Croatia Davis Cup team

The Croatia men's national tennis team represents Croatia in the Davis Cup and is governed by the Croatian Tennis Association.Croatia won the Davis Cup twice, in 2005 and 2018, and was runner-up in 2016 and 2021.

Croatia
Captain	Velimir Zovko
ITF ranking	8 (25 November 2024)
Highest ITF ranking	1 (5 December 2005)
Colors	Red and white
First year	1993
Years played	32
Ties played (W–L)	80 (49–31)
Years in World Group	22 (30–22)
Davis Cup titles	2 (2005, 2018)
Runners-up	2 (2016, 2021)
Most total wins	Marin Čilić (43–23)
Most singles wins	Marin Čilić (33–17)
Most doubles wins	Goran Ivanišević (13–5) Ivan Ljubičić (13–6)
Best doubles team	Nikola Mektić & Mate Pavić (7-2)
Most ties played	Marin Čilić (34)
Most years played	Marin Čilić (15)

Croatia in 2018 with their second Davis Cup title

History

See also: Yugoslavia Davis Cup team

Croatia competed in its first Davis Cup in 1993 in Europe/Africa Group I semifinals beating Zimbabwe 3–2. In 1994 Croatia beat Portugal 4–0 in qualification round thus ensuring its first time appearance in World Group in 1995. Croatia lost in its debut from Germany and failed to qualify in the World Group again until 2002 where they beat Germany and earned its first quarterfinals. In 2005 Croatia won its first Davis Cup over Slovakia as the first unseeded nation to win the title, and also reached No. 1 at the ITF rankings for the first time. Croatia reached semifinals in 2009 but lost to Czech Republic 4–1. In 2016 Croatia reached the finals for the second time, again as unseeded nation, but lost to Argentina. Two years later, in 2018, Croatia won its second title by beating defending champion France, thus becoming the last Davis Cup champion in the old best-of-five competition format, and also the 10th country overall with more than one title.

Current team

The following players were called up for the 2025 Davis Cup tie against Slovakia.

Number	Player	Singles ATP Rank	Doubles ATP Rank
1.	Duje Ajduković	158	858
2.	Matej Dodig	263	970
3.	Dino Prižmić	368	-
4.	Mate Pavić	-	1
5.	Nikola Mektić	-	12

Players

Key

	Players that have won the Davis cup
Bold	Players that are active for the national team
***	Still playing active tennis

Last updated: Croatia – Slovakia; 2 February 2025.

Player	W-L (Total)	W-L (Singles)	W-L (Doubles)	Ties	Career
Duje Ajduković	4–2	3–2	1–0	4	2023–
Mario Ančić [A]	21–13	13–11	8–2	18	1999–2009
Ivan Beroš	1–0	1–0	0–0	1	1999
Ivan Cerović	0–1	0–1	0–0	1	2006
Marin Čilić [B]	43–23	33–17	10–6	34	2006–
Borna Ćorić [B]	16–9	16–9	0–0	19	2013–
Mate Delić	1–4	1–4	0–0	3	2014–2015
Ivan Dodig [B]	12–18	2–7	10–11	22	2010–
Matej Dodig	1–1	1–1	0–0	2	2024–
Marin Draganja	2–3	0–1	2–2	5	2014–2017
Viktor Galović	1–1	1–1	0–0	2	2017–2018
Borna Gojo	9–6	9–6	0–0	15	2019–
Saša Hiršzon	11–12	6–8	5–4	9	1994–1998
Goran Ivanišević [A]	33–11	20–6	13–5	18	1993–2003
Roko Karanušić	2–6	2–5	0–1	6	2005–2009
Ivo Karlović [A]	13–14	9–10	4–4	15	2000–2016
Željko Krajan	1–2	1–2	0–0	3	1998–1999
Ivan Ljubičić [A]	36–19	23–13	13–6	22	1998–2010
Nikola Mektić	11–6	1–2	10–4	16	2011–
Goran Orešić	1–1	1–1	0–0	2	1996
Ante Pavić	0–1	0–1	0–0	1	2017
Mate Pavić [B]	10–11	0–1	10–10	20	2013–
Mili Poljičak***	1–0	0–0	1–0	1	2024–
Dino Prižmić	1–2	1–2	0–0	3	2023–
Goran Prpić	1–5	1–3	0–2	2	1993
Nino Serdarušić***	1–0	1–0	0–0	1	2021–
Igor Šarić	2–0	2–0	0–0	2	1994–1996
Franko Škugor [B]	3–5	1–3	2–2	6	2015–2020
Saša Tuksar	0–2	0–2	0–0	2	2004–2006
Ivan Vajda	0–1	0–1	0–0	1	2001
Antonio Veić	1–2	1–2	0–0	3	2010–2012
Lovro Zovko	6–9	5–2	1–7	10	1998-2009
Total	200–157	155–124	45–33	80	1993–2025

Managers

Last updated: Croatia – Slovakia; 2 February 2025.

Name	Tenure	Ties	Won	Lost	Win %	Best Result
Bruno Orešar	1993	2	1	1	50%	1993 World Group, Qualifying round
Goran Prpić	1994	1	1	0	100%	1994 Europe/Africa Group I, Semifinals
Željko Franulović	1994–1997	7	3	4	43%	1995 World Group, First round
Goran Prpić	1998–2000	7	4	3	57%	1999 Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals
Nikola Pilić	2001–2005	12	9	3	75%	2005 Champions
Ivan Ljubičić	2006	2	1	1	50%	2006 World Group, Quarterfinals
Goran Prpić	2007–2011	11	6	5	55%	2009 World Group, Semifinals
Željko Krajan	2012–2019	18	12	6	67%	2018 Champions
Franko Škugor	2019	2	0	2	0%	–
Vedran Martić	2019–2023	15	10	5	67%	2021 Final
Velimir Zovko	2024-present	3	2	1	67%
Totals		80	49	31	61%

Davis Cup finals

Edition	Rounds/Opponents	Results
2005	1R:  United States QF:  Romania SF:  Russia F:  Slovakia	1R: 3–2 QF: 4–1 SF: 3–2 F: 3–2
2016	1R:  Belgium QF:  United States SF:  France F:  Argentina	1R: 3–2 QF: 3–2 SF: 3–2 F: 2–3
2018	1R:  Canada QF:  Kazakhstan SF:  United States F:  France	1R: 3–1 QF: 3–1 SF: 3–2 F: 3–1
2021	GS:  Australia,  Hungary QF:  Italy SF:  Serbia F:  Russia	GS: 3–0, 2–1 QF: 2–1 SF: 2–1 F: 0–2

List of matches

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1993, when Croatia started competing as a separate nation.

1990s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Europe/Africa Group I, Semifinals	30 Apr–2 May	Harare (ZIM)	Zimbabwe	3–2	Win
	World Group, Qualifying round	24 –26 Sep	Copenhagen (DEN)	Denmark	2–3	Loss
1994	Europe/Africa Group I, Semifinals	25–27 Mar	Zagreb (CRO)	Norway	3–2	Win
	World Group, Qualifying round	23–25 Sep	Porto (POR)	Portugal	4–0	Win
1995	World Group, First round	3–5 Feb	Karlsruhe (GER)	Germany	1–4	Loss
	World Group, Qualifying round	22–24 Sep	New Delhi (IND)	India	2–3	Loss
1996	Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals	5–7 Feb	Dubrovnik (CRO)	Ukraine	5–0	Win
	World Group, Qualifying round	20–22 Sep	Split (CRO)	Australia	1–4	Loss
1997	Europe/Africa Group I, First round	7–9 Feb	Osijek (CRO)	Morocco	4–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals	4–6 Apr	Graz (AUT)	Austria	2–3	Loss
1998	Europe/Africa Group I, First round	13–15 Feb	Helsinki (FIN)	Finland	2–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation play-off	25–27 Sep	Oslo (NOR)	Norway	3–2	Win
1999	Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals	2–4 Apr	Bucharest (ROU)	Romania	2–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Group I, Relegation play-off	24–26 Sep	Zagreb (CRO)	Portugal	1–4	Loss

2000s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Europe/Africa Group II, First round	28–30 Apr	Jūrmala (LAT)	Latvia	5–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group II, Quarterfinals	14–16 Jul	Dublin (IRL)	Ireland	5–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Group II, Semifinals	6–8 Oct	Rijeka (CRO)	Ivory Coast	5–0	Win
2001	Europe/Africa Group I, Quarterfinals	6–8 Apr	Pula (CRO)	Austria	4–1	Win
	World Group, Qualifying round	21–23 Sep	Rome (ITA)	Italy	3–2	Win
2002	World Group, First round	8–10 Feb	Zagreb (CRO)	Germany	4–1	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	5–7 Apr	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Argentina	2–3	Loss
2003	World Group, First round	7–9 Feb	Zagreb (CRO)	United States	4–1	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	4–6 Apr	Valencia (ESP)	Spain	0–5	Loss
2004	World Group, First round	6–8 Feb	Metz (FRA)	France	1–4	Loss
	World Group, Relegation play-off	24–26 Sep	Rijeka (CRO)	Belgium	3–2	Win
2005	World Group, First round	4–6 Mar	Los Angeles (USA)	United States	3–2	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	15–17 Jul	Split (CRO)	Romania	4–1	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	23–25 Sep		Russia	3–2	Win
	World Group, Finals	2–4 Dec	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	3–2	Champion
2006	World Group, First round	10–12 Feb	Graz (AUT)	Austria	3–2	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	7–9 Apr	Zagreb (CRO)	Argentina	2–3	Loss
2007	World Group, First round	9–11 Feb	Krefeld (GER)	Germany	2–3	Loss
	World Group, Relegation play-off	21–23 Sep	London (GBR)	Great Britain	1–4	Loss
2008	Europe/Africa Group I, Second round	11–13 Apr	Dubrovnik (CRO)	Italy	3–2	Win
	World Group, Qualifying round	19–21 Sep	Zadar (CRO)	Brazil	4–1	Win
2009	World Group, First round	6–8 Mar	Poreč (CRO)	Chile	5–0	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	10–12 Jul		United States	3–2	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	18–20 Sep		Czech Republic	1–4	Loss

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	World Group, First round	5–7 Mar	Varaždin (CRO)	Ecuador	5–0	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	9–11 Jul	Split (CRO)	Serbia	1–4	Loss
2011	World Group, First round	4–6 Mar	Zagreb (CRO)	Germany	2–3	Loss
	World Group, Relegation play-off	16–18 Sep	Potchefstroom (RSA)	South Africa	4–1	Win
2012	World Group, First round	10–12 Feb	Miki (JPN)	Japan	3–2	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	6–8 Apr	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Argentina	1–4	Loss
2013	World Group, First round	1–3 Feb	Turin (ITA)	Italy	2–3	Loss
	World Group, Relegation play-off	13–15 Sep	Umag (CRO)	Great Britain	1–4	Loss
2014	Europe/Africa Group I, Second round	4–6 Apr	Warsaw (POL)	Poland	3–1	Win
	World Group, Promotion play-off	12–14 Sep	Amsterdam (NED)	Netherlands	3–2	Win
2015	World Group, First round	6–8 Mar	Kraljevo (SRB)	Serbia	0–5	Loss
	World Group, Relegation play-off	18–20 Sep	Florianópolis (BRA)	Brazil	3–1	Win
2016	World Group, First round	4–6 Mar	Liège (BEL)	Belgium	3–2	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	15–17 Jul	Beaverton (USA)	United States	3–2	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	16–18 Sep	Zadar (CRO)	France	3–2	Win
	World Group, Finals	25–27 Nov	Zagreb (CRO)	Argentina	2–3	Runner-up
2017	World Group, First Round	3–5 Feb	Osijek (CRO)	Spain	2–3	Loss
	World Group, Relegation play-off	15–17 Sep	Bogotá (COL)	Colombia	4–1	Win
2018	World Group, First Round	2–4 Feb	Osijek (CRO)	Canada	3–1	Win
	World Group, Quarterfinals	6–8 Apr	Varaždin (CRO)	Kazakhstan	3–1	Win
	World Group, Semifinals	14–16 Sep	Zadar (CRO)	United States	3–2	Win
	World Group, Finals	23–25 Nov	Lille (FRA)	France	3–1	Champion
2019	Finals, Group B	18 Nov	Madrid (ESP)	Russia	0–3	Loss
		20 Nov		Spain	0–3	Loss

2020s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2020–21	Finals, Qualifying round	6–7 Mar 2020	Zagreb (CRO)	India	3–1	Win
	Finals, Group D	25 Nov 2021	Turin (ITA)	Australia	3–0	Win
		28 Nov		Hungary	2–1	Win
	Finals, Quarterfinals	29 Nov		Italy	2–1	Win
	Finals, Semifinals	3 Dec	Madrid (ESP)	Serbia	2–1	Win
	Finals, Final	5 Dec		Russia	0–2	Runner-up
2022	Finals, Group A	14 Sep	Bologna (ITA)	Italy	0–3	Loss
		15 Sep		Sweden	2–1	Win
		17 Sep		Argentina	3–0	Win
	Finals, Quarterfinals	23 Nov	Málaga (ESP)	Spain	2–0	Win
	Finals, Semifinals	25 Nov		Australia	1–2	Loss
2023	Finals, Qualifying round	4–5 Feb	Rijeka (CRO)	Austria	3–1	Win
	Finals, Group D	13 Sep	Split (CRO)	United States	1–2	Loss
		15 Sep		Finland	1–2	Loss
		17 Sep		Netherlands	2–1	Win
2024	Finals, Qualifying round	2–4 Feb	Varaždin (CRO)	Belgium	1–3	Loss
	World Group I	13–14 Sep		Lithuania	4–0	Win
2025	Qualifiers first round	31 Jan–1 Feb	Osijek (CRO)	Slovakia	3–1	Win
	Qualifiers second round	Sep	(CRO)	France

Statistics

Last updated: Croatia – Slovakia; 2 February 2025

Record

• Champion: 2 times (2 times Away)
• Runner-up: 2 times
• Lost in Semifinals: 2 times
• Lost in Quarterfinals: 5 times
• Lost in First Round: 9 times
• Not in World Group / Finals: 11 times
• World Group Play-off: 8–5; Total Play-off: 9–6 *

• Performance at home: 24–12 (67%)
• Performance away: 20–16 (56%)
• Performance neutral: 5–3 (63%)
• Total: 49–31 (61%)

Head-to-head record (1993–) DC team Pld W L  Argentina 5 1 4  Australia 3 1 2  Austria 4 3 1  Belgium 3 2 1  Brazil 2 2 0  Canada 1 1 0  Chile 1 1 0  Colombia 1 1 0  Czech Republic 1 0 1  Denmark 1 0 1  Ecuador 1 1 0  Finland 2 0 2  France 3 2 1  Germany 4 1 3  Great Britain 2 0 2  Hungary 1 1 0  India 2 1 1  Ireland 1 1 0  Italy 5 3 2  Ivory Coast 1 1 0  Japan 1 1 0  Kazakhstan 1 1 0  Latvia 1 1 0  Lithuania 1 1 0  Morocco 1 1 0  Netherlands 2 2 0  Norway 2 2 0  Poland 1 1 0  Portugal 2 1 1  Romania 2 1 1  Russia 3 1 2  Serbia 3 1 2  South Africa 1 1 0  Slovakia 2 2 0  Spain 4 1 3  Sweden 1 1 0  Ukraine 1 1 0  United States 6 5 1  Zimbabwe 1 1 0 Total (38) 80 49 31

Record against continents Africa Asia Europe North America Oceania South America  Ivory Coast  Morocco  South Africa  Zimbabwe  India  Japan  Kazakhstan  Austria  Belgium  Czech Republic  Denmark  Finland  France  Germany  Great Britain  Hungary  Ireland  Italy  Latvia  Lithuania  Netherlands  Norway  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Serbia  Slovakia  Spain  Sweden  Ukraine  Canada  United States  Australia  Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Ecuador Record: 4-0 (100%) Record: 3-1 (75%) Record: 29-23 (56%) Record: 6-1 (86%) Record: 1-2 (33%) Record: 6-4 (60%) Record by decade 2020–2029: 12–6 (67%) 2010–2019: 14–10 (58%) 2000–2009: 17–7 (71%) 1993–1999: 6–8 (43%)

Has never played against 10 countries which, at one point or another, played in the World Group: Belarus, Cuba, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Switzerland.

See also

• Croatia at the Hopman Cup
• Croatia Fed Cup team
• World Team Cup

Notes

• A ^a Won the Davis Cup in 2005.

• B ^b Won the Davis Cup in 2018.

References

External links

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