Croatia Davis Cup team

Croatia men's national tennis team

Croatia

Captain	Velimir Zovko
ITF ranking	7 (18 March 2024)
Highest ITF ranking	1 (5 December 2005, 6 December 2021)
Colors	Red and white

First year	1993
Years played	31
Ties played (W–L)	78 (47–31)
Years in World Group	20 (26–21)
Davis Cup titles	2 (2005, 2018)
Runners-up	2 (2016, 2021)

Most total wins	Marin Čilić (43–23)
Most singles wins	Marin Čilić (33–17)
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 (34)
Most years played	Marin Čilić (14)

The Croatia men's national tennis team represents Croatia in the Davis Cup and is governed by the Croatian Tennis Association.Croatia won the Davis Cup twice, in 2005 and 2018, and was runner-up in 2016 and 2021.

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, and also reached No. 1 at the ITF rankings for the first time. 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. Two years later, in 2018, Croatia won its second title by beating defending champion France, thus becoming the last Davis Cup champion in the old best-of-five competition format, and also the 10th country overall with more than one title.

Current team

The following players were called up for the 2024 Davis Cup qualifyng round in February 2024.

Player	Singles ATP Rank	Doubles ATP Rank	First year played
Marin Čilić	1047	—	2006
Nino Serdarušić	353	180	2021
Duje Ajduković	117	988	2023
Ivan Dodig	—	5	2010
Mate Pavić	—	33	2013

Players

Key
	Players that have won the Davis cup
Bold	Players that are active for the national team
*	Still playing active tennis

Player	W-L (Total)	W-L (Singles)	W-L (Doubles)	Ties	Career
Duje Ajduković	2–2	1–2	1–0	2	2023–
Mario Ančić ^[A]	21–13	13–11	8–2	18	1999–2009
Ivan Beroš	1–0	1–0	0–0	1	1999
Ivan Cerović	0–1	0–1	0–0	1	2006
Marin Čilić ^[B]	43–23	33–17	10–6	34	2006– ^‡
Borna Ćorić ^[B]	16–9	16–9	0–0	19	2013– ^‡
Mate Delić	1–4	1–4	0–0	3	2014–2015
Ivan Dodig ^[B]	12–18	2–7	10–11	22	2010– ^‡
Marin Draganja	2–3	0–1	2–2	5	2014–2017
Viktor Galović	1–1	1–1	0–0	2	2017–2018
Borna Gojo	8–6	8–6	0–0	14	2019–
Saša Hiršzon	11–12	6–8	5–4	9	1994–1998
Goran Ivanišević ^[A]	33–11	20–6	13–5	18	1993–2003
Roko Karanušić	2–6	2–5	0–1	6	2005–2009
Ivo Karlović ^[A]	13–14	9–10	4–4	15	2000–2016
Željko Krajan	1–2	1–2	0–0	3	1998–1999
Ivan Ljubičić ^[A]	36–19	23–13	13–6	22	1998–2010 ^†
Nikola Mektić	10–6	1–2	9–4	15	2011–
Goran Orešić	1–1	1–1	0–0	2	1996
Ante Pavić	0–1	0–1	0–0	1	2017
Mate Pavić ^[B]	8–11	0–1	8–10	18	2013– ^‡
Dino Prižmić	0–2	0–2	0–0	2	2023–
Goran Prpić	1–5	1–3	0–2	2	1993
Nino Serdarušić	1–0	1–0	0–0	1	2021–
Igor Šarić	2–0	2–0	0–0	2	1994–1996
Franko Škugor ^[B]	3–5	1–3	2–2	6	2015–2020
Saša Tuksar	0–2	0–2	0–0	2	2004–2006
Ivan Vajda	0–1	0–1	0–0	1	2001
Antonio Veić	1–2	1–2	0–0	3	2010–2012
Lovro Zovko	6–9	5–2	1–7	10	1998–2009
Total	193–156	50–123	43–33	78	1993–2024

Managers

Name	Tenure	Ties	Won	Lost	Win %	Best Result
Bruno Orešar	1993	2	1	1	50	1993 World Group, Qualifying round
Goran Prpić	1994	1	1	0	100	1994 Europe/Africa Group I, Semifinals
Željko Franulović	1994–1997	7	3	4	42.9	1995 World Group, First round
Goran Prpić	1998–2000	7	4	3	57.1	1999 Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals
Nikola Pilić	2001–2005	12	9	3	75	2005 Champions
Ivan Ljubičić	2006	2	1	1	50	2006 World Group, Quarterfinals
Goran Prpić	2007–2011	11	6	5	54.6	2009 World Group, Semifinals
Željko Krajan	2012–2019	18	12	6	66.7	2018 Champions
Franko Škugor	2019	2	0	2	0	–
Vedran Martić	2019–2023	15	10	5	66.7	2021 Final
Velimir Zovko	2024-present	1	0	1	0
Totals		78	47	31	60%

Davis Cup finals

Edition	Rounds/Opponents	Results
2005	1R: United States QF: Romania SF: Russia F: Slovakia	1R: 3–2 QF: 4–1 SF: 3–2 F: 3–2
2016	1R: Belgium QF: United States SF: France F: Argentina	1R: 3–2 QF: 3–2 SF: 3–2 F: 2–3
2018	1R: Canada QF: Kazakhstan SF: United States F: France	1R: 3–1 QF: 3–1 SF: 3–2 F: 3–1
2021	GS: Australia, Hungary QF: Italy SF: Serbia F: Russia	GS: 3–0, 2–1 QF: 2–1 SF: 2–1 F: 0–2

List of matches

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

1990s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Europe/Africa Group I, Semifinals	30 Apr–2 May	Harare (ZIM)	Zimbabwe	3–2	Win
1993	World Group, Qualifying round	24 –26 Sep	Copenhagen (DEN)	Denmark	2–3	Loss
1994	Europe/Africa Group I, Semifinals	25–27 Mar	Zagreb (CRO)	Norway	3–2	Win
1994	World Group, Qualifying round	23–25 Sep	Porto (POR)	Portugal	4–0	Win
1995	World Group, First round	3–5 Feb	Karlsruhe (GER)	Germany	1–4	Loss
1995	World Group, Qualifying round	22–24 Sep	New Delhi (IND)	India	2–3	Loss
1996	Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals	5–7 Feb	Dubrovnik (CRO)	Ukraine	5–0	Win
1996	World Group, Qualifying round	20–22 Sep	Split (CRO)	Australia	1–4	Loss
1997	Europe/Africa Group I, First round	7–9 Feb	Osijek (CRO)	Morocco	4–1	Win
1997	Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals	4–6 Apr	Graz (AUT)	Austria	2–3	Loss
1998	Europe/Africa Group I, First round	13–15 Feb	Helsinki (FIN)	Finland	2–3	Loss
1998	Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation play-off	25–27 Sep	Oslo (NOR)	Norway	3–2	Win
1999	Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals	2–4 Apr	Bucharest (ROU)	Romania	2–3	Loss
1999	Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation play-off	24–26 Sep	Zagreb (CRO)	Portugal	1–4	Loss

2000s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Europe/Africa Group II, First round	28–30 Apr	Jūrmala (LAT)	Latvia	5–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group II, Quarterfinals	14–16 Jul	Dublin (IRL)	Ireland	5–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group II, Semifinals	6–8 Oct	Rijeka (CRO)	Ivory Coast	5–0	Win
2001	Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals	6–8 Apr	Pula (CRO)	Austria	4–1	Win
2001	World Group, Qualifying round	21–23 Sep	Rome (ITA)	Italy	3–2	Win
2002	World Group, First round	8–10 Feb	Zagreb (CRO)	Germany	4–1	Win
2002	World Group, Quarterfinals	5–7 Apr	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Argentina	2–3	Loss
2003	World Group, First round	7–9 Feb	Zagreb (CRO)	United States	4–1	Win
2003	World Group, Quarterfinals	4–6 Apr	Valencia (ESP)	Spain	0–5	Loss
2004	World Group, First round	6–8 Feb	Metz (FRA)	France	1–4	Loss
2004	World Group, Relegation play-off	24–26 Sep	Rijeka (CRO)	Belgium	3–2	Win
2005	World Group, First round	4–6 Mar	Los Angeles (USA)	United States	3–2	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	15–17 Jul	Split (CRO)	Romania	4–1	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	23–25 Sep	Split (CRO)	Russia	3–2	Win
	World Group, Finals	2–4 Dec	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	3–2	Champion
2006	World Group, First round	10–12 Feb	Graz (AUT)	Austria	3–2	Win
2006	World Group, Quarterfinals	7–9 Apr	Zagreb (CRO)	Argentina	2–3	Loss
2007	World Group, First round	9–11 Feb	Krefeld (GER)	Germany	2–3	Loss
2007	World Group, Relegation play-off	21–23 Sep	London (GBR)	Great Britain	1–4	Loss
2008	Europe/Africa Group I, Second round	11–13 Apr	Dubrovnik (CRO)	Italy	3–2	Win
2008	World Group, Qualifying round	19–21 Sep	Zadar (CRO)	Brazil	4–1	Win
2009	World Group, First round	6–8 Mar	Poreč (CRO)	Chile	5–0	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	10–12 Jul	Poreč (CRO)	United States	3–2	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	18–20 Sep	Poreč (CRO)	Czech Republic	1–4	Loss

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	World Group, First round	5–7 Mar	Varaždin (CRO)	Ecuador	5–0	Win
2010	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
2011	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
2012	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
2013	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
2014	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
2015	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
2017	World Group, Relegation play-off	15–17 Sep	Bogotá (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	Lille (FRA)	France	3–1	Champion
2019	Finals, Group B	18 Nov	Madrid (ESP)	Russia	0–3	Loss
2019	Finals, Group B	20 Nov	Madrid (ESP)	Spain	0–3	Loss

2020s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2020–21	Finals, Qualifying round	6–7 Mar 2020	Zagreb (CRO)	India	3–1	Win
	Finals, Group D	25 Nov 2021	Turin (ITA)	Australia	3–0	Win
	Finals, Group D	28 Nov 2021	Turin (ITA)	Hungary	2–1	Win
	Finals, Quarterfinals	29 Nov 2021	Turin (ITA)	Italy	2–1	Win
	Finals, Semifinals	3 Dec 2021	Madrid (ESP)	Serbia	2–1	Win
	Finals, Final	5 Dec 2021	Madrid (ESP)	Russia	0–2	Runner-up
2022	Finals, Group A	14 Sep 2022	Bologna (ITA)	Italy	0–3	Loss
		15 Sep 2022	Bologna (ITA)	Sweden	2–1	Win
		17 Sep 2022	Bologna (ITA)	Argentina	3–0	Win
	Finals, Quarterfinals	23 Nov 2022	Málaga (ESP)	Spain	2–0	Win
	Finals, Semifinals	25 Nov 2022	Málaga (ESP)	Australia	1–2	Loss
2023	Finals, Qualifying round	4–5 Feb 2023	Rijeka (CRO)	Austria	3–1	Win
	Finals, Group D	13 Sep 2023	Split (CRO)	United States	1–2	Loss
		15 Sep 2023	Split (CRO)	Finland	1–2	Loss
		17 Sep 2023	Split (CRO)	Netherlands	2–1	Win
2024	Finals, Qualifying round	2–4 Feb 2024	Varaždin (CRO)	Belgium	1–2	Loss

Statistics

Last updated: Croatia – Belgium; 4 February 2024

Record

Champion: 2 times (2 times Away)
Runner-up: 2 times
Lost in Semifinals: 2 times
Lost in Quarterfinals: 5 times
Lost in First Round: 9 times
Not in World Group / Finals: 11 times
World Group Play-off: 8–5; Total Play-off: 9–6
Performance at home: 22–12 (64.7%)
Performance away: 20–16 (55.6%)
Performance neutral: 5–3 (62.5%)
Total: 47–31 (60%)

Head-to-head record (1993–)

DC team	Pld	W	L
Argentina	5	1	4
Australia	3	1	2
Austria	4	3	1
Belgium	3	2	1
Brazil	2	2	0
Canada	1	1	0
Chile	1	1	0
Colombia	1	1	0
Czech Republic	1	0	1
Denmark	1	0	1
Ecuador	1	1	0
Finland	2	0	2
France	3	2	1
Germany	4	1	3
Great Britain	2	0	2
Hungary	1	1	0
India	2	1	1
Ireland	1	1	0
Italy	5	3	2
Ivory Coast	1	1	0
Japan	1	1	0
Kazakhstan	1	1	0
Latvia	1	1	0
Morocco	1	1	0
Netherlands	2	2	0
Norway	2	2	0
Poland	1	1	0
Portugal	2	1	1
Romania	2	1	1
Russia	3	1	2
Serbia	3	1	2
South Africa	1	1	0
Slovakia	1	1	0
Spain	4	1	3
Sweden	1	1	0
Ukraine	1	1	0
United States	6	5	1
Zimbabwe	1	1	0
Total (38)	78	47	31

Record against continents

Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	Oceania	South America
Ivory Coast Morocco South Africa Zimbabwe	India Japan Kazakhstan	Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Ukraine	Canada United States	Australia	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador
Record: 4-0 (100%)	Record: 3-1 (75%)	Record: 27-23 (54%)	Record: 6-1 (85.7%)	Record: 1-2 (33.3%)	Record: 6-4 (60%)

Record by decade

2020–2029: 10–6 (62.5%)
2010–2019: 14–10 (58.3%)
2000–2009: 17–7 (70.8%)
1993–1999: 6–8 (42.9%)

Has never played against 10 countries which, at one point or another, played in the World Group: Belarus, Cuba, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Switzerland.

Notes

A ^a Won the Davis Cup in 2005.

B ^b Won the Davis Cup in 2018.

References

External links

Team page on DavisCup.com, the official website of the Davis Cup

Davis Cup teams

Finals

World Group I

World Group II

Group III

Americas zone	Bahamas Bermuda Costa Rica Dominican Republic Guatemala Jamaica Paraguay Puerto Rico Venezuela
Asia/Oceania zone	Indonesia Iran Jordan Malaysia Pacific Oceania Saudi Arabia Singapore Syria Thailand Vietnam
Europe zone	Azerbaijan Cyprus Estonia Kosovo Moldova Montenegro North Macedonia Slovenia
Africa zone	Benin Ghana Ivory Coast Namibia Nigeria Zimbabwe

Group IV

Americas zone	Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Cuba Haiti Honduras Nicaragua Panama Trinidad and Tobago U.S. Virgin Islands
Asia/Oceania zone	Cambodia Iraq Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Myanmar Qatar Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates
Europe zone	Albania Andorra Armenia Iceland Liechtenstein Malta San Marino
Africa zone	Algeria Angola Burundi Cameroon DR Congo Kenya Rwanda Senegal

Group V

Asia/Oceania zone	Bahrain Bangladesh Brunei Guam Maldives Mongolia Philippines Tajikistan Turkmenistan Yemen
Africa zone	Botswana Congo Djibouti Ethiopia Gabon Lesotho Madagascar Mauritius Mozambique Tanzania Uganda

Suspended

Inactive

Former

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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 2018 2019 2020–21 2022 2023 2024
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