This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Italy Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Italy have taken part in the competition since 1922. [1] [2]
Player | Debut | Ties | Win-loss | Win% | ||
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Singles | Doubles | Total | ||||
Matteo Arnaldi | 2023 | 4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 60% |
Mino Balbi Di Robecco | 1922 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0% |
Corrado Barazzutti | 1972 | 32 | 39–21 | 2–0 | 41–21 | 66.13% |
Matteo Berrettini | 2019 | 7 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 55.56% |
Massimo Bertolini | 2002 | 6 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 66.67% |
Paolo Bertolucci | 1972 | 32 | 8–2 | 22–8 | 30–10 | 75% |
Simone Bolelli | 2007 | 31 | 7–9 | 16–11 | 23–20 | 53.49% |
Renato Bossi | 1938 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0% |
Daniele Bracciali | 2005 | 13 | 2–4 | 6–5 | 8–9 | 47.06% |
Cristian Brandi | 1994 | 3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 66.67% |
Omar Camporese | 1989 | 11 | 12–9 | 6–3 | 18–12 | 60% |
Francesco Cancellotti | 1983 | 6 | 5–6 | 0–0 | 5–6 | 45.45% |
Paolo Canè | 1986 | 11 | 9–8 | 2–7 | 11–15 | 42.31% |
Vanni Canepele | 1937 | 9 | 10–6 | 0–0 | 10–6 | 62.5% |
Cristiano Caratti | 1992 | 1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 50% |
Eugenio Castigliano | 1968 | 4 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 75% |
Marco Cecchinato | 2016 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 100% |
Flavio Cipolla | 2009 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Cesare Colombo | 1922 | 4 | 0–8 | 0–3 | 0–11 | 0% |
Simone Colombo | 1987 | 3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 20% |
Vittorio Crotta | 1939 | 6 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 50% |
Giovanni Cucelli | 1932 | 27 | 17–11 | 21–6 | 38–17 | 69.09% |
Oscar de Minerbi | 1932 | 2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 33.33% |
Umberto De Morpurgo | 1923 | 28 | 39–14 | 16–10 | 55–24 | 69.62% |
Giorgio de Stefani | 1927 | 34 | 41–21 | 3–1 | 44–22 | 66.67% |
Marcello Del Bello | 1948 | 25 | 8–10 | 20–5 | 28–15 | 65.12% |
Rolando Del Bello | 1950 | 13 | 14–10 | 1–0 | 15–10 | 60% |
Alberto Del Bono | 1929 | 8 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 4–5 | 44.44% |
Massimo Di Domenico | 1970 | 3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 50% |
Gaetano Di Maso | 1966 | 2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0% |
Ezio Di Matteo | 1968 | 2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 100% |
Alessio di Mauro | 2004 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 100% |
Fabio Fognini | 2008 | 30 | 23–9 | 12–11 | 35–20 | 63.64% |
Renzo Furlan | 1993 | 11 | 10–9 | 0–0 | 10–9 | 52.63% |
Giorgio Galimberti | 2001 | 11 | 2–2 | 7–4 | 9–6 | 60% |
Stefano Galvani | 2002 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 33.33% |
Fausto Gardini | 1952 | 21 | 29–9 | 0–0 | 29–9 | 76.32% |
Placido Gaslini | 1925 | 11 | 1–5 | 7–4 | 8–9 | 47.06% |
Andrea Gaudenzi | 1994 | 14 | 14–10 | 5–4 | 19–14 | 57.58% |
Alessandro Giannessi | 2017 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 100% |
Paolo Lorenzi | 2010 | 7 | 5–4 | 0–1 | 5–5 | 50% |
Federico Luzzi | 2001 | 3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 50% |
Antonio Maggi | 1957 | 2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 50% |
Giordano Majoli | 1964 | 12 | 7–1 | 4–7 | 11–8 | 57.89% |
Stefano Mangold | 1935 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0% |
Marzio Martelli | 1997 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0% |
Pietro Marzano | 1969 | 5 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 20% |
Giuseppe Merlo | 1951 | 22 | 25–10 | 0–0 | 25–10 | 71.43% |
Martin Mulligan | 1968 | 4 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 9–2 | 81.82% |
Lorenzo Musetti | 2021 | 9 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–6 | 33.33% |
Massimiliano Narducci | 1989 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0% |
Diego Nargiso | 1988 | 25 | 5–2 | 13–12 | 18–14 | 56.25% |
Mosé Navarra | 2001 | 3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 60% |
Gianni Ocleppo | 1980 | 8 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 6–6 | 50% |
Giovanni Palmieri | 1932 | 4 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 5–5 | 50% |
Adriano Panatta | 1970 | 38 | 37–26 | 27–10 | 64–36 | 64% |
Claudio Panatta | 1983 | 8 | 5–8 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 36.84% |
Stefano Pescosolido | 1992 | 8 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 5–5 | 50% |
Nicola Pietrangeli | 1954 | 66 | 78–32 | 42–12 | 120–44 | 73.17% |
Claudio Pistolesi | 1989 | 3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 50% |
Gianluca Pozzi | 1998 | 3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 50% |
Ferruccio Quintavalle | 1934 | 9 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 44.44% |
Augusto Rado | 1933 | 6 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–6 | 40% |
Davide Sanguinetti | 1998 | 12 | 11–10 | 0–1 | 11–11 | 50% |
Vincenzo Santopadre | 2000 | 2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 33.33% |
Andreas Seppi | 2004 | 27 | 20–19 | 4–2 | 24–21 | 53.33% |
Emanuele Sertorio | 1932 | 4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 33.33% |
Clemente Serventi | 1925 | 5 | 3–6 | 2–1 | 5–7 | 41.67% |
Jannik Sinner | 2021 | 7 | 9–1 | 2–3 | 11–4 | 73.33% |
Orlando Sirola | 1953 | 46 | 22–25 | 35–8 | 57–33 | 63.33% |
Lorenzo Sonego | 2021 | 10 | 6–3 | 3–0 | 9–3 | 75% |
Potito Starace | 2004 | 16 | 15–1 | 6–5 | 21–6 | 77.78% |
Sergio Tacchini | 1959 | 10 | 5–8 | 1–1 | 6–9 | 40% |
Valentino Taroni | 1933 | 12 | 1–2 | 6–6 | 7–8 | 46.67% |
Laurence Tieleman | 1999 | 1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Stefano Travaglia | 2021 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 100% |
Gino Vido | 1939 | 1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 100% |
Filippo Volandri | 2001 | 10 | 10–7 | 0–0 | 10–7 | 58.82% |
Tonino Zugarelli | 1971 | 12 | 6–9 | 1–0 | 7–9 | 43.75% |
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