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Austria Davis Cup team

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Austria
CaptainStefan Koubek
ITF ranking12 (15 September 2025)
ColorsRed & White
First year1905
Years played90
Ties played (W–L)172 (82–90)
Years in
World Group		22 (8–23)
Best finishSemifinal (1990)
Most total winsThomas Muster (45–18)
Most singles winsThomas Muster (36–8)
Most doubles winsJürgen Melzer (15–12)
Best doubles teamThomas Muster /
Alex Antonitsch (9–7)
Most ties playedJürgen Melzer (38)
Most years playedJürgen Melzer (22)

The Austria Davis Cup team represents Austria in the Davis Cup and is governed by the Austrian Tennis Federation, known in German as Österreichischer Tennisverband  [de]. In 2010, Austria was re-promoted to the World Group after being relegated to the Europa/Africa Zone Group I only one year earlier. In 2012, Austria advanced to the World Group quarterfinals for the first time since 1995, eventually losing against Spain.

History

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Austria competed in its first Davis Cup in 1905.

The Austrian team achieved their best Davis Cup result in 1990, when they were on the brink of reaching the final, playing their semi final against the USA on clay in Vienna, with a team consisting of Thomas Muster, Horst Skoff and Alex Antonitsch. After Muster had won his singles rubbers against Michael Chang and Andre Agassi, the standing in the tie was 2:2. Skoff and Chang met each other in the decisive fifth rubber, with Skoff taking a 2 set lead, and trying to close out the third set as the daylight faded. Skoff failed to do this and Chang took the third set, with the match then postponed until the next day, with Skoff leading 2 sets to 1 overnight. Skoff needed to win 1 more set to send Austria into the final, but the final 2 sets were both won by Chang, so Austria went out and the USA reached the final.

Results and fixtures

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The following are lists of match results and scheduled matches for the current year.

  Win   Loss   Fixture

2025

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Current squad

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Squad representing Austria at the 2025 Davis Cup Finals
Player Win–loss First
year 		Ties Ranking
Sgl Dbl Total Sgl Dbl
Filip Misolic 2–1 0–0 2–1 2022 3 79 1109
Jurij Rodionov 7–6 0–0 7–6 2019 10 177 269
Lukas Neumayer 3–1 0–0 3–1 2024 3 189 641
Lucas Miedler 1–0 6–2 7–2 2022 8 1508 23
Alexander Erler 0–0 6–2 6–2 2022 8 – 43

* Statistics are as of 19 November 2025.

Recent performances

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

1980s

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1990s

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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Player records

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See also: List of Austria Davis Cup team representatives
Most total wins overall
# Player Years Win–loss Ties
played 		Years
played
Singles Doubles Total
1 Thomas Muster 1984–1997 36–8 9–10 45–18 24 12
2 Jürgen Melzer 1999–2020 22–29 15–12 37–41 38 22
3 Hans Kary 1969–1983 22–15 11–10 33–25 26 14
4 Franz Matejka 1927–1934 20–9 2–4 22–13 15 8
Franz Saiko 1954–1962 18–8 4–5 22–13 15 9
Horst Skoff 1986–1994 21–13 1–4 22–17 19 9
7 Stefan Koubek 1998–2011 20–19 0–0 20–19 22 13
8 Peter Feigl 1976–1985 12–12 7–6 19–18 15 9
Alex Antonitsch 1984–1996 6–8 13–14 19–22 27 13
10 Hermann Artens 1927–1934 14–13 4–9 18–22 15 8

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Austria v Finland". Daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Hungary v Austria". Daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Italy v Austria". Daviscup.com.
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