Romania Fed Cup team

Romania
Captain Alina Tecșor
ITF ranking 12 Decrease 3 (18 April 2016)
Colors blue & yellow
First year 1973
Years played 36
Ties played (W–L) 129 (75–54)
Years in
World Group		 13 (14–13)
Best finish World Group SF (1973)
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 Fed Cup team represents Romania in Fed Cup tennis competition. It is governed by the Federația Română de Tenis and currently competes in the World Group, the highest level of the competition.

Current team

Most recent year-end rankings are used.

Name Born First Last Ties Win/Loss Ranks[1][2]
Year Tie Sin Dou Tot Sin Dou
Begu, Irina-CameliaIrina-Camelia Begu August 26, 1990 2010 2015  Canada 11 4–4 6–2 10–6 31 30
Cîrstea, SoranaSorana Cîrstea April 7, 1990 2006 2014  Serbia 15 10–4 4–6 14–10 244 472
Dulgheru, AlexandraAlexandra Dulgheru May 30, 1989 2010 2015  Canada 9 6–3 1–4 7–7 57 322
Halep, SimonaSimona Halep September 27, 1991 2010 2016  Czech Republic 13 10–3 2–3 12–6 3 301
Mitu, AndreeaAndreea Mitu September 22, 1991 2015 2016  Czech Republic 1 1–0 0–1 1–1 104 128
Niculescu, MonicaMonica Niculescu September 25, 1987 2004 2016  Czech Republic 31 14–7 14–9 28–16 37 32
Olaru, RalucaRaluca Olaru March 3, 1989 2007 2015  Czech Republic 12 3–3 3–6 6–9 – 45

History

Romania’s best result is a semi-final appearance in 1973. Romania is also a four-time Fed Cup quarterfinalist, having reached the last eight in 1974, 1978, 1980 and 1981. 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,[1][3] the team achieved back-to-back promotions between 2014 and 2015. As a result, Romania will compete at the World Group level in 2016, for the first time since 1992.

Players

2016 team (World Group)

2015 team (World Group Play-offs)

2015 team (World Group II)

Notes

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[4] 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
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
World Group, 2nd Round May Madrid (ESP)   Switzerland 1–2 Lost

1980–1989

Year Competition[4] 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 Zurich (SUI)  Canada 3–0 Won
World Group, 2nd Round July Zurich (SUI)   Switzerland 1–2 Lost
1986 World Group, 1st Round July Prague (TCH)  Brazil 1–2 Lost

1990–1999

Year Competition[4] Date Location Opponent Score Result
1991 World Group, 1st Round 22 July Nottingham (GBR)  Finland 0–3 Lost
World Group, Play-off 24 July Nottingham (GBR)  Portugal 2–0 Won
1992 World Group, 1st Round 14 July Frankfurt (GER)  Austria 2–1 Lost
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[4] 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
World Group, Play-off 18–19 April Montreal (CAN)  Canada 3–2 Won
2016 World Group, 1st Round 6–7 February Cluj-Napoca (ROU)  Czech Republic 2–3 Lost

References

  1. 1 2 "WTA Year End Singles Rankings - 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "WTA Year End Doubles Rankings - 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "WTA Year End Singles Rankings - 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Fed Cup - Team - Romania". ITF. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

See also

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