Croatia Davis Cup team

Croatia
Captain	Goran Prpić
ITF ranking	9
Colors	red & white
First year	1993
Years played	16
Ties played (W-L)	35 (21–14)
Years in World Group	8 (7–6)
Davis Cup titles	1 (2005)
Runners-up	0
Most total wins	Ivan Ljubičić (36–18)
Most singles wins	Ivan Ljubičić (23–12)
Most doubles wins	Ivan Ljubičić (13–6) and Goran Ivanišević (13–5)
Best doubles team	Ivan Ljubičić and Goran Ivanišević (6–0) Mario Ančić and Ivan Ljubičić (6–1)
Most ties played	Ivan Ljubičić (21)
Most years played	Ivan Ljubičić (10)

The Croatia Davis Cup team represents Croatia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Croatian Tennis Association.

Croatia won the Davis Cup in 2005. In 2009 they will be competing in the World Group and are ranked #5 by the ITF.

Current team

• Marin Čilić
• Ivan Dodig
• Ivo Karlović
• Antonio Veić

History

Croatia competed in its first Davis Cup in 1993, but Croatian players had previously played as part of the Yugoslav Davis Cup team which reached the semifinals of the World Group in 1988, 1989, and 1991.

Players

Number of ties played accurate as of July 12, 2009:^[1]

• Ivan Ljubičić – 21
• Mario Ančić – 18
• Goran Ivanišević – 18
• Saša Hiršzon – 9
• Ivo Karlović – 9
• Lovro Zovko – 9
• Marin Čilić – 8
• Roko Karanušić – 4
• Željko Krajan – 3
• Goran Orešić – 2
• Goran Prpić – 2
• Igor Šarić – 2
• Saša Tuksar – 2
• Ivan Vajda – 1
• Ivan Beroš – 1
• Ivan Cerović – 1

Managers

• Bruno Orešar (1993–1994)
• Željko Franulović (1994–1997)
• Goran Prpić (1997–2001)
• Nikola Pilić (2001–2005)
• Ivan Ljubičić (2006)
• Goran Prpić (2007–present)

References

1. ^ Croatia – Player Win Loss Record

See also

• Davis Cup
• Croatia Fed Cup team

External links

• Team page on DavisCup.com