Great Britain were victorious in their first home Fed Cup tie since 1993 after Katie Boulter and Johanna Konta helped them see off Slovenia.
Britain are in Group 1 of the Europe/Africa Zone of the women's team tournament and are hoping to get to the World Group II play-off in April if they come out on top of the round-robin event in Bath.
It has been 26 years since they played a tie in this country and they made the perfect start by getting the point on the board in their opening Group A match as Boulter and Konta put them 2-0 up in the best-of-three encounter against the Slovenians.
Boulter, playing her first Fed Cup singles match, beat Kaja Juvan 6-4 6-2 in the opening match and then British number one Konta saw off Dalila Jakupovic 7-6 (9-7) 6-2 to get the tie won.
Harriet Dart and Katie Swan were then able to enjoy the pressure-free doubles rubber, knowing the result did not matter.
Britain are also in a group with Greece, who they play on Thursday, and Hungary.
Croatia, Turkey, Serbia and Georgia are in the other pool.
Croatia got their campaign off to a winning start with a 2-1 victory over Turkey, while Serbia beat Georgia by the same scoreline.
The winners of each group will play each other to determine who advances to the playoffs in April.
