Israel Davis Cup team
| Israel | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Captain | Eyal Ran |
| ITF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 20  (November 24, 2014) |
| Highest ranking | 6 (July 14, 2009) |
| First international | |
| 1949 | |
| World Group | |
| Appearances | 10 (3–10) |
| Player stats | |
| Most total wins | Shlomo Glickstein (44–22) |
| Most singles wins | Shlomo Glickstein (31–13) |
| Most doubles wins |
Jonathan Erlich (20–7) Andy Ram (20–7) |
| Best doubles team | Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram (19–5) |
| Most ties played | Andy Ram (28) |
| Most years played |
Elazar Davidman (15) Andy Ram (15) |
The Israel Davis Cup team (Hebrew: נבחרת גביע דייוויס של ישראל) represents Israel in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Israel Tennis Association.
The team plays primarily in Canada Stadium, which is the main venue of the Tennis Center in Ramat Hasharon, in Israel. The stadium is known for its high intensity, tough crowd, and good home environment. The surface is considered hard by world standards, a feature that plays to the advantage of Israeli competitors already used to it. The tough surface and even tougher crowd have earned the venue the nickname "Israhell" among visiting players.
Over the protests of all four of their own players (including Harel Levy, who said: ""Only Ramat Hasharon. We're not even thinking about Nokia. There's no reason to play against the Russians indoors – we love Ramat Hasharon"), who preferred to play outdoors in the heat on the hard court that they are accustomed to, the ITA moved the tie against Russia in 2009 to the larger indoor Nokia Stadium. But the ITA was sensitive to the fact that the indoor arena has a capacity of 11,000 – more than double that of the Canada Stadium. ITA CEO Moshe Haviv denied that his prime consideration was the extra money such a move would bring in, and said the larger stadium would give more Israelis the chance to see the national team play, and allow them to watch the sport in more comfortable conditions. This was the second time Israel played a home match at Nokia Arena, the previous one have been against France in 1989.
Israel competed in its first Davis Cup in 1949.
Before the Chile-Israel Davis Cup match began in September 2007, even The Jewish Chronicle wrote: "Led by Fernando González (6) and Nicolás Massú (72), it is hard to see Israel's Dudi Sela (105) and Noam Okun (186), backed up by doubles specialists Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich, winning the contest. González and Massú are also a formidable doubles partnership, having won the Olympic gold medal in Athens in 2004."
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