Portugal Davis Cup team
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| Captain | Pedro Cordeiro | |
| ITF ranking | 40  1 |
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| Colors | red & white | |
| First year | 1925 | |
| Years played | 57 | |
| Ties played (W–L) | 95 (36–58) | |
| Years in World Group |
0 (0–0) | |
| Best finish | WG Play-Offs (1994) | |
| Most total wins | João Cunha e Silva (37–40) | |
| Most singles wins | João Cunha e Silva (25–28) | |
| Most doubles wins | Emanuel Couto (13–5) | |
| Best doubles team | Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares (9–4) | |
| Most ties played | João Cunha e Silva (30) | |
| Most years played | João Cunha e Silva (16) Nuno Marques (16) |
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The Portugal Davis Cup team represents Portugal in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federação Portuguesa de Ténis.
Portugal currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II. They have never played in the World Group, but reached the Play-offs in 1994.
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History [edit]
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 team (highest ranking) [edit]
- Rui Machado (Singles #59)
- Frederico Gil (Singles #62)
- João Sousa (Singles #86)
- Gastão Elias (Singles #131)
- Frederico Silva
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
- Team page on DavisCup.com
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