France Billie Jean King Cup team
France | |
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Captain | Julien Benneteau |
ITF ranking | 1 ( 2; 10 February 2020) |
Highest ITF ranking | 1 (24 November 2003) |
Lowest ITF ranking | 18 (22 April 2013) |
Colors | blue & red |
First year | 1963 |
Years played | 54 |
Ties played (W–L) | 145 (89–56) |
Years in World Group | 51 (67–48) |
Titles | 3 (1997, 2003, 2019) |
Runners-up | 3 (2004, 2005, 2016) |
Most total wins | Nathalie Tauziat |
Most singles wins | Amélie Mauresmo (30–9) |
Most doubles wins | Nathalie Tauziat (20–9) |
Best doubles team | Françoise Dürr/Janine Lieffrig (8–4) |
Most ties played | Nathalie Tauziat (40) |
Most years played | Nathalie Tauziat (16) |
The France women's national tennis team represents France in international women's
While the French national team has not been one of the most successful in women's tennis, it has been very consistent over the years. Throughout the first ten years of competition, it never failed to reach the quarterfinals, and continued its good record through the early 1980s, accumulating a 63% win–loss percentage, reaching four semifinals, and winning the consolation rounds in
Former World No. 3 and 1998 Wimbledon finalist[7] Nathalie Tauziat holds the record for most Fed Cup doubles wins and total wins by a French player,[1] whilst also participating in more ties and more years for the French team than any other person. Amélie Mauresmo, France's first and so far only World No. 1 singles player, on the other hand, holds the record for most singles wins in Fed Cup by a Frenchwoman.[1] Mauresmo is also the current captain of the French Fed Cup team, having taken over the position from former ATP Top 20 player[8] Nicolas Escudé in 2012.[9]
Current team
Name[1] | DOB[1] | First[1] | Last[1] | Ties[1] | Win/Loss[1] | Ranks[a] | |||
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Sin | Dou | Tot | Sin | Dou | |||||
Julie Coin | 2 December 1982 | 2010 | 2011 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 221 | 133 |
Alizé Cornet | 22 January 1990 | 2008 | 2013 | 11 | 2–9 | 2–4 | 4–13 | 44 | 92 |
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
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3 May 1981 | 2002 | 2012 | 2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 101 | 94 |
Caroline Garcia | 16 October 1993 | 2013 | 2016 | 7 | 8–4 | 5–1 | 13–5 | 25 | 3 |
Kristina Mladenovic | 14 May 1993 | 2012 | 2017 | 11 | 4–6 | 9–2 | 13–8 | 31 | 3 |
Pauline Parmentier | 31 January 1986 | 2010 | 2017 | 8 | 4–8 | 1–0 | 5–8 | 64 | 223 |
Virginie Razzano | 12 May 1983 | 2001 | 2012 | 13 | 9–3 | 5–4 | 14–7 | 160 | 205 |
Aravane Rezaï | 14 March 1987 | 2010 | 2011 | 2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 169 |
History
1963–1972: early consistency
France participated in the inaugural Federation Cup competition in
They were drawn against
Success for the team grew in the next two years. In
Success dropped slightly for the team in the next years, however.
They then suffered similar fortunes in
By
1973–1979: mixed fortunes
The team rapidly changed for the
In
The team's performance picked up again slightly for the next three years. Kermina
1980–1989: lack of success
Françoise Dürr left the team for the final time in
For
Jean-Paul Loth departed from the role of captaincy following 1982; he was replaced by former Fed Cup player Françoise Dürr. This meant that France had their first year of competition without winning a single tie.
Following the poor results, the team had another change-up. Dürr left the captaincy, to be replaced by Patrick Favière, and Vanier left while Marie-Christine Calleja played in her first tournament.[18] Tanvier reached the singles Top 30,[104] and Suire reached the Top 60 shortly before the competition,[105] meaning the team was in one of the best positions it had been for a number of years. These statistics were reflected in their results, as they managed to defeat Netherlands in the first round despite the presence of French Open junior champions[106] Digna Ketelaar and Simone Schilder,[107] and Denmark in the second round in spite of top junior player[108] Tine Scheuer-Larsen.[109] Though they lost in the next round to defending and eventual champions Czechoslovakia,[4] their performance was the best for five years.[1]
For
Favière left as captain for
In 1989, Demongeot and Tauziat were returned amidst good results for both of team, as they won three more WTA titles together in doubles and had both reached the Top 40 in singles.[119][120] However, they succumbed to an unfortunate first round draw against Spain, who consisted of upcoming teenager Conchita Martínez and recent 1989 French Open champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.[124] They fell, 0–2, with Demongeot being beaten in three close sets to Martínez and Tauziat losing comprehensively to Sánchez Vicario.[125][126] This caused them to be placed to their first consolation rounds in four years, but they withdrew prior to their first tie against South Korea.[1]
1990–1997: re-ascendance and first victory
Isabelle Demongeot and the French singles No. 1 Nathalie Tauziat were joined by
France's opportunities grew as their players fortunes increased. Tauziat won her first WTA title in singles in
Françoise Dürr returned as captain,
Paradis-Magnon left tennis at the end of the year,
In 1995, the format of the competition was revamped to try and mirror the success that the Davis Cup had with theirs, and to provide the nations more opportunities to play in their own countries.[19] This meant that France, because of their good recent results, participated in and was seeded for the 1995 World Group.[64] Because of the nature of the revamp, countries playing in any level above zonal competition would be playing in five-rubber ties, the first four of which would be singles. France first tie of 1995 was against South Africa and held in Metz on red clay.[152]
The French team was accompanied again by Halard, Tauziat, and Pierce who at the
In 1996, the newly married Julie Halard-Decugis was having the best season start of her career, winning her fifth WTA tournament in Hobart and following up with her first Tier II victory in Paris.[157] In addition, Halard-Decugis and Tauziat were performing well in doubles, reaching the final of Paris and the Tier I tournament at Indian Wells.[157] This allowed the French to perform in their Fed Cup tie against Argentina, despite Pierce, who was having a terrible start to the year due to injury, not being present; Halard-Decugis defeated Florencia Labat and Paola Suárez in singles, and Patricia Tarabini and Labat in doubles with Tauziat, despite a poor singles tournament from Tauziat.[158] This allow France to progress to its fourth consecutive semifinals, where they were drawn to play Spain for the fifth time. Pierce returned to play in the tie in Bayonne, and they started fairly well as the former Australian Open champion won over French Open and Wimbledon runner-up Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in singles, despite Halard-Decugis losing to Spanish No. 1 Conchita Martínez.[159] However, although Halard-Decugis also managed to defeat Sánchez Vicario in singles, Martínez managed to win her second singles match over Pierce and Halard-Decugis was forced to retire in the doubles rubber whilst, 4–6, 1–2, with a right wrist injury.[160]
Dürr departed from the captaincy for 1997; 1983 French Open winner and former Davis Cup captain Yannick Noah took over.[18] In addition, Fusai returned to the team with Pierce, who reach the final of the Australian Open again,[132] and Tauziat, while seventeen-year-old Top 40 player[161] Anne-Gaëlle Sidot made her debut. The team faced its first match against Japan, a tie they were expected to win due to the Japanese No. 1 Ai Sugiyama having far fewer experience compared to Pierce and Tauziat.[162] The rubbers began as expected, with Pierce getting France off to a good start to beat Naoko Sawamatsu and Tauziat coming from having a match point against her to defeat Sugiyama in three sets.[163] The tables turned, however, as Pierce was upset in the third rubber by Sugiyama,[164] and Tauziat was taken to an extremely long match against Sawamatsu, that mirrored a match that occurred between the two players at the 1991 French Open.[165] Eventually, Tauziat emerged victorious, 7–5, 4–6, 17–15, in a rubber that remains the longest in the Fed Cup history in terms of games. This, combined with the other singles rubbers and the doubles rubber which Fusai and Sidot won, meant that the tie contained 172 games,[166][167] which continues as the most in the tournament's history, but also resulted in France being the only semifinalist of the previous two years to win a 1997 tie.[168]
In the semifinals, France was drawn against Belgium. The team quickly faced a setback as Pierce was unable to partake in competition due to an arm injury, and Tauziat was rested due to poor form of clay courts.
1998–2003: continued success, second victory and No. 1 ranking
The French entered 1998 as defending champions, and with plenty of depth in their team. Mary Pierce remained their No. 1 player, finishing 1997 as World No. 7, while Nathalie Tauziat and Sandrine Testud were at No. 11 and No. 13 respectively.[177] In addition, Tauziat and Alexandra Fusai were on good form in doubles, reaching the final of the prestigious Chase Championships and ending the previous year as the World No. 13 and 14 respectively.[178][179]
For France's first tie of 1998 in April, France was drawn against Belgium again. Testud, Fusai and Tauziat all took part, but Pierce did not leaving Top 45 player
France has a difficult draw for her next tie, however, as the Swiss were accompanied by World No. 1 Martina Hingis and upcoming teenager Patty Schnyder, who had won five titles in the year.[182] Despite the formidable opposition, captain Yannick Noah refused to allow Testud or Pierce, who had recently fallen out of the Top 10, to join the team due to an ankle injury and a poor attitude respectively.[182][183] The team was thus led by the new French No. 1, World No. 10 and Wimbledon finalist Tauziat, with Julie Halard-Decugis, who was coming back from injury, and former junior world champion Amélie Mauresmo joining Fusai to make up the team.[182][184] The tie ended up being a disaster for the French, as Hingis and Schnyder both defeated Halard-Decugis and Mauresmo each, despite the latter proving a surprisingly tough opponent and taking both her matches to three sets, before Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Schnyder teamed up to upset Fusai and Tauziat in doubles.[185][186] Despite the poor result, Mauresmo's performance was lauded by her teammates.[187]
Noah stepped down as captain in September 1998, a move that upset the players,
The fact that France had remained in the World Group for so long meant that for the
The slightly weakened team still managed to defeat Russia with ease, with Halard-Decugis taking the tie by defeating the injured Russian No. 1
France's inability to reach the finals in 2000 meant that they were forced to play through World Group play-offs to reach the 2001 World Group. They were drawn against Italy, who were in a midst of internal turmoil at that moment and thus were led by their No. 5 and World No. 102 Adriana Serra Zanetti.[198] This meant that, although Pierce was struggling with injury and Tauziat was in trouble after her Wimbledon performance, the team, led by World No. 7 and new French No. 1 Mauresmo,[2] was still expected to easily win. Alongside Mauresmo was Testud, who had recently had an eye injury, and Dechy and young newcomer Virginie Razzano, who were due to play doubles.[198] Ultimately, the tie went as predicted as Mauresmo and Testud dominated the Italians in singles to claim the victory.[199]
Now part of the 2001 World Group, France was placed in Pool A along with Argentina, Czech Republic and Russia.[200] Joined by their top three players: Mauresmo, Tauziat, and Testud (No. 7, 11 and 14 respectively), the French team was predicted to perform well in competition, since their closest rivals in Russia were again without their No. 1 Anna Kournikova due to injury, and so were led by the inexperienced World No. 12 Elena Dementieva.[201] The French began strongly, defeating the Czechs without losing a set,[202] but the Russians managed to upset France with their two singles players, Dementieva and Nadia Petrova defeating Testud and Mauresmo.[203] Although the team then beat Argentina in spite of a penalty placed against them due to a last-moment team switch-up on the first rubber, their loss was enough to ensure they would once again fail to qualify for the final.[204]
The Fed Cup format changed again for
For
The French played the United States in the final, only a few days after the semifinals, with Pierce and Mauresmo once again leading in singles; Pierce in particular receiving praise for her performance.[221] Despite the newfound presence of unbeaten Fed Cup player and multiple major champion Martina Navratilova,[222] the American team was missing many of its top singles players,[223] meaning the French team had a good chance to succeed. This was fulfilled, with Mauresmo thrashing 30-year-old Lisa Raymond in straight sets, and Pierce outlasting Meghann Shaughnessy, 6–3, 3–6, 8–6.[224] Mauresmo then sealed the victory, beating Shaughnessy, 6–2, 6–1, Émilie Loit completed a singles clean sweep with a defeat of Alexandra Stevenson.[225] Americans Navratilova and Raymond then teamed to take the doubles rubber.[225] France's Fed Cup victory was their second and allowed them to be just the sixth country to win two titles, as well as the only one of those countries to have a 100% success rate in finals.[4] In addition, following the win they claimed the ITF World No. 1 team ranking; just the second country to do so after Slovakia.[5]
2004–2007: World Group play
As the defending champions for
Players
Most ties played
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Most singles wins
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Most doubles wins
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Captains
Statistical summary
Name[18] | Career span[18] | Ties | W | L | % | Best Achievement | Best Player |
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Janine Lieffrig | 1963–1966 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 63.63 | 1964 – SF | Françoise Dürr |
Monique Bensusan-Hamelin | 1967–1968 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.33 | 1968 – QF | Rosy Darmon |
Jacqueline Kermina | 1969–1970, 1973–1975, 1977 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 65.00 | 1975 – SF | Gail Benedetti |
Philippe Chatrier | 1971–1972 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.67 | 1971 – SF | Françoise Dürr |
Philippe Duxin | 1976, 1978, 1992 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60.00 | 1978 – QF, 1992 – QF | Gail Benedetti |
Jean-Paul Loth | 1979–1982 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 66.67 | 1979 – QF | Brigitte Simon-Glinel |
Françoise Dürr | 1983, 1993–1996 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57.14 | 1993 – SF, 1994 – SF | Julie Halard-Decugis |
Patrick Favière | 1984–1985 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.00 | 1984 – QF | Catherine Tanvier |
François Jauffret | 1986–1991 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46.15 | 1990 – QF | Nathalie Tauziat |
Yannick Noah | 1997–1998, 2016–2018 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.67 | 1997 – W | Mary Pierce |
Guy Forget | 1999–2004 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 72.22 | 2003 – W | Amélie Mauresmo |
Georges Goven | 2005–2008 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 55.55 | 2005 – F | Amélie Mauresmo |
Nicolas Escudé | 2009–2012 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.50 | 2009 – QF, 2010 – QF | Marion Bartoli |
Amélie Mauresmo | 2013–2016 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 66.67 | 2016 – F | Caroline Garcia |
Results
Tournament | 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 | W–L | ||||||
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World Group
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QF | SF | SF | QF | QF | QF | QF | QF | SF | QF | 1R | QF | SF | 1R | QF | QF | QF | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | SF | SF | 42–32 | ||||||
Consolation Rounds
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Not Held | A | A | A | A | SF | NH | A | F | A | NH | A | F | 2R | W | 2R | A | QF | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | NH | 13–5 | |||||||||||
Win–loss | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 56–37 |
Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | W–L | |||||||||||||
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World Group
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SF | SF | W | SF | QF | 5th | 3rd | QF | W | F | F | QF | SF | QF | QF | QF | QF | A | A | A | SF | F | QF | SF | W | 38–28 | |||||||||||||
World Group play-offs
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A | A | A | A | A | NH | W | A | A | A | A | W | A | W | W | W | L | A | A | W | A | A | W | A | A | 10–1 | |||||||||||||
World Group II
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A | A | A | A | A | Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | L | L | W | A | A | A | A | A | 1–2 | |||||||||||||||||
World Group II play-offs
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A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | W | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Europe/Africa Group I
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A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
Win–loss | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 38–22 | |||||||||||||
Year End Ranking | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
Tournament | 2020–21 | 2022 | W–L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finals | RR
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A | 2-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying round | A | L | 1-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Play-Offs | A | TBD
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Win–loss | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 |
Records
Longest winning streak
Year | Competition | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2003 | World Group, first round | 26–27 May | Andrézieux-Bouthéon (FRA) | Colombia | 5–0 | Won |
World Group, Quarterfinals | 19–20 July | Oviedo (ESP) | Spain | 4–1 | Won | |
World Group, Semifinals | 19–20 November 2003 | Moscow (RUS) | Russia | 3–2 | Won | |
World Group, Final | 22–23 November 2003 | United States | 4–1 | Won | ||
2004 | World Group, first round | 24–25 April 2004 | Amiens (FRA) | Germany | 5–0 | Won |
World Group, Quarterfinals | 10–11 July 2004 | Rimini (ITA) | Italy | 3–2 | Won | |
World Group, Semifinals | 24–25 November 2004 | Moscow (RUS) | Spain | 5–0 | Won | |
World Group, Final | 27–28 November 2004 | Russia | 2–3 | Lost |
Finals: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up)
Media coverage
France's Fed Cup matches are currently televised by France Télévisions.
See also
Notes
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External links
- Fed Cup - FRA Archived 22 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Team page on BillieJeanKingCup.com, the official website of the Billie Jean King Cup