The Netherlands competed in its first Fed Cup in
1963. Their best result was reaching the final in
1968, losing 3-0 to
Australia, and
1997, losing 4-1 to
France with
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy winning her singles match against
Mary Pierce. In 1998, the team was relegated to the
Europe/Africa Zone Group I, where they spent nearly all their time through 2013. The Netherlands earned back-to-back promotions in
2014 and
2015 by defeating
Japan and
Australia respectively, thereby securing a spot in the
2016 Fed Cup World Group. ==Results==