Croatia Fed Cup team

Croatia
Captain	Iva Majoli
ITF ranking	25 (16 November 2015)
Colors	red & white
First year	1992
Years played	24
Ties played (W–L)	73 (40–33)
Years in World Group	7 (1–9)
Best finish	World Group QF (2002)
Most total wins	Iva Majoli (21–19)
Most singles wins	Iva Majoli (15–14)
Most doubles wins	Maja Murić (13–5)
Best doubles team	Darija Jurak / Ana Konjuh (4–1)
Most ties played	Iva Majoli (22)
Most years played	Iva Majoli (11) Jelena Kostanić Tošić (11)

The Croatia Fed Cup team represents Croatia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Croatian Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I.

History

Prior to 1992 see Yugoslavia Fed Cup team

Croatia competed in its first Fed Cup in 1992 and qualified for the first time in World Group in 1993. They reached the Quarterfinals in 2002.

Current Team

The following players were called up for the 2013 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs against Poland in February 2013.

Player	WTA Rank	First year played	Total Win/Loss	Singles Win/Loss	Doubles Win/Loss
Donna Vekić	93	2012	4-2	4-1	0-1
Tereza Mrdeža	189	2012	4-1	1-1	3-0
Ana Konjuh	873	2013	3-0	2-0	1-0
Darija Jurak	931	2003	5-1	1-0	4-1

Players

List of Croatia Fed Cup team representatives as of: Croatia - Poland ; February 9, 2013

Player	W-L (Total)	W-L (Singles)	W-L (Doubles)	Ties	Debut	Years Played
Ivana Abramović	1–1	0–1	1–0	1	2004	1
Sanja Ančić	1–2	1–1	0–1	2	2006	2
Nadin Ercegović	14–6	9–4	5–2	16	1992	4
Darija Jurak	5–2	1–0	4–2	7	2003	3
Ana Konjuh	4–1	3–0	1–1	4	2013	1
Jelena Kostanić	19–20	12–13	7–7	21	1998	11
Dora Krstulović	0–1	0–0	0–1	1	1998	1
Ivana Lisjak	2–5	0–5	2–0	4	2004	3
Mirjana Lučić	14–3	12–1	2–2	9	1996	3
Iva Majoli	21–19	15–14	6–5	22	1993	11
Sanda Mamić	2–5	1–4	1–1	6	2001	3
Petra Martić	6–7	5–4	1–3	11	2008	4
Gorana Matić	2–2	0–1	2–1	4	1992	1
Matea Mezak	4–4	1–2	3–2	6	2001	4
Ani Mijačika	4–5	2–2	2–3	7	2011	2
Tereza Mrdeža	4–1	1–1	3–0	5	2012	2
Maja Murić	14–6	1–1	13–5	18	1992	5
Silvia Njirić	0–8	0–3	0–5	6	2010	2
Nika Ožegović	2–5	2–4	0–1	4	2005	3
Maja Palaveršić	6–2	6–2	0–0	8	1992	2
Jelena Pandžić	0–2	0–2	0–0	2	2011	1
Karolina Šprem	9–7	6–5	3–2	9	2001	6
Silvija Talaja	12–12	7–5	5–7	16	1993	6
Ajla Tomljanović	4–7	3–3	1–4	8	2010	2
Donna Vekić	4–3	4–2	0–1	6	2012	2
Ana Vrljić	4–2	2–0	2–2	4	2007	3

Managers

Name	Tenure	Ties	Won	Lost	Win %	Best Result
Sabrina Goleš	1992–1993	12	10	2	83.3	1993 World Group
Branimir Horvat	1994	1	0	1	0	1994 World Group
Vjeran Friščić	1995–1999	14	9	5	64.3	1999 World Group
Saša Hiršzon	2000	3	0	3	0	2000 World Group
Goran Prpić	2001–2011	27	11	16	40.7	2002 Quarterfinals
Iva Majoli	2012–present	8	5	3	62.5	2013 E/A Zone Group I – Play-offs
Totals		65	35	30	53.8

Recent performances

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1992, when Croatia started competing as a separate nation.

1990s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool B, Pool Stage	13 Apr	Athens (GRE)	Greece	2–1	Win
	1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool B, Pool Stage	14 Apr	Athens (GRE)	Turkey	3–0	Win
	1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool B, Pool Stage	15 Apr	Athens (GRE)	Portugal	2–0	Win
	1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Quarterfinals	16 Apr	Athens (GRE)	Ireland	3–0	Win
	1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Semifinals	17 Apr	Athens (GRE)	Latvia	2–1	Win
	1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Final	18 Apr	Athens (GRE)	South Africa	1–2	Loss
1993	1993 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool A, Pool Stage	11 May	Nottingham (ENG)	Estonia	3–0	Win
	1993 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool A, Pool Stage	12 May	Nottingham (ENG)	Turkey	3–0	Win
	1993 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool A, Pool Stage	13 May	Nottingham (ENG)	Malta	3–0	Win
	1993 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Play-offs	15 May	Nottingham (ENG)	Russia	2–1	Win
	1993 Federation Cup World Group, First Round	20 Jul	Frankfurt (GER)	Netherlands	0–3	Loss
	1993 Federation Cup World Group Play-offs	22 Jul	Frankfurt (GER)	Belgium	3–2	Win
1994	1994 Federation Cup World Group, First Round	19 Jul	Frankfurt (GER)	Bulgaria	1–2	Loss
1995	1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool D, Pool Stage	17 Apr	Murcia (ESP)	Belgium	1–2	Loss
	1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool D, Pool Stage	18 Apr	Murcia (ESP)	Israel	3–0	Win
	1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool D, Pool Stage	19 Apr	Murcia (ESP)	Romania	1–2	Loss
1996	1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool C, Pool Stage	22 Apr	Murcia (ESP)	Georgia	3–0	Win
	1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool C, Pool Stage	23 Apr	Murcia (ESP)	Yugoslavia	3–0	Win
	1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool C, Pool Stage	24 Apr	Murcia (ESP)	Switzerland	1–2	Loss
	1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage, Semifinals	25 Apr	Murcia (ESP)	Romania	3–0	Win
	1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage, Finals	26 Apr	Murcia (ESP)	Belarus	2–1	Win
	1996 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs	13–14 July	Viña del Mar (CHI)	Chile	5–0	Win
1997	1997 Fed Cup World Group II	1–2 March	Zagreb (CRO)	Austria	4–1	Win
	1997 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs	12–13 July	Frankfurt (GER)	Germany	2–3	Loss
1998	1998 Fed Cup World Group II	25–26 Apr	Dubrovnik (CRO)	Japan	4–1	Win
	1998 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs	25–26 Jul	Bol (CRO)	Netherlands	3–2	Win
1999	1999 Fed Cup World Group, 1st Round	17–18 Apr	Raleigh, NC (USA)	United States	0–5	Loss

2000s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	2000 Fed Cup World Group, Pool A	27 Apr	Bari (ITA)	Germany	1–2	Loss
	2000 Fed Cup World Group, Pool A	28 Apr	Bari (ITA)	Spain	1–2	Loss
	2000 Fed Cup World Group, Pool A	29 Apr	Bari (ITA)	Italy	0–3	Loss
2001	2001 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs, First Round	28–29 Apr	Bassano del Grappa (ITA)	Italy	1–4	Loss
	2001 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs, Second Round - Bottom Section	21–22 Jul		Venezuela	4–1	Win
2002	2002 Fed Cup World Group, First Round	28–29 Apr	Bol (CRO)	Czech Republic	3–1	Win
	2002 Fed Cup World Group, Quarterfinals	20–21 Jul	Pörtschach (AUT)	Austria	1–4	Loss
2003	2003 Fed Cup World Group, First Round	26–27 Apr	Moscow (RUS)	Russia	1–4	Loss
	2003 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs	19–20 Jul	Varaždin (CRO)	Brazil	4–1	Win
2004	2004 Fed Cup World Group, First Round	24–25 Apr	Bree (BEL)	Belgium	2–3	Loss
	2004 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs	10–11 Jul	São Paulo (BRA)	Brazil	4–1	Win
2005	2005 Fed Cup World Group II	23–24 Apr	Phuket (THA)	Thailand	3–2	Win
	2005 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs	9–10 Jul	Bol (CRO)	Germany	1–4	Loss
2006	2006 Fed Cup World Group II	22–23 Apr	Zagreb (CRO)	Argentina	3–2	Win
	2006 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs	15–16 Jul	Umag (CRO)	Russia	2–3	Loss
2007	2007 Fed Cup World Group II	21–22 Apr	Fürth (GER)	Germany	1–4	Loss
	2007 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs	14–15 Jul	Split (CRO)	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Win
2008	2008 Fed Cup World Group II	2–3 Feb	Miki (JPN)	Japan	1–4	Loss
	2008 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs	26–27 Apr	Zagreb (CRO)	Serbia	2–3	Loss
2009	2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool D	5 Feb	Tallinn (EST)	Estonia	1–2	Loss
	2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool D	6 Feb	Tallinn (EST)	Bulgaria	2–1	Win
	2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs (5th to 7th)	7 Feb	Tallinn (EST)	Denmark	2–0	Win

Statistics

Since 1992 (Last updated: Croatia - Poland ; February 9, 2013)

Record

• Champion: 0 times
• Runner-up: 0 times
• Lost in Semifinals: 0 times
• Lost in Quarterfinals: 1 time
• Lost in First Round: 6 times (including Pool Stage in 2000)
• Not in World Group: 15 times
• Total: 35–30 (53.8%)

Head-to-head record (1992–)

FC team	Pld	W	L
Argentina	1	1	0
Austria	4	3	1
Belarus	4	2	2
Belgium	3	1	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0
Brazil	2	2	0
Bulgaria	2	1	1
Denmark	1	1	0
Estonia	2	1	1
Chile	1	1	0
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0
Czech Republic	1	1	0
Germany	4	0	4
Great Britain	1	0	1
Georgia	2	2	0
Greece	2	1	1
Ireland	1	1	0
Israel	1	1	0
Italy	2	0	2
Japan	2	1	1
Latvia	1	1	0
Luxembourg	1	1	0
Malta	1	1	0
Netherlands	2	1	1
Poland	2	0	2
Portugal	2	2	0
Romania	4	1	3
Russia	3	1	2
Serbia*	2	1	1
South Africa	1	0	1
Spain	1	0	1
Switzerland	2	0	2
Thailand	1	1	0
Turkey	2	2	0
United States	1	0	1
Venezuela	1	1	0
Total (36)	65	35	30

• *including one tie against FR Yugoslavia

Record against continents

Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	Oceania	South America
South Africa	Chinese Taipei Israel Japan Thailand	Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Germany Great Britain Georgia Greece Ireland Italy Latvia Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Spain Switzerland Turkey FR Yugoslavia	United States		Argentina Brazil Chile Venezuela
Record: 0-1 (0%)	Record: 4-0 (100%)	Record: 26-28 (48.1%)	Record: 0-1 (0%)	Record:	Record: 5-0 (100%)

Record by decade

• 2010–2019: 7–9 (43.8%)
• 2000–2009: 9–13 (40.9%)
• 1992–1999: 19–8 (70.4%)

See also

• Fed Cup
• Croatia Davis Cup team

External links

• Team page on FedCup.com