Russia Davis Cup team

Russia
Captain	Shamil Tarpischev
ITF ranking	22 8
Highest ITF ranking	1 ()
Colors	Red & White
First year	1962
Years played	48
Ties played (W–L)	125 (80–45)
Years in World Group	25 (28–23)
Davis Cup titles	2 (2002, 2006)
Runners-up	3 (1994, 1995, 2007)
Most total wins	Alex Metreveli (80–25)
Most singles wins	Alex Metreveli (56–14)
Most doubles wins	Alex Metreveli (24–11) Sergei Likhachev (24–9)
Best doubles team	Alex Metreveli / Sergei Likhachev (18–7)
Most ties played	Alex Metreveli (38)
Most years played	Alex Metreveli (14)

The Russia Davis Cup team represents Russia in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Russian Tennis Federation. The team started playing in 1993.

Russia has won the Davis Cup twice, in 2002 and 2006, and finished as runner-up three times, in 1994, 1995, and 2007.

In 2007 Russia played in the World Group for the 15th consecutive year, the second-longest ongoing streak. They were ranked #1 in the Davis Cup ranking by the ITF.

Current team

Name	DOB	First	Last	Ties	Win/Loss			Ranks
					Sin	Dou	Tot	Sin	Dou
Evgeny Donskoy	(1990-05-09)May 9, 1990	2013	2015	4	3–2	1–0	4–2	178	355
Karen Khachanov	(1996-05-21)May 21, 1996	2015	2015	3	1–2	0–1	1–3	187	566
Konstantin Kravchuk	(1985-02-23)February 23, 1985	2013	2015	5	1–0	4–1	5–1	163	201
Andrey Kuznetsov	(1991-02-22)February 22, 1991	2013	2015	3	4–0	1–0	5–0	121	229
Andrey Rublev	(1997-10-20)October 20, 1997	2014	2015	3	3–1	2–0	5–1	194	215

History

Russia 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, respectively against France and Argentina. In 1994, 1995 and 2007 the team played in the final – against Sweden and USA, the latter two.

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.

Results

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	NH																			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	28–8
Europe/(Africa) Zone (B)/Group II	NH				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	NH																														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	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	30–18
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	6–2
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	4–2
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	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	0–0
Europe/Africa Zone Group IV	NH				A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH					0–0

See also

• Davis Cup
• Russia Fed Cup team

External links

• Team page on DavisCup.com