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Italy

Next Tie versus Belarus, Group I, Europe/Africa 1st Round , 05/03/2010

Italy missed out on a place in the World Group following defeat to a Switzerland team that included Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka. It has not competed in the elite 16 since 2000.

Best Davis Cup Performance: Champion 1976

Italy defeated Chile in the 1976 final. It has finished as runner-up on six other occasions.

Italy’s Nicola Pietrangeli is the leading all-time Davis Cup player. He holds the record for the playing the most Davis Cup rubbers (164), as well as the records for the most wins in both singles (78-32) and doubles (42-12). He also forms half of Davis Cup’s most successful doubles partnership with Orlando Sirola, the duo winning 34 of their 42 doubles rubbers.

All time records

First Year Played	1922
Years Played	79
Ties Played Win Loss	230 (151 - 79)
Years in WG	20 (16 - 20)
Most Total Wins	Nicola PIETRANGELI (120 - 44)
Most Singles Wins	Nicola PIETRANGELI (78 - 32)
Most Doubles Wins	Nicola PIETRANGELI (42 - 12)
Best Doubles Team	Orlando SIROLA & Nicola PIETRANGELI (34-8)
Most Ties Played	Nicola PIETRANGELI (66)
Most Years Played	Nicola PIETRANGELI (18)

RECENT RESULTS

2009 Win Loss	1 - 1
Europe/Africa Group I	1st Round			BYE
Europe/Africa Group I	Quarterfinal	defeated	Slovak Republic	4-1
World Group Play-off	1st Round	lost to	Switzerland	2-3

Players	Singles Win Loss	Doubles Win Loss
Flavio CIPOLLA	1 - 0	0 - 1
Potito STARACE	1 - 1	1 - 1
Andreas SEPPI	0 - 1
Simone BOLELLI	0 - 1	1 - 0
Fabio FOGNINI	3 - 0

2008 Win Loss	1 - 1
Europe/Africa Group I	1st Round			BYE
Europe/Africa Group I	Quarterfinal	lost to	Croatia	2-3
Europe/Africa Group I Play-off	1st Round			BYE
Europe/Africa Group I Play-off	Semifinal	defeated	Latvia	3-2

Players	Singles Win Loss	Doubles Win Loss
Potito STARACE	1 - 0	1 - 1
Andreas SEPPI	2 - 2	1 - 0
Simone BOLELLI	1 - 1	0 - 1
Fabio FOGNINI	0 - 1