France Davis Cup team explained

The France men's national tennis team (fr|Équipe de France de Coupe Davis) represents France in Davis Cup tennis competition, and is governed by the Fédération Française de Tennis. France competed in their first Davis Cup in 1904.France is the third most successful nation, with ten wins. Their most recent title came in 2017 (World Champion team).In 2018 France will compete in the World Group for the 36th time out of 38 years, which ranks them fifth in this category.

Media coverage

France's Davis Cup matches are currently televised by France Télévisions.

Current team (2024)

• Ugo Humbert (singles)
• Arthur Fils (singles)
• Adrian Mannarino (singles)
• Édouard Roger-Vasselin (doubles)
• Nicolas Mahut (doubles)

Other possibilities:

• Gael Monfils (singles)
• Arthur Cazaux (singles)
• Arthur Rinderknech (singles)
• Alexandre Müller (singles)
• Hugo Gaston (singles)
• Luca Van Assche (singles)
• Sadio Doumbia (doubles)
• Fabien Reboul (doubles)

As France has many players in the world's top 100, it can constantly change its members.

Captains

Captain	Tenure		Honours
	1905	1 year
	1912	1 year
	1919	1 year
Max Decugis (2)	1920–1921	2 years
Allan Muhr (2)	1922–1923	2 years
Max Decugis (3)	1924–1925	2 years	1 final
	1926–1930	5 years	4 Davis Cup wins, 1 final
	1931–1933	3 years	2 Davis Cup wins, 1 final
	1934–1939	6 years
	1946–1953	8 years
	1953–1955	3 years
	1955–1965	11 years
	1966	1 year
	1967	1 year

Captain	Tenure		Honours
	1968	1 year
	1969–1972	4 years
	1973	1 year
	1974–1979	6 years
Jean-Paul Loth (2)	1980–1987	8 years	1 final
	1988–1989	2 years
	1990	1 year
	1991–1992	2 years	1 Davis Cup win
	1993–1994	2 years
Yannick Noah (2)	1995–1998	4 years	1 Davis Cup win
	1999–2012	14 years	1 Davis Cup win, 3 finals
	2013–2015	3 years	1 final
Yannick Noah (2)	2016–2018	3 years	1 Davis Cup win, 1 final
	2019–current	3 years

Results

2000–2009

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	World Group, 1st round	4–6 February	Florianópolis, Brazil		1–4	Lost
	World Group, Qualifying Round	21–23 July	Rennes, France		5–0	Won
2001	World Group, 1st round	9–11 February	Ghent, Belgium		5–0	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	6–8 April	Neuchâtel, Switzerland		3–2	Won
	World Group, semifinals	21–23 September	Rotterdam, Netherlands		3–2	Won
	World Group, final	30 November–2 December	Melbourne, Australia		3–2	Champion
2002	World Group, 1st round	8–10 February	Metz, France		3–2	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	5–7 April	Pau, France		3–2	Won
	World Group, semifinals	20–22 September	Paris, France		3–2	Won
	World Group, final	29 November–1 December	Paris, France		2–3	Runner-up
2003	World Group, 1st round	7–9 February	Bucharest, Romania		4–1	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	4–6 April	Toulouse, France		2–3	Lost
2004	World Group, 1st round	6–8 February	Metz, France		4–1	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	9–11 April	Prilly, Switzerland		3–2	Won
	World Group, semifinals	24–26 September	Alicante, Spain		1–4	Lost
2005	World Group, 1st round	4–6 March	Strasbourg, France		3–2	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	15–17 July	Moscow, Russia		2–3	Lost
2006	World Group, 1st round	10–12 February	Halle, Germany		3–2	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	7–9 April	Pau, France		1–4	Lost
2007	World Group, 1st round	9–11 February	Clermont-Ferrand, France		4–1	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	6–8 April	Moscow, Russia		2–3	Lost
2008	World Group, 1st round	8–10 February	Sibiu, Romania		5–0	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	11–13 April	Winston-Salem, United States		1–4	Lost
2009	World Group, 1st round	6–8 March	Ostrava, Czech Republic		2–3	Lost
	World Group, Play-offs	18–20 September	Maastricht, Netherlands		4–1	Won

2010–2019

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	World Group, 1st round	5–7 March	Toulon, France		4–1	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	9–11 July	Clermont-Ferrand, France		5–0	Won
	World Group, semifinals	17–19 September	Lyon, France		5–0	Won
	World Group, final	3–5 December	Belgrade, Serbia		2–3	Runner-up
2011	World Group, 1st round	4–6 March	Vienna, Austria		3–2	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	8–10 July	Stuttgart, Germany		4–1	Won
	World Group, semifinals	16–18 September	Córdoba, Spain		1–4	Lost
2012	World Group, 1st round	10–12 February	Vancouver, Canada		4–1	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	6–8 April	Roquebrune, France		2–3	Lost
2013	World Group, 1st round	1–3 February	Rouen, France		5–0	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	5–7 April	Buenos Aires, Argentina		2–3	Lost
2014	World Group, 1st round	31 January–2 February	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France		5–0	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	5–7 April	Nancy, France		3–2	Won
	World Group, semifinals	12–14 September	Paris, France		4–1	Won
	World Group, final	21–23 November	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France		1–3	Runner-up
2015	World Group, 1st round	6–8 March	Frankfurt, Germany		3–2	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	17–19 July	London, Great Britain		1–3	Lost
2016	World Group, 1st round	4–6 March	Baie-Mahault, France		5–0	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	15–17 July	Třinec, Czech Republic		3–1	Won
	World Group, semifinals	16–18 September	Zadar, Croatia		2–3	Lost
2017	World Group, 1st round	3–5 February	Tokyo, Japan		4–1	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	7–9 April	Rouen, France		4–1	Won
	World Group, semifinals	15–17 September	Lille, France		3–1	Won
	World Group, final	24–26 November	Lille, France		3–2	Champion
2018	World Group, 1st round	2–4 February	Albertville, France		3–1	Won
	World Group, quarterfinals	6–8 April	Genoa, Italy		3–1	Won
	World Group, semifinals	14–16 September	Lille, France		3–2	Won
	World Group, final	23–25 November	Lille, France		1–3	Runner-up

Individual and team records

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Record	Details	Report
Youngest player	17 years, 211 days	Daniel Contet versus Brazil on 3 June 1961	[2]
Oldest player	48 years, 305 days	Jean Borotra versus Czechoslovakia on 15 June 1947	[3]
Longest rubber duration	5 hours, 49 minutes	Arnaud Clément defeated Marc Rosset (SUI) on 6 April 2001	[4]
Longest tie duration	21 hours, 2 minutes	France defeated Switzerland on 6–8 April 2001
Longest tie-break	24 points (13–11)	Sébastien Grosjean lost to Marat Safin (RUS) on 1 December 2002	[5]
Longest final set	28 games (15–13)	Arnaud Clément defeated Marc Rosset (SUI) on 6 April 2001
Most games in a set	32 (17–15)	Yannick Noah defeated Francisco González (PAR) on 10 March 1985	[6]
Most games in a rubber	82	Yannick Noah lost to Víctor Pecci (PAR) on 8 March 1985
Most games in a tie	281	France lost 2–3 to Paraguay on 8–10 March 1985
Most decisive victory (best of 5 rubbers)	15 sets (15–0; 91–23)	France defeated Monaco on 31 May – 1 June 1947	[7]
Most decisive victory (best of 3 rubbers)	3 sets (5–2; 38–32)	France defeated Belgium on 17 September 2022	[8]
Longest winning run	11 ties	From 14 May 1927 (1927 Europe 2nd round) to 31 July 1932 (1932 Challenge Round Final)	[9] [10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Team Stats FRA. daviscup.com. 29 October 2022.
2. Web site: 1961 Europe Zone Round 2, France vs. Brazil. daviscup.com. 29 October 2022.
3. Web site: 1947 Europe Zone Semifinal, Czechoslovakia vs. France. daviscup.com. 29 October 2022.
4. Web site: 2001 World Group Quarterfinals, Switzerland vs. France. daviscup.com. 29 October 2022.
5. Web site: 2002 Davis Cup Final, France vs. Russia. daviscup.com. 29 October 2022.
6. Web site: 1985 World Group First Round, Paraguay vs. France. daviscup.com. 29 October 2022.
7. Web site: 1947 Europe Zone Quarterfinal, France vs. Monaco. daviscup.com. 29 October 2022.
8. Web site: 2022 Finals Group C, France vs. Belgium. daviscup.com. 29 October 2022.
9. Web site: 1927 Europe Zone Second Round, France vs. Romania. daviscup.com. 29 October 2022.
10. Web site: 1932 Challenge Round Final, France vs. USA. daviscup.com. 29 October 2022.