Lithuania Fed Cup team
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The Lithuania Fed Cup team represents Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

 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 Lithuanian Tennis Association
Lithuanian Tennis Association
The Lithuanian Tennis Union is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in Lithuania. LTS was created to standardize rules and regulations and to promote and develop the growth of tennis in Lithuania....

. In 2007, they were relegated from the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I.

In 2009-2010 Lithuanian Fed Cup team did not participated in championships.

Current team

  • Lina Stančiūtė
    Lina Stanciute
    Lina Stančiūtė is a Lithuanian professional tennis player, who achieved her highest ranking on September 28, 2009 .-External links:...

     (WTA #353)
  • Aurelija Miseviciute (WTA #N/A)
  • Greta Jokstyte (WTA #N/A)

History

Lithuania competed in its first Fed Cup in 1992
1992 Federation Cup (tennis)
The 1992 Federation Cup was the 30th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. For the first time, qualifying rounds were split among three regional zones, each sending teams to the main World Group tournament. 68 nations participated in the tournament....

. Their best result was appearing in Group I on five occasions.

Lithuanian players represented the Soviet Union prior to 1993.
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