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Serbia
CaptainViktor Troicki
CoachBoris Bošnjaković
Jovan Lilić
Dušan Vemić
ITF ranking7 Steady (25 November 2024)
Highest ITF ranking2 (6 December 2010)
ColorsRed, Blue, White
First year1927
Years played89
Ties played (W–L)209 (123–86)
Years in
World Group		25 (33–26)
Davis Cup titles1 (2010)
Runners-up1 (2013)
Most total winsNovak Djokovic (46–16)
Most singles winsNovak Djokovic (41–8)
Most doubles winsNenad Zimonjić (30–19)
Best doubles teamVemić / Zimonjić (7–2)
Most ties playedNenad Zimonjić (55)
Most years playedNenad Zimonjić (22)
Last updated on: 3 December 2024.

The Serbian men's national tennis team represents Serbia in the Davis Cup and the United Cup, both tennis competitions. Serbia has occasionally competed in the Hopman Cup and has previously participated in prestigious tournaments, including the now-defunct World Team Cup and ATP Cup, where they claimed the titles.[1]

Serbia, as the legal successor, has inherited all the results from the former Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. Since June 2006, the team has played under the name of Serbia, following the split of Serbia and Montenegro.

Serbia won the Davis Cup title for the first and only time in 2010, defeating France with 3:2 in the final as host nation.[2][3] The team was a runner-up in 2013, when they were defeated by the Czech Republic with 2:3 in the final in Belgrade.[4] The team also had four semifinals Davis Cup appearances (in 2011, 2017, 2021, 2023) and four quarterfinals Davis Cup appearances (in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019).

Current team

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The following players represented Serbia in the 2024 Davis Cup World Group I.[5]

Player Singles Rank Doubles Rank First year played No. of ties Total Win/Loss Singles Win/Loss Doubles Win/Loss
Novak Djokovic 7 — 2004 37 46–16 41–8 5–8
Miomir Kecmanović 54 — 2021 11 8–6 5–4 3–2
Dušan Lajović 81 569 2012 20 13–13 13–12 0–1
Hamad Međedović 114 — 2023 2 2–0 1–0 1–0

ATP rankings on 2 December 2024[6][7]

Djokovic and Zimonjić during the tie against Czech Republic
(Belgrade 18 September 2010)

Recent call-ups

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Main article: List of Serbia Davis Cup team representatives

The following players were part of a team in the last five years.

Player Singles Rank Doubles Rank First year played No. of ties Total Win/Loss Singles Win/Loss Doubles Win/Loss Last year played
Laslo Djere 115 — 2017 10 5–5 5–5 0–0 2024
Nikola Ćaćić — 260 2021 10 5–5 0–0 5–5 2024
Filip Krajinović Retired[8] 2014 16 11–9 8–4 3–5 2023

ATP rankings on 2 December 2024[6][7]

History

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Serbia competed in its first Davis Cup as an independent nation in 2007.

Within the Yugoslav Davis Cup team, they reached the semifinals of the World Group in 1988, 1989 and 1991.

They competed as the Serbia and Montenegro Davis Cup team from 2003–2006.

Serbia won the Davis Cup title in 2010.

1927– Overall 89 209
(123–86) 		25
(33–26) 		Winner 2010

Serbia is considered as the direct successor of former Davis Cup teams (SCG, YUG), which is important in drawing decisions of home/away ties and choice of ground.

Results under present name Serbia

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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Year Competition Date Surface Location Opponent Score Result
2020–21 World Group finals group stage 26 Nov hard Innsbruck, Austria  Austria 3 : 0 Won
27 Nov hard  Germany 1 : 2 Lost
World Group finals quarterfinals 1 Dec hard Madrid, Spain  Kazakhstan 2 : 1 Won
World Group finals semifinals 3 Dec hard  Croatia 1 : 2 Lost
2022 World Group finals group stage 14 Sep hard Valencia, Spain  Spain 0 : 3 Lost
15 Sep hard  South Korea 2 : 1 Won
17 Sep hard  Canada 2 : 1 Won
2023 World Group qualifying round 3–5 Feb hard Oslo, Norway  Norway 4 : 0 Won
World Group group stage 12 Sep hard Valencia, Spain  South Korea 3 : 0 Won
15 Sep hard  Spain 3 : 0 Won
16 Sep hard  Czech Republic 0 : 3 Lost
World Group quarterfinals 23 Nov hard Málaga, Spain  Great Britain 2 : 0 Won
World Group semifinals 25 Nov hard  Italy 1 : 2 Lost
2024 World Group qualifying round 2–3 Feb clay Kraljevo, Serbia  Slovakia 0 : 4 Lost
World Group I 14–15 Sep hard Belgrade, Serbia  Greece 3 : 1 Won
2025 Qualifiers, First Round 31 Jan–2 Feb TBD, Denmark  Denmark — Pending

Davis Cup finals

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Edition Rounds/Opponents Results
2010 1R:  United States QF:  Croatia SF:  Czech Republic F:  France 1R: 3–2 QF: 4–1 SF: 3–2 F: 3–2
2013 1R:  Belgium QF:  United States SF:  Canada F:  Czech Republic 1R: 3–2 QF: 3–1 SF: 3–2 F: 2–3

Statistics

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Lists are correct as of 15 September 2024, following the tie against Greece.

Head-to-head record

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(by No. of ties)

Serbia has never played against six countries that have, at one point or another, competed in the Davis Cup World Group: Paraguay (7 years in the World Group), Ecuador (5), Belarus (4), Indonesia (2), Cuba (1), and Peru (1).

Record against continents

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Individual and team records

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Record Details Report
Youngest player 15 years, 337 days Janko Tipsarević versus Monaco on 24 May 2000 [11]
Oldest player 44 years, 98 days Josip Palada versus Great Britain on 13 May 1956 [12]
Longest rubber duration 5 hours, 7 minutes Janko Tipsarević defeated Radek Štěpánek (CZE) on 6 April 2012 [11]
Longest tie duration 16 hours, 29 minutes Serbia and Montenegro lost to Belgium on 29 April – 1 May 2005
Longest tie-break 28 points (15–13) Nikola Ćaćić/Miomir Kecmanović defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/Marcel Granollers (ESP) on 13 September 2023
Longest final set 38 games (18–20) Nenad Zimonjić lost to Nuno Marques (POR) on 17 July 1998
Most games in a set 38 (18–20) Nenad Zimonjić lost to Nuno Marques (POR) on 17 July 1998
Most games in a rubber 76 Ilija Bozoljac/Nenad Zimonjić defeated Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) on 6 April 2013
Most games in a tie 261 Yugoslavia defeated France on 9–11 June 1946
Most decisive victory (best of 5 rubbers) 15 sets (14–1; 87–25) Yugoslavia defeated Portugal on 14–16 September 1979
Most decisive victory (best of 3 rubbers) 3 sets (6–0; 36–6) Yugoslavia defeated Benin on 10 May 1995
Longest winning run 7 ties From 20 September 2009 (World Group play-offs) to 8–10 July 2011 (World Group quarterfinals)

Captains

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Denotes captains who won the Davis Cup title
2010 Davis Cup: Tipsarević during his match against the Czech Republic
List of Serbia Davis Cup captains
Name Residence Tenure Total
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Hinko Würt (1/2) Zagreb 1927–1928 2
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Zvonko Fink (1/2) Zagreb 1929 1
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Hinko Würt (2/2) Zagreb 1930–1931 2
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Ivo Labaš Zagreb 1932 1
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Šefer Zagreb 1933 1
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Otton Heinz Zagreb 1934 1
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Fedor Malančec Zagreb 1935–1936 2
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Boško Miler Zagreb 1937–1938 2
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Mladen Pavlica Zagreb 1939 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Pejo Lukinić Zagreb 1946–1951 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragoljub Jovanović Beograd 1952 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojislav Ristić Beograd 1952 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zvonko Fink (2/2) Zagreb 1953–54 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Palada Zagreb 1955–57 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Janošić Zagreb 1958–59 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stjepan Tončić Zagreb 1960–65 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radmilo Nikolić Beograd 1966–73 8
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mladen Würt Zagreb 1974–75 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikica Nadali Zagreb 1976–79 4
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radmilo Armenulić Beograd 1980–96 17
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Čonkić Novi Sad 1997–99 3
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Špear Subotica 2000 1
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Bubanj Beograd 2001–2002 2
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić (1/2) Beograd 2003–2004 2
Serbia Dejan Petrović Kragujevac 2005–2006 2
Serbia Bogdan Obradović Beograd 2007–2016 10
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić (2/2) Beograd 2017–2020 4
Serbia Viktor Troicki Beograd 2021– 4

Other competitions

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In addition to the Davis Cup, the Serbian national tennis team has achieved success in major tournaments in both individual and team categories.

Team competitions
Outcome Date Team competition Surface Team members Opponents Score
Champions 27 May 1990 World Team Cup,
Düsseldorf, Germany 		Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Prpić 		United States Jim Courier
United States Brad Gilbert
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso 		3–0
Champions 4 Jan 1991 Hopman Cup,
Perth, Australia 		Hard Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monika Seleš
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Prpić 		United States Zina Garrison
United States David Wheaton 		3–0
Finalists 26 May 1991 World Team Cup,
Düsseldorf, Germany 		Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Prpić 		Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Jonas Svensson 		1–2
Finalists 4 Jan 2008 Hopman Cup,
Perth, Australia 		Hard Serbia Jelena Janković
Serbia Novak Djokovic 		United States Serena Williams
United States Mardy Fish 		1–2
Champions 23 May 2009 World Team Cup,
Düsseldorf, Germany 		Clay Serbia Janko Tipsarević
Serbia Viktor Troicki
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić 		Germany Rainer Schüttler
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
Germany Nicolas Kiefer
Germany Mischa Zverev 		2–1
Champions 21 May 2012 World Team Cup,
Düsseldorf, Germany 		Clay Serbia Janko Tipsarević
Serbia Viktor Troicki
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Serbia Miki Janković 		Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Czech Republic František Čermák 		3–0
Finalists 5 Jan 2013 Hopman Cup,
Perth, Australia 		Hard Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Serbia Novak Djokovic 		Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Fernando Verdasco 		1–2
Champions 3–12 Jan 2020 ATP Cup,
Sydney, Australia 		Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic
Serbia Dušan Lajović
Serbia Nikola Milojević
Serbia Viktor Troicki
Serbia Nikola Ćaćić 		Spain Rafael Nadal
Spain Roberto Bautista Agut
Spain Pablo Carreño Busta
Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas
Spain Feliciano López 		2–1
Olympic Games and Universiade medal tables

Here is the list of all Olympics Summer Games medals

Medal Competition Discipline Team members
Bronze 2008 Olympics, Beijing Men's singles Serbia Novak Djokovic
Gold 2024 Olympics, Paris Serbia Novak Djokovic

Here is the list of all Summer Universiade medals

Medal Competition Discipline Team members
Gold 1961 Universiade, Sofia Men's singles Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović
Gold Men's doubles Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić
Silver Men's singles Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić
Gold 1987 Universiade, Zagreb Men's singles Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bruno Orešar
Gold Mixed doubles Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bruno Orešar
Silver Men's singles Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Igor Šarić
Bronze Men's doubles Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Igor Šarić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Horvat
Silver 2005 Universiade, İzmir Men's doubles Serbia and Montenegro Nikola Ćirić
Serbia and Montenegro Darko Mađarovski
Gold 2009 Universiade, Belgrade Men's Team Serbia Aleksander Slović
Serbia Saša Stojisavljević
Serbia Aleksandar Grubin
Serbia Boris Čonkić
Gold Men's singles Serbia Aleksander Slović
Bronze Men's doubles Serbia Aleksandar Grubin
Serbia Boris Čonkić

Notes

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  1. ^ Due to increased political tensions in Europe, entries for the Europe Zone declined sharply, causing the qualifying round system to be scrapped.[9]
  2. ^ In response to the Yugoslav Wars and following the adoption of UN SCR 757 in May 1992, Yugoslavia was barred from competing in international sporting competition. This resulted in the Yugoslav team being disqualified from this and future Davis Cups and their Qualifying Round tie against Cuba was defaulted.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Team Serbia Triumphs;ATP Cup By The Numbers
  2. ^ "Serbia wins first Davis Cup title". ESPN. 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  3. ^ "Troicki climbs off the floor to win epic first Davis Cup for Serbia". Independent. 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  4. ^ Renton, Jamie (17 November 2013). "CZECH REPUBLIC RETAINS DAVIS CUP TITLE". daviscup.com. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  5. ^ Novak igra za Srbiju u Dejvis kupu!
  6. ^ a b ATP singles rankings Serbia
  7. ^ a b ATP dubles rankings Serbia
  8. ^ Pobeda Srbije za ispraćaj Krajinovića u penziju
  9. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  10. ^ "Yugoslav Athletes Banned". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1 June 1992. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Team Stats SRB". daviscup.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Team Stats YUG". daviscup.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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