Israel Fed Cup team

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Israel
Flag of Israel.svg
Captain Tzipora Obziler
ITF ranking 35 Increase 1 (16 November 2015)
Colors light blue & white
First year 1972
Years played 42
Ties played (W–L) 141 (72–69)
Years in
World Group
19 (5–19)
Best finish World Group 1R (2008)
Most total wins Tzipora Obziler (51–39)
Most singles wins Anna Smashnova (38–24)
Most doubles wins Tzipora Obziler (28–23)
Best doubles team Tzipora Obziler /
Hila Rosen (9–8)
Most ties played Anna Smashnova (61)
Most years played Anna Smashnova (16)

The Israel Fed Cup team (Hebrew: נבחרת ישראל בגביע הפדרציה‎‎) is the representative national team of Israel in Fed Cup competition. In the 2007 Fed Cup, they qualified from the World Group II and World Group Play-offs to reach the elite World Group for the first time in the team's history. They will participate within this group at the 2008 Federation Cup.

History[edit]

Members of the inaugural team[edit]

2012[edit]

In June 2012 it was reported that 20-year-old Jewish Italian tennis player Camila Giorgi, ranked # 73 in the world, was considering immigrating to Israel to help increase the prospects of the Israel Federation Cup team.[1]

Current team[edit]

Captain[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ [1]

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