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Croatia Davis Cup Team
The Croatia men's national tennis team represents Croatia in the Davis Cup and is governed by the Croatian Tennis Association.Croatia won the Davis Cup twice, in 2005 and 2018, and was runner-up in 2016 and 2021. History Croatia competed in its first Davis Cup in 1993 in Europe/Africa Group I semifinals beating Zimbabwe 3–2. In 1994 Croatia beat Portugal 4–0 in qualification round thus ensuring its first time appearance in World Group in 1995. Croatia lost in its debut from Germany and failed to qualify in the World Group again until 2002 where they beat Germany and earned its first quarterfinals. In 2005 Croatia won its first Davis Cup over Slovakia 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 2009 but lost to Czech Republic 4–1. In 2016 Croatia reached the finals for the second time, again as unseeded nation, but lost to Argentina. Two years later, in 2018, Croatia won its se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Davis Cup
The 1993 Davis Cup (also known as the 1993 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 82nd edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 100 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 22 in the Americas Zone, 23 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 39 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Benin, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Djibouti, Latvia, Russia, San Marino, Slovenia, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates made their first appearances in the tournament. Germany defeated Australia in the final, held at the Messe Düsseldorf Exhibition Hall in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 3–5 December, to win their 3rd title overall. World Group Draw Final Germany vs. Australia World Group qualifying round ''Date: 22–27 September'' The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group qualifying round for spots in the 1994 World Group. * , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany Davis Cup Team
The Germany Davis Cup team represents Germany in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the German Tennis Federation. As East Germany never participated in the Davis Cup, and the Deutscher Tennisbund remained the same organization throughout the century, the West German Davis Cup team is included in this article. Germany has won the Davis Cup three times (1988, 1989, 1993) and finished as runners-up twice (1970, 1985). Current team ''Statistics correct as of 1 February 2025.'' History Germany competed in its first Davis Cup in 1913. Since then they have reached five finals. First final participation in 1970 In 1970, Germany reached the Davis Cup final for the first time. Having defeated Denmark, Egypt, Belgium and the Soviet Union in the European zone they played India and Spain in the so-called interzonal zone, beating both teams. In the final Wilhelm Bungert and Christian Kuhnke played Arthur Ashe and Cliff Richey in singles, and Bob Lutz/ Stan Smith in doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singles (tennis)
Traditionally, tennis is played between two people in a singles match, or two pairs in a doubles match. Tennis can also be played on different courts, including grass courts, clay courts, hard courts, and artificial grass courts. Standard types of match Singles involves two players competing against each other, usually two men or two women, although games between a man and a woman may be played on an informal basis or as exhibitions. The game starts with one player serving the ball from the right side of the court behind the baseline. The other player must stand behind or close to the baseline on the left side of the court. The server then hits the ball over the net into the diagonally opposite service box. The receiver must let the ball bounce before hitting it back over the net. If the receiver hits the ball before one bounce or after two bounces then is called "fault". The game continues until one of the players fails to hit the ball over the net or hits it outside the bounda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Tennis Players
There are several lists of tennis players: ;Men: * List of male singles tennis players * List of male doubles tennis players * Rankings ** List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players ** List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players ** World number 1 ranked male tennis players ** Top ten ranked male tennis players ** Top ten ranked male tennis players (1912–1972) ; Women * List of female tennis players * Rankings ** List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players ** List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players ** World number 1 ranked female tennis players ** Top ten ranked female tennis players ** Top ten ranked female tennis players (1921–1974) ;Tournament winners: * List of Australian Open champions * List of French Open champions * List of Wimbledon champions * List of US Open champions The following is a list of US Open champions in tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino Prižmić
Dino Prižmić (born 5 August 2005) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Prižmić has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 155, achieved on 23 October 2023. He is currently the No. 3 player from Croatia. Prižmić won the 2023 French Open – Boys' singles, boys' singles title at the 2023 French Open. Career Juniors Prižmić reached two finals in the Tennis European Junior Championships, European Junior Championships, the first in 2019 in the under 14s and then in 2022 in the under 18s, but lost both of them. During his career on the ITF Junior Circuit, Prižmić achieved a career-high ranking of No. 8 on 2 January 2023. His best junior result was winning the boys' singles title at the 2023 French Open – Boys' singles, 2023 French Open, where he defeated Juan Carlos Prado Ángelo in the final. 2022: ATP debut In April 2022, Prižmić reached his first ITF Men's World Tennis Tour, ITF final at a clay-court tournament in Dubro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matej Dodig
Matej Dodig (born 19 July 2005) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 263, achieved on 27 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 502, achieved on 26 May 2025. Professional career 2023: Professional debut and first title In March 2023, a week after making his professional debut, Dodig won his first title at the $15k event in Rovinj without dropping a set. 2024: ATP Tour debut and first win, top 300 Dodig made his ATP Tour debut after receiving a wildcard for the main draw of his home tournament, the 2024 Croatia Open Umag, and recorded his first ATP win over qualifier Enzo Couacaud Enzo Couacaud (; born 1 March 1995) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of world No. 151, which he achieved on 17 July 2023 and a doubles ranking of world No. 188 achieved on 8 March 2021. Career 2015: .... ATP Challenger Tour finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 6 (5 ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duje Ajduković
Duje Ajduković (born 5 February 2001) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 105, achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 491, achieved on 8 November 2021. He is currently the No. 3 player from Croatia. Professional career 2021: ATP debut and first win Ajduković made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard in singles and in the doubles main draws and recorded his first ATP singles win over qualifier Andrea Collarini. 2023: First Challenger title In August 2023, Ajdukovic won his first ATP Challenger title in Lüdenscheid, Germany after going through the qualifying, defeating Hugo Dellien in the final in straight sets. 2024: First ATP semifinal, ATP 500 and top 105 debuts He reached a new career high of No. 115 on 1 April 2024. He qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. He reached his first semifinal as a qualifier at the 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Davis Cup
The 2025 Davis Cup is the 113th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It is part of the 2025 ATP Tour calendar. The tournament's format was changed this year. Under the new format, the September stage (Qualifiers second round) will feature seven home-or-away ties held over two days. The seven winning teams will join the host nation in the Final 8 knock-out stage in November. The host country will be awarded a spot in the Final 8 as long as it is ranked in the top 50 nations or one of its players has an individual ranking in the top 10. If these criteria are not met, the last spot in the Final 8 will be reallocated to a different country as a wild card. Final 8 ''Date: 18–23 November 2025'' ''Venue: Bologna Fiere exhibition centre, Bologna, Italy'' ''Surface: Hard indoor'' The Final 8 will feature the host nation (Italy) and the seven winners from the Qualifiers second round. Qualifiers Bracket * Second round ''Date: 12� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Davis Cup Team
The France men's national tennis team () represents France in Davis Cup tennis competition, and is governed by the Fédération Française de Tennis. France competed in their first Davis Cup in 1904.France is the third most successful nation, with ten wins. Their most recent title came in 2017 (World Champion team).In 2018 France will compete in the World Group for the 36th time out of 38 years, which ranks them fifth in this category. Media coverage France's Davis Cup matches are currently televised by France Télévisions. Current team (2024) * Ugo Humbert (singles) * Arthur Fils (singles) * Adrian Mannarino (singles) * Édouard Roger-Vasselin (doubles) * Nicolas Mahut (doubles) Other possibilities: * Gael Monfils (singles) * Arthur Cazaux (singles) * Arthur Rinderknech (singles) * Alexandre Müller (singles) * Hugo Gaston (singles) * Luca Van Assche (singles) * Sadio Doumbia (doubles) * Fabien Reboul (doubles) As France has many players in the world's top 100, it can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina Davis Cup Team
The Argentina men's national tennis team represents Argentina in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the ''Asociación Argentina de Tenis''. As of 2016, the team has competed in the World Group since 2002 and reached the finals five times (1981, 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2016), winning the cup for the first time in the 2016 edition by defeating Croatia in the final. Argentina is currently #15 in the ITF Davis Cup rankings. History Argentina's Davis Cup debut in 1921 started on the wrong foot with a walkover loss to Denmark in the first round. They played their first Davis Cup matches in 1923, losing 1–4 in the first round against Switzerland. After several years of toiling in the regional and preliminary rounds, led by Guillermo Vilas and José Luis Clerc, Argentina reached their first finals in 1981, losing to the United States. After avoiding relegation from the World Group the next year, Argentina reached the semifinals in 1983, losing in Stockholm against the Swedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic Davis Cup Team
The Czech Republic men's national tennis team represents the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup and is governed by the Czech Tennis Federation. The Czech team was started in 1993, following the break-up of Czechoslovakia. The team competed in the Europe/Africa Zone I in 2019. It has played in the World Group in all but one year since it was created in 1981, sharing this record with the United States. Current team (2025) * Jiří Lehečka * Tomáš Macháč * Jakub Menšík * Adam Pavlásek * Maxim Mrva History The Czech Republic competed in its first Davis Cup in 1921, as Czechoslovakia. From 1930 to 1939 Ladislav Hecht played for the Czech Republic Davis Cup team, achieving a record of 18-19, and was its Captain. Hecht was invited to play for the German Davis Cup Team in 1938, by an aide to Adolf Hitler who was unaware that he was Jewish, but declined. The Czech Republic won the Davis Cup in 1980 as Czechoslovakia, and in 2012 and 2013 as the Czech Republic in Prague and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Davis Cup
The 2009 Davis Cup was the 98th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred other took part in different regional groups. Spain won their fourth Davis Cup trophy, defending the title they had won the previous year. It is the first year that the ITF awarded ATP rankings points to the players competing in the World Group and related play-offs. World Group Draw Final World Group play-offs * Date: 18–20 September The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties compete in the World Group play-offs. Seeded teams * * * * * * * * Unseeded teams * * * * * * * * * , , , and will remain in the World Group in 2010. * , , and are promoted to the World Group in 2010. * , , , and will remain in Zonal Group I in 2010. * , and are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2010. Americas Zone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
