Slovakia Davis Cup team

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Slovakia
Flag of Slovakia.svg
CaptainTibor Tóth
ITF ranking 23 Increase2.svg0 (27 November 2023)
Highest ITF ranking3 (Dec 6, 2005 [1] )
Lowest ITF ranking36 (Sep 16, 2013 [2] )
ColorsBlue, red & white
First year 1994
Years played30
Ties played (W–L)67 (39–27)
Years in
World Group		12 (8–11)
Runners-up1 (2005)
Most total wins Karol Kučera (33–18)
Dominik Hrbatý (33–25)
Most singles winsDominik Hrbatý (28–14)
Most doubles wins Filip Polášek (14–4)
Best doubles teamFilip Polášek &
Igor Zelenay (6–0)
Most ties playedDominik Hrbatý (26)
Most years playedDominik Hrbatý (14)

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

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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 (2024)

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. [3]

Recent performances

1990s

2000s

2010s

YearCompetitionDateLocationOpponentSurfaceScoreResult
2010 Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final5–7 March Bad Gleichenberg (AUT)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Hard (i)2–3Lost
Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off17–19 September Minsk (BLR)Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Hard4–1Won
2011 Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final4–6 March Cruz Quebrada (POR)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Clay1–4Lost
Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off16–18 September Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Hard4–1Won
2012 Group I Euro-African Zone, 1st Round10–12 February Glasgow (GBR)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Hard (i)2–3Lost
Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off14–16 September Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Hard (i)3–1Won
2013 Group I Euro-African Zone, 1st Round1–3 February Kremenchug (UKR)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Hard (i)2–3Lost
Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off13–15 September Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Hard (i)3–2Won
2014 Group I Euro-African Zone, 1st Round31 Jan–2 Feb Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Hard (i)5–0Won
Group I Euro-African Zone, 2nd Round4–6 April Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Hard (i)4–1Won
World Group, Play Off12–14 September Chicago (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Hard (i)0–5Lost
2015 Group I Euro-African Zone, 1st Round6–8 March Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Hard (i)5–0Won
Group I Euro-African Zone, 2nd Round17–19 July Constanța (ROU)Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Clay5–0Won
World Group, Play Off18–20 September Gdynia (POL)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Hard (i)2–3Lost
2016 Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final15–17 July Budapest (HUN)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Clay3–0Won
World Group, Play Off16–18 September Sydney (AUS)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Grass0–3Lost
2017 Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final3–5 February Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Hard (i)1–3Lost
Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play-Off15–17 September Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Clay4–1Won
2018 Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final2–4 February Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay (i)2–3Lost
Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play-Off26–27 September Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Clay (i)3–1Won
2019 Finals Qualifying Round1–2 February Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Clay (i)2–3Lost
Group I Euro-African Zone, 1st Round13–14 September Bratislava, (SVK)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Clay3–1Won

2020s

YearCompetitionDateLocationOpponentSurfaceScoreResult
2020–21 Finals Qualifying Round6–7 March 2020 Bratislava (SVK)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Clay (i)1–3Lost
World Group I, 1st Round17–18 Sep 2021 Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Hard (i)3–1Won
2022 Finals Qualifying Round4–5 March Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Hard (i)2–3Lost
World Group I, 1st Round16–18 September Bratislava (SVK)Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Clay (i)3–1Won
2023 Finals Qualifying Round4–5 February Groningen (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Hard (i)0–4Lost
World Group I, 1st Round16–17 September Athens (GRE)Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Hard3–1Won
2024 Finals Qualifying Round2–4 February Kraljevo (SRB)Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Clay (i)

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References

  1. ↑ "Rebríček ITF daviscupových tímov".
  2. ↑ "Davis Cup - Rankings - Current Rankings". www.daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Beck hit with two-year doping ban". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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