Serbia Davis Cup team

Serbia
Nickname	Бели Oрлови Beli Orlovi (White Eagles)
Captain	Bogdan Obradović
Coach	Boris Bošnjaković Jovan Lilić Dušan Vemić
ITF ranking	3rd (8 April 2013)
Highest ITF ranking	2nd (6 Dec 2010)
Colors	Red, Blue and White
First year	1927
Years played	79
Ties played (W–L)	177 (104–73)
Years in World Group	15 (16–13)
Davis Cup titles	1 (2010)
Runners-up	0
Best finish	Winner (2010)
Most total wins	Josip Palada (42–32) Franjo Punčec (42–20)
Most singles wins	Franjo Punčec (33–12)
Most doubles wins	Nenad Zimonjić (27–11)
Best doubles team	Vemić / Zimonjić (7–2) Jovanović / Pilić (7–8)
Most ties played	Nenad Zimonjić (44)
Most years played	Nenad Zimonjić (18)

The Serbian Davis Cup team represents Serbia in the Davis Cup tennis competition. From 2007 team is playing under name of Serbia, following the split of Yugoslavia.

They reached the 2010 finals after beating the Czech Republic in Belgrade 3:2 and won the title after defeating France 3:2.

Current team

The following players were called up for the World Group Quarterfinals against United States on April 2013.

Player	ATP Rank	First year played	Total Win/Loss	Singles Win/Loss	Doubles Win/Loss
Novak Đoković	1	2004	24–9	22–7	2–2
Viktor Troicki	44	2008	16–10	12–9	4–1
Nenad Zimonjić	22 (d)	1995	40–21	13–10	27–11
Ilija Bozoljac	335	2003	7–4	3–1	4–3
Filip Krajinović	369

Đoković and Zimonjić during the tie against Czech Republic
(Belgrade 18 September 2010)

Recent call-ups

Main article: List of Serbia Davis Cup team representatives

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

Player	ATP Rank	First year played	Total Win/Loss	Singles Win/Loss	Doubles Win/Loss	Last year played
Janko Tipsarević	10	2000	39–16	32–13	7–3	2012
Dušan Lajović	153	2012	1–0	1–0	0–0	2012
Boris Pašanski	170	2003	6–3	6–3	0–0	2013

ATP Rankings on 1 April 2013

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 Serbia and Montenegro Davis Cup team from 2004–2006.

Serbia won its first Davis Cup title in 2010.

Year	Name of the country [Ties & results]	Years played	Ties played	Years in World Group	Best result
1900–1926	Doesn't compete
1927–1928	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (KSHS) 1927 vs India 0:3 1928 vs Finland 1:4	2	2 (0–2)	–	Europe Zone 2nd round 1927
1929–1939	Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1929 vs Greece 1:4 1930 vs Sweden 5:0 1930 vs Spain 0:5 1931 vs Japan 0:5 1932 vs Denmark 1:4 1933 vs Italy 1:4 1933 vs Norway 5:0 1933 vs Austria 1:4 1934 vs Spain w/o 1934 vs Hungary 3:2 1935 vs Czechoslovakia 1:4 1936 vs Czechoslovakia 3:2 1936 vs France 3:2 1936 vs Austria 4:1 1936 vs Germany 0:3 1937 vs Romania 5:0 1937 vs South Africa 4:1 1937 vs Czechoslovakia 1:4 1938 vs Czechoslovakia 3:2 1938 vs Great Britain 5:0 1938 vs Sweden 3:1 1938 vs Belgium 5:0 1938 vs Germany 0:5 1939 vs Ireland 5:0 1939 vs Hungary 4:1 1939 vs Italy 3:2 1939 vs Belgium 3:2 1939 vs Germany 3:2 1939 vs Australia 1:4	11	28 (17–11)	–	Inter–Zonal Zone 1939
1940–1945	World War II
1946–1962	Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (FNRJ) 1946 vs Egypt 5:0 1946 vs Czechoslovakia 3:2 1946 vs France 3:2 1946 vs Sweden 2:3 1947 vs Ireland 3:2 1947 vs Belgium 4:1 1947 vs South Africa 3:2 1947 vs Czechoslovakia 0:4 1948 vs Turkey 5:0 1948 vs Italy 2:3 1949 vs Austria 4:1 1949 vs Sweden 3:2 1949 vs Italy 1:4 1950 vs Austria 5:0 1950 vs Belgium 2:3 1951 vs Germany 2:3 1952 vs Finland 3:2 1952 vs Great Britain 2:3 1953 vs Switzerland 5:0 1953 vs France 1:4 1954 vs Monaco 4:1 1954 vs Belgium 0:5 1955 vs Chile 0:5 1956 vs Egypt 4:1 1956 vs Great Britain 0:5 1957 vs Mexico 0:5 1958 vs Czechoslovakia 0:5 1959 vs Denmark 1:4 1960 vs Denmark 2:3 1961 vs Spain 1:3 1962 vs Caribbean/West Indies 4:1 1962 vs Mexico 1:4	17	32 (15–17)	–	Europe Zone Final 1947 Americas Zone Final 1962
1963–1992	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ) 1963 vs Monaco 5:0 1963 vs Austria 5:0 1963 vs Sweden 1:4 1964 vs Luxembourg 3:0 1964 vs Argentina 5:0 1964 vs Great Britain 2:3 1965 vs Morocco 5:0 1965 vs Rhodesia 5:0 1965 vs France 0:5 1966 vs Spain 1:4 1967 vs Brazil 2:3 1968 vs New Zealand 4:0 1968 vs Soviet Union 0:5 1969 vs France 3:2 1969 vs Spain 0:5 1970 vs Poland 3:2 1970 vs Ireland 5:0 1970 vs Romania 3:2 1970 vs Spain 1:4 1971 vs Great Britain 3:0 1971 vs Italy 3:2 1971 vs Romania 1:4 1972 vs Poland 1:3 1973 vs New Zealand 2:3 1974 vs Belgium 3:2 1974 vs Egypt 3:2 1974 vs Soviet Union 1:3 1975 vs Bulgaria 4:1 1975 vs France 0:3 1976 vs Greece 5:0 1976 vs Italy 0:5 1977 vs Netherlands 5:0 1977 vs Spain 1:4 1978 vs Morocco 5:0 1978 vs Sweden 2:3 1979 vs Switzerland 1:4 1979 vs Portugal 5:0 1980 vs Romania 0:5 1981 vs Israel 1:4 1982 vs Norway 5:0 1982 vs Hungary 2:3 1983 vs Tunisia 3:0 1983 vs Spain 3:2 1983 vs Bulgaria 5:0 1983 vs Hungary 4:0 1984 vs Australia 0:5 1984 vs Great Britain 4:1 1985 vs Australia 2:3 1985 vs France 4:1 1986 vs Soviet Union 3:2 1986 vs Czechoslovakia 0:5 1987 vs Australia 1:4 1987 vs Great Britain 3:0 1988 vs India 3:2 1988 vs Italy 4:1 1988 vs West Germany 0:5 1989 vs Denmark 4:1 1989 vs Spain 4:1 1989 vs Sweden 1:4 1990 vs New Zealand 2:3 1990 vs Switzerland 3:2 1991 vs Sweden 4:1 1991 vs Czechoslovakia 4:1 1991 vs France 0:5 1992 vs Australia 0:5 1992 vs Cuba w/o	30	65 (36–29)	9 (7–9)	World Group Semifinals 1988, 1989, 1991
1993–1994	UN sport sanctions
1995–2003	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ) 1995 vs Benin 3:0 1995 vs Greece 2:1 1995 vs San Marino 3:0 1995 vs Moldova 3:0 1995 vs Togo 3:0 1996 vs Slovakia 1:4 1996 vs Algeria 5:0 1997 vs Lithuania 3:2 1997 vs Portugal 2:3 1998 vs Latvia 3:2 1998 vs Portugal 2:3 1999 vs Morocco 1:4 1999 vs Turkey 2:3 2000 vs Monaco 3:0 2000 vs Botswana 3:0 2000 vs Tunisia 2:0 2000 vs Georgia 3:0 2000 vs Monaco 3:0 2001 vs South Africa 0:5 2001 vs Poland 3:2 2002 vs South Africa 3:2 2002 vs Luxembourg 2:3 2003 vs Ivory Coast 4:1 2003 vs Bulgaria 4:1 2003 vs Greece 2:3	9	25 (17–8)	0	Europe/Africa Zone Group II Play–offs 2003
2004–2006	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 2004 vs Latvia 5:0 2004 vs Portugal 5:0 2004 vs Hungary 3:0 2005 vs Zimbabwe 5:0 2005 vs Belgium 2:3 2006 vs Israel 4:1 2006 vs Great Britain 3:2 2006 vs Switzerland 1:4	3	8 (6–2)	0	World Group Play–offs 2006
2007–	Serbia (SRB) 2007 vs Georgia 5:0 2007 vs Australia 4:1 2008 vs Russia 2:3 2008 vs Slovakia 4:1 2009 vs Spain 1:4 2009 vs Uzbekistan 5:0 2010 vs United States 3:2 2010 vs Croatia 4:1 2010 vs Czech Republic 3:2 2010 vs France 3:2 2011 vs India 4:1 2011 vs Sweden 4:1 2011 vs Argentina 2:3 2012 vs Sweden 4:1 2012 vs Czech Republic 1:4 2013 vs Belgium 3:2 2013 vs United States 3:1	7	17 (13–4)	6 (9–4)	Winner 2010

1927–	Overall	79	177 (104–73)	15 (16–13)	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

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1st round	9–11 Feb	bye
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I 2nd round	6–8 Apr	clay	Kovilovo, Serbia	Georgia	5 : 0	Won
	World Group Play-offs	21–23 Sep	clay	Belgrade, Serbia	Australia	4 : 1	Won
2008	World Group 1st round	8–10 Feb	hard	Moscow, Russia	Russia	2 : 3	Lost
	World Group Play-offs	19–21 Sep	hard	Bratislava, Slovakia	Slovakia	4 : 1	Won
2009	World Group 1st round	6–8 Mar	clay	Benidorm, Spain	Spain	1 : 4	Lost
	World Group Play-offs	18–20 Sep	hard	Belgrade, Serbia	Uzbekistan	5 : 0	Won
2010	World Group 1st round	5–7 Mar	clay	Belgrade, Serbia	United States	3 : 2	Won
	World Group Quarterfinals	9–11 Jul	hard	Split, Croatia	Croatia	4 : 1	Won
	World Group Semifinals	17–19 Sep	hard	Belgrade, Serbia	Czech Republic	3 : 2	Won
	World Group Final	3–5 Dec	hard	Belgrade, Serbia	France	3 : 2	Winner
2011	World Group 1st round	4–6 Mar	hard	Novi Sad, Serbia	India	4 : 1	Won
	World Group Quarterfinals	8–10 Jul	hard	Halmstad, Sweden	Sweden	4 : 1	Won
	World Group Semifinals	16–18 Sep	hard	Belgrade, Serbia	Argentina	2 : 3	Lost
2012	World Group 1st round	10–12 Feb	hard	Niš, Serbia	Sweden	4 : 1	Won
	World Group Quarterfinals	6–8 Apr	clay	Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1 : 4	Lost
2013	World Group 1st round	1–3 Feb	clay	Charleroi, Belgium	Belgium	3 : 2	Won
	World Group Quarterfinals	5–7 Apr	hard	Boise, United States	United States	3 : 1	Won
	World Group Semifinals	13–15 Sep		Serbia	Canada

See also

• Davis Cup
• Serbia Fed Cup team

External links

• Team page on DavisCup.com