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Martinez fired from Spain's Fed Cup and Davis Cup teams

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 6:57 p.m. ET

MADRID (AP) The Spanish Tennis Federation says Conchita Martinez has been fired as the Fed Cup and Davis Cup captain.

The federation says on Thursday that its board of directors unanimously decided to ''make a change in the leadership of its professional teams ... in order to face new challenges in 2018.''

Spanish media said Martinez's contract ends in December.

She has been head of the Fed Cup team since 2013, and of the Davis Cup team since 2015.

Martinez, the former Wimbledon champion and winner of five Fed Cups as a player, failed to lead the team to a World Group win as captain. She led the men's team back into the World Group last year and to the quarterfinals this year.

The federation announcement comes three days after Spain became the first country since the United States 14 years ago to top the WTA and ATP singles rankings. Garbine Muguruza made her debut at No. 1 on Monday, joining U.S. Open champion Rafael Nadal.

Martinez worked with Muguruza when she won Wimbledon in July.

The federation says it will announce new captains in the upcoming days.

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