Paraguay Davis Cup team

Paraguay Davis Cup Team

Nickname	Los Guaraníes/ La Albirroja
Captain	Paulo Carvallo
ITF ranking	63 3
Colors	Red/White

First year	1931
Years played	35
Ties played (W–L)	78 (41-37)
Years in World Group	7 (4-7)

Most total wins	Ramón Delgado (53-21)
Most singles wins	Ramón Delgado (39-9)
Most doubles wins	Ramón Delgado (14-12)
Best doubles team	Francisco González/Victor Pecci (11-6)
Most ties played	Ramón Delgado (28)
Most years played	Ramón Delgado (16)

The Paraguay Davis Cup team represents Paraguay in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Asociación Paraguaya de Tenis.

Paraguay currently compete in Group II of the Americas Zone. They have played in the World Group on seven occasions, reaching the quarterfinals four times.

History

Paraguay competed in its first Davis Cup in 1931. Their best result was reaching the World Group quarterfinals on four occasions, 1983–85 and 1987. Three of those ties went down to the deciding rubber.

Last tie

Paraguay won to Cuba, Honduras and Panama in the round robin of the 2015 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III, and won to Jamaica in the promotion play-off.

Next tie

Paraguay will play against Venezuela in the first round of Group II of the Americas Zone in 2016.

Current team

Juan Borba
Ayed Zatar
Gustavo Ramírez
Bruno Britez

External links

Team page on DavisCup.com

National sports teams of Paraguay

Baseball Basketball M W M U/19 M U/17 W U/19 W U/17 Beach football Field Hockey M W Football M W M U/23 M U/20 M U/17 W U/20 W U/17 Futsal Handball M W Ice hockey M W Olympics Pan American Games Paralympics Rugby union M Squash M F Tennis M F Indoor Volleyball M W

Davis Cup

Current champions (2015): Great Britain

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

Former World Group 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

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