Croatia Davis Cup team

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

CaptainIvan Dodig
ITF ranking8 (25 November 2024)
Highest ITF ranking1 (5 December 2005)
ColorsRed and white
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Croatia
CaptainIvan Dodig
ITF ranking8 (25 November 2024)
Highest ITF ranking1 (5 December 2005)
ColorsRed and white
First year1993
Years played32
Ties played (W–L)80 (49–31)
Years in
World Group		22 (30–22)
Davis Cup titles2 (2005, 2018)
Runners-up2 (2016, 2021)
Most total winsMarin Čilić (43–23)
Most singles winsMarin Čilić (33–17)
Most doubles winsGoran Ivanišević (13–5)
Ivan Ljubičić (13–6)
Best doubles teamNikola Mektić & Mate Pavić (7-2)
Most ties playedMarin Čilić (34)
Most years playedMarin Čilić (15)
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Croatia in 2018 with their second Davis Cup title

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.

Results and fixtures

The following are lists of match results and scheduled matches for the current year.

  Win   Loss   Fixture

2025

Current team

The following players were called up for the 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers second round tie against France.[3]

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Team nominations for Second Round Qualifier against France.
Player Born ATP ranking Debut Nom Ties Win-loss ATP
Profile
SinglesDoubles SinglesDoublesTotal
Marin Cilic (1988-09-28) 28 September 1988 (age 37) 62=575 20062934 33–1710–643–23
Borna Coric (1996-11-14) 14 November 1996 (age 29) 105– 20131619 16–9–16–9
Dino Prižmić (2005-08-05) 5 August 2005 (age 20) 124– 202323 1–2–1–2
Mate Pavić (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 32) –3 20131420 0–110–1010–11
Nikola Mektić (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 (age 37) –9 20111116 1–210–411–6
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Players

Key
Players that have won the Davis cup
Bold Players that are active for the national team
***
 Still playing active tennis

Last updated: Croatia – Slovakia; 2 February 2025.

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Player W-L
(Total)		 W-L
(Singles)		 W-L
(Doubles)		 Ties Career
Duje Ajduković4–23–21–042023–
Mario Ančić [A]21–1313–118–2181999–2009
Ivan Beroš1–01–00–011999
Ivan Cerović0–10–10–012006
Marin Čilić [B]43–2333–1710–6342006–
Borna Ćorić [B]16–916–90–0192013–
Mate Delić1–41–40–032014–2015
Ivan Dodig [B]12–182–710–11222010–2024
Matej Dodig1–11–10–022024–
Marin Draganja2–30–12–252014–2017
Viktor Galović1–11–10–022017–2018
Borna Gojo9–69–60–0152019–
Saša Hiršzon11–126–85–491994–1998
Goran Ivanišević [A]33–1120–613–5181993–2003
Roko Karanušić2–62–50–162005–2009
Ivo Karlović [A]13–149–104–4152000–2016
Željko Krajan1–21–20–031998–1999
Ivan Ljubičić [A]36–1923–1313–6221998–2010
Nikola Mektić11–61–210–4162011–
Goran Orešić1–11–10–021996
Ante Pavić0–10–10–012017
Mate Pavić [B]10–110–110–10202013–
Mili Poljičak***1–00–01–012024–
Dino Prižmić1–21–20–032023–
Goran Prpić1–51–30–221993
Nino Serdarušić***1–01–00–012021–
Igor Šarić2–02–00–021994–1996
Franko Škugor [B]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
Total200–157155–12445–33801993–2025
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Managers

Last updated: Croatia – Slovakia; 2 February 2025.

More information Name, Tenure ...
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 43% 1995 World Group, First round
Croatia Goran Prpić 1998–2000 7 4 3 57% 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 55% 2009 World Group, Semifinals
Croatia Željko Krajan 2012–2019 18 12 6 67% 2018 Champions
Croatia Franko Škugor 2019 2 0 2 0% –
Croatia Vedran Martić 2019–2023 15 10 5 67% 2021 Final
Croatia Velimir Zovko 2024-present 3 2 1 67%
Totals80493161%
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Davis Cup finals

More information Edition, Rounds/Opponents ...
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
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List of matches

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

1990s

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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Statistics

Last updated: Croatia – Slovakia; 2 February 2025

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 / Finals: 11 times
  • World Group Play-off: 8–5; Total Play-off: 9–6 *
  • Performance at home: 24–12 (67%)
  • Performance away: 20–16 (56%)
  • Performance neutral: 5–3 (63%)
  • Total: 49–31 (61%)
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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

  • A a Won the Davis Cup in 2005.
  • B b Won the Davis Cup in 2018.

References

External links

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