Croatia Davis Cup team
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Croatia 
Captain Goran Prpić ITF ranking 9 Colors red & white First year 1993 Years played 16 Ties played (W-L) 35 (21–14) Years in
World Group8 (7–6) Davis Cup titles 1 (2005) Runners-up 0 Most total wins Ivan Ljubičić (36–18) Most singles wins Ivan Ljubičić (23–12) Most doubles wins Ivan Ljubičić (13–6) and Goran Ivanišević (13–5) Best doubles team Ivan Ljubičić and Goran Ivanišević (6–0)
Mario Ančić and Ivan Ljubičić (6–1)Most ties played Ivan Ljubičić (21) Most years played Ivan Ljubičić (10) The Croatia Davis Cup team represents Croatia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Croatian Tennis Association.
Croatia won the Davis Cup in 2005. In 2009 they will be competing in the World Group and are ranked #5 by the ITF.
Current team
- Marin Čilić
- Ivan Dodig
- Ivo Karlović
- Antonio Veić
History
Croatia competed in its first Davis Cup in 1993, but Croatian players had previously played as part of the Yugoslav Davis Cup team which reached the semifinals of the World Group in 1988, 1989, and 1991.
Players
Number of ties played accurate as of July 12, 2009:[1]
- Ivan Ljubičić – 21
- Mario Ančić – 18
- Goran Ivanišević – 18
- Saša Hiršzon – 9
- Ivo Karlović – 9
- Lovro Zovko – 9
- Marin Čilić – 8
- Roko Karanušić – 4
- Željko Krajan – 3
- Goran Orešić – 2
- Goran Prpić – 2
- Igor Šarić – 2
- Saša Tuksar – 2
- Ivan Vajda – 1
- Ivan Beroš – 1
- Ivan Cerović – 1
Managers
- Bruno Orešar (1993–1994)
- Željko Franulović (1994–1997)
- Goran Prpić (1997–2001)
- Nikola Pilić (2001–2005)
- Ivan Ljubičić (2006)
- Goran Prpić (2007–present)
References
See also
External links
- Team page on DavisCup.com
Categories:
- Davis Cup teams
- National sports teams of Croatia
- Tennis in Croatia
- Davis Cup stubs
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