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Davis Cup tennis team representing Italy

Italy
CaptainFilippo Volandri
ITF ranking1Steady (27 November 2023)
First year1922
Years played84
Ties played (W–L)277 (186–91)
Years in
World Group		24 (19–23)
Davis Cup titles4 (1976,2023,2024,2025)
Runners-up6 (1960,1961,1977,1979,1980,1998)
Most total winsNicola Pietrangeli (120–44)
Most singles winsNicola Pietrangeli (78–32)
Most doubles winsNicola Pietrangeli (42–12)
Best doubles teamOrlando Sirola,
Nicola Pietrangeli (34–8)
Most ties playedNicola Pietrangeli (66)
Most years playedNicola Pietrangeli (18)
Nicola Pietrangeli,Paolo Bertolucci,Adriano Panatta andCorrado Barazzutti with the trophy in 1976
Nicola Pietrangeli, team captain for the country's first Davis Cup championship in 1976

TheItaly men's national tennis team represents Italy inDavis Cuptennis competition and is governed by theItalian Tennis Federation. Italy is the reigning champions, claiming the Davis Cup in2025. It is four-time champions overall, also winning in1976,2023, and2024 as well as finishing as runners-up six times (1960, 1961, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1998).Nicola Pietrangeli is one of Italy's most decorated players, featuring in all major records for the team. He holds the record for most Davis Cup ties, most overall wins, most singles wins, most doubles wins (both individually and as part of a team), and most years played.[1]

History

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Early years pre-World War II

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Italy competed in its first Davis Cup in the1922 International Lawn Tennis Challenge. Prior to World War II, Italy generally made it to the quarterfinals of the European Zone and featured in the Inter-zonal final twice – once in1928 and once in1930. The Inter-zonal final was the final match of competition before the Challenge Round match, where the winner would earn the right to challenge the defending champion. On both occasions, Italy lost to theUnited States by a scoreline of 4–1.Uberto De Morpurgo was the Davis Cup captain for both matches and was the only player to register a win in his two single rubbers.

Post World War II – 1962

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Two years after the resumption of the tournament which was put on hold due to World War II, Italy made its first reappearance in 1948. Italy was very strong over this period, appearing in four Inter-zonal finals in1949,1952,1955 and1958 before finally securing its maiden Challenge Round tie in1960. Unfortunately, Italy were unable to overcome a strongAustralian team featuringRod Laver andNeale Fraser, losing 4–1 atWhite City in Sydney. Italian legend,Nicola Pietrangeli managed to win Italy's only point when he defeated Fraser in a dead-rubber match on the final day. The following year, Italy were again able to reach the Challenge Round Final after defeating the United States 4–1 in the Final in Rome. Pietrangeli won both his singles matches and his doubles match. However, Italy would again fall at the final hurdle. On this occasion, Italylost 5–0 to Australia atKooyong Stadium in Melbourne. The Australian side would again feature Laver (in singles and doubles) and Fraser (in doubles only), and were joined byRoy Emerson who played two singles matches. The Italian side once again featured Pietrangeli and alsoOrlando Sirola across all five matches. In1962, Italy lost in the European Final toSweden 1–4.

Limited success to first Davis Cup title

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Following a somewhat lean period from 1963 to 1972, which included only one European Final in 1968, Italy returned to form in the competition with mixed success. In 1973 they made a European Final before going one step further the following year, losing 4–1 to South Africa in1974 in the Inter-zonal Semifinals. Two years later, Italy claimed its maiden Davis Cup title when they defeated Chile 4–1 atEstadio Nacional in Santiago. Italy took an early lead on Day 1, afterCorrado Barazzutti andAdriano Panatta both won their singles matches. Then Italy took an unassailable 3–0 lead the following day, when Panatta teamed up withPaolo Bertolucci in the doubles, and after finding themselves one-set-to-love down, won the next three sets to win the rubber in four sets. Over the next four years, Italy would reach the Davis Cup final three times, losing all three ties.

World Group era (1981–2000)

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Since the World Group format begun in 1981, Italy were able to maintain their top 16 status for twenty years. Italy finished as quarterfinalists or better in twelve of those twenty years, including two semifinal loses and one final loss. In the first four years of the format, Italy playedGreat Britain three times in the first round winning two and losing once. This loss came in the first year of World Group format, forcing them into an end of year World Group regelation play-off againstSouth Korea. They won the tie 4–1 at home inSanremo earning the right to continue in the World Group for the1982 edition.[2]

In 1986, Italy lost toSweden in the quarterfinals and then again in the first round of the1987 edition forcing them once again into a relegation playoff. They were drawn againstSouth Korea for a second playoff match, this time being held inSeoul. Once again Italy prevailed in the match, 3–2, avoiding relegation into the Europe/Africa Zone for 1988.[3]

Sweden defeated Italy for a third time in the new format in the first round of the1989 Davis Cup World Group. Italy survived the playoff by defeatingDenmark 4–1 away inAarhus.[4] Italy finally defeated Sweden in their fourth meeting of the new format, with a 3–2 home win inCagliari in the first round of the1990 Davis Cup.[5] However, they would lose 5–0 toAustria in the quarterfinals.[6]

In the2000 Davis Cup, Italy lost 4–1 away to Spain setting them up for World Group Playoff clash against Belgium. Playing at home in Rome, Italy lost the tie 4–1, meaning they would be relegated for the first time in the World Group era.

Relegation and return to World Group

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After Italy's World Group playoff loss, they were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the 2001 edition of the tournament. Italy would not return to the World Group until they defeated Chile 4–1 away in the2011 Davis Cup World Group play-offs. Between 2013 and 2018, Italy were defeated in the Quarterfinals on four occasions and once in the Semifinals. Since the restructuring of the competition in 2019, Italy has made it into the Semifinals in 2022.

Return to the top

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Twenty-five years after the last final (1998) and 47 years after the last victory (1976), on 26 November 2023 Italy returned to win theDavis Cup, beatingAustralia 2–0.

On 24 November 2024,Jannik Sinner won the deciding game to beat theNetherlands 2-0 and give Italy the third Davis Cup, which adds up to Italy's women winning the Billie Jean King Cup title on the same year.[7]

Overall performance

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Italy has played no less than 15 semifinals. Italy has recorded eight defeats and seven wins. Of those eight losses, Italy has suffered four whitewash defeats – losing 5–0 toAustralia in 1949 and 1955 and theUnited States in 1952 and 1958. Of the seven semifinals won, the greatest margin was a 4–1 victory, achieved on four occasions. These wins occurred in 1961 and 1998 against the United States, in 1977 againstFrance and in 1979 againstCzechoslovakia.[8]

Recent performances

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Here is the list of all match-ups since 1981, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.

2010s

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YearCompetitionDateLocationOpponentScoreResult
2010Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st Round5–7 MarchCastellaneta (ITA) Belarus5–0Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd Round7–9 MayZoetermeer (NED) Netherlands4–1Win
World Group play-offs17–19 SeptemberLidköping (SWE) Sweden2–3Loss
2011Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd Round8–10 JulyArzachena (ITA) Slovenia5–0Win
World Group play-offs16–18 SeptemberSantiago (CHI) Chile4–1Win
2012World Group, 1st Round10–12 FebruaryOstrava (CZE) Czech Republic4–1Loss
World Group play-offs14–16 SeptemberNapoli (ITA) Chile4–1Win
2013World Group, 1st Round1–3 FebruaryTurin (ITA) Croatia5–0Win
World Group, quarterfinals5–7 AprilVancouver (CAN) Canada3–2Loss
2014World Group, 1st Round31 January – 2 FebruaryMar del Plata (ARG) Argentina3–1Win
World Group, quarterfinals4–6 AprilNapoli (ITA) Great Britain3–2Win
World Group, semifinals12–14 SeptemberGeneva (SWI)  Switzerland2–3Loss
2015World Group, 1st Round6–8 MarchAstana (KAZ) Kazakhstan2–3Loss
World Group play-offs18–20 SeptemberIrkutsk (RUS) Russia4–1Win
2016World Group, 1st Round4–6 MarchPesaro (ITA)  Switzerland5–0Win
World Group, quarterfinals15–17 JulyPesaro (ITA) Argentina1–3Loss
2017World Group, 1st Round3–5 FebruaryBuenos Aires (ARG) Argentina3–2Win
World Group, quarterfinals7–9 AprilCharleroi (BEL) Belgium2–3Loss
2018World Group, 1st Round2–4 FebruaryMorioka (JPN) Japan3–1Win
World Group, quarterfinals6–8 AprilGenoa (ITA) France1–3Loss
2019Qualifying round2–4 FebruaryKolkata (IND) India3–1Win
Finals, Round-robin18 NovemberMadrid (ESP) Canada1–2Loss
Finals, Round-robin20 NovemberMadrid (ESP) United States1–2Loss

2020s

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YearCompetitionDateLocationOpponentScoreResult
2020–21[9]Qualifying round6–7 MarchCagliari (ITA) South Korea4–0Win
Finals, Round-robin26 NovemberTurin (ITA) United States2–1Win
Finals, Round-robin27 NovemberTurin (ITA) Colombia2–1Win
Finals, quarterfinals29 NovemberTurin (ITA) Croatia1–2Loss
2022Qualifying round4–5 MarchBratislava (SVK) Slovakia3–2Win
Finals, Round-robin14 SeptemberBologna (ITA) Croatia3–0Win
Finals, Round-robin16 SeptemberBologna (ITA) Argentina2–1Win
Finals, Round-robin18 SeptemberBologna (ITA) Sweden2–1Win
Finals, quarterfinals24 NovemberMálaga (ESP) United States2–1Win
Finals, semifinals26 NovemberMálaga (ESP) Canada1–2Loss
2023Finals, Round-robin13 SeptemberBologna (ITA) Canada0–3Loss
Finals, Round-robin15 SeptemberBologna (ITA) Chile3–0Win
Finals, Round-robin17 SeptemberBologna (ITA) Sweden2–1Win
Finals, quarterfinals23 NovemberMálaga (ESP) Netherlands2–1Win
Finals, semifinals25 NovemberMálaga (ESP) Serbia2–1Win
Finals, final26 NovemberMálaga (ESP) Australia2–0Champions
2024Finals, Round-robin11 SeptemberBologna (ITA) Brazil2–1Win
Finals, Round-robin13 SeptemberBologna (ITA) Belgium2–1Win
Finals, Round-robin15 SeptemberBologna (ITA) Netherlands2–1Win
Finals, quarterfinals21 NovemberMálaga (ESP) Argentina2–1Win
Finals, semifinals23 NovemberMálaga (ESP) Australia2–0Win
Finals, final24 NovemberMálaga (ESP) Netherlands2–0Champions

Current squad

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Further information:List of Italy Davis Cup team representatives
Squad representing Italy in the2025 Davis Cup Finals, Knockout stage
PlayerBornATP rankingDebutTiesWin-loss
SinglesDoublesSinglesDoublesTotal
Flavio Cobolli (2002-05-06)6 May 2002 (age 23)22297202443–10–03–1
Lorenzo Sonego (1995-05-11)11 May 1995 (age 30)39942021106–33–09–3
Matteo Berrettini (1996-04-12)12 April 1996 (age 29)5634720191511–22–213–4
Andrea Vavassori (1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (age 30)34114202430–01–21–2
Simone Bolelli (1985-10-08)8 October 1985 (age 40)-132007347–917–1324–22

Captains

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Although Italy had started its adventure in the Davis Cup back in 1922, it was only in 1928 that the team had its first captain and it was BaronUberto De Morpurgo, who was also a player on that occasion.

Beginning in the 1950s, the team captain's position became a kind ofcoach called thenon-playing captain.[10]

List of Italy Davis Cup captains
NameTenureTotalFinalsBest result[a]
WYearsFYearsSYears
Uberto de Morpurgo1928–?[11]
Vasco Valerio [it]1965–19684QF1968
Orlando Sirola1969–197133R1969
Giordano Maioli197213R1972
Fausto Gardini1973–19753SF1974
Nicola Pietrangeli1976–197731197611977n/a
Bitti Bergamo [it]1978–1979[12]2119791n/a
Vittorio Crotta1979–19834219791, 1980n/a
Adriano Panatta1984–1997[13]14SF1996, 1997
Paolo Bertolucci1998–2000311998n/a
Corrado Barazzutti2001–202020SF2014
Filippo Volandri2021–[14]322023,2024n/a
Notes

1 Crotta replaced Bergamo as captain after the Semifinals during the 1979 campaign.

  1. ^Best result if failed to qualify for Davis Cup Final

Individual and team records

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As of 15 September 2024[1]
RecordDetailsReport
Youngest player17 years, 327 daysDiego Nargiso versusIsrael in1988 World Group, first round[15]
Oldest player38 years, 342 daysSimone Bolelli versusNetherlands in2024 Davis Cup Finals, Group stage[16]
Longest rubber duration4 hours, 29 minutesFederico Luzzi defeatedVille Liukko (FIN) in2001 Europe/Africa Zone Group I, quarterfinals[17]
Longest tie duration13 hours, 45 minutesItaly defeatedPoland in2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Final[18]
Longest tie-break30 points (16–14)Paolo Lorenzi defeatedMarco Chiudinelli (SUI) in2016 World Group, first round[19]
Longest final set28 games (15–13)Nestor /Pospisil (CAN) defeatedBracciali /Fognini in2013 World Group, quarterfinals[20]
Most games in a set38 (20–18)Alex Olmedo (USA) defeatedOrlando Sirola in1958 Inter-zonal Final[21]
Most games in a rubber79Barry MacKay (tennis) (USA) defeatedNicola Pietrangeli in1960 Inter-zonal Final[22]
Most games in a tie281Italy defeatedUnited States in1960 Inter-zonal Final[22]
Most decisive victory (best of 5 rubbers)15 sets (15–0)Italy defeatedMonaco in1968 Europe Zone A, quarterfinals[23]
Most decisive victory (best of 3 rubbers)4 sets (6–2)Italy defeatedCroatia in2022 Davis Cup Finals, Group A[24]
Longest winning run9 ties1976 Europe Zone B, preliminary round Quarterfinal –1977 Inter-zonal Semifinal (from 30 April 1976 until 16 September 1977)[25][26]

Most ties and wins

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As of 15 September 2024
Most ties played
RankPlayerTies
1Nicola Pietrangeli66
2Orlando Sirola46
3Adriano Panatta38
4Giorgio de Stefani34
4Simone Bolelli34
6Corrado Barazzutti32
6Paolo Bertolucci32
8Fabio Fognini30
9Uberto De Morpurgo28
10Giovanni Cucelli27
10Andreas Seppi27
Most rubbers won
RankPlayerWins
1Nicola Pietrangeli120
2Adriano Panatta64
3Orlando Sirola57
4Uberto De Morpurgo55
5Giorgio de Stefani44
6Corrado Barazzutti41
7Giovanni Cucelli38
8Fabio Fognini35
9Paolo Bertolucci30
10Fausto Gardini29
Highest win percentage[a]
RankPlayerW-LW%
1Potito Starace21–677.8%
2Fausto Gardini29–976.3%
3Paolo Bertolucci30–1075%
4Nicola Pietrangeli120–4473.2%
5Giuseppe Merlo25–1071.4%
6Uberto De Morpurgo55–2469.6%
7Giovanni Cucelli38–1769.1%
8Giorgio de Stefani44–2266.7%
9Corrado Barazzutti41–2166.1%
10Marcello del Bello28–1565.1%

Performance timeline

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The Italian team has participated in 91 editions of theDavis Cup since 1922.[27]

Key
W F SFQF#RRRZ#POANHP
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (P) postponed or continued into following year; (NH) not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the team's participation has ended.
1921–1940Challenge Round era
Part2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
17A2R2R2R2R2R3RSF3RSF3RQF3R3R2RA3R3R3RNH
1941–1960Challenge Round era
Part4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
13NHNHNHNHNHAA4RSF4R4RSF4R3RSFQF5RSFQFF
1961–1980Challenge Round eraZonal
Part6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
20FQF1R3R3R3R3RQF3R1R2R3RQFSF2RWF2RFF
1981–2000World Group
Part8182838485868788899091929394959697989900
201RQFQFQF1RQF1RQF1RQF1RQFQF1RQFSFSFF1R1R
2001–2020World GroupDCF
Part0102030405060708091011121314151617181920
20POZ2Z2Z3POPOPOZ2POPOPO1RQFSF1RQFQFQFRRP
2021–2040Davis Cup Finals
Part2122232425
4QFSFWW

Record

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Main article:Italy Davis Cup team all-time record

Since Italy's debut in 1922, they have played against 48 nations with a winning record against 36 nations.

As of 9 July 2024, Italy has a perfect 100% winning record against 19 nations. The best of these is againstPoland, achieving 100% of wins after 9 ties. Italy has not won a tie against three nations. The worst of these is againstCanada, as they have been unable to record a win after four ties.

Results

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Key to eras and positions result

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  • Challenge Round era (until 1971): the previous Davis Cup Champion would have a bye to and host the Challenge Round Final. Thus the losing team in the Final (or Inter-zonal final) was the third-placed team. For the purposes of this table, the third placed team is grouped as semifinalists and the Zonal finalists (fourth and fifth placed teams) are grouped as quarterfinalists.
  • 1972–1980: the previous Davis Cup Champion now had to compete in all rounds. There were four zones consisting of America, Eastern, Europe A and Europe B, with the competition culminating in a four team knockout between zonal winners. The zonal finalists were the equivalent of Davis Cup quarterfinalists.
  • Since 1981: World Group (1981–2018), Davis Cup Finals (from 2019) consisting of 16 or 18 teams.
  • Abbreviations: POW = Winner of World Group Playoff (1981–2018); POL = Lost in World Group Playoff (1981–2018); GS = Did not advance past the Group Stage of the Davis Cup Finals (from 2019); DNQ = Did not qualify for World Group Playoff

Results table

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ResultTotalChallenge Round era
(until 1971)		Post-Challenge Round era
1972–1980Since 1981
#Years#Years#Years
Champions30—1197622023,2024
Runners-Up621960,196131977,1979,198011998
Semifinalists1161928,1930,1949,1952,1955,19581197441996,1997,2014,2022
Quarterfinalists2051932,1956,1959,1962,196811973141982,1983,1984,1986,1988,1990,1992,
1993,1995,2013,2016,2017,2018,2020–21
Other results
Not in Top 5[b]
or Zonal Final;[c]
Lost in First Round[d]
Group Stage[e]		41281922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929,
1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939,
1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1963,
1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971		21975, 197811POW (9):1981,1985,1987,1989,1991,1994,1999,2012,2015
POL (1):2000
GS (1):2019
Not in World Group
or Davis Cup Finals		11——11POW (1): 2011
POL (6): 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
DNQ (4): 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008

Winning teams

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1976

2023

2024

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Minimum 20 rubbers played
  2. ^Challenge Round era (1905–1971) only
  3. ^1972–1980
  4. ^World Group (1981–2018) only
  5. ^Davis Cup Finals (from 2019) only

References

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