The Slovakia men's national tennis team represents

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ...

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competition and are governed by the Slovak Tennis Association. Slovakia finished as runners-up in 2005, losing 3–2 to

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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 (
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Alex Molčan Alex Molčan (born 1 December 1997) is a Slovak professional tennis player. Molčan has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 achieved on 23 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 268 achieved on 14 June 2021 ...

(singles) * Lukáš Klein (singles) * Lukáš Pokorný (singles) *

Jozef Kovalík Jozef Kovalík (; born 4 November 1992) is a Slovak professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 80 and a doubles ranking of No. 245 reached in 2018. He is currently t ...

(singles) * Igor Zelenay (doubles)

History

Slovakia competed in its first Davis Cup in

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. Slovak players had previously played for

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. Following the 2005 Davis Cup World Group competition, the

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(ITF) announced that

Karol Beck Karol Beck (born 3 April 1982) is a male former tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 36, achieved in August 2005. Beck reached the fourth round of the 2004 US Open and the qu ...

, one of the players for Slovakia, had tested positive for the beta agonist

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during the semifinal against

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Current team (
2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
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History

Recent performances

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

External links

Current team (2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...)

History

Recent performances

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

External links

Current team (
2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
)