Italy Davis Cup team
Encyclopedia
The Italy Davis Cup team represents Italy
in Davis Cup
tennis
competition and are governed by the Federazione Italiana Tennis.
Italy won the Davis Cup in 1976, and finished as runners-up 6 times (1960, 1961, 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1998). They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I
. They last competed in the World Group in 2000, but winning 3-0 against Chile, on September 16, 2011, won again a pass for the World Group.
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Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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 Federazione Italiana Tennis.
Italy won the Davis Cup in 1976, and finished as runners-up 6 times (1960, 1961, 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1998). They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I
2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.-Draw:...
. They last competed in the World Group in 2000, but winning 3-0 against Chile, on September 16, 2011, won again a pass for the World Group.
History
Italy competed in its first Davis Cup in 19221922 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1922 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 17th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. The tournament saw first-time entries from Hawaii and Romania. Australia would storm through the Qualifying Round finals, but would fall to defending champions the United States in the...
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Current Team
- Potito StaracePotito StaracePotito Starace is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay...
- Andreas SeppiAndreas SeppiAndreas Seppi is a professional tennis player from South Tyrol, northern Italy, who turned professional in 2000. He considers clay and hard courts his favourite surfaces. and is coached by Massimo Sartori....
- Fabio FogniniFabio FogniniFabio Fognini is a professional tennis player.He is the current Italian No. 1. He achieved his career high rank of No. 32 in the world on 20 June 2011 as a result of his success at the 2011French Open...
- Simone BolelliSimone BolelliSimone Bolelli is a professional Italian tennis player.- 2003 :In 2003, Bolelli reached his first ITF Futures tournament semifinal at Egypt F1, losing to 485th-ranked Jaroslav Pospíšil. He played entirely Futures events except for one Challenger tournament in Brindisi, losing to Galo Blanco in the...
- Daniele BraccialiDaniele BraccialiDaniele Bracciali is an Italian tennis player. His career-high ranking in singles is World No. 49, achieved on May 8, 2006.-Career:Bracciali won his only ATP singles title so far in April 2006, at Casablanca, on clay...