Sweden Davis Cup team

Sweden

Captain	Thomas Enqvist
ITF ranking	29
Colors	Yellow & blue

First year	1925
Years played	81
Ties played (W–L)	225 (148–77)
Years in World Group	31 (56–25)
Davis Cup titles	7 (1975, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1997, 1998)
Runners-up	5 (1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1996)

Most total wins	Ulf Schmidt (66–36)
Most singles wins	Jan-Erik Lundqvist (47–16)
Most doubles wins	Sven Davidson (23–9)
Best doubles team	Ulf Schmidt & Jan-Erik Lundqvist (16–8)
Most ties played	Ulf Schmidt (38)
Most years played	Jonas Björkman (14)

The Sweden Davis Cup team (Swedish: Sveriges Davis Cup-lag) represents Sweden in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Swedish Tennis Association.

Sweden is, as of 2016, the 5th most successful nation, winning the title 7 times. 6 of these titles were since the creation of the Davis Cup World Cup in 1981, the most of any nation during this period, with 53 wins (as of February 2007), Sweden hold the record for most wins in the World Group.

Defeated by Belgium, 0-5, in a mid-September 2012 playoff game, Sweden was relegated from the Davis Cup World Cup in.^[1]

Current team (2014)

Christian Lindell
Elias Ymer
Robert Lindstedt (doubles player)
Johan Brunström (doubles player)

History

Sweden entered their first competition in 1925.

References

↑ TT (16 September 2012). "Sverige utklassat av Belgien" (in Swedish). Svenska dagbladet. Retrieved 3 March 2016.

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 Sweden

American football M W Bandy M W Baseball Basketball M W M U18 Beach handball M W Cricket Field hockey M W Football M W M U23 M U21 M U19 W U19 M U17 W U17 Australian rules football Badminton Floorball M W Futsal Handball M W Ice hockey M W M J M U18 W U18 Inline hockey Korfball Roller derby Rugby league Rugby union M W Speedway M M U21 M U19 Squash M W Volleyball M W Water polo Tennis M W

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