Albania Davis Cup team

Albania

Captain	Fatos Nallbani
ITF ranking	130 (no change)

First year	2010
Years played	3
Ties played (W–L)	11 (0–11)

Most total wins	Ferat Istrefi (1)
Most singles wins	Ferat Istrefi (1)
Most ties played	Flavio Dece (11)
Most years played	Flavio Dece (3)

The Albania Davis Cup team represents Albania in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Albanian Tennis Federation.

Albania currently compete in the Europe Zone Group III.^[1] They started Davis Cup competition only in 2010.

Current team

Flavio Dece
Rei Pelushi
Genajd Shypheja
Arber Sulstarova

2012

Albania continued to go winless in Davis Cup ties, losing all three rubbers to Bulgaria, Georgia, and Macedonia in Group III action, in early May in Sofia. No Albanian player won a set, let alone a match.

The 2012 squad players had the following win-loss record for the year:

Flavio Dece, 0-3 in singles and 0-2 in doubles
Rei Pelushi, 0-1 in singles and 0-3 in doubles
Genajd Shpheja, 0-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles
Arber Sulstarova, 0-1 in singles

2011

In Skopje in May, Albania lost to Turkey and Norway in Group III round robin play, both times without winning more than two games in a set. They fared far better in the 9th and 10th place play-off tie versus San Marino, with Flavio Dece winning a set in the opening rubber followed by Ferat Istrefi winning the country's first ever rubber. They lost the deciding doubles match however.

The 2011 squad consisted of the following players and their win–loss records for the year:

Flavio Dece, 0–3 in singles and 0-2 in doubles
Ferat Istrefi, 1–0 in singles and 0-3 in doubles
Ivo Spathari, 0–2 in singles and 0-1 in doubles

2010

Outdoors on hard courts in Marousi, Greece in May, Albania lost each of its five round robin ties, without winning a match, in Group 3 B play. Ferat Istrefi won the country's first ever set in Davis Cup, versus Armenia's Ashot Gevorgyana.

14/05/2010 versus San Marino 0-3
13/05/2010 versus Armenia 0-3
12/05/2010 versus Montenegro 0-3
11/05/2010 versus Moldova 0-3
10/05/2010 versus Greece 0-3

The 2010 squad consisted of the following players and their win-loss records for the year:

Genci Cakciri, 0-1 in singles and 0-4 in doubles
Flavio Dece, 0-4 in singles and 0-3 in doubles
Martin Hysenbegasi, 0-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles
Ferat Istrefi, 0-4 in singles and 0-2 in doubles

References

↑ European Group III at daviscup.com

External links

Albania at daviscup.com

Davis Cup

Current champions (2016): Argentina

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