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Qatar Davis Cup Team
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The Qatar Davis Cup team represents Qatar in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Qatar Tennis Federation. Qatar currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group IV. They won Group III in 1994 and 1997. History Qatar competed in its first Davis Cup in 1992. Last team (2021) * Sultan Al-Alawi (''Captain-player'') * Mashari Nawaf * Mousa Shanan Zayed * Rashed Nawaf External links * Davis Cup teams Davis Cup 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qatar
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The Gulf of Bahrain, an inlet of the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from nearby Bahrain. The capital is Doha, home to over 80% of the country's inhabitants. Most of the land area is made up of flat, low-lying desert. Qatar has been ruled as a hereditary monarchy by the House of Thani since Mohammed bin Thani signed an agreement with Britain in 1868 that recognised its separate status. Following Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule, Qatar became a British protectorate in 1916 and gained independence in 1971. The current emir is Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who holds nearly all executive, legislative, and judicial authority in an autocratic manner under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 team sporting competition. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis" and the winners are referred to as the world champions. The competition began in 1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain Davis Cup team, Great Britain and the United States Davis Cup team, United States. By 2023 Davis Cup, 2023 155 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful country over the history of the competition is the United States (winning 32 titles and finishing as runners-up 29 times). The most recent champions are Italy Davis Cup team, Italy, who beat Netherlands Davis Cup team, Netherlands to win their third title (and second consecutive one) in 2024 Davis Cup, 2024. The wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qatar Tennis Federation
Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF) () is the governing body for professional and amateur Tennis in Qatar. The mission of QTF is to provide young Qatari tennis players the best resources and opportunities available to reach their maximum potential and compete in renowned tennis tournaments locally, regionally and internationally. In addition the Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF) is fully committed to elevate the level of tennis in the country and to turn tennis into the preferred sport among the community of Qatar. Qatar Tennis Federation operates all of the Qatar national representative tennis sides, including the Qatar national men's team, the Qatar national women's tennis team and youth sides as well. QTF is also responsible for organizing and hosting the all types of tennis tournaments in Qatar. History Qatar Tennis Federation was established on 9 April 1984 and His Excellency Dr. Issa Ghanem Al – Kuwari became the first President of the Federation appointing Yehya ElBaz as first Tec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Davis Cup
The 1994 Davis Cup (also known as the 1994 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 83rd edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 109 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. Belarus, Brunei, Georgia, Lithuania, Oman, Slovakia, Sudan and Uzbekistan made their first appearances in the tournament. Sweden defeated Russia in the final, held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, on 2–4 December, to win their 5th title overall. World Group Draw Final Russia vs. Sweden World Group qualifying round ''Date: 23–25 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 1995 World Group. * , , , and remain in the World Group in 1995. * , and are promoted to the Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Davis Cup
The 1997 Davis Cup (also known as the 1997 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 86th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 127 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 25 in the Americas Zone, 29 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 57 in the Europe/Africa Zone. A new Group IV of competition was added to each regional zone, providing another level of promotion and relegation within each zone. Madagascar, Tajikistan and Uganda made their first appearances in the tournament. Sweden defeated the United States in the final, held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 28–30 November, to win their 6th title overall. World Group Draw Final Sweden vs. United States World Group qualifying round ''Date: 19–21 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Davis Cup
The 1992 Davis Cup (also known as the 1992 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 81st edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 93 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 21 in the Americas Zone, 23 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 33 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Due to the increased number of entries, the tournament was expanded to add a Group III in all zones, with promotion and relegation between it and Group II. Puerto Rico and Qatar made their first appearances in the tournament, and former champions South Africa returned to the tournament for the first time since 1978. The United States defeated Switzerland in the final, held at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, on 4–6 December, to win their 30th title overall. World Group Draw Final World Group qualifying round ''Date: 25–27 September'' The eight losing teams in the World Group first ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 Davis Cup
The 2020–21 Davis Cup was the 109th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by Rakuten. For this edition, the format of the cup was changed. The new format saw the creation of a Davis Cup World Group I and World Group II which was played on a worldwide basis and replaced the regional Group I and Group II. As a result, the Davis Cup nations ranking was no longer used to determine which group a nation was played in. Previous the 2019, and the 2021 finals host Spain Davis Cup team, Spain were the defending champions. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 26 June 2020 the ITF announced that the 2020 finals would take place from 22 until 28 November 2021. In addition, 24 World Group I and World Group II ties were postponed to March and September 2021, and the 2020 regional Group III and Group IV events were also postponed to 2021. The 18 nations that qualified for the finals kept their standing for the next year. Davis Cup Finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Al-Alawi
Sultan Khalfan Al-Alawi (born March 16, 1977, in Qatar) is a Qatari former professional tennis player. A top junior player in Qatar, runner-up of the International Junior Championships in 1994 and 1995, Khalfan was the most successful member of the Qatar Davis Cup team The Qatar Davis Cup team represents Qatar in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Qatar Tennis Federation. Qatar currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group IV. They won Group III in 1994 and 1997. History Qatar competed ..., playing 59 ties between 1993 and 2009 and compiling a 29–26 record in singles, 19–22 in doubles. He appeared nine times in the Qatar Open draw between 1996 and 2007, losing each time in the first round. Khalfan reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 950 in late 2000. References External links * * * 1977 births Living people Qatari male tennis players Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashari Nawaf
Mashari (, also Romanized as Māshārī) is a village in Siyahu Rural District, Central District (Bandar Abbas County), Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... At the 2006 census, its population was 75, in 25 families. References Populated places in Bandar Abbas County {{BandarAbbas-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mousa Shanan Zayed
Mousa Shanan Zayed Al-Harrasi (born 9 March 1994) is a Qatari tennis player. Career Zayed mainly plays on the futures circuit and has also competed for the Qatari Davis Cup team since he was 14, where he holds a 24–25 record, the second largest number of wins for the country. Zayed has received wildcards into the main draw of the singles and doubles of the Qatar Open in both 2013 and 2014. In 2013 he faced Frenchman Gael Monfils in his opening match, but only won three games in a straight sets loss. At the singles event of the 2014 competition, he faced grand slam champion Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ... in his opening match, however, was dominated in a straight sets defeat without winning a single game, suffering the third double bagel loss o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashed Nawaf
Rashed Nawaf (born 1 June 2005) is a Qatari professional padel player and ex professional tennis player. He is ranked number 1 in Qatar. He has a career high fip ranking of 380 achieved on 22nd of april 2025. Nawaf represents Qatar Padel national team. Career He had promising results as a junior, winning the Asian 14 & under Championships and finished as runner-up at the Junior Orange Bowl. He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Qatar ExxonMobil Open in the doubles draw partnering Malek Jaziri. Since 2018, Nawaf trains at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy The Mouratoglou Tennis Academy is a tennis academy and training center in Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Originally named the Bob Brett Academy, it was founded in 1996 by Patrick Mouratoglou and Bob Brett. History In 1996, Patrick Mouratoglo .... References External links * * * * 2005 births Living people Qatari male tennis players Sportspeople from Doha Tennis players at the 2022 Asian Games 21st-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
