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Israel
CaptainTzipora Obziler
ITF ranking35 Increase 1 (16 November 2015)
Colorslight blue & white
First year1972
Years played42
Ties played (W–L)141 (72–69)
Years in
World Group
19 (5–19)
Best finishQuarterfinal (2008)
Most total winsTzipora Obziler (51–39)
Most singles winsAnna Smashnova (38–24)
Most doubles winsTzipora Obziler (28–23)
Best doubles teamTzipora Obziler /
Hila Rosen (9–8)
Most ties playedAnna Smashnova (61)
Most years playedAnna 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

Members of the inaugural team

2012

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 (2017)

See also

References

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