Italy Davis Cup team

Italy
Captain Corrado Barazzutti
ITF ranking 10
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)


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