The Uruguay national tennis team represents Uruguay in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Asociación Uruguaya de Tenis.
Uruguay | |
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Captain | Enrique Pérez Cassarino |
ITF ranking | 32 (20 September 2021) |
First year | 1931 |
Years played | 45 |
Ties played (W–L) | 86 (42-44) |
Best finish | WG Play-offs (1990, 1992, 1994) |
Most total wins | Marcelo Filippini (42-36) |
Most singles wins | Marcelo Filippini (31-22) Diego Pérez (31-23) |
Most doubles wins | Marcel Felder (11-8) |
Best doubles team | Pablo Cuevas/Marcel Felder (7-1) |
Most ties played | Marcelo Filippini (33) |
Most years played | Diego Pérez (16) |
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
editUruguay 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).
See also
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editReferences
edit- ^ "La emoción de Cuevas, el triunfo de Uruguay y los sueños celestes". El Observador (Uruguay) (in Spanish). 16 September 2019.