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The Croatia men's national tennis team represents

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in the

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and is governed by the

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. It is captained by Vedran Martić.Croatia won the Davis Cup twice, in

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and

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, and was runner-up in

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and

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History

Croatia competed in its first Davis Cup in

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in Europe/Africa Group I semifinals beating

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3–2. In 1994 Croatia beat

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4–0 in qualification round thus ensuring its first time appearance in World Group in

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. Croatia lost in its debut from

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and failed to qualify in the World Group again until

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where they beat

and earned its first quarterfinals. In

Croatia won its first Davis Cup over

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as the first unseeded nation to win the title, and also reached No. 1 at the ITF rankings for the first time. Croatia reached semifinals in

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but lost to

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4–1. In

Croatia reached the finals for the second time, again as unseeded nation, but lost to

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. Two years later, in

, Croatia won its second title by beating defending champion

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, thus becoming the last Davis Cup champion in the old best-of-five competition format, and also the 10th country overall with more than one title.

Current team

The following players were called up for the 2021 Davis Cup Finals in November 2021.

Players

Managers

Davis Cup finals

List of matches

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1993, when Croatia started competing as a separate nation.

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Statistics

''Last updated: Croatia – Australia ; 25 November 2022 ;Record *Champion: 2 times (2 times Away) *Runner-up: 2 times *Lost in Semifinals: 1 time *Lost in Quarterfinals: 5 times *Lost in First Round: 7 times *Not in World Group: 10 times *World Group Play-off: 8–5; Total Play-off: 9–6 *Performance at home: 20–9 (68.9%) *Performance away: 18–14 (56.2%) *Performance neutral: 4–3 (57.1%) *Total: 45–28 (61.6%) ;Head-to-head record (1993–) ;Record against continents ;Record by decade: *2020–2029: 8–3 (72.7%) *2010–2019: 13–10 (56.5%) *2000–2009: 17–7 (70.8%) *1993–1999: 6–8 (42.9%) Has never played against 10 countries which, at one point or another, played in the World Group: Belarus, Cuba, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Switzerland.

Notes

References

External links

{{Croatian national teams Davis Cup teams