The Russia men's national tennis team until it was suspended in 2022 represented Russia in Davis Cup tennis competition. It is governed by the Russian Tennis Federation. The team started playing in 1993.
| Russia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Captain | Shamil Tarpishchev |
| ITF ranking | 14  6 (21 March 2022) (suspended) |
| Highest ITF ranking | 1 () |
| Colors | Red & White |
| First year | 1962 |
| Years played | 57 |
| Ties played (W–L) | 149 (96–53) |
| Years in World Group | 28 (36–26) |
| Davis Cup titles | 3 (2002, 2006, 2021 [a]) |
| Runners-up | 3 (1994, 1995, 2007) |
| Most total wins | Alex Metreveli (80–25) |
| Most singles wins | Alex Metreveli (56–14) |
| Most doubles wins | Sergei Likhachev (24–9) Alex Metreveli (24–11) |
| Best doubles team | Alex Metreveli / Sergei Likhachev (18–7) |
| Most ties played | Alex Metreveli (38) |
| Most years played | Alex Metreveli (14) |
Russia has won the Davis Cup twice, in 2002 and 2006. In addition, the team of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) won the Davis Cup in 2021[a]. Russia finished as runner-up three times, in 1994, 1995, and 2007.[citation needed]
Russia was suspended after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]
Last team
editThe following players were called up for the 2021 Davis Cup Finals in November 2021.[2]
| Player | Singles Rank | Doubles Rank | First year played | No. of ties | Total Win/Loss | Singles Win/Loss | Doubles Win/Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniil Medvedev | 2 | 275 | 2017 | 7 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 0–1 |
| Andrey Rublev | 5 | 74 | 2014 | 16 | 16–10 | 9–5 | 7–5 |
| Aslan Karatsev | 18 | 90 | 2013 | 3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Karen Khachanov | 29 | 168 | 2013 | 12 | 9–12 | 7–7 | 2–5 |
| Evgeny Donskoy | 173 | 646 | 2013 | 9 | 5–6 | 3–4 | 2–2 |
History
editRussia competed in its first Davis Cup in 1962, as the Soviet Union, until 1991, and in 1992 under the name of CIS. Russia played a total of 117 series, of which they won 77 and lost 40. It won the Cup twice – in 2002 and 2006. In 1994, 1995 and 2007 the team played in the final – against Sweden and USA, the latter two.[citation needed]
Russia was the top-ranked country in the Davis Cup standings in 2009, but were upset by Israel in their quarterfinal tie in July 2009, on indoor hard courts at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv.[3]
Since their loss against Sweden in the first round of the 2011 Davis Cup, team Russia did not return to the World Group, and after the heavy loss at the 2012 WG Play-offs against Brazil, 0–5, it played in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Russia managed to advance to the WG play-offs in 2015, but lost to Italy, 1–4.[citation needed]
With the win over Sweden in the 2016 Europe Zone Group I, Shamil Tarpishchev made a record of 55 Davis Cup wins as team captain.[4]
| 1962– | Overall | 59 | 149 (96–53) |
28 (36–26) |
Winner 2002, 2006, 2021 |
|---|
Recent performances
editHere is the list of all match-ups since the 1990s.
1990s
edit| Year | Competition | Date | Surface | Location | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Europe/Africa Group I, Second round | 4–6 May | clay | Kiev (USSR) |  Portugal
|
4–1 | Won |
| World Group, Relegation play-off | 21–23 Sep | carpet | Moscow (USSR) |  Spain
|
1–4 | Lost | |
| 1991 | Europe/Africa Group I, First round | 1–3 Feb | carpet | Budapest (HUN) |  Hungary
|
4–1 | Won |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Second round | 3–5 May | carpet | Davos (SUI) |  Switzerland
|
2–3 | Lost | |
| 1992 | Europe/Africa Group I, Second round | 1–3 May | clay | Oporto (POR) | Portugal
|
3–2 | Won |
| World Group, Relegation play-off | 1–3 May | carpet | Moscow (RUS) |  South Korea
|
5–0 | Won | |
| 1993 | World Group, First round | 26–28 May | carpet | Moscow (RUS) |  Germany
|
1–4 | Lost |
| World Group, Relegation play-off | 24–26 Sep | carpet | Saint Petersburg (RUS) |  Cuba
|
5–0 | Won | |
| 1994 | World Group, First round | 25–27 Mar | carpet | Saint Petersburg (RUS) |  Australia
|
4–1 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 15–17 Jul | carpet | Saint Petersburg (RUS) |  Czech Republic
|
3–2 | Won | |
| World Group, Semifinals | 23–25 Sep | hard | Hamburg (GER) | Germany
|
4–1 | Won | |
| World Group, Finals | 2–4 Dec | carpet | Moscow (RUS) |  Sweden
|
1–4 | Runner-up | |
| 1995 | World Group, First round | 3–5 Feb | clay | Antwerp (BEL) |  Belgium
|
4–1 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 31 Mar–2 Apr | carpet | Moscow (RUS) |  South Africa
|
4–1 | Won | |
| World Group, Semifinals | 22–24 Sep | clay | Moscow (RUS) | Germany
|
3–2 | Won | |
| World Group, Final | 1–3 Dec | clay | Moscow (RUS) |  United States
|
2–3 | Runner-up | |
| 1996 | World Group, First round | 9–11 Feb | clay | Rome (ITA) |  Italy
|
2–3 | Lost |
| World Group, Relegation play-off | 20–22 Sep | carpet | Moscow (RUS) | Hungary
|
4–1 | Won | |
| 1997 | World Group, First round | 7–9 Feb | hard | Durban (RSA) | South Africa
|
1–3 | Lost |
| World Group, Relegation play-off | 19–21 Sep | carpet | Moscow (RUS) |  Romania
|
3–2 | Won | |
| 1998 | World Group, First round | 4–6 Apr | hard | Atlanta (USA) | United States
|
2–3 | Lost |
| World Group, Relegation play-off | 25–27 Sep | hard | Osaka (JPN) |  Japan
|
3–1 | Won | |
| 1999 | World Group, First round | 2–4 Apr | carpet | Frankfurt (GER) | Germany
|
3–2 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 16–18 Jul | clay | Moscow (RUS) |  Slovakia
|
3–2 | Won | |
| World Group, Semifinals | 24–26 Sep | grass | Brisbane (AUS) | Australia
|
1–4 | Lost |
2000s
edit| Year | Competition | Date | Surface | Location | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | World Group, First round | 4–6 Feb | carpet | Moscow (RUS) | Belgium
|
4–1 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 7–9 Apr | clay | Málaga (ESP) | Spain
|
1–4 | Lost | |
| 2001 | World Group, First round | 9–11 Feb | hard | Bratislava (SVK) | Slovakia
|
3–2 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 6–8 Apr | hard | Malmö (SWE) | Sweden
|
1–4 | Lost | |
| 2002 | World Group, First round | 8–10 Feb | clay | Moscow (RUS) | Switzerland
|
3–2 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 5–7 Apr | clay | Moscow (RUS) | Sweden
|
4–1 | Won | |
| World Group, Semifinals | 20–22 Sep | carpet | Moscow (RUS) |  Argentina
|
3–2 | Won | |
| World Group, Final | 29 Nov–1 Dec | clay | Paris (FRA) |  France
|
3–2 | Winner | |
| 2003 | World Group, First round | 7–9 Feb | clay | Ostrava (CZE) | Czech Republic
|
3–2 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 4–6 Apr | clay | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Argentina
|
0–5 | Lost | |
| 2004 | World Group, First round | 6–8 Feb | carpet | Minsk (BLR) |  Belarus
|
2–3 | Lost |
| World Group, Relegation play-off | 24–26 Sep | clay | Moscow (RUS) |  Thailand
|
5–0 | Won | |
| 2005 | World Group, First round | 4–6 Mar | carpet | Moscow (RUS) |  Chile
|
4–1 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 15–17 Jul | clay | Moscow (RUS) | France
|
3–2 | Won | |
| World Group, Semifinals | 23–25 Sep | carpet | Split (CRO) |  Croatia
|
2–3 | Lost | |
| 2006 | World Group, First round | 10–12 Feb | carpet | Amsterdam (NED) |  Netherlands
|
5–0 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 7–9 Apr | carpet | Pau (FRA) | France
|
4–1 | Won | |
| World Group, Semifinals | 22–24 Sep | clay | Moscow (RUS) | United States
|
3–2 | Won | |
| World Group, Final | 1–3 Dec | carpet | Moscow (RUS) | Argentina
|
3–2 | Winner | |
| 2007 | World Group, First round | 9–11 Feb | clay | La Serena (CHI) | Chile
|
3–2 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 6–8 Mar | clay | Moscow (RUS) | France
|
3–2 | Won | |
| World Group, Semifinals | 21–23 Sep | clay | Moscow (RUS) | Germany
|
3–2 | Won | |
| World Group, Final | 30 Nov–2 Dec | hard | Oregon (USA) | United States
|
1–4 | Runner-up | |
| 2008 | World Group, First round | 8–10 Feb | hard | Moscow (RUS) |  Serbia
|
3–2 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 11–13 Apr | clay | Moscow (RUS) | Czech Republic
|
3–2 | Won | |
| World Group, Semifinals | 19–21 Sep | clay | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Argentina
|
2–3 | Lost | |
| 2009 | World Group, First round | 6–8 Mar | carpet | Sibiu (ROU) | Romania
|
4–1 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 10–12 Jul | hard | Tel Aviv (ISR) |  Israel
|
1–4 | Lost |
2010s
edit| Year | Competition | Date | Surface | Location | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | World Group, First round | 5–7 Mar | hard | Moscow (RUS) |  India
|
3–2 | Won |
| World Group, Quarterfinals | 9–11 Jul | hard | Moscow (RUS) | Argentina
|
2–3 | Lost | |
| 2011 | World Group, First round | 4–6 Mar | hard | Borås (SWE) | Sweden
|
2–3 | Lost |
| World Group, Relegation play-off | 16–18 Sep | hard | Kazan (RUS) |  Brazil
|
3–2 | Won | |
| 2012 | World Group, First round | 10–12 Feb | hard | Wiener Neustadt (AUT) |  Austria
|
2–3 | Lost |
| World Group, Relegation play-off | 14–16 Sep | clay | São José do Rio Preto (BRA) | Brazil
|
0–5 | Lost | |
| 2013 | Europe/Africa Group I, Second round | 5–7 Apr | hard | Coventry (GBR) |  Great Britain
|
2–3 | Lost |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Second round play-off | 25–27 Oct | hard | Moscow (RUS) | South Africa
|
5–0 | Won | |
| 2014 | Europe/Africa Group I, First round | 31 Jan–2 Feb | hard | Moscow (RUS) |  Poland
|
2–3 | Lost |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Second round play-off | 12–14 Sep | hard | Moscow (RUS) | Portugal
|
4–1 | Won | |
| 2015 | Europe/Africa Group I, First round | 6–8 Mar | hard | Novy Urengoy (RUS) |  Denmark
|
4–1 | Won |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Second round | 17–19 Jul | hard | Vladivostok (RUS) | Spain
|
3–2 | Won | |
| World Group, Relegation play-off | 18–20 Sep | hard | Irkutsk (RUS) | Italy
|
1–4 | Lost | |
| 2016 | Europe/Africa Group I, First round | 4–6 Mar | hard | Kazan (RUS) | Sweden
|
5–0 | Won |
| Europe/Africa Group I, Second round | 15–17 Jul | hard | Moscow (RUS) | Netherlands
|
4–1 | Won | |
| World Group, Relegation play-off | 17–18 Sep | hard | Moscow (RUS) |  Kazakhstan
|
3–1 | Won | |
| 2017 | World Group, First Round | 3–5 Feb | hard | Niš (SRB) | Serbia
|
1–4 | Lost |
| World Group, Relegation play-off | 15–17 Sep | clay | Budapest (HUN) | Hungary
|
1–3 | Lost | |
| 2018 | Europe/Africa Group I, Second round | 6–7 Apr | hard | Moscow (RUS) | Austria
|
1–3 | Lost |
| Europe/Africa Group I, First round play-off | 14–15 Sep | hard | Moscow (RUS) | Belarus
|
3–2 | Won | |
| 2019 | Qualifying round | 1–3 Feb | hard | Biel/Bienne (SUI) | Switzerland
|
3–1 | Won |
| Finals | 18–24 Nov | hard | Madrid (ESP) | Croatia
|
3–0 | Won | |
| Spain
|
1–2 | Lost | |||||
| Serbia
|
2–1 | Won | |||||
 Canada
|
1–2 | Lost | |||||
| 2020–21 | Finals | 25 Nov–5 Dec | hard | Madrid (ESP) |  Ecuador
|
3–0 | Won |
| Spain
|
2–1 | Won | |||||
| Sweden
|
2–0 | Won | |||||
| Germany
|
2–1 | Won | |||||
| Croatia
|
2–0 | Winner |
Results
edit| Tournament | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Group | Not Held | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0–5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Europe/(Africa) Zone/Group I | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | A | A | SF | F | F | A | F | A | W | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | A | A | F | W | A | 2R | 2R | 2R[b] | 28–8 |
| Europe/(Africa) Zone (B)/Group II | Not Held | 1R | F | A | A | A | SF | A | F | A | SF | W | SF | A | A | QF | W | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 15–7 | |||
| Europe/Africa Group III | Not Held | A | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Group | 1R | F | F | 1R | 1R | 1R | SF | QF | QF | W | QF | 1R | SF | W | F | SF | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | SF | 30–20 |
| World Group play-offs (qualifying round) | W | A | A | W | W | W | A | A | A | A | A | W | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | L | A | A | L | W | L | A | W | 8–3 |
| Europe/Africa Zone Group I | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R PO | A | 6–3 |
| Europe/Africa Zone Group II | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Europe/(Africa) Zone Group III | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Europe/Africa Zone Group IV | Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Not Held | A | 0–0 | |||||||||||
| Tournament | 2020–21 | 2022 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finals | W [c] | [c] | 5–0 |
| World Group I | A | A | 0–0 |
| World Group II | A | A | 0–0 |
| Europe Zone III | A | A | 0–0 |
| Europe Zone IV | A | A | 0–0 |