Hungary	0–3	Lost
2016	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I/D, Round Robin	3 February	Eilat (ISR)	Latvia	3–0	Won
		4 February		Hungary	3–0	Won
		5 February		Bulgaria	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Promotional Play-off	6 February		Great Britain	2–0	Won
	World Group II Play-offs	16–17 April	Belgrade (SRB)	Serbia	3-2	Won
2017	World Group II, 1st Round	11–12 February

Famous players

Coaches

No.	Name	Coach From	Coach Until
1	Steven Martens	1994	1998
2	Ivo Van Aken	1999	2004
3	Carl Maes	2005	2007
4	Sabine Appelmans	2007	2011
5	Ann Devries	2011	present

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 232 days
Youngest player: Tamaryn Hendler – 14 years 252 days (2007)

External links

Team page on FedCup.com

Fed Cup

2015 Champions: Czech Republic

Editions	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 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

World Group	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

World Group II	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

2016 World Group teams	Czech Republic France Germany Italy Netherlands Romania Russia Switzerland

Former World Group teams in the current (1995–2016) format	Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Colombia Croatia Denmark Finland Great Britain Hungary Indonesia Israel Japan New Zealand Poland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Ukraine United States

List of champions

Belgian Sportsperson of the Year

Men	1967 Ferdinand Bracke 1968 Serge Reding 1969–1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bruno Brokken 1976 Ivo Van Damme 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980 Robert Van de Walle 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Eddy Annys 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Gaston Rahier & Vincent Rousseau 1986 William Van Dijck 1987 Georges Jobé 1988 Eric Geboers 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991 Jean-Michel Saive 1992 Georges Jobé 1993 Vincent Rousseau 1994 Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996 Fred Deburghgraeve 1997 Luc Van Lierde 1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1999 Luc Van Lierde 2000 Joël Smets 2001–2004 Stefan Everts 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Stefan Everts 2007 Tom Boonen 2008 Sven Nys 2009–2011 Philippe Gilbert 2012 Tom Boonen 2013 Frederik Van Lierde 2014 Thibaut Courtois 2015 Kevin De Bruyne

Women	1975 Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977 Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979 Carine Verbauwen 1980 Ingrid Berghmans 1981 Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986 Ingrid Berghmans 1987 Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989 Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991 Sabine Appelmans 1992 Annelies Bredael 1993 Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995 Brigitte Becue 1996 Ulla Werbrouck 1997 Gella Vandecaveye 1998 Dominique Monami 1999–2002 Kim Clijsters 2003–2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006–2007 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008 Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011 Kim Clijsters 2012 Evi Van Acker 2013 Kirsten Flipkens 2014 Nafissatou Thiam 2015 Delfine Persoon

Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Belgian Motorcross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Belgian Motorcross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Men's 4×400 metres relay 2012 Field hockey team 2013–2014 Football team 2015 Davis Cup team

Talent	1998 Kim Clijsters 1999 Bart Wellens 2000 Bart Aernouts 2001 Jurgen Van den Broeck 2002 Thomas Buffel 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005 Niels Albert 2006 Yoris Grandjean 2007 Dominique Cornu 2008 Elise Matthysen 2009 Romelu Lukaku 2010 Luca Brecel 2011 Thomas van der Plaetsen 2012 Kimmer Coppejans 2013 Nafissatou Thiam 2014 Divock Origi 2015 Tiesj Benoot

Paralympic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 Wim Decleir 2012 Marieke Vervoort 2013 Joachim Gérard 2014 Michèle George 2015 Marieke Vervoort

Coach	2011–2012 Jacques Borlée 2013–2014 Marc Wilmots 2015 Hein Vanhaezebrouck

National sports teams of Belgium

Bandy Baseball Basketball F M Beach soccer Bobsleigh Cricket F M Cyclo-cross Field hockey F M Football F M M-U15 M-U16 M-U17 M-U18 M-U19 M-U20 M-U21 M-U22 M-U23 Futsal Gymnastics Handball F M Ice hockey F M F-U18 M-U20 Korfball Pitch and putt F M Racquetball Road bicycle racing Rugby league Rugby union F M F7's M7's Softball F M Squash M F Tennis F M Volleyball F M Water polo F M

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