Lithuania Davis Cup team
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The Lithuania Davis Cup team represents Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

 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
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 competition and are governed by the Lithuanian Tennis Association
Lithuanian Tennis Association
The Lithuanian Tennis Union is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in Lithuania. LTS was created to standardize rules and regulations and to promote and develop the growth of tennis in Lithuania....

.

Lithuania has never been a tennis country - no tennis player from Lithuania entered ATP
Association of Tennis Professionals
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 top 500 until 2007. However, the situation is changing in recent years. Currently two Lithuanians are in the top 200 and they are winning the greatest tennis victories in the history of Lithuania. As expected, this led to increasing popularity of tennis in the country.

History

Lithuania started its Davis Cup history in 1994 with competing in Europe/Africa zone third group.

Present

Lithuania's best performance was in 2010 when in the first two rounds Great Britain
Great Britain Davis Cup team
The Great Britain Davis Cup team represents the United Kingdom in Davis Cup tennis competition and is controlled by the Lawn Tennis Association. The United Kingdom played in the very first International Lawn Tennis Challenge...

 and Ireland
Ireland Davis Cup team
The Ireland Davis Cup team represents the whole of Ireland in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis Ireland. Ireland competed in its first Davis Cup in 1923.Ireland currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II...

 were defeated. Only in the last round while competing for the promotion to the first Europe/Africa Zone group Lithuania lost to Slovenia
Slovenia Davis Cup team
The Slovenia Davis Cup team represents Slovenia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovenian Tennis Association.Slovenia currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II...

.

In 2011
2011 Davis Cup
The 2011 Davis Cup is the 100th edition of a tournament between national teams in men's tennis.The draw took place in September 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.-World Group:...

 Davis Cup was very unsuccessful for Lithuania. In addition to a first round loss to Estonia
Estonia Davis Cup team
The Estonia Davis Cup team represents Estonia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Estonian Tennis Association.Estonia currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II. They have not advanced past the first round of Group II in their 5 appearances.-History:Estonia...

 the best two Lithuanian palyers got injuries that were related to the tournament. They both missed the survival tie and Lithuania lost to Morocco
Morocco Davis Cup team
The Morocco Davis Cup team represents Morocco in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Royal Moroccan Tennis Federation.-History:...

 which lead to relegation to Europa/Africa Zone group III.

Team 2011

Player Current singles ranking Current doubles ranking First year played Ties palyed Total W-L Singles W-L Doubles W-L
125 285 2007 11
2011 1
199 549 2008 6
2010 2
1,866 1,522 2009 6
2011 1

Rankings as of Nowember 28, 2011

1994-1999


2000-2009


2010-

Year Group Team Round Date Location Surface Opponent Score Outcome
2010
2010 Davis Cup
The 2010 Davis Cup was the 99th edition of the most important annual tournament among national teams in men's tennis worldwide...

Europe/Africa Zone
Group II
Ričardas Berankis
Ricardas Berankis
Ričardas Berankis is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time.- Early career :Berankis began playing tennis at the age of two...

,
Laurynas Grigelis
Laurynas Grigelis
Laurynas Grigelis is a Lithuanian professional tennis player.Grigelis reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on November 14, 2011, when he became World number 196...

,
Lukas Mugevičius,
Dovydas Šakinis,
Team capitan:
Remigijus Balžekas
1st round 5-7 March Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

Hard (Ind.) 3–2 Won
2nd round 9-11 July Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

Carpet (Ind.) 3–2 Won
Quaterfinal 17-19 September Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

Hard (Ind.) 3–2 Lost
2011
2011 Davis Cup
The 2011 Davis Cup is the 100th edition of a tournament between national teams in men's tennis.The draw took place in September 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.-World Group:...

Europe/Africa Zone
2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
There are four groups in the Europe/Africa Zone of the Davis Cup. The four winners of Group I advances to the World Group play-offs while the last placed teams will be relegated to Group II the following year. The winners of Group II gets promoted to Group I next year, the four last placed teams...

 
Group II
Ričardas Berankis
Ricardas Berankis
Ričardas Berankis is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time.- Early career :Berankis began playing tennis at the age of two...

,
Laurynas Grigelis
Laurynas Grigelis
Laurynas Grigelis is a Lithuanian professional tennis player.Grigelis reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on November 14, 2011, when he became World number 196...

,
Julius Gotovskis,
Lukas Mugevičius,
Dovydas Šakinis,
Julius Tverionas,
Team capitans:
Remigijus Balžekas/
Rimvydas Mugevičius
1st round 4-6 March Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

Hard (Ind.) 2–3 Lost
Play-offs 8-10 July Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

Clay 0–5 Lost

Group record

  • Europe/Africa zone group II 3–10 (23%)
  • Europe/Africa zone group III 38–22 (63%)

Home and away record

In Europe/Africa zone group II:
  • Performance in Lithuania 2–6 (25%)
  • Performance away 1–4 (20%)

In Europe/Africa zone group III:
  • Performance in Lithuania 2–2 (50%)
  • Performance away 36–20 (61%)

Surface record

  • Carpet 3–5 (38%)
  • Clay 27–22 (55%)
  • Grass 0–0 (-%)
  • Hardcourt 11–5 (69%)


Statistics updated: November 28, 2011.

All players

Player Highest singles ranking Highest doubles ranking First year played Years played Ties palyed Total W-L Singles W-L Doubles W-L
926 939 1999 5 19
73 285 2007 4 11
2006 2 8
2006 2 3
2005 1 2
2011 1 1
196 530 2008 3 6
1994 3 8
1,434 2000 2 5
2003 1 2
591 671 2005 5 20
1994 4 13
2010 2 2
575 1,100 1994 12 49
1998 1 2
2009 1 1
2006 1 2
1999 2 8
488 548 2002 8 31
808 1,214 2009 3 6
1,346 1,434 1998 3 11
2011 1 1
1994 1 3

Updated: November 28, 2011
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