Zimbabwean Davis Cup team

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Zimbabwe
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captain Freeman Nyamunokora
Current ITF ranking 80
statistics
First participation 1963
Davis Cup participations 35
of which in world group 3
best result VF (1998)
Eternal balance 41:43
Most successful players
Most wins overall Byron Black (56)
Most individual wins Byron Black (39)
Most double victories Wayne Black (19)
Best double Wayne Black / Byron Black (10)
Most participations Byron Black (31)
Most of the years Byron Black (15)
Last update of the infobox: March 14, 2012

The Zimbabwean Davis Cup team is the Zimbabwe men's national tennis team .

history

The team first took part in the Davis Cup as Rhodesia in 1963 . In the world group, Zimbabwe made its debut in 1998 and went straight to the quarter-finals. There the team lost to Italy 0-5. The team was also represented in the world group in the two following years, but then had to accept relegation to the continental group. The most successful players are the brothers Wayne and Byron Black : With 56 wins and 31 appearances, Byron is the most successful player in his country and also the record player. Brother Wayne is after all the best doubles specialist with 19 one-two victories.

Current team

The following players competed for their country in the Davis Cup 2011 :

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