Slovenia Davis Cup team
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The Slovenia Davis Cup team represents Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 in Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

 tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 competition and are governed by the Slovenian Tennis Association.

Slovenia currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II. They have reached Group I on two occasions, but have failed to win a tie at that level.

Current Team

  • Blaž Kavčič
    Blaž Kavčič
    Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface...

     (ATP #81)
  • Grega Žemlja
    Grega Žemlja
    Grega Žemlja is a tennis player from Slovenia.Žemlja reached his highest world ranking #111 in singles and #252 in doubles. He lives in Kranj, Slovenia...

     (ATP #137)
  • Luka Gregorc
    Luka Gregorc
    Luka Gregorc is a tennis player from Slovenia. Gregorc reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 172 on August 3, 2009, and highest doubles ranking on September 12, 2005, reaching World Number 557...

     (ATP #447)
  • Aljaž Bedene
    Aljaž Bedene
    Aljaž Bedene is a Slovenian tennis player.He won five Futures and one Challenger singles titles . In doubles he won one Challenger title and two Futures titles. Aljaž plays with right hand and two-handed backhand. He is a member of the Slovenia Davis Cup team. His highest ranking is No...

     (ATP #481)
  • Andrej Kračman (ATP NR)

History

Slovenia competed in its first Davis Cup in 1993
1993 Davis Cup
The 1993 Davis Cup was the 82nd edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. A total of 100 nations participated in the tournament...

. Slovenian players previously competed for Yugoslavia.
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