The Benin Davis Cup team represents
Benin
Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...
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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 ...
tennis
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competition and are governed by the
Fédération Beninoise de Lawn Tennis.
Benin currently compete in Africa Zone Group III.
History
Benin competed in its first Davis Cup in
1993
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
. Their best result was 6th place in Group III in
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
.
Current team (
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
)
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Alexis Klégou
Alexis Klegou (born 25 January 1989) is a French-born Beninese tennis player.
Klegou has a career high ATP singles ranking of 633 achieved on 16 June 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 441 achieved on 5 November 2018. Klego ...
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Sylvestre Monnou Sylvestre can refer to:
People Surname
Given name
Middle name
* Carlos Sylvestre Begnis (1903–1980), Argentine medical doctor and politician
* Philippe Sylvestre Dufour (1622–1687), French Protestant apothecary, banker, collector, an ...
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Patrick Agbo-Panzo
See also
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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 ...
External links
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Davis Cup teams
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 ...
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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