Chile
CaptainNicolas Massu
ITF ranking17 Increase4 (6 February 2023)
ColorsRed & White    
First year1928
Years played75
Ties played (W–L)163 (88–75)
Years in
World Group		13 (7–13)
Davis Cup titles0
Runners-up1
Best finish1976 Davis Cup
Most total winsLuis Ayala (37–14)
Most singles winsLuis Ayala (27–6)
Most doubles winsHans Gildemeister (13–6)
Best doubles teamFernando González and Nicolás Massú (9–4)
Most ties playedPatricio Cornejo (32)
Most years playedPatricio Cornejo (16)

The Chile men's national tennis team represents Chile in Davis Cup tennis tournament and is governed by Federación de tenis de Chile. The team played in the World Group on 2019 and reached the final one time in 1976, losing the cup against Italy in Santiago. Chile is currently #17 in the ITF Davis Cup rankings. The team is currently captained by former Chilean tennis player Nicolás Massú.

History

Chile began playing at the Davis Cup in 1928, but would not win a tie until 1933, away at Uruguay, winning their first home tie in 1969, against Argentina. That was their only second home tie in their history.

The team's most successful performance at the Davis Cup was in 1976, losing 1–4 to the Italian team in the final held in Santiago, Chile. Since then, Chile have reached the quarterfinals in three occasions: in 1982, losing 1-4 against Australia, in 2006, losing to the USA 2-3, and in 2010, losing to the Czechs 1-4.

In the 2000s, thanks to Olympic gold winners Nicolás Massú and Fernando González, the Chilean team got promoted to the World Group for the first time in 20 years, and played there for every following season, excepting 2008. During this time, Chile went to play 6 World Group playoffs, winning their 4 home ties, against Japan, Pakistan, Australia and Austria, and losing an away tie to Israel. In 2011, Chile lost 1-4 against both the United States and Italy at home, and got relegated to the Americas Zone Group I. Later in 2012, once again they lost 1-4 away at Italy, without Fernando González, retired, and Nicolás Massú, inactive, for the first time in 9 years. Chile went to lose at Ecuador and Dominican Republic in 2013 and got relegated to the Americas Zone Group II for the first time in 23 years. Chile lost at Barbados 2-3 and won at home against Paraguay 5-0 to remain in the Group II for the 2015 season.

Current squad

Rankings as of September 11, 2023

Team representing Chile in 2023 World Group Finals[1]
Name Born First Last Ties Win/Loss Ranks
Year Tie Sin Dou Tot Sin Dou
Cristian Garín May 30, 1996 2012 2023  Kazakhstan 18 13–14 1–1 14–15 103 –
Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera December 10, 1997 2017 2023  Kazakhstan 7 1–1 2–4 3–5 114 735
Alejandro Tabilo June 2, 1997 2019 2023  Kazakhstan 6 3–2 3–3 6–5 124 865
Nicolás Jarry October 11, 1995 2017 2023  Kazakhstan 16 12–9 6–4 18–13 22 332
Gonzalo Lama April 27, 1993 2014 2023  Kazakhstan 8 8–3 1–0 9–3 424 990

Other active players called:

Performances

2010s

Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result
2010 World Group, 1st Round 6–8 March Coquimbo (CHI)  Israel 4–1 Win
World Group, Quarterfinals 9–11 July Coquimbo (CHI)  Czech Republic 1–4 Loss
2011 World Group, 1st Round 4–6 March Santiago (CHI)  United States 1–4 Loss
World Group Play-off 7–9 July Santiago (CHI)  Italy 1–4 Loss
2012 Americas Zone Group I, 2nd Round 6–8 April Montevideo (URU)  Uruguay 3–1 Win
World Group Play-off 14–16 September Napoli (ITA)  Italy 1–4 Loss
2013 Americas Zone Group I, 2nd Round 5–7 April Manta (ECU)  Ecuador 2–3 Loss
Americas Zone Group I, 2nd Round play-off 13–15 September Santo Domingo Este (DOM)  Dominican Republic 1–4 Loss
2014 Americas Zone Group II, 1st Round 31 January–2 February Bridgetown (BAR)  Barbados 2–3 Loss
Americas Zone Group II Play-off 4–6 April Santiago (CHI)  Paraguay 5–0 Win
2015 Americas Zone Group II, 1st Round 6–8 March Santiago (CHI)  Peru 5–0 Win
Americas Zone Group II, 2nd Round 17–19 July Talcahuano (CHI)  Mexico 5–0 Win
Americas Zone Group II, 3rd Round 18–20 September Santiago (CHI)  Venezuela 5–0 Win
2016 Americas Zone Group I, 1st Round 4–6 March Santiago (CHI)  Dominican Republic 5–0 Win
Americas Zone Group I, 2nd Round 15–17 July Iquique (CHI)  Colombia 3–1 Win
World Group Play-off 16–18 September Halifax (CAN)  Canada 0–5 Loss
2017 Americas Zone Group I, 1st Round 3–5 February Santo Domingo Este (DOM)  Dominican Republic 5–0 Win
Americas Zone Group I, 2nd Round 7–9 April Medellín (COL)  Colombia 1–3 Loss
2018 Americas Zone Group I, 1st Round 2–3 February Santiago (CHI)  Ecuador 3–1 Win
Americas Zone Group I, 2nd Round 6–7 April San Juan (ARG)  Argentina 2–3 Loss
2019 Qualifying round 1–2 February Salzburg (AUT)  Austria 3–2 Win
Finals, Group C 19 November Madrid (ESP)  Argentina 0–3 Loss
21 November  Germany 1–2 Loss

2020s

Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result
2020–21 Qualifying round 6–7 March 2020 Stockholm (SWE)  Sweden 1–3 Loss
World Group I 17–18 September 2021 Bratislava (SVK)  Slovakia 1–3 Loss
2022 World Group I play-offs 4–5 March 2022 Viña del Mar (CHI)  Slovenia 4–0 Win
World Group I 17–18 September 2022 Lima (PER)  Peru 3–2 Win
2023 Qualifying round 4–5 February 2023 La Serena (CHI)  Kazakhstan 3–1 Win
Finals, Group A 12 September 2023 Bologna (ITA)  Sweden 3–0 Win
15 September 2023 Bologna (ITA)  Italy TBD
16 September 2023 Bologna (ITA)  Canada TBD

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tie details - Sweden vs. Chile". DavisCup.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.


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