Austria Davis Cup team

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Austria
Captain Gilbert Schaller
ITF ranking 15
Colors red & white
First year 1905
Years played 73
Ties played (W-L) 134 (62-72)
Years in
World Group		 12 (4-12)
Best finish SF (1990)
Most total wins Thomas Muster (45-18)
Most singles wins Thomas Muster (36-8)
Most doubles wins Alex Antonitsch (13-14)
Best doubles team Thomas Muster / Alex Antonitsch (9-7)
Most ties played Alex Antonitsch (27)
Most years played Hans Kary (14)

The Austria Davis Cup team represents Austria in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis Austria.

In 2007, Austria competes in the World Group for the 4th successive year. However, they haven't reached the quarterfinal since 1995.

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Austria competed in its first Davis Cup in 1905.

The Austrian team achieved their best Davis Cup results in 1990, when they were at the brink of reaching the finals against the USA. The standing was 2:2 in matches and 2:0 in sets, when the final game was postponed by a day due to darkness on Sep 23, 1990. Still, Austria lost the final game in 2:3 sets.

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