Israel Davis Cup team

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Israel
Captain	Eyal Ran
ITF ranking	16
First year	1949
Years played	54
Ties played (W-L)	92 (39-53)
Years in World Group	6 (1-6)
Best finish	QF (1987)
Most total wins	Shlomo Glickstein (44-22)
Most singles wins	Shlomo Glickstein (31-13)
Most doubles wins	Shlomo Glickstein (13-9)
Best doubles team	Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich (8-3)
Most ties played	Shlomo Glickstein (24)
Most years played	Elaazar Davidman (15)

The Israel Davis Cup team represents Israel in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Israel Tennis Association.

Israel currently compete in the World Group, having defeated Chile 3-2 in their latest tie (September 2007) to qualify. They previously competed in the World Group in 1987-1991 and 1994.

[edit] History

Israel competed in its first Davis Cup in 1949.

[edit] Records

Youngest Player: Meir Wertheimer, 16 years and 170 days

Oldest Player: Eleazar Davidman, 34 years and 148 days

Most wins: Shlomo Glickstein, 44 wins (22 losses)

Most singles wins: Shlomo Glickstein, 31 wins (13 losses)

Most doubles wins: Shlomo Glickstein, 13 wins (9 losses)

Most ties played: Shlomo Glickstein, 24 ties

Most matches played: Shlomo Glickstein, 66 matches (44 singles, 22 doubles)

Most years played: Eleazar Davidman, 15 years

[edit] Squad

[edit] See also

• Davis Cup
• Israel Fed Cup team

[edit] External links

• Team page on DavisCup.com

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