Portugal Billie Jean King Cup team
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| Captain | Neuza Silva |
| ITF ranking | 42  1 (14 November 2016) |
| Colors | red & white |
| First year | 1968 |
| Years played | 33 |
| Ties played (W–L) | 108 (47–60) |
| Years in World Group | 6 (0–6) |
| Best finish | World Group 2R (1968) |
| Most total wins | Sofia Prazeres (30–19) |
| Most singles wins | Michelle Larcher de Brito (18–14) |
| Most doubles wins | Ana Catarina Nogueira (16–5) |
| Best doubles team | Ana Catarina Nogueira / Neuza Silva (5–1) Angela Cardoso / Ana Catarina Nogueira (5–2) Joana Pedroso / Sofia Prazeres (5–5) |
| Most ties played | Ana Catarina Nogueira (36) |
| Most years played | Ana Catarina Nogueira (11) |
The Portugal Billie Jean King Cup team represents Portugal in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federação Portuguesa de Ténis. They competed in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II in 2011, but were promoted to Group I for 2012.
History
[edit]Portugal competed in its first Fed Cup in 1968. Their best result was finishing fifth overall in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2012.
Players
[edit]| Name | Years | First | Ties | Win/Loss | ||
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| Singles | Doubles | Total | ||||
| Maria Paula Abreu | 1 | 1983 | 1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Patrícia Alvarenga | 1 | 1979 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Maria-Carmen Arnoso | 1 | 1968 | 1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Peggy Brixhe | 1 | 1968 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Manuel Maria Cabral Lencastre | 3 | 1977 | 4 | – | 0–4 | 0–4 |
| Angela Cardoso | 4 | 1999 | 14 | 3–3 | 6–6 | 9–9 |
| Graça Cardoso | 1 | 1977 | 2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Cláudia Cianci | 1 | 2019 | 1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Cristina Correia | 3 | 1998 | 7 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–8 |
| Manuela Costa | 2 | 1995 | 5 | – | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Tânia Couto | 2 | 1991 | 8 | 3–5 | 4–1 | 7–6 |
| Magali de Lattre | 4 | 2005 | 12 | 3–5 | 1–3 | 4–8 |
| Deborah Fiúza | 2 | 1979 | 5 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–7 |
| Maria Inês Fonte | 2 | 2019 | 6 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–7 |
| Ana Gaspar | 2 | 1996 | 6 | 5–1 | – | 5–1 |
| Francisca Jorge | 4 | 2017 | 14 | 5–6 | 1–8 | 6–14 |
| Matilde Jorge | 1 | 2021 | 2 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Maria João Koehler | 8 | 2008 | 24 | 6–13 | 5–7 | 11–20 |
| Michelle Larcher de Brito | 9 | 2009 | 32 | 18–14 | 7–9 | 25–23 |
| Bárbara Luz | 4 | 2012 | 9 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 2–9 |
| Margarida Moura | 2 | 2012 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Inês Murta | 6 | 2014 | 11 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 2–9 |
| Ana Catarina Nogueira | 11 | 1997 | 36 | 6–19 | 16–5 | 22–24 |
| Joana Pedroso | 5 | 1993 | 18 | 7–7 | 9–7 | 16–14 |
| Leonora Peralta | 4 | 1978 | 6 | 0–6 | 1–4 | 1–10 |
| Frederica Piedade | 7 | 2001 | 15 | 9–2 | 3–2 | 12–4 |
| Carlota Plantier Santos | 1 | 2005 | 2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Conceição Posser | 1 | 1977 | 2 | 0–2 | – | 0–2 |
| Sofia Prazeres | 8 | 1991 | 30 | 17–13 | 13–6 | 30–19 |
| Conceição Rio | 1 | 1978 | 1 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 |
| Katia Rodrigues | 1 | 1999 | 1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Fátima Santiago | 2 | 1983 | 4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–7 |
| Ana Filipa Santos | 1 | 2019 | 3 | 1–2 | – | 1–2 |
| Neuza Silva | 8 | 2002 | 23 | 9–6 | 9–3 | 18–9 |
| Joana Valle Costa | 1 | 2013 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Marta Varanda | 2 | 1983 | 4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–8 |
| Helga Vieira | 1 | 2000 | 3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Rita Vilaça | 1 | 2017 | 2 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 |
External links
[edit]- Team page on BillieJeanKingCup.com, the official website of the Billie Jean King Cup
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