Canada Fed Cup team
| Canada | |
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| Association | Tennis Canada |
| Captain | Sylvain Bruneau |
| ITF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 15  (April 24, 2017)
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| Highest ranking | 8 (April 21, 2014) |
| First international | |
 Canada 0–3 Great Britain  (London, England; June 17, 1963) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Canada 5–0 Argentina  10–1 sets, 66–36 games (Montreal, Canada; April 24–25, 2010)no |
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| World Group | |
| Appearances | 21 (13–19) |
| Best result | SF (1988) |
| Player stats | |
| Most total wins | Aleksandra Wozniak (40–12) |
| Most singles wins | Aleksandra Wozniak (32–11) |
| Most doubles wins | Sonya Jeyaseelan (17–2) |
| Best doubles team | Sonya Jeyaseelan / Rene Simpson (6–1) Sharon Fichman / Marie-Ève Pelletier (6–3) |
| Most ties played | Aleksandra Wozniak (36) |
| Most years played | Jill Hetherington (14) |
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.
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. 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. 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.
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. They were however eliminated 1–2 by 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. Their run was ended by Czechoslovakia with a score of 0–3.
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