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The Canada Fed Cup Team represents Canada in Fed Cup tennis competition and is governed by Tennis Canada. Canada has reached the semifinals in 1988, and the quarterfinals on three occasions in 1964, 1967 and 1987. It has also only missed one Fed Cup since the inaugural competition in 1963.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fed Cup profile - Canada )〕 ==History of Team Canada in Fed Cup== Canada played its first tie in 1963 when the team of Ann Barclay and Louise Brown was defeated 0–3 by Great Britain in World Group first round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Great Britain )〕 Canada and its team of Benita Senn, Vicky Berner and Louise Brown reached the World Group quarterfinals in 1964 with a 2–1 victory over Sweden in the second round, but was defeated 0–3 the next round by Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Sweden )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Australia )〕 In 1967, Canada made it again to the World Group quarterfinals after beating Switzerland 2–1 in the opening round, but was defeated this time 0–3 by Germany. Team members were Susan Butt, Vicky Berner and Faye Urban.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Switzerland )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Germany )〕 In 1987, Canada reached the third World Group quarterfinal of its history. The team of Helen Kelesi, Carling Bassett-Seguso and Jill Hetherington defeated Netherlands 3–0 in the first round and the Soviet Union 2–1 in the second round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Netherlands )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Soviet Union )〕 They were however eliminated 1–2 by Czechoslovakia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Czechoslovakia )〕 Canada had its better run to date when Rene Simpson, Helen Kelesi and Jill Hetherington helped the country reach the World Group semifinals in 1988. Canada beat South Korea 2–1 and Finland 3–0 in the first and second rounds respectively, and then Sweden 3–0 in the quarterfinals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. South Korea )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Finland )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Sweden )〕 Their run was ended by Czechoslovakia with a score of 0–3.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Czechoslovakia )〕 In 1995, Canada had its second best result with the new World Group format when they made it to the World Group I playoffs after beating Italy 3–2 in the World Group II first round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Italy )〕 The squad of Jana Nejedly, Patricia Hy-Boulais, Jill Hetherington and Rene Simpson were then defeated 0–5 by Japan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Japan )〕 In 2006, Canada earned its spot back in the World Group II when team members Aleksandra Wozniak, Stéphanie Dubois and Marie-Ève Pelletier beat Argentina 3–2 in the World Group II playoffs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Argentina )〕 They were eliminated in the first round the next year by Israel 2–3.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Israel )〕 Canada was not able to secure its place in the World Group II for the second straight year as the team was eliminated by Argentina in the World Group II playoffs later that year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Argentina )〕 In 2010, Canada (team members were Aleksandra Wozniak, Marie-Ève Pelletier, Valérie Tétreault and Sharon Fichman) won the World Group II playoff over Argentina by the convincing score of 5–0 and regained the World Group II.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Argentina )〕 In the World Group II first round in 2011, Rebecca Marino won the opening match 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 over Aleksandra Krunić and Aleksandra Wozniak lost the second one 4–6, 5–7 to Bojana Jovanovski. The next day, Marino lost the third rubber 6–7(3–7), 3–6 to Jovanovski, but Wozniak tied the meeting thanks to a 6–0, 6–4 win over Ana Jovanović. Canada's doubles team of Sharon Fichman and Marie-Ève Pelletier was however eliminated 6–7(5–7), 4–6 by Jovanovski and Krunić to give the win 3–2 to Serbia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Serbia )〕 Canada then had to play a playoff to stay in the World Group II for the second straight year, but lost a close tie to Slovenia 2–3.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tie details - Canada vs. Slovenia )〕 In 2013, Canada was promoted to the World Group II for the first time since 2011 when the team of Eugenie Bouchard, Gabriela Dabrowski, Sharon Fichman and Stéphanie Dubois beat Ukraine 3–2 in the World Group II playoffs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Canada defeats Ukraine in Fed Cup playoff tie )〕 In the first round of the World Group II in 2014, Wozniak won the first rubber by a 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 score over Vesna Dolonc. Bouchard then gave Canada a 2–0 lead after the first day when she beat Jovana Jakšić 6–0, 6–1. In the third rubber the next day, Bouchard defeated Dolonc 6–0, 6–3 and secured the victory for Canada. Canadians Dabrowski and Fichman lost the doubles match 6–2, 3–6, () to Jakšić and Stojanović to end the tie with a 3–1 score in favour of Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eugenie Bouchard propels Canada to Fed Cup playoffs )〕 Canada next played a World Group I playoff in April against Slovakia, the first time since 2004. The first day, Wozniak upset world no. 52 Jana Čepelová 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 and Bouchard won her match 7–6(7–0), 2–6, 6–1 over Kristína Kučová to end day one with a 2–0 lead for Canada. Bouchard then won her next match the following day 7–6(8–6), 6–3 over Čepelová to clinch the tie for the host country with an insurmountable 3–0 lead. The win means Canada has its place in the World Group I next year, the first time ever for the country since the introduction of the new World Group format in 1995. Slovakians Janette Husárová and Anna Karolína Schmiedlová beat the Canadian duo of Dabrowski and Fichman 6–4, 5–7, () to close the meeting with a 3–1 score for Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eugenie Bouchard, Canada clinch Fed Cup playoff tie )〕 Canada played their 2015 World Group first round against the reigning champions and number one seed the Czech Republic at home. The team, without its two best players Bouchard and Wozniak in its ranks, lost the four matches of the meeting.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Canada swept by Czechs in Fed Cup World Group )〕 Canada had to host Romania in a World Group playoff in April to stay in the World Group for the next year. Françoise Abanda surprised World No. 33 Irina-Camelia Begu 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 in the first match, her first Fed Cup win, but Bouchard was upset by Alexandra Dulgheru 6–4, 6–4 in the second to end day one in a 1–1 tie. Bouchard and Abanda both lost their matches the next day (to Mitu 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 and Dulgheru 3–6, 7–5, 6–2 respectively) to give the win to Romania. Dabrowski and Fichman defeated the Romanian doubles team of Mitu and Olaru 6–1, 4–6, () to end the meeting with a 3–2 score in favour of Romania.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eugenie Bouchard loses, Canada falls to Romania at Fed Cup )〕 Canada will next play a World Group II first round tie at home against Belarus in February 2016.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Canada to play Belarus at home in Fed Cup by BNP Paribas )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canada Fed Cup team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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