The Yugoslavia men's national tennis team competed from 1927 to 2003 and represented the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...
(up to 1929 known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) from 1927 to 1939, the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...
(up to 1963 the
Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...
) from 1946 to 1992, and the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
from 1995 to 2003. It was organised by the
Yugoslav Tennis Association
Yugoslav Tennis Association ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Teniski Savez Jugoslavije, Тениски Савез Југославије; sl, Teniska zveza Jugoslavije; mk, Тениска Федерација на Југославија) was the governing body of ...
. Following the
breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, separate teams were created for the new nations which split apart from Yugoslavia:
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Croatia men's national tennis team (began competing in 1993)
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Slovenia men's national tennis team (began competing in 1993)
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North Macedonia men's national tennis team (began competing in 1995 as the ''former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'')
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Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national tennis team (began competing in 1996)
A team representing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia returned to competing again from 1995. From 2003 this country was renamed
Serbia and Montenegro and the Davis Cup team was renamed to reflect the same from 2004, bringing to an end Yugoslav participation in the Davis Cup. Following further splits in 2006, several new teams were created for the relevant constituent parts:
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Serbia Davis Cup team
The Serbian men's national tennis team represents Serbia in the Davis Cup and the ATP Cup, both tennis competitions. Since June 2006, the team has played under the name of Serbia, following the split of Yugoslavia.
Serbia won the Davis Cup title ...
(began competing in 2007)
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Montenegro Davis Cup team
The Montenegro Davis Cup team represents Montenegro in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Tennis Federation of Montenegro.
Montenegro currently compete in Europe Zone Group III.
Montenegro made its debut in Davis Cup in 2007 ...
(began competing in 2007)
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Kosovo Davis Cup team
The Kosovo Davis Cup team represents Kosovo in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Tennis Federation of Kosovo.
Kosovo currently compete in the Europe Zone Group IV.
They will take part in the Davis Cup for the first time in ...
(began competing in 2016)
For history and records of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (consisting of only
Montenegro
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and of
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
) and the
State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Y ...
, see
Serbia and Montenegro Davis Cup team
Serbia and Montenegro men's national tennis team represented Serbia and Montenegro in international tennis competitions in 2004–2006.
References
External links
{{National sports teams of Serbia and Montenegro
Tennis in Serbia and Mont ...
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In 1952,
Dragutin Mitić
Dragutin Mitić ( sh-Cyrl, Драгутин Митић, ; 16 September 1917 – 27 August 1986) was a tennis player from Yugoslavia. He defected to the West in 1952 and afterwards lived in the United States.
Early life and family
Dragutin Mitić ...
and
Milan Branović, with 29 ties and 4 ties respectively, defected from the
Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...
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Players
*Josip Palada
Josip Palada ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Палада, ; 5 February 1912 – 4 May 1994) was a Yugoslavian tennis player.
Early life and family
Palada was born in Zagreb and started to play tennis at the age of fifteen on the courts of the Neurologica ...
– 37 ties
*Dragutin Mitić
Dragutin Mitić ( sh-Cyrl, Драгутин Митић, ; 16 September 1917 – 27 August 1986) was a tennis player from Yugoslavia. He defected to the West in 1952 and afterwards lived in the United States.
Early life and family
Dragutin Mitić ...
– 29 ties
*Franjo Punčec
Franjo Punčec (; 25 November 1913 – 5 January 1985) was a Yugoslav tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavian team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge from 1933 to 1946.
Early life and family
Punčec started to play tennis at the ...
– 26 ties
* Boro Jovanović – 25 ties
*Nikola Pilić
Nikola "Niki" Pilić (born 27 August 1939) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia.
He was one of the Handsome Eight. Pilić was ranked world No. 6 in January 1968 and world No. 7 for 1967 by Lance Tinga ...
– 23 ties
*Željko Franulović
Željko Franulović (; born 13 June 1947) is a Croatian former tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia and has since had a long career in tennis management. He has been the Monte-Carlo Masters tournament director since 2005.
Whilst his c ...
– 22 ties
*Slobodan Živojinović
Slobodan "Bobo" Živojinović ( sr-cyr, Слободан Живојиновић, ; born 23 July 1963) is a Serbian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia.
Together with Nenad Zimonjić, he is the only tennis playe ...
– 21 ties
*Franjo Kukuljević
Franjo Kukuljević (; 7 October 1909 – 8 November 2002) was a Yugoslav tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavian team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge from 1930 to 1939. He was a 13-time national champion – one in singles ...
– 18 ties
* Marko Ostoja – 11 ties
* Ilija Panajotovic – 11 ties
* Zoltan Ilin – 7 ties
*Vladimir Petrović
Vladimir Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Петровић, ; born 1 July 1955) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
He is widely known domestically by his nickname Pižon ( sr, Пижон), after the French for ''pigeon''.
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– 7 ties
* Franjo Šefer – 7 ties
* Krešimir Friedrich – 3 ties
Win–loss record
Results
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
* 1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
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– Europe zone, 2nd round (bye, losing to India 0–3)
* 1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhan ...
– Europe zone, 1st round (losing to Finland 1–4)
* 1929
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– Europe zone, 1st round (losing to Greece 1–4)
* 1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...
– Europe zone, 2nd round (beating Sweden 5–0, losing to Spain 0–5)
* 1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
– Europe zone, 2nd round (bye, losing to Japan 0–5)
* 1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hiro ...
– Europe zone, 2nd round (bye, losing to Denmark 1–4)
See also
*Yugoslavia Fed Cup team
The Yugoslavia Fed Cup team represented Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia in Fed Cup tennis competition and was governed by the Yugoslav Tennis Association. With the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the team no longer exists.
His ...
References
External links
{{National sports teams of Yugoslavia
Davis
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