Slovakia Davis Cup team

Slovakia
Captain Miloslav Mečíř
ITF ranking 17 Increase3 (as of July 20, 2015)
Highest ITF ranking 3 (Dec 6, 2005[1])
Lowest ITF ranking 36 (Sep 16, 2013[2])
Colors Blue, red & white
First year 1994
Years played 22
Ties played (W–L) 51 (32–19)
Years in
World Group		 7 (5–7)
Runners-up 1 (2005)
Most total wins Karol Kučera (33–18)
Dominik Hrbatý (33–25)
Most singles wins Dominik Hrbatý (28–14)
Most doubles wins Michal Mertiňák (12–7)
Best doubles team Michal Mertiňák &
Filip Polášek (5–3)
Most ties played Dominik Hrbatý (26)
Most years played Dominik Hrbatý (14)

The Slovakia Davis Cup team represents Slovakia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovak Tennis Association.

Slovakia finished as runners-up in 2005, losing 3–2 to Croatia in the final. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I. They last competed in the World Group in 2006.

Current team

Players that were nominated for any Davis Cup tie in the last year. Statistics include the results of the tie against Austria.

Source:[3]

Rankings as of: Mar 31, 2014 [4]

Name Born First Last Ties Win/Loss Ranks
Year Tie Sin Dou Tot Sin Dou
Kližan, MartinMartin Kližan July 11, 1989 2007 2014  Austria 10 9–6 2–0 11–6 80 116
Lacko, LukášLukáš Lacko November 3, 1987 2006 2014  Austria 16 16–12 0–3 16–15 95 663
Mertiňák, MichalMichal Mertiňák October 11, 1979 2003 2014  Austria 21 6–5 12–7 18–12 1366 87
Gomboš, NorbertNorbert Gomboš August 13, 1990 2014 2014  Austria 1 1–1 0–0 1–1 164 533
Martin, AndrejAndrej Martin September 20, 1989 2013 2014  Latvia 3 2–3 1–0 3–3 136 331
Polášek, FilipFilip Polášek July 21, 1985 2008 2013  Sweden 12 1–0 8–4 9–4 – 100
Zelenay, IgorIgor Zelenay October 2, 1982 2003 2013  Ukraine 3 0–0 2–1 2–1 – 133

History

Slovakia competed in its first Davis Cup in 1994. Slovak players had previously played for Czechoslovakia.

Following the 2005 Davis Cup World Group competition, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced that Karol Beck, one of the players for Slovakia, had tested positive for the beta agonist clenbuterol during the semifinal against Argentina, which Slovakia won 4–1.[5]

Recent performances

1990s

2000s

2010s

Year Competition Date Location Opponent Surface Score Result
2010 Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final 5–7 March Bad Gleichenberg (AUT)  Austria Hard 2–3 Lost
Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off 17–19 September Minsk (BLR)  Belarus Hard 4–1 Won
2011 Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final 4–6 March Cruz Quebrada (POR)  Portugal Clay 1–4 Lost
Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off 16–18 September Bratislava (SVK)  Ukraine Hard 4–1 Won
2012 Group I Euro-African Zone, 1st Round 10–12 February Glasgow (GRB)  Great Britain Hard 2–3 Lost
Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off 14–16 September Bratislava (SVK)  Portugal Hard 3–1 Won
2013 Group I Euro-African Zone, 1st Round 1–3 February Kremenchug (UKR)  Ukraine Hard 2–3 Lost
Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off 13–15 September Bratislava (SVK)  Sweden Hard 3–2 Won
2014 Group I Euro-African Zone, 1st Round 31 Jan –2 Feb Bratislava (SVK)  Latvia Hard 5–0 Won
Group I Euro-African Zone, 2nd Round 4 – 6 April Bratislava (SVK)  Austria Hard 4–1 Won
World Group, Play Off 12 – 14 September Chicago (United States)  United States Hard 0–5 Lost
2015 Group I Euro-African Zone, 1st Round 6 – 8 March Bratislava (SVK)  Slovenia Hard 5–0 Won
Group I Euro-African Zone, 2nd Round 17 – 19 July Constanța (ROU)  Romania Clay 5–0 Won
World Group, Play Off 18 – 20 September Gdynia (POL)  Poland Hard (i)

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sme.sk/c/2497394/rebricek-itf-daviscupovych-timov.html
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20130921182829/http://www.daviscup.com/en/rankings/current-rankings.aspx
  3. ↑ http://www.daviscup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=SVK
  4. ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-Home.aspx
  5. ↑ "Beck hit with two-year doping ban". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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