Belgium Davis Cup team

Belgium

Captain	Johan Van Herck
ITF ranking	4 4
Colors	Red & Black

First year	1904
Years played	94
Ties played (W–L)	181 (91–90)
Years in World Group	17 (6–16)
Runners-up	2 (1904, 2015)

Most total wins	Jacques Brichant (71–49)
Most singles wins	Jacques Brichant (52–27)
Most doubles wins	Philippe Washer (20–18)
Best doubles team	Philippe Washer & Jacques Brichant (16–14)
Most ties played	Jacques Brichant (42)
Most years played	Jacques Brichant (17)

The Belgium Davis Cup team represents Belgium in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Royal Belgian Tennis Federation.

History

Belgium competed in its first Davis Cup in 1904 where it achieved its best result to date, a final lost against British Isles. They made the final again, in 2015, where they lost to Great Britain yet again.

Current squad

Player information and rankings as of 13 September 2015

Squad representing Belgium vs. Great Britain (World Group Final)
Player	ATP Ranking	Years Played	Total W-L	Singles W-L	Doubles W-L
Ruben Bemelmans	#87 (Singles)	7 (2008, 2010–)	8–11	3–7	5–3
Kimmer Coppejans	#105 (Singles)	1 (2015–)	2–0	1–0	1–0
Steve Darcis	#64 (Singles)	9 (2005, 2008–)	17–14	16–7	1–5
David Goffin	#15 (Singles)	4 (2012–)	9–3	9–2	0–1

Players called up within the last year
Player	ATP Ranking	Years Played	Total W-L	Singles W-L	Doubles W-L
Niels Desein	#154 (Singles)	1 (2015)	1–0	0–0	1–0
Olivier Rochus	#387 (Doubles)	15 (2000–2014)	23–28	15–15	8–13

Recent results

2000–2009

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	World Group, 1st round	4–6 February	Moscow (RUS)	Russia	1–4	Lost
2000	World Group Play-offs	21–23 July	Venice (ITA)	Italy	4–1	Won
2001	World Group, 1st round	4–6 February	Ghent (BEL)	France	0–5	Lost
2001	World Group Play-offs	21–23 September	Liège (BEL)	Morocco	2–3	Lost
2002	Euro/African Zone, Group I	5–7 April	Liège (BEL)	Greece	5–0	Won
2002	World Group Play-offs	20–22 September	Harare (ZIM)	Zimbabwe	4–1	Won
2003	World Group, 1st round	7–9 February	Seville (ESP)	Spain	0–5	Lost
2003	World Group Play-offs	19–21 September	Pörtschach (AUT)	Austria	2–3	Lost
2004	Euro/African Zone, Group I	9–11 April	Tournai (BEL)	Zimbabwe	4–1	Won
2004	World Group Play-offs	24–26 September	Rijeka (CRO)	Croatia	2–3	Lost
2005	Euro/African Zone, Group I	29 April – 1 May	Belgrade (SCG)	Serbia and Montenegro	3–2	Won
2005	World Group Play-offs	23–25 September	Leuven (BEL)	United States	1–4	Lost
2006	Euro/African Zone, Group I	7–9 April	Kiev (UKR)	Ukraine	4–1	Won
2006	World Group Play-offs	22–24 September	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	3–2	Won
2007	World Group, 1st round	9–11 February	Liège (BEL)	Australia	3–2	Won
2007	World Group, Quarter-final	6–8 April	Ostend (BEL)	Germany	2–3	Lost
2008	World Group, 1st round	8–10 February	Ostrava (CZE)	Czech Republic	2–3	Lost
2008	World Group Play-offs	19–21 September	Lausanne (SUI)	Switzerland	1–4	Lost
2009	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I	6–8 March	Liège (BEL)	Poland	4–1	Won
2009	World Group Play-offs	18–20 September	Charleroi (BEL)	Ukraine	3–2	Won

2010–present

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	World Group, 1st round	5–7 March	Bree (BEL)	Czech Republic	1–4	Lost
2010	World Group, Play-off	17–20 September	Cairns (AUS)	Australia	3–2	Won
2011	World Group, 1st round	4–6 March	Charleroi (BEL)	Spain	1–4	Lost
2011	World Group, Play-off	16–18 September	Antwerp (BEL)	Austria	1–4	Lost
2012	Euro/African Zone, Group I	6–8 April	Glasgow (GBR)	Great Britain	4–1	Won
2012	World Group, Play-off	16–18 September	Brussels (BEL)	Sweden	5–0	Won
2013	World Group, 1st round	1–3 February	Charleroi (BEL)	Serbia	2–3	Lost
2013	World Group, Play-off	16–18 September	Antwerp (BEL)	Israel	3–2	Won
2014	World Group, 1st round	31 January –2 Feb.	Astana (KAZ)	Kazakhstan	2–3	Lost
2014	World Group, Play-off	12–14 September	Tallinn (EST)	Ukraine	3–2	Won
2015	World Group, 1st round	6–8 March	Liège (BEL)	Switzerland	3–2	Won
	World Group, Quarter-final	17–19 July	Middelkerke (BEL)	Canada	5–0	Won
	World Group, Semi-final	18–20 September	Brussels (BEL)	Argentina	3–2	Won
	World Group, Final	27–29 November	Ghent (BEL)	Great Britain	1–3	Lost

References

External links

Team page on DavisCup.com

Davis Cup

Current champions (2015): Great Britain

Editions	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

World Groups	1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2016 World Group teams	Argentina Australia Belgium Canada Croatia Czech Republic France Germany Great Britain Italy Japan Kazakhstan Poland Serbia Switzerland United States

Former teams	Austria Brazil Belarus Chile Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Ecuador Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Mexico Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Paraguay Peru Romania Russia Slovakia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Yugoslavia Zimbabwe

Players	American Argentine Australian Austrian Belarusian Belgian Brazilian British Canadian Chilean Croatian Cuban Czech Czechoslovak Danish Dutch Ecuadorian French German Hungarian Indian Indonesian Irish Israeli Italian Japanese Kazakhstani Korean Mexican Moroccan New Zealand Paraguayan Peruvian Polish Romanian Russian Serbian Slovakian South African Soviet Spanish Swedish Swiss Yugoslavian Zimbabwean

List of champions

Belgian Sportsperson of the Year

Men	1967 Ferdinand Bracke 1968 Serge Reding 1969–1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bruno Brokken 1976 Ivo Van Damme 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980 Robert Van de Walle 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Eddy Annys 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Gaston Rahier & Vincent Rousseau 1986 William Van Dijck 1987 Georges Jobé 1988 Eric Geboers 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991 Jean-Michel Saive 1992 Georges Jobé 1993 Vincent Rousseau 1994 Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996 Fred Deburghgraeve 1997 Luc Van Lierde 1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1999 Luc Van Lierde 2000 Joël Smets 2001–2004 Stefan Everts 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Stefan Everts 2007 Tom Boonen 2008 Sven Nys 2009–2011 Philippe Gilbert 2012 Tom Boonen 2013 Frederik Van Lierde 2014 Thibaut Courtois 2015 Kevin De Bruyne

Women	1975 Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977 Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979 Carine Verbauwen 1980 Ingrid Berghmans 1981 Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986 Ingrid Berghmans 1987 Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989 Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991 Sabine Appelmans 1992 Annelies Bredael 1993 Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995 Brigitte Becue 1996 Ulla Werbrouck 1997 Gella Vandecaveye 1998 Dominique Monami 1999–2002 Kim Clijsters 2003–2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006–2007 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008 Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011 Kim Clijsters 2012 Evi Van Acker 2013 Kirsten Flipkens 2014 Nafissatou Thiam 2015 Delfine Persoon

Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Belgian Motorcross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Belgian Motorcross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Men's 4×400 metres relay 2012 Field hockey team 2013–2014 Football team 2015 Davis Cup team

Talent	1998 Kim Clijsters 1999 Bart Wellens 2000 Bart Aernouts 2001 Jurgen Van den Broeck 2002 Thomas Buffel 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005 Niels Albert 2006 Yoris Grandjean 2007 Dominique Cornu 2008 Elise Matthysen 2009 Romelu Lukaku 2010 Luca Brecel 2011 Thomas van der Plaetsen 2012 Kimmer Coppejans 2013 Nafissatou Thiam 2014 Divock Origi 2015 Tiesj Benoot

Paralympic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 Wim Decleir 2012 Marieke Vervoort 2013 Joachim Gérard 2014 Michèle George 2015 Marieke Vervoort

Coach	2011–2012 Jacques Borlée 2013–2014 Marc Wilmots 2015 Hein Vanhaezebrouck

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