The Portugal Fed Cup team represents Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of 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 Federação Portuguesa de Tenis. They competed in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I in 2010, but were relegated to Group II for 2011.

History

Portugal competed in its first Fed Cup in 1968

1968 Federation Cup (tennis)

The 1968 Federation Cup was the 6th edition of what is now known as the Fed Cup. 23 nations participated in the tournament, which was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 21–26 May...

. Their best result was finishing second in their pool in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 1998

1998 Fed Cup

The 1998 Fed Cup was the 36th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. 97 nations participated in the tournament...

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