The Latvia men's national tennis team represents

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

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competition and are governed by the Latvian Tennis Union. Team is coached by

Ģirts Dzelde Ģirts Dzelde (born 16 July 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Latvia, currently the coach of Latvian Davis Cup team. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 273 in 1991 and a career-high doubles ranking of World N ...

. Latvia after winning tie against

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

returned to the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I. They previously played in the Group I

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History

Latvia 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 ...

following the country finally winning its freedom from Soviet occupation. Before independence, Latvian players represented their occupier.

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 ...
)

Ernests Gulbis Ernests Gulbis (, born 30 August 1988) is a Latvian former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 10, making him the only male Latvian tennis player ever to be ranked inside the top 10, a feat achieved in June 20 ...

* Robert Strombachs * Kārlis Ozoliņš * Daniels Tens (''Junior player'') *

Miķelis Lībietis Miķelis Lībietis (born 9 July 1992 in Sigulda) is a Latvian tennis player that competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Men's Circuit. On 28 November 2016, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 352, and his highest doubles ran ...

(''Doubles player'')

Former players

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Andris Fiļimonovs Andris is a Latvian masculine given name, a cognate of Andrew, and may refer to: *Andris Ambainis (born 1975), Latvian computer scientist * Andris Ameriks (born 1961) Latvian politician and economist * Andris Andreiko (1942–1976), Latvian worl ...

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Andis Juška Andis Juška (born 22 May 1985) is a Latvian tennis coach and former player. Juška's career-high singles ranking was world No. 226, achieved in October 2009. For several years, he was the second-highest ATP-ranked Latvian tennis player. He i ...

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Deniss Pavlovs Deniss Pavlovs (born 15 April 1983) is a former Latvian tennis player who competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 20 July 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 263, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 155 was reached ...

" align:center barset:svacko color:blu from:01/01/2001 till:31/12/2003 text:" Ņikita Švačko" align:center barset:skroderis color:blu from:01/01/2004 till:31/12/2005 text:" Jānis Skroderis" align:center barset:vasiljevs color:blu from:01/01/2004 till:31/12/2004 text:" Sergejs Vasiļjevs" align:center barset:zguns color:blu from:01/01/2004 till:31/12/2009 text:" Adrians Žguns" align:center barset:gulbis color:blu from:01/01/2005 till:31/12/2014 text:"

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Kārlis Lejnieks Kārlis Lejnieks (born March 16, 1988) is a retired Latvian tennis player, who now pursues an interest in coaching. Through his career Lejnieks has won one Futures doubles title and has one runner-up in singles. Lejnieks made his ATP debut in ...

" align:center barset:emulins color:blu from:01/01/2007 till:31/12/2007 text:" Rihards Emuliņš" align:center barset:kazijevs color:blu from:01/01/2009 till:31/12/2011 text:" Artūrs Kazijevs" align:center barset:libietis color:blu from:01/01/2011 till:$now text:"

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Mārtiņš Podžus Mārtiņš Podžus (born 29 June 1994) is a Latvian tennis player. Podžus has a career high ATP singles ranking of 418 achieved on 17 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 390 achieved on 19 August 2019. Podžus has ...

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Jānis Podžus Jānis Podžus (born 29 June 1994) is a Latvian tennis player. Podžus has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of 675 achieved on 2 March 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 634 achieved on 1 ...

" align:center barset:lazdins color:blu from:01/01/2014 till:$now text:" Artūrs Lazdiņš" align:center barset:losbergs color:blu from:01/01/2014 till:31/12/2016 text:" Mikus Losbergs" align:center barset:mednis color:blu from:01/01/2015 till:$now text:" Rūdolfs Mednis" align:center

Results

References

External links

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