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Uruguay Davis Cup team

Uruguay
CaptainEnrique Pérez Cassarino
ITF ranking32 Steady (20 September 2021)
First year1931
Years played45
Ties played (W–L)86 (42-44)
Best finishWG Play-offs (1990, 1992, 1994)
Most total winsMarcelo Filippini (42-36)
Most singles winsMarcelo Filippini (31-22)
Diego Pérez (31-23)
Most doubles winsMarcel Felder (11-8)
Best doubles teamPablo Cuevas/Marcel Felder (7-1)
Most ties playedMarcelo Filippini (33)
Most years playedDiego Pérez (16)
Rodrigo Arús and Nicolás Xiviller at the 2018 Davis Cup

The Uruguay national tennis team represents Uruguay in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Asociación Uruguaya de Tenis.

Uruguay had been playing in Group II since being relegated in 1996. In 2007, they won the Americas Zone Group II final against Paraguay without losing a rubber, and now competes in the Americas Zone Group I since 2019. In September 2019, the Uruguayan Davis Cup team defeated the Dominican Republic, winning entry into the highest Davis Cup tier, the 2020 Davis Cup World Group I.[1]

History

Uruguay competed in its first Davis Cup in 1931. Their best finish has been reaching the World Group play-offs, in 1990 (losing to Mexico), 1992 (losing to The Netherlands), and 1994 (losing to Austria).

Current team (2024)

See also

References

  1. ^ "La emoción de Cuevas, el triunfo de Uruguay y los sueños celestes". El Observador (Uruguay) (in Spanish). 16 September 2019.