The Syria Davis Cup team represents Syria in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Syrian Arab Tennis Federation. Syria currently competes in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group III.
History Syria made their Davis Cup debut in 1986. Their best performance has been reaching the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II second round in 1988.
Syria currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group IV. They won Group III in 2000, 2010, and 2013.
Kareem Al Allaf represented the Syria Davis Cup team at the Davis Cup, where he played #1 singles and had a W/L record of 18–9 (12–5 in singles play) in 2015–21."Kareem Al Allaf," Davis Cup."Kareem Allaf," hailstate.com.
The Syrian Tennis Federation banned him, because he competed in a match against an Israeli opponent in a 2022 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour tournament in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in November 2022."Kareem Al Allaf," ATP Tour. Egyptian journalist Reem Abulleil wrote on Twitter: "Syrian tennis player @KareemAllaf played against and defeated Israeli player Nitzan Ricklis last week in a $15k in Fayetteville, Arkansas. As a response, the Syrian Tennis Federation has banned him. Hope @ITFTennis do something. This nonsense has got to stop."
As a result of the Syrian federation's ban, Allaf switched nationalities to represent his birth country, the United States.
Current team (2024) Hazem Naw Yacoub Makzoume Taym Al Azmeh Rabee Saleem
Statistics
The youngest player in Syrian Davis Cup history was Rabi Bouhassoun, aged 15 years and 212 days. The oldest player in Syrian Davis Cup history was Jehad Sheet, aged 41 years and 159 days.
The longest rubber in Syrian Davis Cup history was 4 hours and 22 minutes, when on 9 February 2001 Selvam Veerasingam of Malaysia defeated Syria's Rabi Bouhassoun 7-6 6-7 7-6 7-6 The longest final set of a rubber, in Syrian Davis Cup history, took place on 9 April 1988 when Hassan Bin Bohari and Albert Teo of Singapore defeated Abdul-Latif Mourad and Samer Mourad of Syria 16-14 in the third and final set of the 6-4 6-3 16-14 match.
2010s Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result 2010 Asia/Oceania Group III, Group stage 28 Apr Tehran (IRN) 2–1 Win 29 Apr 3–0 Win Asia/Oceania Group III, Promotional Play-off 1 May 1–2 Loss 2 May 2–1 Win 2011 Asia/Oceania Group II, First round 4–6 Mar Changwon (KOR) 1–4 Loss Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs 8–10 Jul Hong Kong 1–4 Loss 2012 Asia/Oceania Group III, Group stage 25 Apr Tehran (IRN) 3–0 Win 26 Apr 3–0 Win 27 Apr 3–0 Win Asia/Oceania Group III, Promotional Play-off 28 Apr 2–1 Win 29 Apr 3–0 Win 2013 Asia/Oceania Group II, First round 1–3 Feb Lapu-Lapu (PHI) 2–3 Loss Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs 5–7 Apr Mishref (KUW) 2–3 Loss 2014 Asia/Oceania Group III, Group Stage 11 JunTehran (IRN) 2–1 Win 12 Jun 1–2 Loss 13 Jun 2–1Win Asia/Oceania Group III, Play-offs 14 Jun 0–3 Loss 2015 Asia/Oceania Group III, Group Stage 25 MarKuala Lumpur (MAS) 2–1 Win 26 Mar 1–2 Loss 27 Mar 1–2 Loss Asia/Oceania Group III, Play-offs 28 Mar 3–0 Win 2016 Asia/Oceania Group III, Group Stage 12 JulTehran (IRN) 3–0 Win 13 Jul 2–1 Win 14 Jul 2–1 Win 15 Jul 0–3 Loss Asia/Oceania Group III, Play-offs 16 Jul 1–2 Loss 2017 Asia/Oceania Group III, Group Stage 17 JulColombo (SRI) Pacific Oceania 1–2 Loss 19–20 Jul 1–2 Loss 20 Jul 1–2 LossAsia/Oceania Group III, Play-offs 22 Jul 2–0 Win 2018 Asia/Oceania Group III, Group Stage 2 AprHanoi (VIE) 0–3 Loss 4 Apr 2–1 Win 5 Apr 1–2 Loss 6 Apr 2–1 Win 2019 Asia/Oceania Group III, Group Stage 26 JunSingapore (SIN) 3–0 Win 27 Jun 3–0 Win 28 Jun 2–1 WinAsia/Oceania Group III, Play-offs 29 Jul 0–2 Loss
2020s Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result 2020 World Group II Play-offs 6–7 Mar Harare (ZIM) 1–3 Loss 2021 Asia/Oceania Group III, Group stage 15 Sep Amman (JOR) 3–0 Win 16 Sep 3–0 Win Asia/Oceania Group III, Promotional Play-off 18 Sep Pacific Oceania 1–2 Loss
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