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Japan Davis Cup team

Japan
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Captain Minoru Ueda
ITF ranking
Current ranking 13 Increase3
First international
1921
World Group
Appearances 6 (1–6)
Runners-up 1 (1921)
Player stats
Most total wins Takao Suzuki (41–23)
Most singles wins Tsuyoshi Fukui (27–12)
Most doubles wins Takao Suzuki (14–11)
Best doubles team Takao Suzuki /
Satoshi Iwabuchi (9–5)
Most ties played Takao Suzuki (31)
Most years played Takao Suzuki (15)

The Japan Davis Cup team represents Japan in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Japan Tennis Association.

Japan first competed at the Davis Cup in 1921, where they finished as runners-up. They were an inaugural member of the World Group in 1981 and competed at the top division until 1985 when they were relegated to the second division. They are currently competing in the World Group for the sixth time.

Team representing Japan vs. France (2017 World Group first round)

Rankings as of 30 January 2017

The following players have been called up in the last two years. (Most recent call-up in brackets)

Japan competed in its first Davis Cup in 1921 finishing as the runners-up to the United States.



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