Slovakia Davis Cup team

Slovakia
Captain	Miloslav Mečíř
ITF ranking	35
Colors	Blue, red & white
First year	1994
Years played	20
Ties played (W–L)	45 (27–18)
Years in World Group	7 (5–7)
Runners-up	1 (2005)
Most total wins	Karol Kučera (33–18) Dominik Hrbatý (33–25)
Most singles wins	Dominik Hrbatý (28–14)
Most doubles wins	Michal Mertiňák (10–7)
Best doubles team	Michal Mertiňák & Filip Polášek (5–3)
Most ties played	Dominik Hrbatý (26)
Most years played	Dominik Hrbatý (14)

The Slovakia Davis Cup team represents Slovakia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovak Tennis Association.

Slovakia finished as runners-up in 2005, losing 3–2 to Croatia in the final. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I. They last competed in the World Group in 2006.

Current team

• Martin Kližan (ATP #89)
• Pavol Červenák (ATP #266)
• Filip Polášek (ATP Doubles #37)
• Igor Zelenay (ATP Doubles #62)

History

Slovakia competed in its first Davis Cup in 1994. Slovak players had previously played for Czechoslovakia.

Following the 2005 Davis Cup World Group competition, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced that Karol Beck, one of the players for Slovakia, had tested positive for the beta agonist clenbuterol during the semifinal against Argentina, which Slovakia won 4–1.

Recent performances

1990s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Surface	Score	Result
1994	Group III Euro-African Zone, Group A	18 May	Bratislava (SVK)	Malta	Clay	3–0	Won
	Group III Euro-African Zone, Group A	19 May	Bratislava (SVK)	Sudan	Clay	3–0	Won
	Group III Euro-African Zone, Group A	20 May	Bratislava (SVK)	Turkey	Clay	3–0	Won
	Group III Euro-African Zone, Semi-final	21 May	Bratislava (SVK)	Tunisia	Clay	3–0	Won
	Group III Euro-African Zone, Final	22 May	Bratislava (SVK)	Lithuania	Clay	3–0	Won
1995	Group II Euro-African Zone, 1st Round	28–30 April	Bratislava (SVK)	Great Britain	Clay	5–0	Won
	Group II Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final	14–16 July	Cairo (EGY)	Egypt	Clay	2–3	Lost
1996	Group II Euro-African Zone, 1st Round	3–5 May	Budva (YUG)	Yugoslavia	Clay	4–1	Won
	Group II Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final	12–14 July	Trnava (SVK)	Portugal	Carpet	5–0	Won
	Group II Euro-African Zone, Semi-final	20–22 September	Trnava (SVK)	Poland	Carpet	4–1	Won
1997	Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-Final	4–6 April	Bratislava (SVK)	Israel	Clay	3–1	Won
	World Group, Play-Off	19–21 September	Montreal (CAN)	Canada	Carpet	4–1	Won
1998	World Group, 1st Round	3–4 April	Bratislava (SVK)	Sweden	Clay	2–3	Lost
	World Group, Play Off	25–28 September	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Argentina	Clay	3–2	Won
1999	World Group, 1st Round	2–4 April	Trollhattan (SWE)	Sweden	Carpet	3–2	Won
	World Group, Quarter-final	16–18 July	Moscow (RUS)	Russia	Clay	2–3	Lost

2000s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Surface	Score	Result
2000	World Group, 1st Round	4–6 February	Bratislava (SVK)	Austria	Hard	3–2	Won
	World Group, Quarter-final	7–9 April	Rio De Janeiro (BRA)	Brazil	Clay	2–3	Lost
2001	World Group, 1st Round	9–11 February	Bratislava (SVK)	Russia	Hard	2–3	Lost
	World Group, Play Off	21–23 September	Prešov (SVK)	Chile	Carpet	3–2	Won
2002	World Group, 1st Round	8–10 February	Oklahoma City (USA)	United States	Hard	0–5	Lost
	World Group, Play Off	20–22 September	Prešov (SVK)	Romania	Carpet	1–4	Lost
2003	Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final	4–5 April	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	Luxembourg	Hard	3–2	Won
	World Group, Play Off	19–21 September	Bratislava (SVK)	United States	Clay	2–3	Lost
2004	Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final	9–11 April	Johannesburg (RSA)	South Africa	Grass	3–2	Won
	World Group, Play Off	24–26 September	Bratislava (SVK)	Germany	Hard	3–2	Won
2005	World group, 1st Round	4–6 March	Bratislava (SVK)	Spain	Hard	4–1	Won
	World group, Quarter-final	15–17 July	Bratislava (SVK)	Netherlands	Hard	4–1	Won
	World group, Semi-final	23–25 September	Bratislava (SVK)	Argentina	Hard	4–1	Won
	World group, Final	2–4 December	Bratislava (SVK)	Croatia	Hard	2–3	Runner-up
2006	World Group, 1st Round	10–12 February	Rancagua (CHI)	Chile	Clay	1–4	Lost
	World Group, Play Off	22–24 September	Bratislava (SVK)	Belgium	Hard	2–3	Lost
2007	Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final	6–8 April	Skopje (MKD)	Macedonia	Clay	5–0	Won
	World Group, Play Off	21–23 September	Bratislava (SVK)	South Korea	Hard	2–3	Lost
2008	Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final	11–13 April	Bratislava (SVK)	Georgia	Clay	4–1	Won
	World Group, Play Off	19–21 September	Bratislava (SVK)	Serbia	Hard	1–4	Lost
2009	Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final	6–8 March	Cagliari (ITA)	Italy	Clay	1–4	Lost
	Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off	18–20 September	Bratislava (SVK)	Macedonia	Hard	5–0	Won

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Surface	Score	Result
2010	Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final	5–7 March	Bad Gleichenberg (AUT)	Austria	Hard	2–3	Lost
	Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off	17–19 September	Minsk (BLR)	Belarus	Hard	4–1	Won
2011	Group I Euro-African Zone, Quarter-final	4–6 March	Cruz Quebrada (POR)	Portugal	Clay	1–4	Lost
	Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off	16–18 September	Bratislava (SVK)	Ukraine	Clay	4–1	Won
2012	Group I Euro-African Zone, 1st Round	10–12 February	Glasgow (GRB)	Great Britain	Hard	2–3	Lost
	Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off	14–16 September	Bratislava (SVK)	Portugal	Hard	3–1	Won
2013	Group I Euro-African Zone, 1st Round	1–3 February	Kremenchug (UKR)	Ukraine	Hard	2–3	Lost
	Group I Euro-African Zone, Relegation Play Off	13–15 September	TBD (SVK)	Sweden	TBD

See also

• Davis Cup
• Slovakia Fed Cup team

External links

• Team page on DavisCup.com