The Germany Davis Cup team represents Germany in

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tennis competition and are governed by the Deutscher Tennis Bund. As East Germany never participated in the Davis Cup, and the Deutscher Tennisbund remained the same organization throughout the century, the West German Davis Cup team is included in this article. Germany has won the Davis Cup three times (1988, 1989, 1993) and finished as runners-up twice (1970, 1985).

Current team

''Statistics correct as of 25 November 2022. Rankings are as of 21 November 2022.''

History

Germany competed in its first

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. Since then they have reached five finals.

First final participation in 1970

In 1970, Germany reached the Davis Cup final for the first time. Having defeated Denmark, Egypt, Belgium and the Soviet Union in the European zone they played India and Spain in the so-called interzonal zone, beating both teams. In the final Wilhelm Bungert and

Christian Kuhnke Christian Kuhnke (born 14 April 1939) is a former German tennis player. He was part of the West Germany Davis Cup team who reached the Challenge Round in the 1970 Davis Cup. Kuhnke was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 1963 and 1964 and at the Au ...

played

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and Cliff Richey in singles, and Bob Lutz/

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in doubles. The German players lost all five matches, all but one in three sets.

Second final participation in 1985

Fifteen years later Germany reached the Davis Cup final for the second time. After close successes against Spain and the United States and a clear victory against Czechoslovakia in the World Group Germany played Sweden at home in Munich. Germany played with

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and

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in the singles and with Becker/

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in the double. After the fourth rubber against Mats Wilander and

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in the singles and Wilander/ Joakim Nyström in the double the standings were 2–2. In the decisive fifth rubber Westphal lost to Stefan Edberg in four sets.

First Davis Cup title in 1988

Only three years later Germany reached the Davis Cup final for the third time. After three 5–0 whitewashes against Brazil, Denmark and Yugoslavia Germany once again met Sweden. Now it was Sweden's turn to lose at home. Germany secured its triumph in the third match, the double. Carl-Uwe Steeb and

had defeated Mats Wilander and

, respectively, before the German double consisting of Becker and

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defeated Edberg and Anders Järryd in five sets. The fourth match which was shortened to best of three was won by Edberg before Sweden let Germany get its fourth point by a walkover.

Second Davis Cup title in 1989

Germany defeated Indonesia, Czechoslovakia and the United States on the way to their second consecutive final and the final once again was Germany against Sweden. This time the final took place in

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. Mats Wilander achieved the 1–0 lead for Sweden by defeating Carl-Uwe Steeb in five sets before Boris Becker levelled the standings in a three-set victory against Stefan Edberg. Becker and Eric Jelen defeated the Sweden double of

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and Anders Järryd in five sets before Becker secured the second consecutive German Davis Cup title by defeating Mats Wilander in three sets.

Third Davis Cup title in 1993

It took Germany four years to reach the Davis Cup final for the fifth time, and they did so by beating Russia, the Czech Republic and – once again – Sweden. In the final against Australia that took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, Michael Stich defeated

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in five sets to mark the first point for Germany. In the second Friday single,

Marc-Kevin Goellner Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner (born 22 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He won two singles titles, achieved a Bronze medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics and attained a career-high singles ranking of Worl ...

lost to

Richard Fromberg Richard James Fromberg (born 28 April 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Tennis career Fromberg began playing tennis at the age of 10. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.Patrik Kühnen defeated their Australian counterparts Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in the double, marking the 2–1 for Germany. In the fourth rubber, Michael Stich clearly defeated Richard Fromberg in three sets before Goellner defeated Stoltenberg in the tie-break of the third and last set.

Results

Results until 1980

Germany (1900–1960)

West Germany (1960–1980)

Recent performances

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

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Team captains

''from 1985 on'' * Wilhelm Bungert (1985–1986) * Niki Pilić (1987–1996) *

(1997–1999) * Carl-Uwe Steeb (1999–2001) * Michael Stich (2001–2003) * Patrik Kühnen (2003−2012) *

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(2013−2014) * Michael Kohlmann (2015−present)

Statistics

Player records

Team records

''Statistics since 1981, as of end of 2022 Davis Cup Finals.'' ;Results *Champion: 3 times *Runner-up: 1 time *Lost in Semifinals: 5 times *Lost in Quarterfinals: 12 times *Lost in First Round: 17 times *Not in World Group/Finals: 3 times ;Records by decade: *1981–1989: 18–7 (72%) *1990–1999: 16–9 (64%) *2000–2009: 11–10 (52%) *2010–2019: 12–10 (55%) *2020–: 8–2 (80%) ;Records by ground *Home (54 ties): 40–14 (74%) *Away (42 ties): 21–21 (50%) *Neutral (6 ties): 4–3 (57%) *Total: (103 ties): 65–38 (63%)

Head-to-head records

''Statistics since 1981, as of end of 2022 Davis Cup Finals.'' ;Records against countries ;Records against Davis Cup zones

References

External links

{{National sports teams of Germany Davis Cup teams