Croatia Davis Cup team

Croatia
Captain Željko Krajan
ITF ranking 2
Highest ITF ranking 1 (December 5, 2005)
Colors Red and white
First year 1993
Years played 26
Ties played (W–L) 59 (36–23)
Years in
World Group		 16 (17–14)
Davis Cup titles 1 (2005)
Runners-up 1 (2016)
Most total wins Marin Čilić (37–17)
Most singles wins Marin Čilić (27–11)
Most doubles wins Goran Ivanišević (13–5)
Ivan Ljubičić (13–6)
Best doubles team Ljubičić & Ivanišević (6–0)
Ljubičić & Ančić (6–1)
Most ties played Marin Čilić (24)
Most years played Marin Čilić (12)

The Croatia Davis Cup team represents Croatia in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Croatian Tennis Association. It is captained by Željko Krajan.

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

History

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. 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.

Current team

The following players were called up for the 2018 Davis Cup World Group semi-final match against United States in September 2018.

Player Singles
ATP Rank		 Doubles
ATP Rank		 First year
played		 Total
Win/Loss		 Singles
Win/Loss		 Doubles
Win/Loss
Marin Čilić6N/A200636–1626–1010–6
Borna Ćorić1880220137–77–70–0
Franko Škugor3683920153–41–32–1
Mate Pavić972420130–30–10–2
Ivan DodigN/A24201011–112–79–4

Players

Key
§
 Still active for the national team[nb 1]
2005 Davis Cup winner
 Winners at the 2005 Davis Cup[nb 2]
*
 Still playing active tennis
Player W-L
(Total)		 W-L
(Singles)		 W-L
(Doubles)		 Ties Career
Mario Ančić †21–1313–118–2181999–2009
Ivan Beroš1–01–00–011999
Ivan Cerović0–10–10–012006
Marin Čilić §37–1727–1110–6242006–
Borna Ćorić §9–79–70–0112013–
Mate Delić *1–41–40–032014–2015
Ivan Dodig §11–122–79–5152010–
Marin Draganja §2–30–12–252014–
Viktor Galović §1–11–10–022017–
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 Ljubičić †36–1923–1313–6221998–2010
Nikola Mektić §4–11–13–042011–
Goran Orešić1–11–10–021996
Ante Pavić §0–10–10–012017–
Mate Pavić §0–40–10–332013–
Goran Prpić1–51–30–221993
Igor Šarić2–02–00–021994–1996
Franko Škugor §3–41–32–152015–
Saša Tuksar0–20–20–022004–2006
Ivan Vajda0–10–10–012001
Antonio Veić *1–21–20–032010–2012
Lovro Zovko6–95–21–7101998–2009
Total162–128127–10435–24591993–2018

Managers

Croatian Davis Cup team in 2011
Name Tenure Ties Won Lost Win % Best Result
Croatia Bruno Orešar 1993 2 1 1 50 1993 World Group, Qualifying round
Croatia Goran Prpić 1994 1 1 0 100 1994 Europe/Africa Group I, Semifinals
Croatia Željko Franulović 1994–1997 7 3 4 42.9 1995 World Group, First round
Croatia Goran Prpić 1998–2000 7 4 3 57.1 1999 Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals
Croatia Nikola Pilić 2001–2005 12 9 3 75 2005 Champions
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 2006 2 1 1 50 2006 World Group, Quarterfinals
Croatia Goran Prpić 2007–2011 11 6 5 54.6 2009 World Group, Semifinals
Croatia Željko Krajan 2012– 17 11 6 64.7 2016 World Group, Finals
Totals59362361.0

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

List of matches

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1993, when Croatia started competing as a separate nation.

1990s

2000s

2010s

Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result
2010 World Group, First round 5–7 Mar Varaždin (CRO)  Ecuador 5–0 Win
World Group, Quarterfinals 9–11 Jul Split (CRO)  Serbia 1–4 Loss
2011 World Group, First round 4–6 Mar Zagreb (CRO)  Germany 2–3 Loss
World Group, Relegation play-off 16–18 Sep Potchefstroom (RSA)  South Africa 4–1 Win
2012 World Group, First round 10–12 Feb Miki (JPN)  Japan 3–2 Win
World Group, Quarterfinals 6–8 Apr Buenos Aires (ARG)  Argentina 1–4 Loss
2013 World Group, First round 1–3 Feb Turin (ITA)  Italy 2–3 Loss
World Group, Relegation play-off 13–15 Sep Umag (CRO)  Great Britain 1–4 Loss
2014 Europe/Africa Group I, Second round 4–6 Apr Warsaw (POL)  Poland 3–1 Win
World Group, Promotion play-off 12–14 Sep Amsterdam (NED)  Netherlands 3–2 Win
2015 World Group, First round 6–8 Mar Kraljevo (SRB)  Serbia 0–5 Loss
World Group, Relegation play-off 18–20 Sep Florianópolis (BRA)  Brazil 3–1 Win
2016 World Group, First round 4–6 Mar Liège (BEL)  Belgium 3–2 Win
World Group, Quarterfinals 15–17 Jul Beaverton (USA)  United States 3–2 Win
World Group, Semifinals 16–18 Sep Zadar (CRO)  France 3–2 Win
World Group, Finals 25–27 Nov Zagreb (CRO)  Argentina 2–3 Runner-up
2017 World Group, First Round 3–5 Feb Osijek (CRO)  Spain 2–3 Loss
World Group, Relegation play-off 15–17 Sep Bogota (COL)  Colombia 4–1 Win
2018 World Group, First Round 2–4 Feb Osijek (CRO)  Canada 3–1 Win
World Group, Quarterfinals 6–8 Apr Varaždin (CRO)  Kazakhstan 3–1 Win
World Group, Semifinals 14–16 Sep Zadar (CRO)  United States 3–2 Win
World Group, Finals 23–25 Nov Villeneuve-d'Ascq (FRA)  France TBD TBD

Statistics

Last updated: Croatia - United States ; 16 September 2018

Record
  • Champion: 1 time (1 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: 19–9 (68%)
  • Performance away: 17–14 (55%)
  • Total: 36–23 (61%)

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.

Junior Davis Cup

Finals 1998 (lost to Spain 1-2) and 1999 (lost to USA 0-3) [1]

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.daviscup.com/en/organisation/junior-davis-cup.aspx


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