Japan Fed Cup team

	Japan
Captain	Takeshi Murakami
ITF ranking	6 6 (as of April 23, 2012)
Colors	red & white
First year	1964
Years played	44
Ties played (W–L)	134 (79–55)
Best finish	SF (1996)
Most total wins	Kazuko Sawamatsu (44–10)
Most singles wins	Kazuko Sawamatsu (25–5)
Most doubles wins	Kazuko Sawamatsu (19–5)
Best doubles team	Kazuko Sawamatsu / Kayoko Fukuoka (9 - 2)
Most ties played	Kazuko Sawamatsu (30)
Most years played	Ai Sugiyama (12)

The Japan Fed Cup team represents Japan in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Japan Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II.

Current team [edit]

(as of January, 2012)

Japan competed in its first Fed Cup in 1964. They achieved their best result by reaching the semifinals in 1996.

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	World Group II, 1st Round	7-8 February	Belgrade, Serbia	Serbia	1-4	Loss
2009	World Group II, Playoffs	25–26 April	Gdynia, Poland	Poland	2-3	Loss
2010	Group I, Asia/Oceania, Group A Round Robin, 1st Round	3 February	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	India	3-0	Won
	Group I, Asia/Oceania, Group A Round Robin, 1st Round	4 February	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	New Zealand	3-0	Won
	Group I, Asia/Oceania, Group A Round Robin, 1st Round	5 February	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	South Korea	3-0	Won
	Group I, Asia/Oceania, Promotional Play-off	6 February	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Taiwan	2-1	Won
	World Group II, Playoff	24-25 April	Maribor, Slovenia	Slovenia	1-4	Loss
2011	Group I, Asia/Oceania, Group B Round Robin, 1st Round	31 January - 6 February	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Taiwan	3-0	Won
	Group I, Asia/Oceania, Group B Round Robin, 1st Round	31 January - 6 February	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Kazakhstan	2-1	Won
	Group I, Asia/Oceania, Group B Round Robin, 1st Round	31 January - 6 February	Nonthaburi, Thailand	South Korea	3-0	Won
	Group I, Asia/Oceania, Promotional Play-off	31 January - 6 February	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Uzbekistan	3-0	Won
	World Group II, Play-off	16-17 July	Hyogo, Japan	Argentina	4-0	Won
2012	World Group II, 1st Round	4-5 February	Hyogo, Japan	Slovenia	5-0	Won
2012	World Group II, Play-off	21-22 April		Belgium

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Japan

Captain	Takeshi Murakami
ITF ranking	6 6 (as of April 23, 2012)
Colors	red & white
First year	1964
Years played	44
Ties played (W–L)	134 (79–55)
Best finish	SF (1996)
Most total wins	Kazuko Sawamatsu (44–10)
Most singles wins	Kazuko Sawamatsu (25–5)
Most doubles wins	Kazuko Sawamatsu (19–5)
Best doubles team	Kazuko Sawamatsu / Kayoko Fukuoka (9 - 2)
Most ties played	Kazuko Sawamatsu (30)
Most years played	Ai Sugiyama (12)