South Africa Davis Cup team

South Africa

Captain	John-Laffnie de Jager
ITF ranking	41
Colors	Green & White

First year	1913
Years played	57
Ties played (W–L)	138 (82–56)
Years in World Group	4 (3–4)
Davis Cup titles	1 (1974)

Most total wins	Wayne Ferreira (41–18)
Most singles wins	Cliff Drysdale (32–12)
Most doubles wins	Frew McMillan (23–5)
Best doubles team	Bob Hewitt & Frew McMillan (16–1)
Most ties played	Frew McMillan (28)
Most years played	Wayne Ferreira (13)

The South Africa Davis Cup team represents South Africa in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the South African Tennis Association.

South Africa won the Davis Cup in 1974 by default as India withdrew from the finals as a sign of protest against apartheid policies. They currently compete in Group II of the Europe/Africa Zone. They competed in the World Group from 1995–1998.

History

South Africa competed in its first Davis Cup in 1913. Their player with the most single wins all-time is Cliff Drysdale with 32 and in doubles it is Frew McMillan with 23.

Current team (2014)

Rik de Voest
Ruan Roelofse
Jean Andersen (amateur player)
Raven Klaasen (doubles player)

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 South Africa

Association football M F Australian football Badminton Baseball Basketball M F M U/19 M U/17 F U/19 F U/17 Netball Cricket M SA A F Field hockey M F Handball M F Ice hockey M F M U/20 M U/18 Korfball Roller hockey M F Rugby league Rugby union M F M-7s W-7s M U/20 M U/18 Beach soccer Squash M F Tennis Davis Cup Fed Cup Hopman Cup Volleyball Water polo M F

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