Cyprus Davis Cup team

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Cyprus
Flag of Cyprus.svg
Captain Demetris Herodotou
ITF ranking 92 Increase2.svg30
Colorsblue and white
First year 1985
Years played27
Ties played (W–L)81 (43–38)
Most total wins Marcos Baghdatis (60–13)
Most singles winsMarcos Baghdatis (42–3)
Most doubles wins Demetrios Leontis (19–15)
Best doubles teamDemetrios Leontis/Marcos Baghdatis (7–2)
Most ties playedDemetrios Leontis (47)
Most years playedMarcos Baghdatis (13)

The Cyprus Davis Cup team represents Cyprus in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Cyprus Tennis Federation.

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Cyprus currently competes in the Europe Group III.

History

Cyprus competed in its first Davis Cup in 1985. They lost their first 10 ties before finally defeating the Congo. Due to incurring so many losses, Cyprus was relegated to the fourth and last zonal group in 1997. The team began to record regular wins when in the year 2000 a 14-year-old Marcos Baghdatis made his Davis Cup debut. In 2007, Cyprus returned to the Zonal Group II and recorded their best result in 2009 where they fell one match shy of being promoted to the Zonal Group I.

Home Court

The first ever tie Cyprus competed in was held in Nicosia against Ireland. The team continued to play out of the Cyprus capital of Nicosia until 2010 when the team played in Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre located in Limassol (home of Marcos Baghdatis). 2021 event will take place at Herodotou Tennis Academy in Larnaca.

Current team (2022 Davis Cup)

Player information and rankings as of 20 June 2022

Squad representing Cyprus in the 2022 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
PlayerCurrent singles rankingCurrent doubles rankingFirst year playedTies playedTotal W–LSingles W–LDoubles W–L
Petros Chrysochos 66062620132929-1324-95-4
Menelaos Efstathiou 1071142420171910-910-90–0
Stylianos Christodoulou 1381N/A202221-10-11–0
Sergis KyratzisN/A104020101811-101-810-2
Eleftherios Neos N/A190920171611-50-111-4

Recent performances

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1985, when Cyprus began playing Davis Cup.

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

YearCompetitionDateLocationOpponentScoreResult
2010 Euro/Africa Zone Group II, First Round5-7 Mar Limassol (CYP)Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3–2Win
Euro/Africa Zone Group II, Quarterfinal9-11 Jul Oeiras (POR)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0–5Loss
2011 Euro/Africa Zone Group II, First Round4-6 Mar Nicosia (CYP)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0–5Loss
Euro/Africa Zone Group II, Relegation Playoff8-10 Jul Sofia (BUL)Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3–2Win
2012 Euro/Africa Zone Group II, First Round10-12 Feb Limassol (CYP)Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3–2Win
Euro/Africa Zone Group II, Quarterfinal6-8 Apr Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0–5Loss
2013 Euro/Africa Zone Group II, First Round1–3 Feb Šiauliai (LTU)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1–4Loss
Euro/Africa Zone Group II, Relegation Play-off5-7 Apr Nicosia (CYP)Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 3–2Win
2014 Euro/Africa Zone Group II, First Round31 Jan–2 Feb Copenhagen (DEN)Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1–4Loss
Euro/Africa Zone Group II, Relegation Play-off4-6 Apr Casablanca (MAR)Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–4Loss
2015 Euro/Africa Zone Group III Europe, Group A15 Jul San Marino (SMR)Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 3–0Win
Euro/Africa Zone Group III Europe, Group A17 JulFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 2–1Win
Euro/Africa Zone Group III Europe, Promotion Play-off18 JulFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 0–2Loss
2016 Euro/Africa Zone Group III Europe, Group C2 Mar Tallinn (EST)Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2–1Win
Euro/Africa Zone Group III Europe, Group C3 MarFlag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 3–0Win
Euro/Africa Zone Group III Europe, Group C4 MarFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 3–0Win
Euro/Africa Zone Group III Europe, Promotion Play-off5 MarFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2–0Win
2017 Euro/Africa Zone Group II, First Round3–5 Feb Nicosia (CYP)Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1–4Loss
Euro/Africa Zone Group II, Relegation Play-off7-9 AprTBD (CYP)Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia

See also