Bosnia and Herzegovina Fed Cup team
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The Bosnia and Herzegovina Fed Cup team represents Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

 in Fed Cup
Fed Cup
Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...

 tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 competition and are governed by the Tennis Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I.

History

Bosnia and Herzegovina competed in its first Fed Cup in 1997
1997 Fed Cup
The 1997 Fed Cup was the 35th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. 8 nations competed in the World Group and 96 nations competed in total...

. Their best result was reaching Group I in 2002
2002 Fed Cup
The 2002 Fed Cup was the 40th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The World Group was revamped once again, this time as a 16-team knockout tournament, much like the Davis Cup format. 83 nations participated in the tournament...

. Prior to 1992, Bosnian players represented Yugoslavia.

Current players

  • Jasmina Tinjić (#281)
  • Mervana Jugić-Salkić
    Mervana Jugic-Salkic
    Mervana Jugić-Salkić is a Bosnian tennis player. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked Word No. 99. On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached No. 59 in doubles, after winning ASB Classic in 2004 with Jelena Kostanić and...

     (#357)
  • Jasmina Kajtazović (#787)
  • Ema Burgić
    Ema Burgic
    Ema Burgić is a Bosnian female tennis player.Ema was listed on the WTA list, when she was only 16. On November 30, 2008, she won a challenger tournament in Vallduxo, Spain....

    (#808)
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