Norway Davis Cup team
| Norway | |
|---|---|
 |
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| Captain | Anders Håseth |
| ITF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 57  6 |
| First international | |
| 1928 | |
| World Group | |
| Appearances | 0 |
| Player stats | |
| Most total wins | Stian Boretti (38−37) |
| Most singles wins | Stian Boretti (26−19) |
| Most doubles wins | Stian Boretti (12−18) |
| Best doubles team | Stian Boretti/Erling Tveit (6−7) |
| Most ties played | Stian Boretti (39) |
| Most years played | Stian Boretti (15) |
The Norway Davis Cup team represents Norway in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Norges Tennisforbund.
Unlike neighbours Sweden, Norway have never been a tennis powerhouse. They currently compete in Group Two of the Europe/Africa Zone and have never qualified for the World Group, though they reached the World Group Play-offs in 1995.
Norway competed in its first Davis Cup in 1928, with Torleif Torkildsen taking Norway's first win, at home in a 1–4 defeat to Hungary. Torkildsen was a main feature of Norway's side in the early seasons, with a 1–9 record between 1928 and 1932.
Norway were relegated to the qualifying rounds after 1933, but turned out their best result the following year, losing 2–3 in their third meeting with Hungary. Finn-Trygve Smith gave away a two-set lead in the first rubber, but Emil Gabori defeated Smith in the final rubber to win the game for Hungary. This also marked Johan Haanes' Davis Cup debut; Haanes registered a 6–23 record in a 17-year career interrupted by World War II, and only three Norwegian wins during his career was not due to Haanes.
Norway did not enter in 1935, but returned in 1936 with another 2–3 result against 1933 quarter-finalists Belgium at home. André Lacroix won all his three games for Belgium and prevented Norway's first tie victory.
The advances were temporary. Norway lost 15 successive rubbers up to 1939, and though they advanced to the quarter-final in 1939, that was only due to a forfeit from the invaded Czechoslovakia.
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