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in Davis Cup
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/ref> Andorra currently competes in the Europe Zone of Group IV, and have done so since 2008. They reached Group II in 2003, losing to
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in the first round 1-4 and to
Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
2-3 in the relegation play-off. Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier holds most if not all of Andorra's individual player records.


History

Andorra competed in its first Davis Cup in
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, beginning in Europe Group IV. For much of its history, the team has yo-yoed up and down group levels. They won promotion to Group 3 in 2001, and then promotion to Group 2 the following year. In 2003 in Europe/Africa Group II, Andorra lost to Greece in their first round tie 1-4, in a tie played in April at the Poliesportiv d'Andorra on indoor carpet. In the opening rubber, Kenneth Tuilier-Curco was soundly beaten by
Vasilis Mazarakis Vasilis Mazarakis ( el, Βασίλης Μαζαράκης, link=no; born 9 February 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Greece. Career Mazarakis teamed up with Eleni Daniilidou to represent Greece in the 2002 Hopman Cup, but they l ...
1-6, 0-6, 1-6. In the next match, Andorra's second winningest player in its history, Joan Jimenez-Herrara, fared better but still bowed out in straight sets, to Konstantinos Economidis 4-6, 4-6, 3-6. Jimenez-Herrara and Pau Gerbaud-Farras fought back from two sets down in the doubles rubber but lost the fifth set to Mazarakis and Economidis 4-6. Marc Vilanova was credited with a consolation dead rubber match win in a walk over his opponent. In July of the same year Andorra faced Egypt in a tie that saw the winner remain in Europe/Africa Group 2. Also played at the Poliesportiv d'Andorra, the home side went up 1-0 when Joan Jimenez-Herrara took the opening set over
Mohamed Mamoun Mohamed Mamoun (born 15 October 1981) is an Egyptian former professional tennis player. Born in Cairo, Mamoun was attached to the city's Heliopolis Club and made his debut for the Egypt Davis Cup team in 2001. He had a best singles world ranki ...
in four sets. Tuilier-Curco however could only manage to win a set as he fell to Egyptian No. 1
Karim Maamoun Karim Maamoun (born 18 November 1979) is an Egyptian tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis r ...
, 2-6, 0-6, 7-6(0), 1-6. Things started brightly for Andorra in the doubles rubber, as Jimenez-Herrara and Pau Gerbaud-Farras took the first set in the doubles rubber, 6–4. Egypt won the next three closely contested sets however, 6-7, 4-6, 4-6, to take a 2 match to 1 lead in the tie. The fourth rubber pitted the top singles players of both countries: Jimenez-Herrara twice took a one-set lead only to see Maamoun win the deciding set 8–6, sealing Egypt's victory and Andorra relegation to Group 3. The following year Andorra was demoted to Group 4, but won promotion back to Group 3 in 2005. They went back down to Group 4 the following year, but stayed at that level just one year, yet again. Since 2008, however, the team has remained in Europe/Africa Group III. Andorra did not compete from
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to 2015. It came back to the competition for the 2016 edition, where it finished in the 9th position of the European Group III.


Current team (

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)

* Damien Gelabert * Èric Cervós Noguer * Jordi Trilla Clanchet (''Junior player'') * Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier (''Captain-player'')


All players


References


External links

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