Croatia Davis Cup team

The Croatia Davis Cup team represents Croatia in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Croatian Tennis Association. It is captained by Vedran Martić.[1]

Croatia
CaptainVedran Martić
ITF ranking2
Highest ITF ranking1 (December 5, 2005)
ColorsRed and white
First year1993
Years played26
Ties played (W–L)63 (38–25)
Years in
World Group		16 (18–14)
Davis Cup titles2 (2005, 2018)
Runners-up1 (2016)
Most total winsMarin Čilić (41–17)
Most singles winsMarin Čilić (31–11)
Most doubles winsGoran Ivanišević (13–5)
Ivan Ljubičić (13–6)
Best doubles teamLjubičić & Ivanišević (6–0)
Ljubičić & Ančić (6–1)
Most ties playedMarin Čilić (26)
Most years playedMarin Čilić (13)
Croatian Davis Cup team in 2011

Croatia won the Davis Cup twice, in 2005 and in 2018, and was runner-up in 2016.

History
See also: Yugoslavia Davis Cup team

Croatia competed in its first Davis Cup in 1993 in Europe/Africa Group I semifinals beating Zimbabwe 3-2. In 1994 Croatia beat Portugal 4-0 in qualification round thus ensuring its first time appearance in World Group in 1995. Croatia lost in its debut from Germany and failed to qualify in the World Group again until 2002 where they beat Germany and earned its first quarterfinals. In 2005 Croatia won its first Davis Cup over Slovakia 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 2009 but lost to Czech Republic 4-1. In 2016 Croatia reached the finals for the second time, again as unseeded nation, but lost to Argentina. Two years later, in 2018, Croatia won its second title by beating defending champion France, 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 2020 Davis Cup Qualifying Round in March 2020.

Player Singles
ATP Rank		 Doubles
ATP Rank		 First year
played		 Total
Win/Loss		 Singles
Win/Loss		 Doubles
Win/Loss
Marin Čilić33444201339–1729–1110–6
Borna Gojo27789820190–20–20–0
Nino Serdarušić29745620190–20–20–0
Mate PavićN/A1520130–60–10–5
Franko ŠkugorN/A3220113–41–32–1

Players
Key
§
 Still active for the national team[nb 1]
 Winners at the 2005 Davis Cup[nb 2]
 Winners at the 2018 Davis Cup[nb 3]
*
 Still playing active tennis
Player W-L
(Total)		 W-L
(Singles)		 W-L
(Doubles)		 Ties Career
Mario Ančić21–1313–118–2181999–2009 †
Ivan Beroš1–01–00–011999
Ivan Cerović0–10–10–012006
Marin Čilić §41–1731–1110–6262006– ‡
Borna Ćorić §10–810–80–0132013– ‡
Mate Delić *1–41–40–032014–2015
Ivan Dodig §11–152–79–8182010– ‡
Marin Draganja *2–30–12–252014–2017
Viktor Galović *1–11–10–022017–2018
Borna Gojo §1–21–20–032019–
Saša Hiršzon11–126–85–491994–1998
Goran Ivanišević33–1120–613–5181993–2003
Roko Karanušić2–62–50–162005–2009
Ivo Karlović *13–149–104–4152000–2016
Željko Krajan1–21–20–031998–1999
Ivan Ljubičić36–1923–1313–6221998–2010 †
Nikola Mektić §4–31–23–162011–
Goran Orešić1–11–10–021996
Ante Pavić *0–10–10–012017
Mate Pavić §0–70–10–662013– ‡
Goran Prpić1–51–30–221993
Igor Šarić2–02–00–021994–1996
Franko Škugor §3–51–32–262015–
Saša Tuksar0–20–20–022004–2006
Ivan Vajda0–10–10–012001
Antonio Veić *1–21–20–032010–2012
Lovro Zovko6–95–21–7101998–2009
Total168–136133–10835–28631993–2020

Managers


Name Tenure Ties Won Lost Win % Best Result
Bruno Orešar 1993 2 1 1 50 1993 World Group, Qualifying round
Goran Prpić 1994 1 1 0 100 1994 Europe/Africa Group I, Semifinals
Željko Franulović 1994–1997 7 3 4 42.9 1995 World Group, First round
Goran Prpić 1998–2000 7 4 3 57.1 1999 Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals
Nikola Pilić 2001–2005 12 9 3 75 2005 Champions
Ivan Ljubičić 2006 2 1 1 50 2006 World Group, Quarterfinals
Goran Prpić 2007–2011 11 6 5 54.6 2009 World Group, Semifinals
Željko Krajan 2012–2019 18 12 6 66.7 2018 Champions
Franko Škugor 2019 2 0 2 0 –
Vedran Martić 2019– 1 1 0 100 –
Totals63382560.3

Davis Cup finals
Edition Rounds/Opponents Results
20051R:  United States QF:  Romania SF:  Russia F:  Slovakia1R: 3–2 QF: 4–1 SF: 3–2 F: 3–2
20161R:  Belgium QF:  United States SF:  France F:  Argentina1R: 3–2 QF: 3–2 SF: 3–2 F: 2–3
20181R:  Canada QF:  Kazakhstan SF:  United States F:  France1R: 3–1 QF: 3–1 SF: 3–2 F: 3–1

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
Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result
2020–21 Finals, Qualifying Round 6–7 Mar 2020 Zagreb (CRO)  India 3–1 Win
Finals, Group D 22–28 Nov 2021 Madrid (ESP)  Australia
22–28 Nov 2021 Madrid (ESP)  Hungary

Statistics

Last updated: Croatia - India ; 7 March 2020

Record
  • Champion: 2 time (2 time Away)
  • Runner-up: 1 time
  • Lost in Semifinals: 1 time
  • Lost in Quarterfinals: 5 times
  • Lost in First Round: 7 times
  • Not in World Group: 10 times
  • World Group Play-off: 8–5; Total Play-off: 9–6
  • Performance at home: 20–9 (68.9%)
  • Performance away: 18–14 (56.2%)
  • Performance neutral: 0–2 (0%)
  • Total: 38–25 (60.3%)

Has never played against 12 countries which, at one point or another, played in the World Group: Belarus, Cuba, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland.

Notes
  1. Players considered active are the ones who have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.
  2. Goran Ivanišević and Ivo Karlović were called up for the finals but did not participate.
  3. Franko Škugor, Nikola Mektić and Viktor Galović were part of team but did not participate in the final.

See also

References
  1. "Vedran Martić novi izbornik Davis Cup reprezentacije". sport.hrt.hr. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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