Italy Davis Cup team

Italy

Captain	Corrado Barazzutti
ITF ranking	7

First year	1922
Years played	84
Ties played (W–L)	242 (159–83)
Years in World Group	24 (19–23)
Davis Cup titles	1 (1976)
Runners-up	6 (1960, 1961, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1998)

Most total wins	Nicola Pietrangeli (120–44)
Most singles wins	Nicola Pietrangeli (78–32)
Most doubles wins	Nicola Pietrangeli (42–12)
Best doubles team	Orlando Sirola & Nicola Pietrangeli (34–8)
Most ties played	Nicola Pietrangeli (66)
Most years played	Nicola Pietrangeli (18)

The Italy Davis Cup team represents Italy in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federazione Italiana Tennis.

Italy won the Davis Cup in 1976, and finished as runners-up 6 times (1960, 1961, 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1998). They currently compete in the World Group. They last competed in the highest level in 2000, but winning 3-0 against Chile, on September 16, 2011, won again a pass for the World Group.

History

Italy competed in its first Davis Cup in 1922.

Current team (2016)

Fabio Fognini
Andreas Seppi
Simone Bolelli
Paolo Lorenzi
Marco Cecchinato (substituting Fabio Fognini).

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

National sports teams of Italy

Unified	Athletics Cycling Diving Equestrianism Fencing Korfball Shooting Short track skating Swimming

Men	American football Ball hockey Bandy Baseball Basketball Canoe polo Cricket Field hockey Football Futsal Handball Ice hockey Inline hockey Pitch and putt Racquetball Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union Speedway Squash Tennis Volleyball Water polo

Women	Basketball Beach handball Canoe polo Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Roller hockey Rugby union Softball Tennis Volleyball Water polo

At the multi-sport events	Olympics Paralympics Summer Universiade Mediterranean Games World Games Military World Games

Sport in Italy

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