Greece Davis Cup team
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The Greece Davis Cup team represents Greece
in Davis Cup
tennis
competition and are governed by the Hellenic Tennis Federation.
Greece currently compete in Europe Zone Group III. They have never competed in the World Group, but reached the European Zone quarterfinals three times.
. Some of their present and past players include Solon Peppas, Konstantinos Economidis
, Alex Jakupovic
, Anastasios Bavelas
, Vasilis Mazarakis, George Kalovelonis
, and Paris Gemouchidis
.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
in Davis Cup
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
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
competition and are governed by the Hellenic Tennis Federation.
Greece currently compete in Europe Zone Group III. They have never competed in the World Group, but reached the European Zone quarterfinals three times.
History
Greece competed in its first Davis Cup in 19271927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 22nd edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 21 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 4 would enter the America Zone....
. Some of their present and past players include Solon Peppas, Konstantinos Economidis
Konstantinos Economidis
Konstantinos Economidis is a professional Greek tennis player. In 2007, he qualified for the French Open and defeated Australian Chris Guccione in the first round before losing to Tommy Robredo in the second round. He suffered injury in 2008 and in January 2010 was ranked 653 in the world. He...
, Alex Jakupovic
Alex Jakupovic
Alexandros Jakupovic is a Greek tennis player.His career high ATP singles rank is 464, which he achieved on March 9, 2009. As of October 17,2011, on the futures level in singles, he has 28 quartefinal losses, 13 semifinal losses, 7 runner-ups and 2 titles. As for doubles on the futures level, he...
, Anastasios Bavelas
Anastasios Bavelas
Anastasios Bavelas is a male former tennis player from Greece.Bavelas represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, partnering George Kalovelonis. The pair was eliminated in the first round there...
, Vasilis Mazarakis, George Kalovelonis
George Kalovelonis
George Kalovelonis is a former tennis player from Greece, who represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by fellow lucky loser Bong-Soo Kim from South Korea...
, and Paris Gemouchidis
Paris Gemouchidis
Paris Gemouchidis is a Greek tennis player. Gemouchidis's career high singles rank is World No. 582, which he achieved on July 11, 2011. As of October 31, 2011, on the Futures singles level, he has 6 quarterfinal finishes, 2 semifinal finishes, and 3 runner-ups...
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