Germany Davis Cup team
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The Germany Davis Cup team represents Germany in Davis Cup
tennis competition and are governed by the Deutscher Tennis Bund
. As East Germany never participated in the Davis Cup and the Deutscher Tennisbund remained the same organization throughout the century the West German Davis Cup team is included in this article.
Germany has won the Davis Cup three times (1988, 1989, 1993) and finished as runners-up twice (1970, 1985).
In 2007 Germany compete in the World Group for the 24th time out of 27 years which ranks them in 6th place on this category.
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and Cliff Richey
in the singles and Bob Lutz/Stan Smith
in the double. The German players lost all five matches, all but one in three sets.
. Germany played with Boris Becker
and Michael Westphal
in the singles and with Becker/Andreas Maurer
in the double. After the fourth rubber against Mats Wilander
and Stefan Edberg
in the singles and Wilander/Joakim Nystrom
in the double the standings were 2–2. In the decisive fifth rubber Westphal lost to Stefan Edberg in four sets.
and Boris Becker
had defeated Mats Wilander
and Stefan Edberg
, respectively, before the German double consisting of Becker and Eric Jelen
defeated Edberg and Anders Järryd
in five sets. The fourth match which was shortened to best of three was won by Edberg before Sweden let Germany get its fourth point by a walkover.
. Mats Wilander achieved the 1–0 lead for Sweden by defeating Carl-Uwe Steeb in five sets before Boris Becker levelled the standings in a three-set victory against Stefan Edberg. Becker and Eric Jelen defeated the Sweden double of Jan Gunnarsson
and Anders Järryd
in five sets before Becker secured the second consecutive German Davis Cup title by defeating Mats Wilander in three sets.
, Germany, Michael Stich
defeated Jason Stoltenberg
in five sets to mark the first point for Germany. In the second Friday single, Marc-Kevin Goellner
lost to Richard Fromberg
with a result of 7–9 in the fifth set. Stich and Patrik Kühnen
defeated their Australian counterparts Todd Woodbridge
and Mark Woodforde
in the double, marking the 2–1 for Germany. In the fourth rubber, Michael Stich clearly defeated Richard Fromberg in three sets before Goellner defeated Fromberg in the tie-break of the third and last set.
Up to now, this was Germany last participation in the Davis Cup final.
West Germany
World group system
Germany
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
tennis competition and are governed by the Deutscher Tennis Bund
Deutscher Tennis Bund
The Deutsche Tennis Bund is the governing body of tennis federations and clubs in Germany.It is the largest tennis federation of the world with more than 1.800.000 members....
. As East Germany never participated in the Davis Cup and the Deutscher Tennisbund remained the same organization throughout the century the West German Davis Cup team is included in this article.
Germany has won the Davis Cup three times (1988, 1989, 1993) and finished as runners-up twice (1970, 1985).
In 2007 Germany compete in the World Group for the 24th time out of 27 years which ranks them in 6th place on this category.
Current team
- Philipp KohlschreiberPhilipp KohlschreiberPhilipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22...
- Benjamin BeckerBenjamin BeckerBenjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes....
- Simon GreulSimon GreulSimon Greul is a German male tennis player born April 13, 1981. He is 6'1" tall and weighs 176 lbs . His career high rank was #55, achieved on March 22, 2010.-Career:...
- Christopher KasChristopher KasChristopher Kas is a professional German tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 224, which he reached on 4 November 2002. His career high in doubles is No. 23 set at 3 November 2008.-Doubles: 15 :...
- Florian MayerFlorian MayerFlorian Mayer is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour. He has won nine Challenger events, which has helped him stay in the top 50 on the rankings....
- Michael BerrerMichael BerrerMichael Berrer is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career high in singles with No. 42 on May 2010 and his high in doubles in March 2009 with No...
- Andreas BeckAndreas Beck (tennis)Andreas Beck is a professional male tennis player of Germany. His career high rank was #33, achieved on November 2, 2009.- 2008 :...
- Mischa ZverevMischa ZverevMikhail "Mischa" Zverev is a German professional tennis player. He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev, who is also his coach. He now resides in Monte-Carlo, Monaco and represents Germany internationally...
- Philipp PetzschnerPhilipp PetzschnerPhilipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting and incredible bursts of speed around the court, and now for controversy in the US Open Men's Doubles Final which he won partnered with Jurgen Melzer against the Polish team of Fystenberg/Matkowski...
History
Germany competed in its first Davis Cup in 19131913 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1913 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 12th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. With Great Britain's win in 1912, the competition returned to Europe for the first time in five years. This prompted several new teams to join the competition, creating the largest field to date...
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First final participation in 1970
In 1970, Germany reached the Davis Cup final for the first time. Having defeated Denmark, Egypt, Belgium and the Soviet Union in the European zone they played India and Spain in the so called interzonal zone, beating both teams. In the final Wilhelm Bungert and Christian Kuhnke played Arthur AsheArthur Ashe
Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. was a professional tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States...
and Cliff Richey
Cliff Richey
Cliff Richey played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the brother of fellow player Nancy Richey....
in the singles and Bob Lutz/Stan Smith
Stan Smith
Stanley Roger "Stan" Smith is a former American tennis player and two time Grand Slam singles champion who also, with his partner Bob Lutz, formed one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world...
in the double. The German players lost all five matches, all but one in three sets.
Second final participation in 1985
Fifteen years later Germany reached the Davis Cup final for the second time. After close successes against Spain and the United States and a clear victory against Czechoslovakia in the World Group Germany played Sweden at home in MunichMunich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. Germany played with Boris Becker
Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...
and Michael Westphal
Michael Westphal
Michael Westphal was a tennis player from West Germany.Westphal participated for his native country in the 1984 Summer Olympics, making it as far as the quarterfinals...
in the singles and with Becker/Andreas Maurer
Andreas Maurer
Andreas Maurer is a former tennis player from West Germany.Maurer won one singles title and two doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 5 May 1986, when he became the number 24 of the world.-External links:*...
in the double. After the fourth rubber against Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 through 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , and one Grand Slam men's doubles title...
and Stefan Edberg
Stefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...
in the singles and Wilander/Joakim Nystrom
Joakim Nyström
Joakim "Jocke" Nyström is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden who won thirteen singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on 31 March 1986, when he was ranked World No. 7 and was also ranked as high as World No...
in the double the standings were 2–2. In the decisive fifth rubber Westphal lost to Stefan Edberg in four sets.
First Davis Cup title in 1988
Only three years later Germany reached the Davis Cup final for the third time. After three 5–0 whitewashes against Brazil, Denmark and Yugoslavia Germany once again met Sweden. Now it was Sweden's turn to lose at home. Germany secured its triumph in the third match, the double. Carl-Uwe SteebCarl-Uwe Steeb
Carl-Uwe Steeb is a former professional tennis player from Germany.Steeb turned professional in 1986. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in Gstaad...
and Boris Becker
Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...
had defeated Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 through 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , and one Grand Slam men's doubles title...
and Stefan Edberg
Stefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...
, respectively, before the German double consisting of Becker and Eric Jelen
Eric Jelen
Eric Jelen is a former tennis player from Germany, who won one singles and five doubles titles during his professional career....
defeated Edberg and Anders Järryd
Anders Järryd
Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...
in five sets. The fourth match which was shortened to best of three was won by Edberg before Sweden let Germany get its fourth point by a walkover.
Second Davis Cup title in 1989
Germany defeated Indonesia, Czechoslovakia and the United States on the way to their second consecutive final and the final once again was Germany against Sweden. This time the final took place in StuttgartStuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
. Mats Wilander achieved the 1–0 lead for Sweden by defeating Carl-Uwe Steeb in five sets before Boris Becker levelled the standings in a three-set victory against Stefan Edberg. Becker and Eric Jelen defeated the Sweden double of Jan Gunnarsson
Jan Gunnarsson
Jan Gunnarsson is a former tennis player from Sweden, who won one singles in Vienna 1985 and nine doubles titles on the world tour during his professional career...
and Anders Järryd
Anders Järryd
Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...
in five sets before Becker secured the second consecutive German Davis Cup title by defeating Mats Wilander in three sets.
Third Davis Cup title in 1993
It took Germany four years to reach the Davis Cup final for the fifth time, and they did so by beating Russia, the Czech Republic and – once again – Sweden. In the final against Australia that took place in DüsseldorfDüsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, Germany, Michael Stich
Michael Stich
Michael Detlef Stich is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991...
defeated Jason Stoltenberg
Jason Stoltenberg
Jason Stoltenberg is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West of New South Wales. In 1987, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the World No...
in five sets to mark the first point for Germany. In the second Friday single, Marc-Kevin Goellner
Marc-Kevin Goellner
Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner is a former professional tennis player from Germany.The son of a German diplomat, Goellner lived in Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Sydney as a youngster before moving to Germany in 1986. In 1990, he suffered two torn ligaments in his left foot, which almost ended his tennis...
lost to Richard Fromberg
Richard Fromberg
Richard James Fromberg is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Fromberg began playing tennis at the age of 10. In 1987, he reached the Australian Open Junior finals in both singles and doubles. He turned professional in 1988...
with a result of 7–9 in the fifth set. Stich and Patrik Kühnen
Patrik Kühnen
Patrik Kühnen is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1985. He won three doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on May 15, 1989, when he became the number 43 of the world. He was part of the German Davis Cup teams that...
defeated their Australian counterparts Todd Woodbridge
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...
and Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....
in the double, marking the 2–1 for Germany. In the fourth rubber, Michael Stich clearly defeated Richard Fromberg in three sets before Goellner defeated Fromberg in the tie-break of the third and last set.
Up to now, this was Germany last participation in the Davis Cup final.
Results
Germany- 1900: did not participate
- 1901: no tournament
- 1902–1909: did not participate
- 1910: no tournament
- 1911–1912: did not participate
- 1913: Semifinals of the play-off (beating France 4–1, losing to United States 0–5)
- 1914: Semifinals of the play-off (bye, losing to Australia 0–5)
- 1915–1918: no tournament
- 1919–1926: did not participate
- 1927: Europe zone, quarterfinals (bye, beating Portugal 5–0, losing to South Africa 1–4)
- 1928: Europe zone, quarterfinals (beating Greece 4–1, beating Spain 3–2, losing to Great Britain 1–4)
- 1929: Interzonal round (bye, beating Spain 4–1, beating Italy 3–2, beating Czechoslovakia 4–1, beating Great Britain 4–1, losing to United States 0–5)
- 1930: Europe zone, 1st round (losing to Great Britain 2–3)
- 1931: Europe zone, 1st round (losing to South Africa 0–5)
- 1932: Interzonal round (beating India 5–0, beating Austria 3–2, beating Ireland 4–1, beating Great Britain 3–2, beating Italy 5–0, losing to United States 2–3)
- 1933: Europe zone, quarterfinal (beating Egypt 5–0, beating Netherlands 4–1, losing to Japan 1–4)
- 1934: Europe zone, quarterfinal (bye, losing to France 2–3)
- 1935: Interzonal round (bye, beating Italy 4–1, beating Australia 4–1, beating Czechoslovakia 4–1, losing to United States 2–3)
- 1936: Interzonal round (beating Spain 4–1, beating Hungary 5–0, beating Argentina 4–1, beating Ireland 5–0, beating Yugoslavia 3–0, losing to Australia 1–4)
- 1937: Interzonal round (bye, beating Austria 3–1, beating Italy 4–1, beating Belgium 4–1, beating Czechoslovakia 4–1, losing to United States 2–3)
- 1938: Interzonal round (bye, beating Norway 5–0, beating Hungary 3–1, beating France 3–2, beating Yugoslavia 3–2, losing to Australia 0–5)
- 1939: Europe zone, final (beating Switzerland 5–0, beating Poland 3–2, beating Sweden 4–1, beating Great Britain 5–0, losing to Yugoslavia 2–3)
- 1940–1945: no tournament
- 1946–1950: did not participate
- 1951: Europe zone, final (beating Yugoslavia 3–2, beating Denmark 4–1, beating Belgium 3–2, beating Italy 3–2, losing to Sweden 0–5)
- 1952: Europe zone, quarterfinal (bye, beating Brazil 3–2, losing to Denmark 1–4)
- 1953: Europe zone, quarterfinal (bye, beating South Africa 3–2, losing to France 1–4)
- 1954: Europe zone, 2nd round (bye, losing to Hungary 1–4)
- 1955: Europe zone, 2nd round (beating Ireland 4–1, losing to Italy 0–5)
- 1956: Europe zone, quarterfinal (bye, beating Ireland 4–1, losing to France 1–4)
- 1957: Europe zone, 2nd round (bye, losing to Mexico 1–3)
- 1958: Europe zone, quarterfinal (beating Netherlands 4–0, beating Belgium 3–2, losing to Great Britain 0–5)
- 1959: Europe zone, 1st round (losing to Brazil 0–4)
- 1960: Europe zone, quarterfinal (beating Czechoslovakia 3–2, beating Poland 4–1, losing to Sweden 1–4)
West Germany
- 1961: Europe zone, quarterfinal (beating Czechoslovakia 3–2, beating Netherlands 5–0, losing to Italy 2–3)
- 1962: Europe zone, quarterfinal (beating Spain 3–2, beating Romania 5–0, losing to South Africa 2–3)
- 1963: Europe zone, 1st round (losing to Spain 2–3)
- 1964: Europe zone, semifinal (beating Belgium 5–0, beating Soviet Union 4–1, beating Denmark 4–1, losing to Sweden 2–3)
- 1965: Europe zone, quarterfinal (beating Switzerland 5–0, beating Luxembourg 5–0, losing to Spain 1–4)
- 1966: Interzonal round, semifinal (beating Norway 5–0, beating Switzerland 4–1, beating Great Britain 3–2, beating South Africa 3–2, losing to India 2–3)
- 1967: Europe zone B, 1st round (losing to Soviet Union 2–3)
- 1968: Interzonal round, semifinal (beating Switzerland 4–1, beating Bulgaria 5–0, beating Czechoslovakia 4–1, beating South Africa 3–2, losing to India 2–3)
- 1969: Europe zone B, semifinal (beating New Zealand 4–1, beating Sweden 4–1, losing to Great Britain 2–3)
- 1970: 2nd place (beating Denmark 4–1, beating Egypt 5–0, beating Belgium 5–0, beating Soviet Union 3–2, beating India 5–0, beating Spain 4–1, losing to United States 0–5)
- 1971: Europe zone A, final (bye, beating Austria 4–1, beating Hungary 4–1, losing to Romania 0–5)
- 1972: Europe zone B, semifinal (beating Greece 5–0, beating Ireland 5–0, losing to Czechoslovakia 2–3)
- 1973: Europe zone A, semifinal (beating Switzerland 3–0, beating Great Britain 4–1, losing to Czechoslovakia 2–3)
- 1974: Europe zone A, semifinal (beating Denmark 5–0, beating Spain 3–2, losing to Czechoslovakia 2–3)
- 1975: Europe zone B, 1st round (beating Switzerland 5–0, losing to Sweden 2–3)
- 1976: Europe zone B, 1st round (beating Denmark 5–0, losing to the USSR 1–4)
- 1977: Europe zone B, quarterfinal of the preliminary round (losing to Poland 1–3)
- 1978: Europe zone A, 1st round (beating Switzerland 5–0, losing to Hungary 2–3)
- 1979: Europe zone B, 1st round (beating Israel 3–2, losing to Romania 1–4)
- 1980: Europe zone A, semifinal (beating Norway 4–0, beating Spain 3–2, losing to Sweden 1–4)
World group system
- 1981: 1st round (losing to Argentina 2–3), remaining in World group (beating Brazil 3–2)
- 1982: 1st round (losing to Czechoslovania 0–5), relegated to European zone (losing to Argentina 2–3)
- 1983: promoted to World group (beating Belgium 5–0, beating Israel 3–2, beating Switzerland 3–2)
- 1984: 1st round (losing to Argentina 1–4), remaining in World group (beating Romania 5–0)
- 1985: 2nd place (beating Spain 3–2, beating United States 3–2, beating Czechoslovakia 5–0, losing to Sweden 2–3)
- 1986: 1st round (losing to Mexico 2–3), remaining in World group (beating Ecuador 5–0)
- 1987: 1st round (losing to Spain 2–3), remaining in World group (beating United States 3–2)
- 1988: winner (1st time) (beating Brazil 5–0, beating Denmark 5–0, beating Yugoslavia 5–0, beating Sweden 4–1)
- 1989: winner (2nd time) (beating Indonesia 5–0, beating Czechoslovakia 3–2, beating United States 3–2, beating Sweden 3–2)
- 1990: quarterfinal (beating Netherlands 3–2, losing to Argentina 2–3)
Germany
- 1991: semifinal (beating Italy 3–2, beating Argentina 5–0, losing to United States 2–3)
- 1992: 1st round (losing to Brazil 1–3), remaining in World group (beating Belgium 5–0)
- 1993: winner (3rd time) (beating Russia 4–1, beating Czech Republic 4–1, beating Sweden 5–0, beating Australia 4–1)
- 1994: semifinal (beating Austria 3–2, beating Spain 3–2, losing to Russia 1–4)
- 1995: semifinal (beating Croatia 4–1, beating Netherlands 4–1, losing to Russia 2–3)
- 1996: quarterfinal (beating Switzerland 5–0, losing to France 0–5)
- 1997: 1st round (losing to Spain 1–4), remaining in World group (beating Mexico 5–0)
- 1998: quarterfinal (beating South Africa 5–0, losing to Sweden 2–3)
- 1999: 1st round (losing to Russia 2–3), remaining in World group (beating Romania 4–1)
- 2000: quarterfinal (beating Netherlands 4–1, losing to Australia 2–3)
- 2001: quarterfinal (beating Romania 3–2, losing to Netherlands 1–4)
- 2002: 1st round (losing to Croatia 1–4), remaining in World group (beating Venezuela 5–0)
- 2003: 1st round (losing to Argentina 0–5), relegated to Europe/Africa zone (losing to Belarus 2–3)
- 2004: qualified for World group play-offs (beating Israel 5–0), remaining in Europe/Africa zone (losing to Slovakia 2–3)
- 2005: qualified for World group play-offs (beating South Africa 3–2), promoted to World group (beating Czech Republic 3–2)
- 2006: 1st round (losing to France 2–3), remaining in World group (beating Thailand 4–1)
- 2007: semifinal (beating Croatia 3–2, beating Belgium 3–2, losing to Russia 2–3)
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