The Kazakhstan men's national tennis team represents
Kazakhstan in
Davis Cup
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tennis competition and are governed by the
Kazakhstan Tennis Federation
Kazakhstan Tennis Federation (KTF) ( kk, Қазақстан теннис федерациясы, ''Qazaqstan tennıs federatsııasy'') is the governing body for professional and amateur tennis in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan Tennis Federation operates ...
. In 2011, Kazakhstan competed in the
World Group for the first time after they won against
Switzerland
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in the
2010 World Group Play-offs. After the first round win against the
Czech Republic in 2011, Kazakhstan secured their spot in the World Group for the
2012 Davis Cup
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. They lost in the first round to Spain, but defeated Uzbekistan in the
play-offs, which again kept them in the World Group for 2013. In
2013
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, they defeated Austria in the first round, but lost to the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals.
History
Kazakhstan competed in its first Davis Cup in
1995
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. Kazakh players previously represented the USSR national tennis team.
In 2010, Kazakhstan competed in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, beating South Korea in the 1st round, 5 rubbers to 0, and China in the 2nd round, 4 rubbers to 1, to earn a spot in the World Group playoffs. Kazakhstan then beat Switzerland, 5 rubbers to 0, to earn a spot in the 2011 World Group. Kazakhstan competed in the World Group in at least the following 4 years.
In 2021, Kazakhstan are in the quarterfinals, after winning their
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...
group stage.
Group B
Current team (
2022
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)
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Alexander Bublik
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Mikhail Kukushkin
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Dmitry Popko
Dmitry Yevgenyevich Popko (russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Попко; born 24 October 1996) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player.
Popko has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 162 achieved on 25 October 2021. He ...
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Aleksandr Nedovyesov
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Andrey Golubev (''Doubles player'')
External links
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