Canada Davis Cup team
| Canada | |
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| Association | Tennis Canada |
| Captain | Martin Laurendeau |
| ITF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 13  1 (February 20, 2017)
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| Highest ranking | 6 (February 3, 2014) |
| First international | |
 Canada 4–1 South Africa  (London, England; June 21, 1913) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Canada 5–0 Cuba  15–0 sets, 90–28 games (Toronto, Canada; July 4–6, 1958) |
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| World Group | |
| Appearances | 9 (3–9) |
| Best result | SF (1913, 2013) |
| Player stats | |
| Most total wins | Daniel Nestor (47–26) |
| Most singles wins | Sébastien Lareau (17–16) |
| Most doubles wins | Daniel Nestor (32–11) |
| Best doubles team | Daniel Nestor & Frédéric Niemeyer (12–1) |
| Most ties played | Daniel Nestor (50) |
| Most years played | Daniel Nestor (24) |
The Canada Davis Cup team represents Canada in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by Tennis Canada.
The team's best result ever came in its first appearance in 1913 when it reached the World Group final, losing to the United States 0–3. Canada's best result in the Open Era was in 2013 when they reached the World Group semifinals, but were defeated 2–3 by Serbia.
Canada competed in its first Davis Cup in 1913. The team won its first tie, played in June at the Queen's Club, London over South Africa by a score of 4–1. The team consisted of just two players, Robert Powell and Bernard Schwengers. Canada then in July easily defeated Belgium in the semi-finals 4–0. In the playoff final however, played a week later, they lost all three matches to the Americans in straight sets. (The Americans went on to defeat Great Britain in the challenge round, to win the competition.)
Canada did not play a World Group tie from 1921 until 1991, when the team of Grant Connell, Glenn Michibata, Andrew Sznajder, and Martin Wostenholme, with team captain Pierre Lamarche, lost 1–4 away to Spain. The following year, again in the World Group first round, Canada came closer to advancing, going down 2–3 at home to Sweden despite taking a first-day 2–0 lead. The tie was highlighted by a surprise singles win of rookie Daniel Nestor over superstar and then world number one ranked Stefan Edberg. Nestor could not repeat the magic, however, losing in the deciding rubber match in 5 sets to Magnus Gustafsson.
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