Serbia | |
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Nickname |
Oрлови (Eagles) |
Captain | Nenad Zimonjić |
Coach | Boris Bošnjaković Jovan Lilić Dušan Vemić |
ITF ranking | 8 1 |
Highest ITF ranking | 2 (6 Dec 2010) |
Colors | Red, Blue and White |
First year | 1927 |
Years played | 82 |
Ties played (W–L) | 185 (108–77) |
Years in World Group |
18 (19–17) |
Davis Cup titles | 1 (2010) |
Runners-up | 1 (2013) |
Best finish | Winner (2010) |
Most total wins |
Josip Palada (42–32) Franjo Punčec (42–20) |
Most singles wins | Janko Tipsarević (34–15) |
Most doubles wins | Nenad Zimonjić (28–18) |
Best doubles team |
Jovanović / Pilić (7–8) Vemić / Zimonjić (7–2) |
Most ties played | Nenad Zimonjić (52) |
Most years played | Nenad Zimonjić (21) |
The Serbian Davis Cup team represents Serbia in the Davis Cup tennis competition. From 5 June 2006 team is playing under name of Serbia, following the split of Yugoslavia.
Serbia won the Davis Cup title for the first time in 2010, defeating France 3:2 in the Final at Belgrade Arena.
The team was also runner-up in 2013, when they were defeated by the Czech Republic 2:3 in the final in Belgrade.
The following players are called up for the World Group 2st round against Great Britain in July 2016.
The following players were part of a team in the last few years.
ATP Rankings on 09 January 2017
Serbia competed in its first Davis Cup as an independent nation in 2007.
Within the Yugoslav Davis Cup team, they reached the semifinals of the World Group in 1988, 1989 and 1991.
They competed as the Serbia and Montenegro Davis Cup team from 2004–2006.
Serbia won the Davis Cup title in 2010.
Serbia is considered as the direct successor of former Davis Cup teams (SCG, YUG), which is important in drawing decisions of home/away ties and choice of ground.
(by No. of ties)