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Romanian national tennis team

Romania

Captain	Gabriel Trifu
Coach	Andrei Mlendea
ITF ranking	40 2 (20 September 2021)
Colors	Yellow & blue

First year	1922
Years played	70
Ties played (W–L)	141 (73–68)
Years in World Group	14 (3–14)
Runners-up	3 (1969, 1971, 1972)

Most total wins	Ilie Năstase (109–37)
Most singles wins	Ilie Năstase (74–22)
Most doubles wins	Ilie Năstase (35–15)
Best doubles team	Ilie Năstase & Ion Țiriac (27–7)
Most ties played	Ilie Năstase (52)
Most years played	Ilie Năstase (18)

The Romania men's national tennis team represents Romania in Davis Cup tennis competition, being governed by the Romanian Tennis Federation and currently competes in the 2024 Davis Cup World Group II.

Romania has finished as runners-up three times. Alongside India, Romania has never won the Davis Cup despite playing three finals.

Current squad

Rankings as of 31 January 2022

Squad representing România vs. Spain (2022 Davis Cup qualifying round)
Player	ATP ranking
Marius Copil	No. 273 (Singles)
Nicolae Frunză	No. 627 (Singles)
Stefan Paloși	No. 643 (Singles)
Gabi Adrian Boitan	No. 736 (Singles)
Horia Tecău	No. 18 (Doubles)

Recent callups

Player	Most recent appearance
Florin Mergea	2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round
Victor Crivoi	2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round Play-off

History

Romania finished runner-up three times – in 1969, 1971 and 1972 – and lost to USA in the Final on each occasion. The most contested match was in 1972, when Romania lost 3–2, Tiriac and Nastase winning for Romania. Only Romania and India have contested more than one Final without being crowned champion. Its first appearance in the competition was back in 1922.

Recent performances

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st Round	BYE
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Quarterfinals	7–9 May	Bucharest (ROU)	Ukraine	3–1	Win
	World Group play-off	17–19 Sep	Bucharest (ROU)	Ecuador	5–0	Win
2011	World Group, 1st Round	4–6 Mar	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Argentina	1–4	Loss
2011	World Group play-off	16–18 Sep	Bucharest (ROU)	Czech Republic	0–5	Loss
2012	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st Round	BYE
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd Round	6–8 Apr	Amsterdam (NED)	Netherlands	0–5	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round play-offs	14–16 Sep	Cluj-Napoca (ROU)	Finland	3–2	Win
2013	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st Round	1–3 Feb	Cluj-Napoca (ROU)	Denmark	5–0	Win
2013	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd Round	5–7 Apr	Brașov (ROU)	Netherlands	0–5	Loss
2014	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st Round	31 Ian – 2 Feb	Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)	Ukraine	1–3	Loss
2014	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round play-offs	12–14 Sep	Bucharest (ROU)	Sweden	3–1	Win
2015	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st Round	6–8 March	Sibiu (ROU)	Israel	5–0	Win
2015	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd Round	17–19 July	Constanța (ROU)	Slovakia	2–3	Loss
2016	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st Round	4–6 March	Arad (ROU)	Slovenia	4–1	Win
2016	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd Round	15–17 July	Cluj-Napoca (ROU)	Spain	1–4	Loss
2017	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st Round	3–5 February	Minsk (BLR)	Belarus	2–3	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 1st round play-offs	15–17 September	Wels (AUT)	Austria	1–4	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 2nd Round play-offs	27–29 October	Ramat HaSharon (ISR)	Israel	0–5	Loss
2018	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st Round	3–4 February	Piatra Neamț (ROU)	Luxembourg	4–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 2nd Round	7–8 April	Cluj-Napoca (ROU)	Morocco	5–0	Win
	Sports Festival -Friendly, Exhibition Round	15 June	Cluj-Napoca (ROU)	Team World- All legends (Goran Ivanišević, Mike Brian)	2–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 3rd Round	15–16 September	Cluj-Napoca (ROU)	Poland	2–3	Loss
2019	Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st Round	5–6 April	Piatra Neamț (ROU)	Zimbabwe	4–1	Win

All players

Main article: List of Romania Davis Cup team representatives

References

"Cupa Davis: Romania – Finlanda 3-2/ Tricolorii se mentin in Grupa 1 Euro-Africana". hotnews.ro.

External links

Team page on DavisCup.com, the official website of the Davis Cup

Davis Cup teams

Finals

World Group I

World Group II

Group III

Americas zone	Bahamas Bermuda Costa Rica Dominican Republic Guatemala Jamaica Paraguay Puerto Rico Venezuela
Asia/Oceania zone	Indonesia Iran Jordan Malaysia Pacific Oceania Saudi Arabia Singapore Syria Thailand Vietnam
Europe zone	Azerbaijan Cyprus Estonia Kosovo Moldova Montenegro North Macedonia Slovenia
Africa zone	Benin Ghana Ivory Coast Namibia Nigeria Zimbabwe

Group IV

Americas zone	Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Cuba Haiti Honduras Nicaragua Panama Trinidad and Tobago U.S. Virgin Islands
Asia/Oceania zone	Cambodia Iraq Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Myanmar Qatar Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates
Europe zone	Albania Andorra Armenia Iceland Liechtenstein Malta San Marino
Africa zone	Algeria Angola Burundi Cameroon DR Congo Kenya Rwanda Senegal

Group V

Asia/Oceania zone	Bahrain Bangladesh Brunei Guam Maldives Mongolia Philippines Tajikistan Turkmenistan Yemen
Africa zone	Botswana Congo Djibouti Ethiopia Gabon Lesotho Madagascar Mauritius Mozambique Tanzania Uganda

Suspended

Inactive

Former

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American football Badminton Baseball Basketball M M-20 M-19 M-16 W W-20 W-18 W-16 M 3x3 W 3x3 Beach soccer Bobsleigh Cricket M W Football M M Olympic M-21 M-20 M-19 M-17 M-16 W W-19 W-17 Futsal M W Gymnastics Handball M W W-19 W-17 Ice hockey M M-20 M-18 W W-18 Korfball Rugby union M M-20 M7's W W7's Tennis M W X Volleyball M M-21 M-19 W W-21 W-19 Water polo M W
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National sports teams of Romania

American football
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
- M
- M-20
- M-19
- M-16
- W
- W-20
- W-18
- W-16
- M 3x3
- W 3x3
Beach soccer
Bobsleigh
Cricket
- M
- W
Football
- M
- M Olympic
- M-21
- M-20
- M-19
- M-17
- M-16
- W
- W-19
- W-17
Futsal
- M
- W
Gymnastics
Handball
- M
- W
- W-19
- W-17
Ice hockey
- M
- M-20
- M-18
- W
- W-18
Korfball
Rugby union
- M
- M-20
- M7's
- W
- W7's
Tennis
- M
- W
- X
Volleyball
- M
- M-21
- M-19
- W
- W-21
- W-19
Water polo
- M
- W

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