Canada Davis Cup team

The Canada Davis Cup team represents Canada in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by Tennis Canada.

Canada currently competes in the Americas Zone of Group I. The team's best result came in its first appearance in 1913 when it reached the World Group final, losing to the United States 0–3. Canada last competed in the World Group in 2004.

History of Team Canada in Davis Cup

Canada competed in its first Davis Cup in 1913. The team won its first tie, played in June at the Queen's Club, London over South Africa by a score of 4–1. The team consisted of just two players, Robert Powell and Bernard Schwengers. Canada then in July easily defeated Belgium in the semi-finals 4–0. In the playoff final however, played a week later, they lost all three matches to the Americans in straight sets. (The Americans went on to defeat Great Britain in the challenge round, to win the competition.)

Canada did not play a World Group tie from 1921 until 1991, when the team of Grant Connell, Glenn Michibata, Andrew Sznajder, and Martin Wostenholme, with team captain Pierre Lamarche, lost 1–4 away to Spain. The following year, again in the World Group first round, Canada came closer to advancing, going down 2–3 at home to Sweden despite taking a first-day 2–0 lead. The tie was highlighted by a surprise singles win of rookie Daniel Nestor over superstar Stefan Edberg. Nestor could not repeat the magic, however, losing in the deciding rubber match in 5 sets to Magnus Gustafsson.

2004 saw Canada, in its final World Group appearance to date, fall away to the Netherlands 1–4. Team members then were Simon Larose, Frank Dancevic, Frédéric Niemeyer, and Daniel Nestor as a star doubles specialist.

Current team members

For the July 8-10, 2011 tie versus Ecuador

• Philip Bester
• Daniel Nestor
• Peter Polansky
• Vasek Pospisil

For the March 4-6, 2011 4-1 away win over Mexico

• Frank Dancevic
• Peter Polansky
• Vasek Pospisil
• Milos Raonic

Former team members

Bruno Agostinelli Anthony Bardsley Robert Bédard Mike Belkin Paul Bennett Robert Bettauer Stéphane Bonneau James Boyce Josef Brabenec Peter Burwash Douglas Cameron Keith Carpenter Albert Chang Grant Connell William Cowan Willard Crocker Steven Diez Henry Fauquier Donald Fontana

Harry Fritz Réjean Génois Reider Getz François Godbout Mark Greenan Brian Gyetko Greg Halder Bruce Hall Arthur Ham George Holmes Matt Klinger Bobby Kokavec Henri Laframboise Pierre Lamarche Edgar Lanthier Sébastien Lareau Simon Larose Martin Laurendeau Sébastien Leblanc

Richard Legendre Brendan Macken James Macken Gordon MacNeil Lorne Main Walter Martin Donald McCormick Donald McDiarmid Glenn Michibata Robert Murray Frédéric Niemeyer Gilbert Nunns Philip Pearson William Pedlar John Picken Robert Powell Dale Power Chris Pridham Robert Puddicombe

Marcel Rainville Leroy Rennie Jocelyn Robichaud George Robinson Henri Rochon Bernhard Schwengers Derek Segal John Sharpe Rob Steckley Walter Stohlberg Andrew Sznajder Ellis Tarshis Jerry Turek Laird Watt Paul Willey Ross Wilson Martin Wostenholme Jack Wright

See also

• Davis Cup
• Tennis Canada
• Canada Fed Cup team

External links

• Team page on DavisCup.com, the official website of the Davis Cup
• Team announced for Sept. 2010 tie versus Dominican Republic