The Croatia men's national tennis team represents

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in the

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and is governed by the Croatian Tennis Association.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

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tie against Slovakia.

Players

''Last updated: Croatia – Slovakia; 2 February 2025.''

Managers

''Last updated: Croatia – Slovakia; 2 February 2025.''

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 – Slovakia; 2 February 2025'' ;Record *Champion: 2 times (2 times Away) *Runner-up: 2 times *Lost in Semifinals: 2 times *Lost in Quarterfinals: 5 times *Lost in First Round: 9 times *Not in World Group / Finals: 11 times *World Group Play-off: 8–5; Total Play-off: 9–6 * *Performance at home: 24–12 (67%) *Performance away: 20–16 (56%) *Performance neutral: 5–3 (63%) *Total: 49–31 (61%) ;Head-to-head record (1993–) ;Record against continents ;Record by decade: *2020–2029: 12–6 (67%) *2010–2019: 14–10 (58%) *2000–2009: 17–7 (71%) *1993–1999: 6–8 (43%) 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

*A Won the Davis Cup in 2005. *B Won the Davis Cup in 2018.

References

External links

* {{Croatian national teams Davis Cup teams

Recipients of the Charter of the Republic of Croatia