Romania Davis Cup team

Romania
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 2019 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone 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[edit]

Rankings as of 31 January 2022

Squad representing România vs. Span (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[edit]

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[edit]

2010s[edit]

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^[1]	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