Argentina Davis Cup team

Argentina

Nickname	La Legión (The Legion)
Captain	Daniel Orsanic
ITF ranking	1 1
Highest ITF ranking	1 (28 November 2016)
Colors	Light Blue & White

First year	1921
Years played	62
Ties played (W–L)	151 (88–63)
Years in World Group	24 (39–23)
Davis Cup titles	1 (2016)
Runners-up	4 (1981, 2006, 2008, 2011)

Most total wins	Guillermo Vilas (57–24)
Most singles wins	Guillermo Vilas (45–10)
Most doubles wins	David Nalbandian (16–5)
Best doubles team	José Luis Clerc / Guillermo Vilas (7–7)
Most ties played	Guillermo Vilas (29)
Most years played	Guillermo Vilas (14)

The Argentina Davis Cup team represents Argentina in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Asociación Argentina de Tenis. As of 2016, the team has competed in the World Group since 2002 and reached the finals five times (1981, 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2016), winning the cup on the 2016 edition by defeating Croatia. Argentina is currently #1 on the Davis Cup ranking by the ITF.

History

The Argentine team with the trophies won at Casa Rosada, November 2016.

Argentina's Davis Cup debut in 1921 started on the wrong foot with a walkover loss to Denmark in the first round. They played their first Davis Cup matches in 1923, losing 1–4 in the first round against Switzerland. After several years of toiling in the regional and preliminary rounds, led by Guillermo Vilas and José Luis Clerc, Argentina reached their first finals in 1981, losing to the United States. After avoiding relegation from the World Group the next year, Argentina reached the semifinals in 1983, losing in Stockholm against the Swedish team. In the subsequent years Argentina couldn't repeat that performance and was relegated to the Americas I Group in 1987 and would not return to the World Group until the 2002 Davis Cup, reaching the semifinals again in a loss to Russia that included a historical doubles match between Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin against David Nalbandian and Lucas Arnold Ker that at 6 hours and 20 minutes is the longest doubles match in recorded history.^[1] Since 2002, Argentina has reached the finals on four occasions in 2006, 2008 and 2011 and 2016 and were crowned as champions for the first time after defeating Croatia in 2016.

Venues

Argentina played all of their home games at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club up until 1996. Since then, other venues where used not only in Buenos Aires^[2]^[3] but also in other cities such as Córdoba,^[4] Mendoza^[5] and Mar del Plata,^[6] the city of choice for the 2008 Finals, the only series of this kind Argentina has hosted so far and also their only home series that was not played on clay.^[7] Since 2006, Argentina began to play their home matches at the Mary Terán de Weiss Stadium in Buenos Aires.^[8]

Current squad

Rankings as of 18 November 2016

Squad representing Argentina vs. Croatia (2016 World Group Finals)
Player	ATP ranking	Years played	Total W-L	Singles W-L	Doubles W-L
Juan Martín del Potro	#38 (singles) #349 (doubles)	9 (2007–present)	16–6	15–4	1–2
Leonardo Mayer	#138 (Singles) #122 (Doubles)	7 (2009–present)	13–6	11–3	2–3
Federico Delbonis	#41 (Singles) #150 (Doubles)	2 (2015–present)	5–4	5–3	0–1
Guido Pella	#59 (Singles) #208 (Doubles)	1 (2016–present)	3–1	2–1	1–0

Recent callups

Player	Most recent appearance
Carlos Berlocq	2016 World Group First round
Renzo Olivo	2016 World Group First round
Juan Mónaco	2016 World Group Quarterfinals

Davis Cup wins

Edition	Rounds/Opponents	Results
2016	1R: Poland QF: Italy SF: Great Britain F: Croatia	1R: 3–2 QF: 3–1 SF: 3–2 F: 3–2

Recent performances

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1981, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.

1980s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	World Group, 1st Round	6–8 March	Munich (FRG)	West Germany	3–2	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	9–11 July	Timişoara (ROU)	Romania	3–2	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	2–4 October	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Great Britain	5–0	Win
	World Group, Finals	11–13 December	Cincinnati (USA)	United States	1–3	Runner-up
1982	World Group, 1st Round	5–7 March	Buenos Aires (ARG)	France	2–3	Loss
1982	World Group Playoffs	1–3 October	Buenos Aires (ARG)	West Germany	3–2	Win
1983	World Group, 1st Round	4–6 March	Buenos Aires (ARG)	United States	3–2	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	8–10 July	Rome (ITA)	Italy	5–0	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	30 September – 2 October	Stockholm (SWE)	Sweden	1–4	Loss
1984	World Group, 1st Round	24–26 February	Stuttgart (FRG)	West Germany	4–1	Win
1984	World Group, Quarterfinals	13–15 July	Atlanta (USA)	United States	0–5	Loss
1985	World Group, 1st Round	8–10 March	Buenos Aires (ECU)	Ecuador	1–4	Loss
1985	World Group Playoffs	1–3 October	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Soviet Union	2–3	Loss
1986	Americas Group I, Quarterfinals	7–9 March	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Uruguay	5–0	Win
	Americas Group I, Semifinals	18–20 July	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Peru	3–2	Win
	Americas Group I, Final	3–5 October	Santiago (CHI)	Chile	4–1	Win
1987	World Group, 1st Round	13–15 March	New Dehli (IND)	India	2–3	Loss
1987	World Group Playoffs	24–26 July	Prague (TCH)	Czechoslovakia	0–5	Loss
1988	Americas Group I, Semifinals	8–10 April	Guayaquil (ECU)	Ecuador	4–1	Win
1988	Americas Group I, Final	22–24 July	Buenos Aires (ARG)	United States	1–4	Loss
1989	Americas Group I, Semifinals	7–8 April	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Canada	3–0	Win
	World Group, Qualifying Round	20–22 July	Eastbourne (GBR)	Great Britain	3–2	Win

1990s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	World Group, 1st Round	2–4 February	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Israel	3–0	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	30 March – 2 April	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Germany	4–1	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	21–23 September	Sydney (AUS)	Australia	0–5	Loss
1991	World Group, 1st Round	1 February – 31 March	Christchurch (NZL)	New Zealand	4–1	Win
1991	World Group, Quarterfinals	30 March – 1 April	Berlin (GER)	Germany	0–5	Loss
1992	World Group, 1st Round	31 January – 2 February	Hawaii (USA)	United States	0–5	Loss
1992	World Group, Qualifying Round	25–27 September	Aarhus (DEN)	Denmark	2–3	Loss
1993	American Group I, Semifinals	26–28 March	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Mexico	4–1	Win
1993	World Group, Qualifying Round	22–26 September	Budapest (HUN)	Hungary	1–4	Loss
1994	Americas Group I, Semifinals	15–17 July	Montevideo (URU)	Uruguay	2–3	Loss
1995	Americas Group I, 1st Round	3–5 February	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Chile	3–2	Win
1995	Americas Group I, Semifinals	31 March – 2 April	Caracas (VEN)	Venezuela	2–3	Loss
1996	Americas Group I, Semifinals	5–7 April	Mar del Plata (ARG)	Bahamas	4–1	Win
1996	World Group, Qualifying Round	20–22 September	Mexico City (MEX)	Mexico	2–3	Loss
1997	Americas Group I, Semifinals	4–6 April	Santiago (CHI)	Chile	2–3	Loss
	Americas Group I, Relegation playoff	1–3 April	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Ecuador	2–3	Loss
	American Group I, Relegation playoff	19–21 September	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Venezuela	4–1	Win
1998	Americas Group I, 1st Round	13–15 February	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Colombia	5–0	Win
	Americas Group I, Semifinals	3–5 April	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Chile	4–1	Win
	World Group, Qualifying Round	25–28 September	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Slovakia	2–3	Loss
1999	Americas Group I, Semifinals	2–4 April	Salinas (ECU)	Ecuador	1–4	Loss
1999	Americas Group I, Relegation playoff	16–18 July	Caracas (VEN)	Venezuela	4–1	Win

2000s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Americas Group I, Semifinals	7–9 April	Santiago (CHI)	Chile	0–2	Loss
	Americas Group I, Relegation playoff	21–23 July	Montreal (CAN)	Canada	3–2	Loss
	Americas Group I, Relegation playoff	6–8 October	Bogotá (COL)	Colombia	4–1	Win
2001	Americas Group I, 1st Round	9–11 February	Mendoza (ARG)	Mexico	5–0	Win
	Americas Group I, Semifinals	6–8 April	Córdoba (ARG)	Canada	5–0	Win
	World Group, Qualifying Round	21–23 September	Córdoba (ARG)	Belarus	5–0	Win
2002	World Group, 1st Round	8–10 February	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Australia	5–0	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	5–7 April	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Croatia	3–2	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	20–22 September	Moscow (RUS)	Russia	2–3	Loss
2003	World Group, 1st Round	7–9 February	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Germany	5–0	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	4–6 April	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Russia	5–0	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	19–21 September	Málaga (ESP)	Spain	2–3	Loss
2004	World Group, 1st Round	6–8 February	Agadir (MAR)	Morocco	5–0	Win
2004	World Group, Quarterfinals	9–11 April	Minsk (BLR)	Belarus	0–5	Loss
2005	World Group, 1st Round	4–6 March	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Czech Republic	5–0	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	15–17 July	Sydney (AUS)	Australia	4–1	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	23–25 September	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	1–4	Loss
2006	World Group, 1st Round	10–12 February	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Sweden	5–0	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	7–9 April	Zagreb (CRO)	Croatia	3–2	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	22–24 September	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Australia	5–0	Win
	World Group, Finals	1–3 December	Moscow (RUS)	Russia	2–3	Runner-up
2007	World Group, 1st Round	9–11 February	Linz (AUT)	Austria	4–1	Win
2007	World Group, Quarterfinals	6–8 April	Gothenburg (SWE)	Sweden	1–4	Loss
2008	World Group, 1st Round	8–10 February	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Great Britain	4–1	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	11–13 April	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Sweden	4–1	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	19–21 September	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Russia	3–2	Win
	World Group, Finals	21–23 November	Mar del Plata (ARG)	Spain	1–3	Runner-up
2009	World Group, 1st Round	6–8 March	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Netherlands	4–1	Win
2009	World Group, Quarterfinals	10–12 July	Ostrava (CZE)	Czech Republic	2–3	Loss

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	World Group, 1st Round	5–7 March	Stockholm (SWE)	Sweden	3–2	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	9–11 July	Moscow (RUS)	Russia	3–2	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	17–19 September	Lyon (FRA)	France	0–5	Loss
2011	World Group, 1st Round	4–6 March	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Romania	4–1	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	7–9 July^[9]	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Kazakhstan	5–0	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	16–18 September	Belgrade (SRB)	Serbia	3–2	Win
	World Group, Finals	2–4 December	Seville (ESP)	Spain	1–3	Runner-up
2012	World Group, 1st Round	10–12 February	Bamberg (GER)	Germany	4–1	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	6–8 April	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Croatia	4–1	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	14–16 September	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Czech Republic	2–3	Loss
2013	World Group, 1st Round	1–3 February	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Germany	5–0	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	5–7 April	Buenos Aires (ARG)	France	3–2	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	13–15 September	Prague (CZE)	Czech Republic	2–3	Loss
2014	World Group, 1st Round	31 January – 2 February	Mar del Plata (ARG)	Italy	1–3	Loss
2014	World Group, Relegation playoff	12–14 September	Sunrise (USA)	Israel	3–2	Win
2015	World Group, 1st Round	6–8 March	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Brazil	3–2	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	17–19 July	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Serbia	4–1	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	18–20 September	Brussels (BEL)	Belgium	2–3	Loss
2016	World Group, 1st Round	4–6 March	Gdańsk (POL)	Poland	3–2	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	15–17 July	Pesaro (ITA)	Italy	3–1	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	16–18 September	Glasgow (GBR)	Great Britain	3–2	Win
	World Group, Finals	25–27 November	Zagreb (CRO)	Croatia	3–2	Champion
2017	World Group, 1st Round	3–5 February	TBA (ARG)	Italy

External links

Team page on DavisCup.com

↑ Argentina Team Profile, DavisCup.com
↑ Argentina vs. Russia, 04 Apr – 06 Apr 2003, DavisCup.com.
↑ Argentina vs. Colombia, 13 Feb – 15 Feb 1998, DavisCup.com.
↑ Argentina vs. Belarus, 21 Sep – 23 Sep 2003, DavisCup.com.
↑ Argentina vs. Mexico, 09 Feb – 11 Feb 2001, DavisCup.com.
↑ Argentina vs. Bahamas, 05 Apr – 07 Apr 1996, DavisCup.com.
↑ Argentina vs. Spain, 21 Nov – 23 Nov 2008, DavisCup.com.
↑ Argentina vs. Sweden, 10 Feb – 12 Feb 2006, DavisCup.com.
↑ Argentina and Kazakhstan begun their tie on Thursday, a day earlier than originally scheduled, because of a would-be clash with government elections in Buenos Aires, which took place on Sunday the 10th. 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 Argentina

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