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Serbia Davis Cup team

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Captain
  
Nenad Zimonjić

Highest ranking
  
2 (6 Dec 2010)

Best result
  
1 (2010)

Current ranking
  
8 1

Appearances
  
19 (20–17)

Serbia Davis Cup team

Coach
  
Boris Bošnjaković Jovan Lilić Dušan Vemić

The Serbian Davis Cup team represents Serbia in the Davis Cup tennis competition. From 5 June 2006 team is playing under name of Serbia, following the split of Yugoslavia.

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Serbia won the Davis Cup title for the first time in 2010, defeating France 3:2 in the Final at Belgrade Arena.

The team was also runner-up in 2013, when they were defeated by the Czech Republic 2:3 in the final in Belgrade.

Current team

The following players are called up for the 2017 World Group 1st round against Russia in February 2017.

Recent call-ups

The following players were part of a team in the last few years.

ATP Rankings on 30 January 2017, before the tie with Russia.

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 2004–2006.

Serbia won the Davis Cup title in 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.

Head to head

(by No. of ties)

Captains

  • Radmilo Armenulić, 1979—1997
  • Goran Bubanj, 1998—2002
  • Nenad Zimonjić, 2003—2004
  • Dejan Petrović, 2005—2007
  • Bogdan Obradović, 2007—2017
  • Nenad Zimonjić, 2017—
  • References

    Serbia Davis Cup team Wikipedia