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Portugal Davis Cup team

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Current ranking
  
30

Appearances
  
0

Coach
  
Emanuel Couto

Location
  
Portugal

Highest ranking
  
30 (20 February 2017)

Most doubles wins
  
Emanuel Couto (13–5)

Captain
  
Nuno Marques

Portugal Davis Cup team

Most total wins
  
João Cunha e Silva (37–40)

Most singles wins
  
João Cunha e Silva (25–28)

The Portugal Davis Cup team represents Portugal in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Federação Portuguesa de Ténis.

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Portugal competes in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2016, after being promoted from Group II in the 2015 season. They have never played in the World Group, but reached the World Group Play-offs in 1994.

History

Portugal competed in its first Davis Cup in 1925. Their first opponent was Italy, who won 4–1.

Portugal's most successful moment came in 1994 after defeating Great Britain 4–1 in the Group I of the Europe/Africa Zone and qualifying to the World Group play-offs. The team led by João Cunha e Silva, Nuno Marques and Emanuel Couto lost, however, to Croatia 4–0 (the last rubber was abandoned).

Current squad

Player information and rankings as of 9 February 2017

Recent performances

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1981, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.

Statistics

Since 1981 (Current through 2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I First round)

Record
  • World Group: 0 times
  • WG Play-off: 1 time
  • Europe/Africa Zone Group I: 18 times
  • Europe/Africa Zone Group II: 11 times
  • Home and away record (since 1925)
  • Performance at home (53 match-ups): 29–24 (54.72%)
  • Performance away (51 match-ups): 13–38 (25.49%)
  • Total: 42–62 (40.38%)
  • Head-to-head record (1981–)
    Russia record includes two losses against Soviet Union and one loss against CIS. Serbia and Montenegro record includes two victories against Yugoslavia.
    Record against continents
    Record by decade
  • 1981–1989: 7–9 (43.8%)
  • 1990–1999: 10–10 (50%)
  • 2000–2009: 11–12 (47.8%)
  • 2010–2019: 10–6 (62.5%)
  • References

    Portugal Davis Cup team Wikipedia