Serbia Davis Cup team

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Serbia
Flag of Serbia.svg
Association Tennis Federation of Serbia
Captain Viktor Troicki
ITF ranking 15 Decrease2.svg8 (3 March 2025)
Highest ITF ranking2 (6 December 2010)
ColorsRed & White   
First year 1927
Years played90
Ties played (W–L)210 (123–87)
Years in
World Group		26 (33–27)
Davis Cup titles1 (2010)
Runners-up1 (2013)
Most total wins Novak Djokovic (46–16)
Most singles wins Novak Djokovic (41–8)
Most doubles wins Nenad Zimonjić (30–19)
Best doubles team Vemić / Zimonjić (7–2)
Most ties played Nenad Zimonjić (55)
Most years played Nenad Zimonjić (22)
Last updated on: 6 May 2025.

The Serbian men's national tennis team represents Serbia in the Davis Cup and the United Cup, both tennis competitions. Serbia has occasionally competed in the Hopman Cup and has previously participated in prestigious tournaments, including the now-defunct World Team Cup and ATP Cup, where they claimed the titles. [1]

Contents

Serbia, as the legal successor, has inherited all the results from the former Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. Since June 2006, the team has played under the name of Serbia, following the split of Serbia and Montenegro.

Serbia won the Davis Cup title for the first and only time in 2010, defeating France with 3:2 in the final as host nation. [2] [3] The team was a runner-up in 2013, when they were defeated by the Czech Republic with 2:3 in the final in Belgrade. [4] The team also had four semifinals Davis Cup appearances (in 2011, 2017, 2021, 2023) and four quarterfinals Davis Cup appearances (in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019).

Current team

The following players were called up for the 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers first round tie against Denmark. [5]

PlayerSingles RankDoubles RankFirst year playedNo. of tiesTotal Win/LossSingles Win/LossDoubles Win/Loss
Miomir Kecmanović 49269 2021 129–86–53–3
Hamad Međedović 72— 2023 33–22–11–1
Laslo Djere 74— 2017 105–55–50–0
Matej Sabanov —153DNP00–00–00–0
Ivan Sabanov —190DNP00–00–00–0

ATP rankings on 3 March 2025 [6] [7]

Djokovic and Zimonjic during the tie against Czech Republic (Belgrade 18 September 2010) Ziki Nole DC10 C.jpg
Djokovic and Zimonjić during the tie against Czech Republic
(Belgrade 18 September 2010)

Recent call-ups

The following players were part of a team in the last five years and played in at least one tie.

PlayerSingles RankDoubles RankFirst year playedNo. of tiesTotal Win/LossSingles Win/LossDoubles Win/LossLast year played
Novak Djokovic 7485 2004 3746–1641–85–8 2024
Dušan Lajović 108864 2012 2013–1313–120–1 2024
Nikola Ćaćić Retired [8] 2021 105–50–05–5 2024
Filip Krajinović Retired [9] 2014 1611–98–43–5 2023

ATP rankings on 3 March 2025 [6] [7]

History

Serbia competed in its first Davis Cup as an independent nation in 2007.

Within the Yugoslav Davis Cup team, they reached the semifinals of the World Group in 1988, 1989 and 1991.

They competed as the Serbia and Montenegro Davis Cup team from 2003–2006.

Serbia won the Davis Cup title in 2010.

1927–Overall90210
(123–87)		26
(33–27)		Winner 2010

Serbia is considered as the direct successor of former Davis Cup teams (SCG, YUG), which is important in drawing decisions of home/away ties and choice of ground.

Results under present name Serbia

2000s

2010s

2020s

YearCompetitionDateSurfaceLocationOpponentScoreResult
2020–21 World Group finals group stage26 Novhard Innsbruck, Austria Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3 : 0Won
27 NovhardFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 1 : 2Lost
World Group finals quarterfinals1 Dechard Madrid, Spain Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2 : 1Won
World Group finals semifinals3 DechardFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1 : 2Lost
2022 World Group finals group stage14 Sephard Valencia, Spain Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0 : 3Lost
15 SephardFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2 : 1Won
17 SephardFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2 : 1Won
2023 World Group qualifying round3–5 Febhard Oslo, Norway Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4 : 0Won
World Group group stage12 Sephard Valencia, Spain Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3 : 0Won
15 SephardFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 3 : 0Won
16 SephardFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0 : 3Lost
World Group quarterfinals23 Novhard Málaga, Spain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2 : 0Won
World Group semifinals25 NovhardFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 1 : 2Lost
2024 World Group qualifying round2–3 Febclay Kraljevo, Serbia Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 0 : 4Lost
World Group I 14–15 Sephard Belgrade, Serbia Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3 : 1Won
2025 Qualifiers, First Round 31 Jan–1 Febhard Copenhagen, Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2 : 3Lost
World Group I 12–14 SepTBD, Serbia Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey —Pending

Davis Cup finals

EditionRounds/OpponentsResults
2010 1R:Flag of the United States.svg  United States QF:Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia SF:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic F:Flag of France.svg  France 1R: 3–2 QF: 4–1 SF: 3–2 F: 3–2
2013 1R:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium QF:Flag of the United States.svg  United States SF:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada F:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1R: 3–2 QF: 3–1 SF: 3–2 F: 2–3

Statistics

Lists are correct as of 1 February 2025, following the tie against Denmark.

Head-to-head record

(by No. of ties)

Serbia has never played against six countries that have, at one point or another, competed in the Davis Cup World Group: Paraguay (7 years in the World Group), Ecuador (5), Belarus (4), Indonesia (2), Cuba (1), and Peru (1).

Record against continents

Individual and team records

RecordDetailsReport
Youngest player15 years, 337 days Janko Tipsarević versus Monaco on 24 May 2000 [12]
Oldest player44 years, 98 days Josip Palada versus Great Britain on 13 May 1956 [13]
Longest rubber duration5 hours, 7 minutes Janko Tipsarević defeated Radek Štěpánek (CZE) on 6 April 2012 [12]
Longest tie duration16 hours, 29 minutesSerbia and Montenegro lost to Belgium on 29 April – 1 May 2005
Longest tie-break28 points (15–13) Nikola Ćaćić/Miomir Kecmanović defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/Marcel Granollers (ESP) on 13 September 2023
Longest final set38 games (18–20) Nenad Zimonjić lost to Nuno Marques (POR) on 17 July 1998
Most games in a set38 (18–20) Nenad Zimonjić lost to Nuno Marques (POR) on 17 July 1998
Most games in a rubber76 Ilija Bozoljac/Nenad Zimonjić defeated Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) on 6 April 2013
Most games in a tie261Yugoslavia defeated France on 9–11 June 1946
Most decisive victory (best of 5 rubbers)15 sets (14–1; 87–25)Yugoslavia defeated Portugal on 14–16 September 1979
Most decisive victory (best of 3 rubbers)3 sets (6–0; 36–6)Yugoslavia defeated Benin on 10 May 1995
Longest winning run7 tiesFrom 20 September 2009 (World Group play-offs) to 8–10 July 2011 (World Group quarterfinals)

Captains

Denotes captains who won the Davis Cup title
2010 Davis Cup: Tipsarevic during his match against the Czech Republic Tipsarevic DC10 C.jpg
2010 Davis Cup: Tipsarević during his match against the Czech Republic
List of Serbia Davis Cup captains
NameResidenceTenureTotal
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Hinko Würt (1/2)Zagreb1927–19282
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Zvonko Fink (1/2)Zagreb19291
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Hinko Würt (2/2)Zagreb1930–19312
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Ivo Labaš Zagreb19321
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Franjo Šefer Zagreb19331
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Otton Heinz Zagreb19341
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Fedor Malančec Zagreb1935–19362
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Boško Miler Zagreb1937–19382
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Mladen Pavlica Zagreb19391
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Pejo Lukinić Zagreb1946–19516
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dragoljub Jovanović Beograd19521
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Vojislav Ristić Beograd19521
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zvonko Fink (2/2)Zagreb1953–542
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Josip Palada Zagreb1955–573
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Ivan Janošić Zagreb1958–592
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Stjepan Tončić Zagreb1960–656
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Radmilo Nikolić Beograd1966–738
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Mladen Würt Zagreb1974–752
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Nikica Nadali Zagreb1976–794
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Radmilo Armenulić Beograd1980–9617
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Milan Čonkić Novi Sad1997–993
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Nikola Špear Subotica20001
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Goran Bubanj Beograd2001–20022
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Nenad Zimonjić (1/2)Beograd2003–20042
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Dejan Petrović Kragujevac2005–20062
Flag of Serbia.svg Bogdan Obradović Beograd2007–201610
Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Zimonjić (2/2)Beograd2017–20204
Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki Beograd2021–5

Other competitions

In addition to the Davis Cup, the Serbian national tennis team has achieved success in major tournaments in both individual and team categories.

Team competitions
OutcomeDateTeam competitionSurfaceTeam membersOpponentsScore
Champions27 May 1990 World Team Cup,
Düsseldorf, Germany		Clay Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Slobodan Živojinović
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Goran Ivanišević
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Goran Prpić 		Flag of the United States.svg Jim Courier
Flag of the United States.svg Brad Gilbert
Flag of the United States.svg Ken Flach
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Seguso 		3–0
Champions4 Jan 1991 Hopman Cup,
Perth, Australia 		Hard Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Monika Seleš
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Goran Prpić 		Flag of the United States.svg Zina Garrison
Flag of the United States.svg David Wheaton 		3–0
Finalists26 May 1991 World Team Cup,
Düsseldorf, Germany		Clay Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Slobodan Živojinović
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Goran Ivanišević
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Goran Prpić		 Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Gustafsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Edberg
Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Svensson 		1–2
Finalists4 Jan 2008 Hopman Cup,
Perth, Australia		Hard Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Jelena Janković
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Novak Djokovic 		Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Flag of the United States.svg Mardy Fish 		1–2
Champions23 May 2009 World Team Cup,
Düsseldorf, Germany		Clay Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Janko Tipsarević
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Viktor Troicki
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Nenad Zimonjić 		Flag of Germany.svg Rainer Schüttler
Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber
Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer
Flag of Germany.svg Mischa Zverev 		2–1
Champions21 May 2012 World Team Cup,
Düsseldorf, Germany		Clay Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević
Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki
Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Zimonjić
Flag of Serbia.svg Miki Janković 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Štěpánek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Čermák 		3–0
Finalists5 Jan 2013 Hopman Cup,
Perth, Australia		Hard Flag of Serbia.svg Ana Ivanovic
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic		 Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues
Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Verdasco 		1–2
Champions3–12 Jan 2020 ATP Cup,
Sydney, Australia 		Hard Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Lajović
Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Milojević
Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki
Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Ćaćić 		Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal
Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista Agut
Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Carreño Busta
Flag of Spain.svg Albert Ramos Viñolas
Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López 		2–1
Olympic Games and Universiade medal tables

Here is the list of all Olympics Summer Games medals

MedalCompetitionDisciplineTeam members
Bronze 2008 Olympics, Beijing Men's singles Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Novak Djokovic
Gold 2024 Olympics, Paris Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic

Here is the list of all Summer Universiade medals

MedalCompetitionDisciplineTeam members
Gold 1961 Universiade, Sofia Men's singles Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Boro Jovanović
GoldMen's doubles Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Boro Jovanović
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Nikola Pilić
SilverMen's singles Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Nikola Pilić
Gold 1987 Universiade, Zagreb Men's singles Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Bruno Orešar
GoldMixed doubles Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Sabrina Goleš
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Bruno Orešar
SilverMen's singles Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Igor Šarić
BronzeMen's doubles Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Igor Šarić
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Branko Horvat
Silver 2005 Universiade, İzmir Men's doubles Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Nikola Ćirić
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Darko Mađarovski
Gold 2009 Universiade, Belgrade Men's Team Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Aleksander Slović
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Saša Stojisavljević
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Aleksandar Grubin
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Boris Čonkić
GoldMen's singles Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Aleksander Slović
BronzeMen's doubles Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Aleksandar Grubin
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Boris Čonkić

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to increased political tensions in Europe, entries for the Europe Zone declined sharply, causing the qualifying round system to be scrapped. [10]
  2. ↑ In response to the Yugoslav Wars and following the adoption of UN SCR 757 in May 1992, Yugoslavia was barred from competing in international sporting competition. This resulted in the Yugoslav team being disqualified from this and future Davis Cups and their Qualifying Round tie against Cuba was defaulted. [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Team Serbia Triumphs;ATP Cup By The Numbers
  2. ↑ "Serbia wins first Davis Cup title". ESPN. 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  3. ↑ "Troicki climbs off the floor to win epic first Davis Cup for Serbia". Independent. 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  4. ↑ Renton, Jamie (17 November 2013). "CZECH REPUBLIC RETAINS DAVIS CUP TITLE". daviscup.com. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Srbija oslabljena u Danskoj
  6. 1 2 ATP singles rankings Serbia
  7. 1 2 ATP dubles rankings Serbia
  8. ↑ Srpski teniser Nikola Ćaćić završio karijeru
  9. ↑ Pobeda Srbije za ispraćaj Krajinovića u penziju
  10. ↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN   978-0942257700.
  11. ↑ "Yugoslav Athletes Banned". The New York Times . Associated Press. 1 June 1992. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  12. 1 2 "Team Stats SRB". daviscup.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "Team Stats YUG". daviscup.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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