Andorra Davis Cup team

Andorra

ITF ranking	108 18
Colors	Red & White

First year	2000
Years played	14
Ties played (W–L)	59 (25–34)
Years in World Group	0
Davis Cup titles	0
Runners-up	0

Most total wins	Poux-Gautier (39)
Most singles wins	Poux-Gautier (24)
Most doubles wins	Poux-Gautier (15)
Best doubles team	Poux-Gautier / Vila-Vila (6–1)
Most ties played	Poux-Gautier (49)
Most years played	Poux-Gautier (12)

The Andorra Davis Cup team represents Andorra in Davis Cup tennis competition^[1] and are governed by the Federació Andorrana de Tennis.^[2]

Andorra currently competes in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group III, and have done so since 2008. They reached Group II in 2003, losing to Greece in the first round 1-4 and to Egypt 2-3 in the relegation play-off.

Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier holds most if not all of Andorra's individual player records.^[3]

History

Andorra competed in its first Davis Cup in 2000, beginning in Europe Group IV. For much of its history, the team has yo-yoed up and down group levels. They won promotion to Group 3 in 2001, and then promotion to Group 2 the following year.

In 2003 in Europe/Africa Group II, Andorra lost to Greece in their first round tie 1-4, in a tie played in April at the Poliesportiv d'Andorra on indoor carpet. In the opening rubber, Kenneth Tuilier-Curco was soundly beaten by Vasilis Mazarakis 1-6, 0-6, 1-6. In the next match, Andorra's second winningest player in its history, Joan Jimenez-Herrara, fared better but still bowed out in straight sets, to Konstantinos Economidis 4-6, 4-6, 3-6. Jimenez-Herrara and Pau Gerbaud-Farras fought back from two sets down in the doubles rubber but lost the fifth set to Mazarakis and Economidis 4-6. Marc Vilanova was credited with a consolation dead rubber match win in a walk over his opponent.

In July of the same year Andorra faced Egypt in a tie that saw the winner remain in Europe/Africa Group 2. Also played at the Poliesportiv d'Andorra, the home side went up 1-0 when Joan Jimenez-Herrara took the opening set over Mohamed Mamoun in four sets. Tuilier-Curco however could only manage to win a set as he fell to Egyptian No. 1 Karim Maamoun, 2-6, 0-6, 7-6(0), 1-6. Things started brightly for Andorra in the doubles rubber, as Jimenez-Herrara and Pau Gerbaud-Farras took the first set in the doubles rubber, 6–4. Egypt won the next three closely contested sets however, 6-7, 4-6, 4-6, to take a 2 match to 1 lead in the tie. The fourth rubber pitted the top singles players of both countries: Jimenez-Herrara twice took a one-set lead only to see Maamoun win the deciding set 8–6, sealing Egypt's victory and Andorra relegation to Group 3.

The following year Andorra was demoted to Group 4, but won promotion back to Group 3 in 2005. They went back down to Group 4 the following year, but stayed at that level just one year, yet again. Since 2008, however, the team has remained in Europe/Africa Group III.

Andorra did not competed from 2012 to 2015. It came back to the competition for the 2016 edition, where it finished in the 9th position of the European Group III.

References

External links

Team page on DavisCup.com

Davis Cup

Current champions (2016): Argentina

Editions	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 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 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

World Groups	1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 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

World Groups Play-offs	1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 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

2017 World Group teams	Argentina Australia Belgium Canada Croatia Czech Republic France Germany Great Britain Italy Japan Russia Serbia Spain Switzerland United States

Former World Group teams	Austria Brazil Belarus Chile Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Ecuador Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Kazakhstan Mexico Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Paraguay Peru Poland Romania Slovakia South Africa South Korea Sweden Yugoslavia Zimbabwe

Players	American Argentine Australian Austrian Belarusian Belgian Brazilian British Canadian Chilean Croatian Cuban Czech Czechoslovak Danish Dutch Ecuadorian French German Hungarian Indian Indonesian Irish Israeli Italian Japanese Kazakhstani Korean Mexican Moroccan New Zealand Paraguayan Peruvian Polish Romanian Russian Serbian Slovakian South African Soviet Spanish Swedish Swiss Yugoslavian Zimbabwean

List of champions

National sports teams of Andorra

Basketball M W 3x3 Basketball M W Beach soccer Football M W U-21 U-19 U-17 Futsal Handball Pitch and putt Roller hockey Rugby union M M 7s Tennis

Olympics Paralympics

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