Serbia Davis Cup Team

Serbia
Serbia
Captain	Viktor Troicki
Coach	Boris Bošnjaković; Jovan Lilić; Dušan Vemić
ITF ranking	5 2 (27 November 2023)
Highest ITF ranking	2 (6 December 2010)
Colors	Red, Blue, White
First year	1927
Years played	88
Ties played (W–L)	207 (122–85)
Years in; World Group	24 (31–25)
Davis Cup titles	1 (2010)
Runners-up	1 (2013)
Most total wins	Novak Djokovic (44–16)
Most singles wins	Novak Djokovic (40–8)
Most doubles wins	Nenad Zimonjić (30–19)
Best doubles team	Vemić / Zimonjić (7–2)
Most ties played	Nenad Zimonjić (55)
Most years played	Nenad Zimonjić (22)

Since June 2006, the team has played under the name of Serbia, following the split of Serbia and Montenegro.

Serbia won the Davis Cup title for the first and only time in 2010, defeating France with 3:2 in the final as host nation. The team was a runner-up in 2013, when they were defeated by the Czech Republic with 2:3 in the final in Belgrade. The team also had four semifinals Davis Cup appearances (in 2011, 2017, 2021, 2023) and four quarterfinals Davis Cup appearances (in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019).

In 2020, Serbia won the inaugural ATP Cup.

Current team

The following players are representing Serbia in the 2024 Davis Cup qualifying round.

Player	Singles Rank	Doubles Rank	First year played	No. of ties	Total Win/Loss	Singles Win/Loss	Doubles Win/Loss
Laslo Djere	33	575	2017	9	5–4	5–4	0–0
Dušan Lajović	52	877	2012	18	13–11	13–10	0–1
Miomir Kecmanović	54	161	2021	9	7–4	4–3	3–1
Nikola Ćaćić	—	70	2021	9	5–4	0–0	5–4
Hamad Međedović	113	1358	2023	1	1–0	1–0	0–0

ATP rankings on 1 January 2024

Recent call-ups

	Denotes a retired player

The following players were part of a team in the last five years.

Player	Singles Rank	Doubles Rank	First year played	No. of ties	Total Win/Loss	Singles Win/Loss	Doubles Win/Loss	Last year played
Novak Djokovic	1	–	2004	36	44–16	40–8	4–8	2023
Filip Krajinović	311	—	2014	16	11–9	8–4	3–5	2023

ATP rankings on 1 January 2024

History

Serbia competed in its first Davis Cup as an independent nation in 2007.

Within the Yugoslav Davis Cup team, they reached the semifinals of the World Group in 1988, 1989 and 1991.

They competed as the Serbia and Montenegro Davis Cup team from 2003–2006.

Serbia won the Davis Cup title in 2010.

Year

Name of the country
[Ties & results]

Years played

Ties played

Years in World Group

Best result

1900–1926

Doesn't compete

1927–1928

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (KSHS)


1927 vs India 0:3	1928 vs Finland 1:4

2

2
(0–2)

—

Europe Zone 2nd round 1927

1929–1939

Kingdom of Yugoslavia


1929 vs Greece 1:4 1930 vs Sweden 5:0 1930 vs Spain 0:5 1931 vs Japan 0:5 1932 vs Denmark 1:4 1933 vs Italy 1:4 1933 vs Norway 5:0 1933 vs Austria 1:4 1934 vs Spain w/o 1934 vs Hungary 3:2 1935 vs Czechoslovakia 1:4 1936 vs Czechoslovakia 3:2 1936 vs France 3:2 1936 vs Austria 4:1 1936 vs Germany 0:3	1937 vs Romania 5:0 1937 vs South Africa 4:1 1937 vs Czechoslovakia 1:4 1938 vs Czechoslovakia 3:2 1938 vs Great Britain 5:0 1938 vs Sweden 3:1 1938 vs Belgium 5:0 1938 vs Germany 0:5 1939 vs Ireland 5:0 1939 vs Hungary 4:1 1939 vs Italy 3:2 1939 vs Belgium 3:2 1939 vs Germany 3:2 1939 vs Australia 1:4

11

28
(17–11)

—

Inter–Zonal Zone 1939

1940–1945

World War II

1946–1962

Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (FNRJ)


1946 vs Egypt 5:0 1946 vs Czechoslovakia 3:2 1946 vs France 3:2 1946 vs Sweden 2:3 1947 vs Ireland 3:2 1947 vs Belgium 4:1 1947 vs South Africa 3:2 1947 vs Czechoslovakia 0:4 1948 vs Turkey 5:0 1948 vs Italy 2:3 1949 vs Austria 4:1 1949 vs Sweden 3:2 1949 vs Italy 1:4 1950 vs Austria 5:0 1950 vs Belgium 2:3 1951 vs Germany 2:3	1952 vs Finland 3:2 1952 vs Great Britain 2:3 1953 vs Switzerland 5:0 1953 vs France 1:4 1954 vs Monaco 4:1 1954 vs Belgium 0:5 1955 vs Chile 0:5 1956 vs Egypt 4:1 1956 vs Great Britain 0:5 1957 vs Mexico 0:5 1958 vs Czechoslovakia 0:5 1959 vs Denmark 1:4 1960 vs Denmark 2:3 1961 vs Spain 1:3 1962 vs Caribbean/West Indies 4:1 1962 vs Mexico 1:4

17

32
(15–17)

—

Europe Zone Final 1947
Americas Zone Final 1962

1963–1992

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ)


1963 vs Monaco 5:0 1963 vs Austria 5:0 1963 vs Sweden 1:4 1964 vs Luxembourg 3:0 1964 vs Argentina 5:0 1964 vs Great Britain 2:3 1965 vs Morocco 5:0 1965 vs Rhodesia 5:0 1965 vs France 0:5 1966 vs Spain 1:4 1967 vs Brazil 2:3 1968 vs New Zealand 4:0 1968 vs Soviet Union 0:5 1969 vs France 3:2 1969 vs Spain 0:5 1970 vs Poland 3:2 1970 vs Ireland 5:0 1970 vs Romania 3:2 1970 vs Spain 1:4 1971 vs Great Britain 3:0 1971 vs Italy 3:2 1971 vs Romania 1:4 1972 vs Poland 1:3 1973 vs New Zealand 2:3 1974 vs Belgium 3:2 1974 vs Egypt 3:2 1974 vs Soviet Union 1:3 1975 vs Bulgaria 4:1 1975 vs France 0:3 1976 vs Greece 5:0 1976 vs Italy 0:5 1977 vs Netherlands 5:0 1977 vs Spain 1:4	1978 vs Morocco 5:0 1978 vs Sweden 2:3 1979 vs Switzerland 1:4 1979 vs Portugal 5:0 1980 vs Romania 0:5 1981 vs Israel 1:4 1982 vs Norway 5:0 1982 vs Hungary 2:3 1983 vs Tunisia 3:0 1983 vs Spain 3:2 1983 vs Bulgaria 5:0 1983 vs Hungary 4:0 1984 vs Australia 0:5 1984 vs Great Britain 4:1 1985 vs Australia 2:3 1985 vs France 4:1 1986 vs Soviet Union 3:2 1986 vs Czechoslovakia 0:5 1987 vs Australia 1:4 1987 vs Great Britain 3:0 1988 vs India 3:2 1988 vs Italy 4:1 1988 vs West Germany 0:5 1989 vs Denmark 4:1 1989 vs Spain 4:1 1989 vs Sweden 1:4 1990 vs New Zealand 2:3 1990 vs Switzerland 3:2 1991 vs Sweden 4:1 1991 vs Czechoslovakia 4:1 1991 vs France 0:5 1992 vs Australia 0:5 1992 vs Cuba w/o

30

65
(36–29)

9
(7–9)

World Group semifinals 1988, 1989, 1991

1993–1994

UN sport sanctions

1995–2003

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ)


1995 vs Benin 3:0 1995 vs Greece 2:1 1995 vs San Marino 3:0 1995 vs Moldova 3:0 1995 vs Togo 3:0 1996 vs Slovakia 1:4 1996 vs Algeria 5:0 1997 vs Lithuania 3:2 1997 vs Portugal 2:3 1998 vs Latvia 3:2 1998 vs Portugal 2:3 1999 vs Morocco 1:4 1999 vs Turkey 2:3	2000 vs Monaco 3:0 2000 vs Botswana 3:0 2000 vs Tunisia 2:0 2000 vs Georgia 3:0 2000 vs Monaco 3:0 2001 vs South Africa 0:5 2001 vs Poland 3:2 2002 vs South Africa 3:2 2002 vs Luxembourg 2:3

9

25
(17–8)

0

Europe/Africa Zone group II play–offs 2003

2003–2006

Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)


2003 vs Ivory Coast 4:1 2003 vs Bulgaria 4:1 2003 vs Greece 2:3 2004 vs Latvia 5:0 2004 vs Portugal 5:0 2004 vs Hungary 3:0 2005 vs Zimbabwe 5:0	2005 vs Belgium 2:3 2006 vs Israel 4:1 2006 vs Great Britain 3:2 2006 vs Switzerland 1:4

3

8
(6–2)

0

World Group play–offs 2006

2007–

Serbia (SRB)


2007 vs Georgia 5:0 2007 vs Australia 4:1 2008 vs Russia 2:3 2008 vs Slovakia 4:1 2009 vs Spain 1:4 2009 vs Uzbekistan 5:0 2010 vs United States 3:2 2010 vs Croatia 4:1 2010 vs Czech Republic 3:2 2010 vs France 3:2 2011 vs India 4:1 2011 vs Sweden 4:1 2011 vs Argentina 2:3 2012 vs Sweden 4:1 2012 vs Czech Republic 1:4 2013 vs Belgium 3:2 2013 vs United States 3:1 2013 vs Canada 3:2 2013 vs Czech Republic 2:3 2014 vs Switzerland 2:3 2014 vs India 3:2 2015 vs Croatia 5:0 2015 vs Argentina 1:4 2016 vs Kazakhstan 3:2	2016 vs Great Britain 2:3 2017 vs Russia 4:0 2017 vs Spain 4:1 2017 vs France 1:3 2018 vs United States 1:3 2018 vs India 4:1 2019 vs Uzbekistan 3:2 2019 vs Japan 3:0 2019 vs France 2:1 2019 vs Russia 1:2 2021 vs Austria 3:0 2021 vs Germany 1:2 2021 vs Kazakhstan 2:1 2021 vs Croatia 1:2 2022 vs Spain 0:3 2022 vs South Korea 2:1 2022 vs Canada 2:1 2023 vs Norway 4:0 2023 vs South Korea 3:0 2023 vs Spain 3:0 2023 vs Czech Republic 0:3 2023 vs Great Britain 2:0 2023 vs Italy 1:2 2024 vs Slovakia

16

47
(31–16)

15
(24–16)

Winner 2010

1927–	Overall	88	207 (122–85)	24 (31–25)	Winner 2010

Serbia is considered as the direct successor of former Davis Cup teams (SCG, YUG), which is important in drawing decisions of home/away ties and choice of ground.

Results under present name Serbia

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Europe/Africa Zone group I 1st round	9–11 Feb	bye
	Europe/Africa Zone group I 2nd round	6–8 Apr	clay	Kovilovo, Serbia	Georgia	5 : 0	Won
	World Group play-offs	21–23 Sep	clay	Belgrade, Serbia	Australia	4 : 1	Won
2008	World Group 1st round	8–10 Feb	hard	Moscow, Russia	Russia	2 : 3	Lost
2008	World Group play-offs	19–21 Sep	hard	Bratislava, Slovakia	Slovakia	4 : 1	Won
2009	World Group 1st round	7–8 Mar	clay	Benidorm, Spain	Spain	1 : 4	Lost
2009	World Group play-offs	18–20 Sep	hard	Belgrade, Serbia	Uzbekistan	5 : 0	Won
2010	World Group 1st round	5–7 Mar	clay	Belgrade, Serbia	United States	3 : 2	Won
	World Group quarterfinals	9–11 Jul	hard	Split, Croatia	Croatia	4 : 1	Won
	World Group semifinals	17–19 Sep	hard	Belgrade, Serbia	Czech Republic	3 : 2	Won
	World Group final	3–5 Dec	hard	Belgrade, Serbia	France	3 : 2	Champion
2011	World Group 1st round	4–6 Mar	hard	Novi Sad, Serbia	India	4 : 1	Won
	World Group quarterfinals	8–10 Jul	hard	Halmstad, Sweden	Sweden	4 : 1	Won
	World Group semifinals	16–18 Sep	hard	Belgrade, Serbia	Argentina	2 : 3	Lost
2012	World Group 1st round	10–12 Feb	hard	Niš, Serbia	Sweden	4 : 1	Won
2012	World Group quarterfinals	6–8 Apr	clay	Prague, Czech Rep.	Czech Republic	1 : 4	Lost
2013	World Group 1st round	1–3 Feb	clay	Charleroi, Belgium	Belgium	3 : 2	Won
	World Group quarterfinals	5–7 Apr	hard	Boise, United States	United States	3 : 1	Won
	World Group semifinals	13–15 Sep	clay	Belgrade, Serbia	Canada	3 : 2	Won
	World Group final	15–17 Nov	hard	Belgrade, Serbia	Czech Republic	2 : 3	Runner-up
2014	World Group 1st round	31 Jan–2 Feb	hard	Novi Sad, Serbia	Switzerland	2 : 3	Lost
2014	World Group play-offs	12–15 Sep	hard	Bangalore, India	India	3 : 2	Won
2015	World Group 1st round	6–8 Mar	hard	Kraljevo, Serbia	Croatia	5 : 0	Won
2015	World Group quarterfinals	17–19 Jul	clay	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	1 : 4	Lost
2016	World Group 1st round	4–6 Mar	hard	Belgrade, Serbia	Kazakhstan	3 : 2	Won
2016	World Group quarterfinals	15–17 Jul	clay	Belgrade, Serbia	Great Britain	2 : 3	Lost
2017	World Group 1st round	3–5 Feb	hard	Niš, Serbia	Russia	4 : 0	Won
	World Group quarterfinals	7–9 Apr	hard	Belgrade, Serbia	Spain	4 : 1	Won
	World Group semifinals	15–17 Sep	clay	Lille, France	France	1 : 3	Lost
2018	World Group 1st round	2–4 Feb	clay	Niš, Serbia	United States	1 : 3	Lost
2018	World Group play-offs	14–16 Sep	clay	Kraljevo, Serbia	India	4 : 1	Won
2019	World Group qualifying round	1–2 Feb	hard	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	3 : 2	Won
	World Group finals group A	20 Nov	hard	Madrid, Spain	Japan	3 : 0	Won
	World Group finals group A	21 Nov	hard		France	2 : 1	Won
	World Group finals quarterfinals	22 Nov	hard		Russia	1 : 2	Lost
2020–21	World Group finals group stage	26 Nov	hard	Innsbruck, Austria	Austria	3 : 0	Won
	World Group finals group stage	27 Nov	hard	Innsbruck, Austria	Germany	1 : 2	Lost
	World Group finals quarterfinals	1 Dec	hard	Madrid, Spain	Kazakhstan	2 : 1	Won
	World Group finals semifinals	3 Dec	hard	Madrid, Spain	Croatia	1 : 2	Lost
2022	World Group finals group stage	14 Sep	hard	Valencia, Spain	Spain	0 : 3	Lost
		15 Sep	hard		South Korea	2 : 1	Won
		17 Sep	hard		Canada	2 : 1	Won
2023	World Group qualifying round	3–5 Feb	hard	Oslo, Norway	Norway	4 : 0	Won
	World Group group stage	12 Sep	hard	Valencia, Spain	South Korea	3 : 0	Won
		15 Sep	hard		Spain	3 : 0	Won
		16 Sep	hard		Czech Republic	0 : 3	Lost
	World Group quarterfinals	23 Nov	hard	Málaga, Spain	Great Britain	2 : 0	Won
	World Group semifinals	25 Nov	hard	Málaga, Spain	Italy	1 : 2	Lost
2024	World Group qualifying round	2–3 Feb	clay	Kraljevo, Serbia	Slovakia	0 : 4	Lost

Head to head

(by No. of ties)

vs Czechoslovakia/Czech Rep. 13 ties 5–8
vs Spain 12 ties 4–8
vs France 11 ties 6–5
vs Great Britain 10 ties 6–4
vs Sweden 10 ties 6–4
vs Belgium 8 ties 5–3
vs Italy 8 ties 3–5
vs Austria 6 ties 5–1
vs / Soviet Union/Russia 6 ties 2–4
vs Australia 6 ties 1–5
vs Germany/West Germany 6 ties 1–5
vs Hungary 5 ties 4–1
vs India 5 ties 4–1
vs Switzerland 5 ties 2–3
vs Monaco 4 ties 4–0
vs South Africa 4 ties 3–1
vs Greece 4 ties 2–2
vs Portugal 4 ties 2–2
vs Romania 4 ties 2–2
vs Denmark 4 ties 1–3
vs Bulgaria 3 ties 3–0
vs Egypt 3 ties 3–0
vs Ireland 3 ties 3–0
vs Norway 3 ties 3–0
vs Croatia 3 ties 2–1
vs Morocco 3 ties 2–1
vs Poland 3 ties 2–1
vs United States 3 ties 2–1
vs Argentina 3 ties 1–2
vs New Zealand 3 ties 1–2
vs Canada 2 ties 2–0
vs Georgia 2 ties 2–0
vs Kazakhstan 2 ties 2–0
vs Latvia 2 ties 2–0
vs / Rhodesia/Zimbabwe 2 ties 2–0
vs South Korea 2 ties 2–0
vs Tunisia 2 ties 2–0
vs Uzbekistan 2 ties 2–0
vs Finland 2 ties 1–1
vs Israel 2 ties 1–1
vs Japan 2 ties 1–1
vs Luxembourg 2 ties 1–1
vs Slovakia 2 ties 1–1
vs Turkey 2 ties 1–1
vs Mexico 2 ties 0–2
vs Algeria 1 tie 1–0
vs Benin 1 tie 1–0
vs Botswana 1 tie 1–0
vs Caribbean/West Indies 1 tie 1–0
vs Ivory Coast 1 tie 1–0
vs Lithuania 1 tie 1–0
vs Moldova 1 tie 1–0
vs Netherlands 1 tie 1–0
vs San Marino 1 tie 1–0
vs Togo 1 tie 1–0
vs Brazil 1 tie 0–1
vs Chile 1 tie 0–1

Captains

#	Denotes captains who won the Davis Cup title
^	Denotes captains who won the ATP Cup title

Name	Residence	Tenure
Hinko Würt	Zagreb	1927–1928
Zvonko Fink	Zagreb	1929
Hinko Würt	Zagreb	1930–1931
Ivo Labaš	Zagreb	1932
Franjo Šefer	Zagreb	1933
Otton Heinz	Zagreb	1934
Fedor Malančec	Zagreb	1935–1936
Boško Miler	Zagreb	1937–1938
Mladen Pavlica	Zagreb	1939
Pejo Lukinić	Zagreb	1946–1951
Dragoljub Jovanović	Beograd	1952
Vojislav Ristić	Beograd	1952
Zvonko Fink	Zagreb	1953–54
Josip Palada	Zagreb	1955–57
Ivan Janošić	Zagreb	1958–59
Stjepan Tončić	Zagreb	1960–65
Radmilo Nikolić	Beograd	1966–73
Mladen Würt	Zagreb	1974–75
Nikica Nadali	Zagreb	1976–79
Radmilo Armenulić	Beograd	1980–96
Milan Čonkić	Novi Sad	1997–99
Nikola Špear	Subotica	2000
Goran Bubanj	Beograd	2001–2002
Nenad Zimonjić	Beograd	2003–2004
Dejan Petrović	Kragujevac	2005–2006
Bogdan Obradović #	Beograd	2007–2016
Nenad Zimonjić ^	Beograd	2017–2020
Viktor Troicki	Beograd	2021–

Other competitions

In addition to the Davis Cup, the Serbian national team has also achieved success in major tournaments in individual and team categories.

Team competitions

Outcome	Date	Team competition	Surface	Team members	Opponents	Score
Champions	27 May 1990	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Slobodan Živojinović Goran Ivanišević Goran Prpić	Jim Courier Brad Gilbert Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–0
Champions	4 Jan 1991	Hopman Cup, Perth, Australia	Hard	Monika Seleš Goran Prpić	Zina Garrison David Wheaton	3–0
Finalists	26 May 1991	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Slobodan Živojinović Goran Ivanišević Goran Prpić	Magnus Gustafsson Stefan Edberg Jonas Svensson	1–2
Finalists	4 Jan 2008	Hopman Cup, Perth, Australia	Hard	Jelena Janković Novak Djokovic	Serena Williams Mardy Fish	1–2
Champions	23 May 2009	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Janko Tipsarević Viktor Troicki Nenad Zimonjić	Rainer Schüttler Philipp Kohlschreiber Nicolas Kiefer Mischa Zverev	2–1
Champions	21 May 2012	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Janko Tipsarević Viktor Troicki Nenad Zimonjić Miki Janković	Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek František Čermák	3–0
Finalists	5 Jan 2013	Hopman Cup, Perth, Australia	Hard	Ana Ivanovic Novak Djokovic	Anabel Medina Garrigues Fernando Verdasco	1–2
Champions	3–12 Jan 2020	ATP Cup, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Novak Djokovic Dušan Lajović Nikola Milojević Viktor Troicki Nikola Ćaćić	Rafael Nadal Roberto Bautista Agut Pablo Carreño Busta Albert Ramos Viñolas Feliciano López	2–1

Olympic Games and Universiade medal tables

Here is the list of all Olympics Summer Games medals

Medal	Competition	Discipline	Team members
Bronze	2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing	Men's singles	Novak Djokovic

Here is the list of all Summer Universiade medals

Medal	Competition	Discipline	Team members
Gold	1961 Summer Universiade, Sofia	Men's singles	Boro Jovanović
Gold	1961 Summer Universiade, Sofia	Men's doubles	Boro Jovanović Nikola Pilić
Silver	1961 Summer Universiade, Sofia	Men's singles	Nikola Pilić
Gold	1987 Summer Universiade, Zagreb	Men's singles	Bruno Orešar
Gold	1987 Summer Universiade, Zagreb	Mixed doubles	Sabrina Goleš Bruno Orešar
Silver	1987 Summer Universiade, Zagreb	Men's singles	Igor Šarić
Bronze	1987 Summer Universiade, Zagreb	Men's doubles	Igor Šarić Branko Horvat
Silver	2005 Summer Universiade, İzmir	Men's doubles	Nikola Ćirić Darko Mađarovski
Gold	2009 Summer Universiade, Belgrade	Men's Team	Aleksander Slović Saša Stojisavljević Aleksandar Grubin Boris Čonkić
Gold	2009 Summer Universiade, Belgrade	Men's singles	Aleksander Slović
Bronze	2009 Summer Universiade, Belgrade	Men's doubles	Aleksandar Grubin Boris Čonkić

References

External links

Team page on DavisCup.com, the official website of the Davis Cup

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