Croatia Davis Cup team

The Croatia men's national tennis team represents Croatia in the Davis Cup and is governed by the Croatian Tennis Association. It is captained by Vedran Martić.[1] Croatia won the Davis Cup twice, in 2005 and 2018, and was runner-up in 2016 and 2021.

Croatia
CaptainVedran Martić
ITF ranking4 (18 September 2023)
Highest ITF ranking1 (5 December 2005, 6 December 2021)
ColorsRed and white
First year1993
Years played30
Ties played (W–L)77 (47–30)
Years in
World Group		20 (26–21)
Davis Cup titles2 (2005, 2018)
Runners-up2 (2016, 2021)
Most total winsMarin Čilić (43–22)
Most singles winsMarin Čilić (33–16)
Most doubles winsGoran Ivanišević (13–5)
Ivan Ljubičić (13–6)
Best doubles teamLjubičić & Ivanišević (6–0)
Ljubičić & Ančić (6–1)
Most ties playedMarin Čilić (33)
Most years playedMarin Čilić (13)
Croatian Davis Cup team in 2011.

History
See also: Yugoslavia Davis Cup team

Croatia competed in its first Davis Cup in 1993 in Europe/Africa Group I semifinals beating Zimbabwe 3–2. In 1994 Croatia beat Portugal 4–0 in qualification round thus ensuring its first time appearance in World Group in 1995. Croatia lost in its debut from Germany and failed to qualify in the World Group again until 2002 where they beat Germany and earned its first quarterfinals. In 2005 Croatia won its first Davis Cup over Slovakia as the first unseeded nation to win the title, and also reached No. 1 at the ITF rankings for the first time. Croatia reached semifinals in 2009 but lost to Czech Republic 4–1. In 2016 Croatia reached the finals for the second time, again as unseeded nation, but lost to Argentina. Two years later, in 2018, Croatia won its second title by beating defending champion France, thus becoming the last Davis Cup champion in the old best-of-five competition format, and also the 10th country overall with more than one title.

Current team

The following players were called up for the 2023 Davis Cup Finals in September 2023.

Player Singles
ATP Rank		 Doubles
ATP Rank		 First year
played		 Total
Win/Loss		 Singles
Win/Loss		 Doubles
Win/Loss
Borna Gojo77—20196–56–50–0
Dino Prižmić1681727—0–00–00–0
Duje Ajduković2061330—0–00–00–0
Ivan Dodig—2201011–162–79–9
Mate Pavić—2220136–90–16–8

Players
Key
Players that have won the Davis cup [nb 1]
Bold Players that are active for the national team
*
 Still playing active tennis
Player W-L
(Total)		 W-L
(Singles)		 W-L
(Doubles)		 Ties Career
Duje Ajduković1–10–11–012023–
Mario Ančić21–1313–118–2181999–2009
Ivan Beroš1–01–00–011999
Ivan Cerović0–10–10–012006
Marin Čilić43–2233–1610–6332006– ‡
Borna Ćorić16–916–90–0192013– ‡
Mate Delić1–41–40–032014–2015
Ivan Dodig12–172–710–10212010– ‡
Marin Draganja2–30–12–252014–2017
Viktor Galović1–11–10–022017–2018
Borna Gojo8–68–60–0142019–
Saša Hiršzon11–126–85–491994–1998
Goran Ivanišević33–1120–613–5181993–2003
Roko Karanušić2–62–50–162005–2009
Ivo Karlović13–149–104–4152000–2016
Željko Krajan1–21–20–031998–1999
Ivan Ljubičić36–1923–1313–6221998–2010 †
Nikola Mektić10–61–29–4152011–
Goran Orešić1–11–10–021996
Ante Pavić0–10–10–012017
Mate Pavić8–100–18–9172013– ‡
Dino Prižmić0–20–20–022023–
Goran Prpić1–51–30–221993
Nino Serdarušić1–01–00–012021–
Igor Šarić2–02–00–021994–1996
Franko Škugor *3–51–32–262015–2020
Saša Tuksar0–20–20–022004–2006
Ivan Vajda0–10–10–012001
Antonio Veić1–21–20–032010–2012
Lovro Zovko6–95–21–7101998–2009
Total192–153149–12143–32771993–2023

Managers
Name Tenure Ties Won Lost Win % Best Result
Croatia Bruno Orešar 1993 2 1 1 50 1993 World Group, Qualifying round
Croatia Goran Prpić 1994 1 1 0 100 1994 Europe/Africa Group I, Semifinals
Croatia Željko Franulović 1994–1997 7 3 4 42.9 1995 World Group, First round
Croatia Goran Prpić 1998–2000 7 4 3 57.1 1999 Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals
Croatia Nikola Pilić 2001–2005 12 9 3 75 2005 Champions
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 2006 2 1 1 50 2006 World Group, Quarterfinals
Croatia Goran Prpić 2007–2011 11 6 5 54.6 2009 World Group, Semifinals
Croatia Željko Krajan 2012–2019 18 12 6 66.7 2018 Champions
Croatia Franko Škugor 2019 2 0 2 0 –
Croatia Vedran Martić 2019– 15 10 5 66.7 2021 Final
Totals77473061.0

Davis Cup finals
Edition Rounds/Opponents Results
20051R:  United States QF:  Romania SF:  Russia F:  Slovakia1R: 3–2 QF: 4–1 SF: 3–2 F: 3–2
20161R:  Belgium QF:  United States SF:  France F:  Argentina1R: 3–2 QF: 3–2 SF: 3–2 F: 2–3
20181R:  Canada QF:  Kazakhstan SF:  United States F:  France1R: 3–1 QF: 3–1 SF: 3–2 F: 3–1
2021GS:  Australia,  Hungary QF:  Italy SF:  Serbia F:  RussiaGS: 3–0, 2–1 QF: 2–1 SF: 2–1 F: 0–2

List of matches

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1993, when Croatia started competing as a separate nation.

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s
Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result
2020–21 Finals, Qualifying round 6–7 Mar 2020 Zagreb (CRO)  India 3–1 Win
Finals, Group D 25 Nov 2021 Turin (ITA)  Australia 3–0 Win
28 Nov 2021 Turin (ITA)  Hungary 2–1 Win
Finals, Quarterfinals 29 Nov 2021 Turin (ITA)  Italy 2–1 Win
Finals, Semifinals 3 Dec 2021 Madrid (ESP)  Serbia 2–1 Win
Finals, Final 5 Dec 2021 Madrid (ESP)  Russia 0–2 Runner-up
2022 Finals, Group A 14 Sep 2022 Bologna (ITA)  Italy 0–3 Loss
15 Sep 2022 Bologna (ITA)  Sweden 2–1 Win
17 Sep 2022 Bologna (ITA)  Argentina 3–0 Win
Finals, Quarterfinals 23 Nov 2022 Málaga (ESP)  Spain 2–0 Win
Finals, Semifinals 25 Nov 2022 Málaga (ESP)  Australia 1–2 Loss
2023 Finals, Qualifying round 4–5 Feb 2023 Rijeka (CRO)  Austria 3–1 Win
Finals, Group D 13 Sep 2023 Split (CRO)  United States 1–2 Loss
15 Sep 2023 Split (CRO)  Finland 1–2 Loss
17 Sep 2023 Split (CRO)  Netherlands 2–1 Win

Statistics

Last updated: Croatia – Netherlands; 17 September 2023

Record
  • Champion: 2 times (2 times Away)
  • Runner-up: 2 times
  • Lost in Semifinals: 2 times
  • Lost in Quarterfinals: 5 times
  • Lost in First Round: 9 times
  • Not in World Group: 10 times
  • World Group Play-off: 8–5; Total Play-off: 9–6
  • Performance at home: 22–11 (66.7%)
  • Performance away: 20–16 (55.6%)
  • Performance neutral: 5–3 (62.5%)
  • Total: 47–30 (61%)

Has never played against 10 countries which, at one point or another, played in the World Group: Belarus, Cuba, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Switzerland.

See also

Notes
  1. In 2005 or 2018

References
  1. "Vedran Martić novi izbornik Davis Cup reprezentacije". sport.hrt.hr. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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