Russia Davis Cup team


The Russia Davis Cup team represents Russia in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Russian Tennis Federation. The team started playing in 1993.
Russia has won the Davis Cup twice, in 2002 and 2006, and finished as runner-up three times, in 1994, 1995, and 2007.
In 2007 Russia played in the World Group for the 15th consecutive year, the second-longest ongoing streak. They are ranked 19 in the ITF Rankings.

Current team

The following players were called up for the Qualifying Round against Switzerland in February 2019.
PlayerSingles RankDoubles RankFirst year playedNo. of tiesTotal Win/LossSingles Win/LossDoubles Win/Loss
Karen Khachanov11112201385–75–40–3
Daniil Medvedev16396201753–33–20–1
Evgeny Donskoy96286201385–53–42–1
Andrey Rublev100119201498–64–44–2

History

Russia competed in its first Davis Cup in 1962, as the Soviet Union, until 1991, and in 1992 under the name of CIS. Russia played a total of 117 series, of which they won 77 and lost 40. It won the Cup twice – in 2002 and 2006, respectively against France and Argentina. In 1994, 1995 and 2007 the team played in the final – against Sweden and USA, the latter two.
Russia was the top-ranked country in the Davis Cup standings in 2009, but were upset by Israel in their quarterfinal tie in July 2009, on indoor hard courts at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv.
Since their loss against Sweden in the first round of the 2011 Davis Cup, team Russia did not return to the World Group, and after the heavy loss at the 2012 WG Play-offs against Brazil, 0–5, it is since then playing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Russia managed to advance to the WG play-offs in 2015, but lost to Italy, 1–4.
With the win over Sweden in the 2016 Europe Zone Group I, Shamil Tarpishchev made a record of 55 Davis Cup wins as team captain.
1962–Overall57136
25
Winner 2002, 2006

Recent performances

Here is the list of all match-ups since the 1990s.

1990s

2000s

2010s

Results