This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Germany Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Germany have taken part in the competition since 1913. [1] The team was known as West Germany from 1961 to 1990.
Last updated after the 2024 Davis Cup Finals.
Player | Win–loss | Ties | Debut | ||
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Singles | Doubles | Total | |||
Daniel Altmaier | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4 | 2023 |
Andreas Beck | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2 | 2009 |
Benjamin Becker | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 5 | 2007 |
Boris Becker | 38–3 | 16–9 | 54–12 | 28 | 1985 |
Andre Begemann | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2 | 2014 |
Tomas Behrend | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 2003 |
Curt Bergmann | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2 | 1928 |
Michael Berrer | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2 | 2008 |
Hans-Dieter Beutel | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 5 | 1981 |
Christoph Biederlack | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2 | 1955 |
Karsten Braasch | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2 | 1994 |
Daniel Brands | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3 | 2013 |
Dustin Brown | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 2015 |
Ernst Buchholz | 3–14 | 2–2 | 5–16 | 11 | 1951 |
Ingo Buding | 26–11 | 10–5 | 36–16 | 26 | 1961 |
Wilhelm Bungert | 52–27 | 14–9 | 66–36 | 43 | 1958 |
Lars Burgsmüller | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2 | 2003 |
Phillip Buss | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2 | 1928 |
Georg Demasius | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1 | 1927 |
Hans Denker | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 7 | 1934 |
Walter Dessart | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 5 | 1930 |
Edgar Dettmer | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2 | 1937 |
Hendrik Dreekmann | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3 | 1996 |
Klaus Eberhard | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1 | 1980 |
Dieter Ecklebe | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3 | 1959 |
Harald Elschenbroich | 7–1 | 4–1 | 11–2 | 10 | 1965 |
Peter Elter | 4–4 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 4 | 1978 |
Martin Emmrich | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1 | 2013 |
Jürgen Fassbender | 6–6 | 14–8 | 20–14 | 23 | 1968 |
Franz Feldbausch | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2 | 1956 |
Friedrich Frenz | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2 | 1934 |
Otto Froitzheim | 1–7 | 0–1 | 1–8 | 5 | 1913 |
Rolf Gehring | 4–7 | 1–2 | 5–9 | 6 | 1979 |
Marc-Kevin Goellner | 8–6 | 4–3 | 12–9 | 12 | 1993 |
Rolf Göpfert | 2–2 | 5–4 | 7–6 | 12 | 1938 |
Peter Gojowczyk | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2 | 2014 |
Simon Greul | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 2010 |
Helmut Gulcz | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1951 |
Tommy Haas | 19–7 | 4–2 | 23–9 | 18 | 1998 |
Yannick Hanfmann | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4 | 2017 |
Henner Henkel | 33–13 | 16–4 | 49–17 | 27 | 1935 |
Horst Hermann | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–6 | 6 | 1952 |
Rupert Huber | 6–7 | 2–1 | 8–8 | 8 | 1955 |
Gustav Jaenecke | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3 | 1932 |
Eric Jelen | 8–4 | 12–4 | 20–8 | 16 | 1986 |
Tobias Kamke | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2 | 2013 |
Bernd Karbacher | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2 | 1994 |
Christopher Kas | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 6 | 2009 |
Damir Keretić | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3 | 1983 |
Nicolas Kiefer | 10–11 | 2–3 | 12–14 | 15 | 1998 |
Heinrich Kleinschroth | 0–1 | 2–6 | 2–7 | 9 | 1913 |
Jens Knippschild | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2 | 1997 |
Engelbert Koch | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3 | 1953 |
Dominik Koepfer | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5 | 2020 |
Michael Kohlmann | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 6 | 2000 |
Philipp Kohlschreiber | 20–14 | 4–3 | 24–17 | 23 | 2007 |
Kevin Krawietz | 0–1 | 16–1 | 16–2 | 17 | 2019 |
Oskar Kreuzer | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 3 | 1913 |
Fritz Kuhlmann | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1 | 1933 |
Patrik Kühnen | 1–1 | 6–0 | 7–1 | 8 | 1988 |
Christian Kuhnke | 35–15 | 16–8 | 51–23 | 32 | 1960 |
Heinz Landmann | 2–5 | 0–2 | 2–7 | 5 | 1927 |
Kay Lund | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 5 | 1935 |
Ulrich Marten | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1 | 1979 |
Maximilian Marterer | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4 | 2023 |
Daniel Masur | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1 | 2016 |
Andreas Maurer | 1–1 | 5–6 | 6–7 | 11 | 1980 |
Florian Mayer | 10–9 | 0–0 | 10–9 | 12 | 2004 |
Karl Meiler | 10–7 | 2–3 | 12–10 | 13 | 1968 |
Roderich Menzel | 7–1 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 5 | 1939 |
Andreas Mies | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4 | 2019 |
Hans Moldenhauer | 11–6 | 3–2 | 14–8 | 9 | 1927 |
Eberhard Nourney | 3–4 | 4–2 | 7–6 | 8 | 1931 |
Ricki Osterthun | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1 | 1987 |
Oscar Otte | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 5 | 2022 |
Philipp Petzschner | 2–2 | 4–5 | 6–7 | 9 | 2007 |
Ulrich Pinner | 12–8 | 2–1 | 14–9 | 10 | 1976 |
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann | 5–3 | 13–3 | 18–6 | 16 | 1971 |
Wolfgang Popp | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 5 | 1982 |
Daniel Prenn | 17–5 | 4–5 | 21–10 | 14 | 1928 |
David Prinosil | 4–6 | 7–5 | 11–11 | 14 | 1996 |
Reinhart Probst | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3 | 1978 |
Tim Pütz | 0–0 | 18–1 | 18–1 | 19 | 2017 |
Friedrich-Wilhelm Rahe | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3 | 1913 |
Hans Redl | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2 | 1938 |
Peter Scholl | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 5 | 1956 |
Rainer Schüttler | 9–6 | 0–3 | 9–9 | 11 | 1999 |
Hans Schwaier | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2 | 1984 |
Henri Squire | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 2024 |
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3 | 2012 |
Carl-Uwe Steeb | 10–10 | 0–0 | 10–10 | 11 | 1988 |
Michael Stich | 21–9 | 14–2 | 35–11 | 17 | 1990 |
Jan-Lennard Struff | 15–10 | 4–0 | 19–10 | 22 | 2015 |
Wolfgang Stuck | 3–3 | 3–2 | 6–5 | 5 | 1960 |
Gottfried von Cramm | 58–10 | 24–9 | 82–19 | 37 | 1932 |
Georg von Metaxa | 6–4 | 7–2 | 13–6 | 9 | 1938 |
Alexander Waske | 1–0 | 7–1 | 8–1 | 8 | 2004 |
Michael Westphal | 12–7 | 0–0 | 12–7 | 10 | 1982 |
Jens Wöhrmann | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1990 |
Max Wünschig | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1 | 1979 |
Christoph Zipf | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3 | 1981 |
Werner Zirngibl | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 1979 |
Markus Zoecke | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3 | 1992 |
Alexander Zverev | 9–5 | 0–1 | 9–6 | 7 | 2016 |
Mischa Zverev | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2 | 2009 |
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