Slovenia Davis Cup team

Slovenia
Captain	Grega Žemlja
ITF ranking	63 (25 November 2024)
Highest ITF ranking	? (?)
Colors	Blue & White
First year	1993
Years played	31
Ties played (W–L)	72 (38−34)
Best finish	World Group I playoffs (2020–21, 2022, 2023)
Most total wins	Grega Žemlja (33−31)
Most singles wins	Marko Tkalec (25−9)
Most doubles wins	Grega Žemlja (12−15)
Best doubles team	Luka Gregorc / Grega Žemlja (6−3)
Most ties played	Grega Žemlja (29)
Most years played	Grega Žemlja (13)

The Slovenia Davis Cup team represents Slovenia in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Slovenian Tennis Association.

Current team

The following players represented the team in 2024 Davis Cup ties.

• Bor Artnak (singles, doubles)
• Sebastian Dominko (singles, doubles)
• Matic Križnik (singles, doubles)
• Jan Kupčič (doubles)

List of matches

1990s

Year	Competition	Round	Date	Location	Opponent	Surface	Score	Result
1993	Europe/Africa Zone (Group III - A)	Promotion playoffs	28 Apr	Lusaka (ZAM)	San Marino	(Unknown)	2–1	Win
			29 Apr		Congo		3–0	Win
			30 Apr		Turkey		3–0	Win
			1 May		Latvia		1–2	Loss
			2 May		Zambia		3–0	Win
1994	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	29 Apr–1 May	Maribor (SLO)	Greece	Clay	3–2	Win
			15–17 Jul	Ljubljana (SLO)	Finland		3–2	Win
			23–26 Sep	Accra (GHA)	Ghana	Hard	2–3	Loss
1995	Europe/Africa Zone (Group I)	First round	31 Mar–2 Apr	Portorož (SLO)	Zimbabwe	Clay	0–5	Loss
		Relegation playoffs	21–23 Sep	Ramat HaSharon (ISR)	Israel	Hard	0–5	Loss
1996	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	3–5 May	Newcastle upon Tyne (GBR)	Great Britain	Carpet (i)	1–4	Loss
		Relegation playoffs	12–14 Jul	Novo Mesto (SLO)	Malta	Clay	5–0	Win
1997	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	2–4 May	Tbilisi (GEO)	Georgia		3–2	Win
		Second round	11–13 Jul	Nova Gorica (SLO)	Norway		1–4	Loss
1998	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	1–3 May	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (MON)	Monaco		5–0	Win
		Second round	17–19 Jul	Budapest (HUN)	Hungary		2–3	Loss
1999	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	30 Apr–2 May	Dublin (IRL)	Ireland	Carpet (i)	2–3	Loss
		Relegation playoffs	16–18 Jul	Ljubljana (SLO)	Senegal	Clay	5–0	Win

2000s

Year	Competition	Round	Date	Location	Opponent	Surface	Score	Result
2000	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	28–30 Apr	Cairo (EGY)	Egypt	Clay	3–2	Win
		Second round	21–23 Jul	Szczecin (POL)	Poland		3–2	Win
		Third round	6–8 Oct	Athens (GRE)	Greece		4–1	Win
2001	Europe/Africa Zone (Group I)	First round	9–11 Feb	Helsinki (FIN)	Finland	Carpet (i)	2–3	Loss
		Second round playoffs	21–23 Sep	Harare (ZIM)	Zimbabwe	Hard (i)	2–3	Loss
2002	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	3–5 May	Ljubljana (SLO)	Ghana	Clay	4–1	Win
		Second round	12–14 Jul	Portorož (SLO)	Ireland		3–2	Win
		Third round	20–22 Sep	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	Luxembourg	Hard (i)	2–3	Loss
2003	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	4–6 Apr	Accra (GHA)	Ghana	Hard	4–1	Win
		Second round	11–13 Jul	Hornbæk (DEN)	Denmark		1–4	Loss
2004	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	9–11 Apr	Portorož (SLO)	Poland	Clay	2–3	Loss
		Relegation playoffs	16–18 Jul	—	Denmark	—	w/o	(Win)
2005	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	4–6 Mar	Kranj (SLO)	Ivory Coast	Hard (i)	5–0	Win
		Second round	15–17 Jul		Latvia	Clay	5–0	Win
		Third round	23–25 Sep	Estoril (POR)	Portugal		1–4	Loss
2006	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	7–9 Apr	Algiers (ALG)	Algeria	Clay	2–3	Loss
		Relegation playoffs	21–23 Jul	Dublin (IRL)	Ireland	Grass	4–1	Win
2007	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	6–8 Apr	Tallinn (EST)	Estonia	Carpet (i)	3–2	Win
		Second round	20–22 Jul	Portorož (SLO)	Morocco	Hard	2–3	Loss
2008	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	11–13 Apr	Nicosia (CYP)	Cyprus	Hard	2–3	Loss
		Relegation playoffs	18–20 Jul	Tunis (TUN)	Tunisia	Clay	4–1	Win
2009	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	6–8 Mar	Otočec (SLO)	Egypt	Carpet (i)	5–0	Win
		Second round	10–12 Jul		Lithuania	Clay	5–0	Win
		Third round	18–20 Sep	Jūrmala (LAT)	Latvia	Carpet (i)	2–3	Loss

2010s

Year	Competition	Round	Date	Location	Opponent	Surface	Score	Result
2010	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First round	5–7 Mar	Oslo (NOR)	Norway	Hard (i)	5–0	Win
		Second round	9–11 Jul	Otočec (SLO)	Bulgaria	Clay	5–0	Win
		Third round	17–19 Sep	Vilnius (LIT)	Lithuania	Hard (i)	3–2	Win
2011	Europe/Africa Zone (Group I)	First round	4–6 Mar	Ljubljana (SLO)	Finland	Clay (i)	3–2	Win
		Second round	8–10 Jul	Arzachena (ITA)	Italy	Clay	0–5	Loss
2012	Europe/Africa Zone (Group I)	First round	10–12 Feb	Velenje (SLO)	Denmark	Hard (i)	5–0	Win
		Second round	6–8 Apr	Johannesburg (RSA)	South Africa	Hard	1–4	Loss
2013	Europe/Africa Zone (Group I)	First round	1–3 Feb	Wroclaw (POL)	Poland	Hard (i)	2–3	Loss
		First round playoffs	13–15 Sep	Ljubljana (SLO)	South Africa	Clay	4–1	Win
2014	Europe/Africa Zone (Group I)	First round	31 Jan–2 Feb	Kranj (SLO)	Portugal	Hard (i)	3–2	Win
		Second round	4–6 Apr	Portorož (SLO)	Israel	Clay	1–3	Loss
2015	Europe/Africa Zone (Group I)	First round	6–8 Mar	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	Hard (i)	0–5	Loss
		First round playoffs	17–19 Jul	Tel Aviv (ISR)	Israel		2–3	Loss
		Second round playoffs	30 Oct–1 Nov	Kranj (SLO)	Lithuania		5–0	Win
2016	Europe/Africa Zone (Group I)	First Round	4–6 Mar	Arad (ROM)	Romania		1–4	Loss
		Second round playoffs	16–18 Sep	Viana do Castelo (POR)	Portugal	Clay	0–5	Loss
2017	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First Round	3–5 Feb	Maribor (SLO)	Monaco	Hard (i)	3–2	Win
		Second round	7–9 Apr	Centurion (RSA)	South Africa	Hard	0–5	Loss
2018	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	First Round	3–4 Feb	Maribor (SLO)	Poland	Hard (i)	2–3	Loss
		Relegation playoffs	7–8 Apr	Portorož (SLO)	Turkey	Clay	3–2	Win
2019	Europe/Africa Zone (Group II)	Playoffs	13–14 Sep	Cairo (EGY)	Egypt		3–1	Win

2020s

Year	Competition	Round	Date	Location	Opponent	Surface	Score	Result
2020–21	World Group I	Playoffs	8–9 Mar 2020	Islamabad (PAK)	Pakistan	Grass	0–3	Loss
	World Group II	Promotion playoffs	17–18 Sep 2021	Portorož (SLO)	Paraguay	Clay	3–1	Win
2022	World Group I	Playoffs	4–5 Mar	Viña del Mar (CHI)	Chile		0–4	Loss
	World Group II	Promotion playoffs	16–17 Sep	Portorož (SLO)	Estonia		4–0	Win
2023	World Group I	Playoffs	3–4 Feb	Istanbul (TUR)	Turkey	Hard (i)	0–4	Loss
	World Group II	Promotion playoffs	15–16 Sep	Ljubljana (SLO)	Luxembourg	Clay	2–3	Loss
2024	World Group II	Playoffs	2–3 Feb	Guangzhou (CHN)	China	Hard	2–3	Loss
	Group III (Europe Zone)	Pool A	20 Jun	Ulcinj (MNE)	North Macedonia	Clay	1–2	Loss
			21 Jun		Montenegro		2–1	Win
		Promotion final	22 Jun		Moldova		2–1	Win
2025	World Group II	Playoffs	31 Jan–1 Feb	Velenje (SLO)	Indonesia	Clay (i)	TBD	TBD
		TBD	12–13 or 13–14 Sep	TBD (TBD)	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Statistics

Home and away record

As of 23 June 2024

• Performance at home: 20–7 (74%) against 24 different opponents
• Performance away: 13–25 (34%) against 31 different opponents
• Performance at neutral venues: 5–2 (71%) against 7 different opponents
• Total: 38–34 (53%) against 42 different opponents

Head-to-head record

As of 23 June 2024 (after 72nd match, 2–1 win against Moldova)

Nation	Ties	W–L	Win %	Court Surface					Setting		Venue			Played
				Clay	Hard	Grass	Carpet	Unknown	Indoor	Outdoor	Home	Away	Neutral	First	Last
Algeria	1	0–1	0%	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–1	—	2006	(2006)
Bulgaria	1	1–0	100%	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	1–0	—	—	2010	(2010)
Chile	1	0–1	0%	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–1	—	2022	(2022)
China	1	0–1	0%	—	0–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–1	—	2024	(2024)
Congo	1	1–0	100%	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–0	1993	(1993)
Cyprus	1	0–1	0%	—	0–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–1	—	2008	(2008)
Denmark 1	2	1–1	50%	—	1–1	—	—	—	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	—	2003	2012
Egypt	3	3–0	100%	2–0	—	—	1–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	—	2000	2019
Estonia	2	2–0	100%	1–0	—	—	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	—	2007	2022
Finland	3	2–1	67%	2–0	—	—	0–1	—	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	—	1994	2011
Georgia	1	1–0	100%	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–0	—	1997	(1997)
Ghana	3	2–1	67%	1–0	1–1	—	—	—	—	2–1	1–0	1–1	—	1994	2003
Great Britain	1	0–1	0%	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–1	—	—	0–1	—	1996	(1996)
Greece	2	2–0	100%	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	2–0	1–0	1–0	—	1994	2000
Hungary	1	0–1	0%	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–1	—	1998	(1998)
Ireland	3	2–1	67%	1–0	—	1–0	0–1	—	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	—	1999	2006
Israel	3	0–3	0%	0–1	0–2	—	—	—	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	—	1995	2015
Italy	1	0–1	0%	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–1	—	2011	(2011)
Ivory Coast	1	1–0	100%	—	1–0	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–0	—	—	2005	(2005)
Latvia	3	1–2	33%	1–0	—	—	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1993	2009
Lithuania	3	3–0	100%	1–0	2–0	—	—	—	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	—	2009	2015
Luxembourg	2	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	—	—	—	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	—	2002	2023
Malta	1	1–0	100%	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	1–0	—	—	1996	(1996)
Moldova	1	1–0	100%	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	1–0	2024	(2024)
Monaco	2	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	—	—	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	—	1998	2017
Montenegro	1	1–0	100%	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–0	—	2024	(2024)
Morocco	1	0–1	0%	—	0–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	0–1	—	—	2007	(2007)
North Macedonia	1	0–1	0%	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	—	0–1	2024	(2024)
Norway	2	1–1	50%	0–1	1–0	—	—	—	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	—	1997	2010
Pakistan	1	0–1	0%	—	—	0–1	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–1	—	2020	(2020)
Paraguay	1	1–0	100%	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	1–0	—	—	2020	(2020)
Poland	4	1–3	25%	1–1	0–2	—	—	—	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	2000	2018
Portugal	3	1–2	33%	0–2	1–0	—	—	—	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	—	2005	2016
Romania	1	0–1	0%	—	0–1	—	—	—	0–1	—	—	0–1	—	2016	(2016)
San Marino	1	1–0	100%	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–0	1993	(1993)
Senegal	1	1–0	100%	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	1–0	—	—	1999	(1999)
Slovakia	1	0–1	0%	—	0–1	—	—	—	0–1	—	—	0–1	—	2015	(2015)
South Africa	3	1–2	33%	1–0	0–2	—	—	—	—	1–2	1–0	0–2	—	2012	2017
Tunisia	1	1–0	100%	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–0	—	2008	(2008)
Turkey	3	2–1	67%	1–0	0–1	—	—	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1993	2023
Zambia	1	1–0	100%	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–0	1993	(1993)
Zimbabwe	2	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	—	—	—	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	—	1995	2001
42	72	38–34	53%	23–12	8–16	1–1	2–4	4–1	10–12	24–21	20–7	13–25	5–2	1993	2024
Nations	Ties	W–L	Win %	Clay	Hard	Grass	Carpet	Unknown	Indoor	Outdoor	Home	Away	Neutral	First	Last

Notes

¹ Does not include ties where a walkover occurred:

• 2004 win against Denmark in the Relegation playoffs

Ties by decade

Decade	Played	Won	Lost	Win %
1990–1999	18	10	8	55.6%
2000–2009	23	13	10	56.5%
2010–2019	21	11	10	52.4%
2020–2024	10	4	6	40.0%
Total	72	38	34	52.8%

Note

Ties where a walkover occurred are not included in the tally:

• 2000-2009 (1 tie)

Host cities

So far, 8 different cities in Slovenia have hosted a total of 27 home turf ties.

City	Ties	%
Portorož	8	29.6%
Ljubljana	6	22.2%
Kranj	4	14.8%
Maribor	3	11.1%
Otočec	3	11.1%
Nova Gorica	1	3.7%
Novo Mesto	1	3.7%
Velenje	1	3.7%

See also

• Davis Cup
• Slovenia Billie Jean King Cup team

External links

• Team page on DavisCup.com, the official website of the Davis Cup
• Tenis Slovenija