Pacific Oceania Davis Cup team

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Pacific Oceania
Flag of Pacific Oceania.svg
Captain Flag of Vanuatu.svg Aymeric MARA
ITF ranking 74 Increase2.svg5 (7 March 2022)
ColorsSky Blue & Black   
First year 1995
Years played26
Ties played (W–L)97 (51–46)
Years in
World Group
0 (0–0)
Best finishGroup II SF (2005)
Most total wins Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Brett Baudinet (37–28)
Most singles wins Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Michael Leong (19–12)
Most doubles wins Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Brett Baudinet (36–17)
Best doubles team Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Brett Baudinet / Flag of Guam.svg Daniel Llarenas (11–2)
Most ties played Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Brett Baudinet (59)
Most years played Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Brett Baudinet (17)

The Pacific Oceania Davis Cup team represents the island nations in Oceania, excluding Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Oceania Tennis Federation.

Contents

Pacific Oceania on Sunday 19 September 2021 was promoted following the Davis Cup Tie in Amman, Jordan to compete in the 2022 Asia/Oceania Zone of Group II. [1] In August 2022 they were promoted to World Group II. [2]

Current team

Team representing Pacific Oceania vs. Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador at the 2024 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs from 2–3 February 2024: [3]

History

Pacific Oceania competed in its first Davis Cup in 1995.

Nations and territories represented

Former squad members

Active single players listed in bold and active double players listed also in italic

PlayerTotal W–LSingles W–LDoubles W–LNumber of tiesFirst year playedYears played
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Brett Baudinet 37–281–1136–1759200017
Flag of French Polynesia.svg Gilles de Gouy 5–30–35–0820132
Flag of American Samoa.svg Muka Godinet 3–12–11–0320011
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Cyril Jacobe 15–246–149–102819999
Flag of Tonga.svg Motuliki Kailahi 13–65–58–11019952
Flag of French Polynesia.svg Heve Kelley 2–22–20–0420151
Flag of Samoa.svg Juan-Sebastian Langton 26–2516–1710–835200211
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Michael Leong 20–1519–121–32220049
Flag of Guam.svg Daniel Llarenas 19–52–117–42120116
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Cyrille Mainguy 1–10–01–1219962
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Aymeric Mara 3–33–30–0620122
Flag of Fiji.svg Hitesh Morriswala 1–20–11–1219961
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg West Nott 4–54–30–2620054
Flag of Fiji.svg William O'Connell 1–81–80–0920132
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Jerome Rovo 0–70–30–4619992
Flag of Samoa.svg Leon So'onalole 2–52–30–2720023
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Lency Tenai 27–2111–1616–52919957
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Lawrence Tere 8–132–106–31019983
Flag of Fiji.svg Sanjeev Tikaram 4–61–43–2619953
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Aymeric Mara 4–61–33–31020123
Flag of French Polynesia.svg Heve Kelley 6–105–101–01520154
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Colin Sinclair 14–210–14–11220154
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Matthew Stubbings 5–43–42–0720182
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Clement Mainguy 1–21–20–0320211
Flag of French Polynesia.svg Heimanarii Lai San 0–10–00–1120211

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References

  1. "Pacific Oceania clinch Davis Cup promotion". RNZ. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  2. "Pacific Oceania Davis Cup team wins gold medal". Cook Islands News. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. "El Salvador v Pacific Oceania". Daviscup.com. 3 February 2023.