Portugal Davis Cup team

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Portugal

Captain	Nuno Marques^[1]
Coach	Emanuel Couto^[1]
ITF ranking	28 (20 September 2021)
Highest ITF ranking	21 (10 April 2017)
Colors	red & white

First year	1925
Years played	62
Ties played (W–L)	106 (44–62)
Years in World Group	0
Best finish	WG Play-Offs (1994, 2017)

Most total wins	João Cunha e Silva (37–40)
Most singles wins	João Cunha e Silva (25–28)
Most doubles wins	Emanuel Couto (13–5)
Best doubles team	Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares (9–5)
Most ties played	João Cunha e Silva (30)
Most years played	João Cunha e Silva (16) Nuno Marques (16)

The Portugal men's national tennis team represents Portugal in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Federação Portuguesa de Ténis

Portugal competes in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2017, after being promoted from Group II in the 2015 season. They have never played in the World Group, but reached the World Group play-offs in 1994 and 2017.

History

Portugal competed in its first Davis Cup in 1925. Their first opponent was Italy, who won 4–1.

Portugal's most successful moment came in 1994 after defeating Great Britain 4–1 in the Group I of the Europe/Africa Zone and qualifying to the World Group play-offs. The team led by João Cunha e Silva, Nuno Marques and Emanuel Couto lost, however, to Croatia 4–0 (the last rubber was abandoned).

Current team (2024)

Nuno Borges (singles)
João Sousa (singles)
Henrique Rocha (singles)
Gonçalo Oliveira (singles)
Francisco Cabral (doubles)

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	Europe Zone B, 1st round	8–10 May	Aarhus (DEN)	Denmark	0–5	Loss
1982	Europe Zone B, 1st round	7–9 May	Porto (POR)	Tunisia	5–0	Win
1982	Europe Zone B, Quarterfinals	11–13 June	Lisbon (POR)	Egypt	0–5	Loss
1983	Europe Zone A, 1st round	6–8 May	Estoril (POR)	Netherlands	1–4	Loss
1984	Europe Zone A, 1st round	4–6 May	Oslo (NOR)	Norway	1–4	Loss
1985	Europe Zone B, 1st round	10–12 May	Lisbon (POR)	Luxembourg	5–0	Win
1985	Europe Zone B, Quarterfinals	14–16 June	Nottingham (GBR)	Great Britain	0–5	Loss
1986	Europe Zone A, 1st round	9–11 May	Porto (POR)	Zimbabwe	3–2	Win
1986	Europe Zone A, Quarterfinals	13–15 June	Mayrhofen (AUT)	Austria	0–5	Loss
1987	Europe Zone B, 1st round	8–10 May	Monte Carlo (MON)	Monaco	3–2	Win
	Europe Zone B, Quarterfinals	12–14 June	Lisbon (POR)	Hungary	5–0	Win
	Europe Zone B, Semifinals	24–26 July	Porto (POR)	Austria	1–4	Loss
1988	Europe Zone Group I, Quarterfinals	6–8 May	Timișoara (ROM)	Romania	3–2	Win
1988	Europe Zone Group I, Semifinals	10–12 June	Lisbon (POR)	Soviet Union	0–5	Loss
1989	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Quarterfinals	3–5 February	Porto (POR)	Senegal	5–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Semifinals	5–7 May	Best (NED)	Netherlands	1–4	Loss

1990s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Quarterfinals	2–4 February	Accra (GHA)	Ghana	5–0	Win
1990	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Semifinals	4–6 May	Kyiv (URS)	Soviet Union	1–4	Loss
1991	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Quarterfinals	1–3 February	Porto (POR)	Ireland	5–0	Win
1991	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Semifinals	3–5 May	Lisbon (POR)	Netherlands	1–4	Loss
1992	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Semifinals	1–3 May	Porto (POR)	CIS	2–3	Loss
1993	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Semifinals	30 April – 2 May	Lisbon (POR)	Israel	2–3	Loss
1994	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Semifinals	25–27 March	Porto (POR)	Great Britain	4–1	Win
1994	World Group, Qualifying Round	23–25 September	Porto (POR)	Croatia	0–4	Loss
1995	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Quarterfinals	31 March – 2 April	Budapest (HUN)	Hungary	2–3	Loss
1995	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Relegation play-off	22–24 September	Estoril (POR)	Romania	2–3	Loss
1996	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st round	1–3 May	Algiers (ALG)	Algeria	5–0	Win
1996	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Quarterfinals	12–14 July	Trnava (SVK)	Slovakia	0–5	Loss
1997	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st round	2–4 May	Cairo (EGY)	Egypt	5–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Quarterfinals	11–13 July	Maia (POR)	Yugoslavia	3–2	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Semifinals	19–21 September	Maia (POR)	Norway	2–3	Loss
1998	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st round	1–3 May	Braga (POR)	Georgia	5–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Quarterfinals	17–19 July	Belgrade (YUG)	Yugoslavia	3–2	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Semifinals	25–27 September	Albufeira (POR)	Hungary	4–1	Win
1999	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round	12–14 February	Bye
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Quarterfinals	2–4 April	Wels (AUT)	Austria	1–4	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Relegation play-off	25–27 September	Zagreb (CRO)	Croatia	4–1	Win

2000s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round	4–6 February	Kyiv (UKR)	Ukraine	1–4	Loss
2000	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Relegation play-off	6–8 October	Maia (POR)	South Africa	3–2	Win
2001	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round	9–11 February	Maia (POR)	Ukraine	3–2	Win
2001	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Quarterfinals	6–8 April	Birmingham (GBR)	Great Britain	0–5	Loss
2002	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round	8–10 February	Harare (ZIM)	Zimbabwe	0–5	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Relegation play-off	12–14 July	Minsk (BLR)	Belarus	1–4	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Relegation play-off	20–22 September	Follonica (ITA)	Italy	1–4	Loss
2003	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st Round	4–6 April	Maia (POR)	Monaco	4–1	Win
2003	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 2nd round	11–13 July	Durban (SAF)	South Africa	0–5	Loss
2004	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st round	9–11 April	Tunis (TUN)	Tunisia	3–2	Win
2004	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 2nd round	16–18 July	Maia (POR)	Serbia and Montenegro	0–5	Loss
2005	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st round	4–6 March	Tallinn (EST)	Estonia	4–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 2nd round	15–17 July	Lisbon (POR)	Algeria	3–2	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Finals	23–25 September	Estoril (POR)	Slovenia	4–1	Win
2006	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round	10–12 February	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	Luxembourg	1–4	Loss
2006	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Relegation play-off	22–24 September	Marrakesh (MAR)	Morocco	3–2	Win
2007	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round	9–11 February	Tbilisi (GEO)	Georgia	2–3	Loss
2007	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Relegation play-off	21–23 September	Rotterdam (NED)	Netherlands	0–5	Loss
2008	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st round	11–13 April	Estoril (POR)	Tunisia	4–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 2nd round	18–20 July	Porto (POR)	Cyprus	5–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Finals	19–21 September	Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)	Ukraine	0–5	Loss
2009	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st round	6–8 March	Nicosia (CYP)	Cyprus	2–3	Loss
2009	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Relegation play-off	10–12 July	Oran (ALG)	Algeria	5–0	Win

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st round	5–7 March	Maia (POR)	Denmark	4–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 2nd round	9–11 July	Cruz Quebrada (POR)	Cyprus	5–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 3rd round	17–19 September	Cruz Quebrada (POR)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–2	Win
2011	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round	4–6 March	Cruz Quebrada (POR)	Slovakia	4–1	Win
2011	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd round	8–10 July	Bern (SUI)	Switzerland	0–5	Loss
2012	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round	10–12 February	Bye
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd round	6–8 April	Ramat HaSharon (ISR)	Israel	2–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Relegation play-off	14–16 September	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	1–3	Loss
2013	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st round	1–3 February	Lisbon (POR)	Benin	5–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 2nd round	5–7 April	Lisbon (POR)	Lithuania	5–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 3rd round	13–15 September	Chișinău (MDA)	Moldova	3–2	Win
2014	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round	31 January – 2 February	Kranj (SLO)	Slovenia	2–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round play-off	12–14 September	Bye
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd round play-off	12–14 September	Moscow (RUS)	Russia	1–4	Loss
2015	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st round	6–8 March	Cruz Quebrada (POR)	Morocco	4–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 2nd round	17–19 July	Viana do Castelo (POR)	Finland	4–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 3rd round	18–20 September	Viana do Castelo (POR)	Belarus	3–2	Win
2016	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round	4–6 March	Guimarães (POR)	Austria	1–4	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round play-off	16–18 September	Bye
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd round play-off	16–18 September	Viana do Castelo (POR)	Slovenia	5–0	Win
2017	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round	3–5 February	Lisbon (POR)	Israel	5–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd round	7–9 April	Lisbon (POR)	Ukraine	4–1	Win
	World Group play-offs	15–17 September	Lisbon (POR)	Germany	2–3	Loss
2018	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round	2–3 February	Bye
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd round	6–7 April	Stockholm (SWE)	Sweden	2–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round play-offs	14–15 September	(UKR)	Ukraine

Statistics

Since 1981 (Current through 2017 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I Second round)

Record

World Group: 0 times
WG Play-off: 2 time
Europe/Africa Zone Group I: 21 times
Europe/Africa Zone Group II: 11 times

Home and away record (since 1925)

Performance at home (56 match-ups): 32–24 (57.14%)
Performance away (51 match-ups): 13–38 (25.49%)
Total: 45–62 (42.06%)

Head-to-head record (1981–)

Algeria 3–0
Tunisia 3–0
Morocco 2–0
Monaco 2–0
Cyprus 2–1
Hungary 2–1
Serbia and Montenegro 2–1
Slovenia 2–1
Ukraine 2–2
Benin 1–0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0
Estonia 1–0
Finland 1–0
Ghana 1–0
Ireland 1–0
Lithuania 1–0
Moldova 1–0
Senegal 1–0
Belarus 1–1
Croatia 1–1
Denmark 1–1
Egypt 1–1
Georgia 1–1
Luxembourg 1–1
Romania 1–1
South Africa 1–1
Zimbabwe 1–1
Great Britain 1–2
Israel 1–2
Slovakia 1–2
Italy 0–1
Switzerland 0–1
Norway 0–2
Austria 0–4
Netherlands 0–4
Russia 0–4

Russia record includes two losses against Soviet Union and one loss against CIS.

Serbia and Montenegro record includes two victories against Yugoslavia.

Record against continents

Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	Oceania	South America
Algeria Benin Egypt Ghana Morocco Senegal South Africa Tunisia Zimbabwe		Austria Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland Georgia Great Britain Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Romania Russia Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland Ukraine
Record: 14–3 (82.4%)	Record: 0–0 (0.0%)	Record: 27–34 (44.3%)	Record: 0–0 (0.0%)	Record: 0–0 (0.0%)	Record: 0–0 (0.0%)

Record by decade

1981–1989: 7–9 (43.8%)
1990–1999: 10–10 (50.0%)
2000–2009: 11–12 (47.8%)
2010–2019: 13–6 (68.4%)

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b "Federação de ténis reforça equipas técnicas [Tennis Federation strengthens staff]" (in Portuguese). RTP. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

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

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