Italian Davis Cup team
| Italy | |
 |
|
| captain | Corrado Barazzutti |
| Current ITF ranking | 8th |
| statistics | |
| First participation | 1922 |
| Davis Cup participations | 86 |
| of which in world group | 25th |
| Title won | 1 |
| Total finals | 7th |
| best result | S (1976) |
| Eternal balance | 161: 84 |
| Most successful players | |
| Most wins overall | Nicola Pietrangeli (120) |
| Most individual wins | Nicola Pietrangeli (78) |
| Most double victories | Nicola Pietrangeli (42) |
| Best double | Orlando Sirola / Nicola Pietrangeli (34) |
| Most participations | Nicola Pietrangeli (66) |
| Most of the years | Nicola Pietrangeli (18) |
| Last update of the infobox: June 25, 2016 | |
The Italian Davis Cup team is the national tennis team of Italy . It is organized by the Federazione Italiana Tennis . The Davis Cup is the most important competition for national teams in men's tennis, analogous to the Fed Cup for women.
history
Italy has played in the Davis Cup since 1922 . In 1960 the team reached the final for the first time, but had to admit defeat to the Australian team 1: 4. The following year the Italians reached the final again, but lost (again against Australia) 0-5. It wasn't until 1976 that they managed to win the Davis Cup. They faced Chile in the final and won 5-0. In 1977 they lost again to Australia 5-0. In 1979 and 1980 they both reached the finals, but could not prevail. The last entry into the finals was in 1998 when they had to admit defeat to the Swedish team.
The Italian team
So far 71 players have played for Italy. The youngest player ever to be used in an encounter with Italy was Diego Nargiso at 17 years and 327 days on February 5, 1988. At 38 years and 279 days, the record Davis Cup player Nicola Pietrangeli played his oldest player last Davis Cup encounter for Italy. Pietrangeli won a total of 120 matches and 78 in singles, both are records in the competition.
Final participation
The results of the finals are given from an Italian perspective.
| year | Final location | Final opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Sydney |
 Australia
|
1: 4 |
| 1961 | Melbourne |
Australia
|
0: 5 |
| 1976 | Santiago de Chile |
 Chile
|
4: 1 |
| 1977 | Sydney |
Australia
|
0: 5 |
| 1979 | San Francisco |
 United States
|
0: 5 |
| 1980 | Prague |
 Czechoslovakia
|
1: 4 |
| 1998 | Milan |
 Sweden
|
1: 4 |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Pietrangeli also holds the worldwide records in these categories: Records on daviscup.com
- ↑ Pietrangeli / Sirola also hold the worldwide record in this category: Records on daviscup.com
Web links
- Davis Cup Stats - Italy (English)
