Iran Davis Cup team

{{Short description|National sports team}} {{Infobox tennis cup team|Type = Davis | Name = Iran | Image = Flag of Iran.svg | Captain = Seyedakbar Taherirehaghi | Coach = | ITF Rank = 64 | ITF max = | ITF max date = | ITF min = | ITF min date = | Colors = | First year = [[1962 Davis Cup|1962]] | Years played = 43 | Ties played = 108 (57 - 51) | WG played = 0 (0 - 0) | Titles = | Runners-up = | Best = | Player wins = [[Anoosha Shahgholi]] (38-27) | Singles wins = [[Anoosha Shahgholi]] (27-16) | Doubles wins = [[Kanyab Derafshijavan]] (12-8)<br/>[[Ashkan Shokoofi]] (12-16) | Best doubles = '''Team: '''[[Kanyab Derafshijavan]] and [[Mostafa Saleh]] (6-0)<br/> [[Anoosha Shahgholi]] and [[Ashkan Shokoofi]] (6-6) | Most ties = [[Anoosha Shahgholi]] (43) | Most years = [[Anoosha Shahgholi]] (16)

}}

The '''Iran Davis Cup team''' represents [[Iran]] in [[Davis Cup]] [[tennis]] competition and are governed by the [[Tennis Federation of Iran]].

Iran currently competes in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group III.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

==History== Iran competed in its first Davis Cup in [[1962 Davis Cup|1962]].{{fact|date=December 2023}}

== Current team ([[2022 Davis Cup|2022]]) ==

* Amir Hossein Badi * Hesam Esmail Yazdi * [[Ali Yazdani (Tennis Player)|Ali Yazdani]] * Samyar Elyasi (''Junior player'') * Kasra Rahmani (''Junior player''){{fact|date=December 2023}}

==Notable players== * [[Mansour Bahrami]] * [[Taghi Akbari]] * [[Mohammad Hossein Akbari]] * [[Ali Madani]] * [[Anoosha Shahgholi]]

==Tournaments== {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- ! Year !! Zone !! Notes |- | [[1959 Davis Cup|1959]] || [[1959 Davis Cup#EasternZone|Eastern Zone]] || 1st round, Forfeit |- | [[1962 Davis Cup|1962]] || [[1962 Davis Cup#Eastern Zone|Eastern Zone]] || '''Semi-finals''' |- | [[1963 Davis Cup|1963]] || [[1963 Davis Cup|American Zone]] || 1st round |- | [[1964 Davis Cup|1964]] || [[1964 Davis Cup#Eastern Zone B|Eastern Zone B]] || '''Semi-finals''' |- | [[1965 Davis Cup|1965]] || [[1965 Davis Cup#Eastern Zone B|Eastern Zone B]] || 1st round |- | [[1966 Davis Cup|1966]] || [[1966 Davis Cup#Zone A Draw|Eastern Zone A]] || '''Semi-finals''' |- | [[1967 Davis Cup|1967]] || [[1967 Davis Cup#Zone B Draw|Eastern Zone B]] || '''Final''' |- | [[1968 Davis Cup|1968]] || [[1968 Davis Cup#Zone B draw 2|European Zone B]] || '''Quarter-finals''' |- | [[1969 Davis Cup|1969]] || [[1969 Davis Cup#Zone B draw 2|European Zone B]] || 1st round |- | [[1970 Davis Cup|1970]] || [[1970 Davis Cup#Zone B draw 2|European Zone B]] || 1st round |- | [[1972 Davis Cup|1972]] || [[1972 Davis Cup#Zone A Draw 2|European Zone]] || '''Quarter-finals''' |- | [[1973 Davis Cup|1973]] || [[1973 Davis Cup#Preliminary rounds 4|European Zone A]] || Preliminary Rounds 4 |- | [[1974 Davis Cup|1974]] || [[1974 Davis Cup#Preliminary rounds 4|European Zone A]] || Preliminary Rounds 4 |- | [[1975 Davis Cup|1975]] || [[1975 Davis Cup#Preliminary rounds 5|European Zone B]] || Preliminary Rounds 5 |- | [[1976 Davis Cup|1976]] || [[1976 Davis Cup#Preliminary rounds 3|European Zone A]] || Preliminary Rounds 3 |- | [[1977 Davis Cup|1977]] || [[1977 Davis Cup#Preliminary rounds 4|European Zone B]] || Preliminary Rounds 4 |- | [[1978 Davis Cup|1978]] || [[1978 Davis Cup#Preliminary rounds 4|European Zone B]] || Preliminary Rounds 4 |- | [[1979 Davis Cup|1979]] || [[1979 Davis Cup#Preliminary rounds 5|European Zone B]] || Preliminary Rounds 5 |- | [[1985 Davis Cup|1985]] || [[1985 Davis Cup#Zone A|European Zone A]] || 1st round, Forfeit |- | [[1986 Davis Cup|1986]] || [[1986 Davis Cup#Zone B|European Zone B]] || 1st round, Forfeit |- | [[1992 Davis Cup|1992]] || [[1992 Davis Cup#Group III 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] || '''Round-Robin winner, Promoted''' |- | [[1993 Davis Cup|1993]] || [[1993 Davis Cup#Group II 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || Round-Robin |- | [[1994 Davis Cup|1994]] || [[1994 Davis Cup#Group II 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || Round-Robin |- | [[1995 Davis Cup|1995]] || [[1995 Davis Cup#Group II 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || Round-Robin |- | [[1996 Davis Cup|1996]] || [[1996 Davis Cup#Group II 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || Round-Robin |- | [[1997 Davis Cup|1997]] || [[1997 Davis Cup#Group II 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || Round-Robin |- | [[1998 Davis Cup|1998]] || [[1998 Davis Cup#Group II 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || Round-Robin |- | [[1999 Davis Cup|1999]] || [[1999 Davis Cup#Group II 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || Round-Robin |- | [[2000 Davis Cup|2000]] || [[2000 Davis Cup#Group II 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || Round-Robin |- | [[2001 Davis Cup|2001]] || [[2001 Davis Cup#Group II 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || Round-Robin, Relegated |- | [[2002 Davis Cup|2002]] || [[2002 Davis Cup#Group III 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || Round-Robin, '''Promoted''' |- | [[2003 Davis Cup|2003]] || [[2003 Davis Cup#Group II 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || Round-Robin |- | [[2004 Davis Cup|2004]] || [[2004 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone#Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || 1st round |- | [[2005 Davis Cup|2005]] || [[2005 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone#Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || 1st round, Relegated |- | [[2006 Davis Cup|2006]] || [[2006 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone#Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] || 1st-4th Playoff, '''Promoted''' |- | [[2007 Davis Cup|2007]] || [[2007 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone#Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || 1st round, Relegated |- | [[2008 Davis Cup|2008]] || [[2008 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone#Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] || 1st-4th Playoff |- | [[2009 Davis Cup|2009]] || [[2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone#Group III#Pool B|Asia/Oceania Zone III]] || |- | [[2010 Davis Cup|2010]] || [[2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] || Promotional Pool, '''Promoted''' |- | [[2011 Davis Cup|2011]] || [[2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone#Group II 2|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || 1st round, Relegated |- | [[2012 Davis Cup|2012]] || [[2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III#3rd to 4th play-off|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] || 1st-4th Playoff |- | [[2013 Davis Cup|2013]] || [[2013 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] || 1st round |- | [[2014 Davis Cup|2014]] || [[2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] || '''Promoted''' |- | [[2015 Davis Cup|2015]] || [[2015 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || 1st round, Relegated |- | [[2016 Davis Cup|2016]] || [[2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] || '''Promoted''' |- | [[2017 Davis Cup|2017]] || [[2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] || 1st round |}

==Statistics== ''Since 1959(Last updated 29 August 2017)''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/teams/team.aspx?id=IRI|title = Davis Cup - Teams}}</ref> Thailand w/o Iran in 1959. Iran w/o Burma in 1964. Iran w/o Malaysia in 1967. Iran w/o Nigeria in 1975. Turkey w/o Iran in 1985. Hungary w/o Iran in 1986.

;Record *Champion: none *Runner-up: none *Lost in Semifinals: none *Lost in Quarterfinals: none *Lost in first round: n times

;Home and away record (all NN match-ups) *Performance at home (NN match-ups): NN–NN (NN.N%) *Performance away (NN match-ups): NN–NN (NN.N%) *Total: NN–NN (NN.N%)

;Head-to-head record (1959–) {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=25%}}

'''Africa''' *{{davis|ALG}} 2-0 *{{davis|EGY}} 1-0 *{{davis|RSA}} 0-2 *{{davis|NGR}} Iran w/o '''Asia and Oceania''' *{{davis|BAN}} 1-0 *{{davis|BRN}} 2-0 *{{davis|CHN}} 0-1 *{{davis|HKG}} 1-3 *{{davis|INA}} 0-2 *{{davis|IND}} 0-4 {{col-break}} *{{davis|JOR}} 1-0 *{{davis|KAZ}} 0-1 *{{davis|KGZ}} 1-0 *{{davis|KSA}} 3-1 *{{davis|KUW}} 2-5 *{{davis|LIB}} 4-3 *{{davis|MAS}} 2-4 *{{davis|MYA}} Iran w/o *{{davis|OMA}} 1-0 *{{davis|PAK}} 1-3 *{{davis|PHI}} 1-1 *{{davis|Pacific Oceania}} 3-1 {{col-break}} *{{davis|QAT}} 4-0 *{{davis|SIN}} 3-0 *{{davis|SRI}} 4-2 *{{davis|SYR}} 2-4 *{{davis|THA}} 1-2 *{{davis|TJK}} 4-0 *{{davis|TKM}} 1-0 *{{davis|TPE}} 1-1 *{{davis|UAE}} 3-0 *{{davis|VIE}} 3-1 '''Europe''' *{{davis|BUL}} 0-1 {{col-break}} *{{davis|GBR}} 0-1 *{{davis|HUN}} w/o *{{davis|IRL}} 0-1 *{{davis|ISR}} 3-0 *{{davis|NOR}} 0-1 *{{davis|POL}} 0-1 *{{davis|ROU}} 0-2 *{{davis|SUI}} 0-2 *{{davis|TUR}} 1-0 '''Americas''' *{{davis|USA}} 0-1 {{col-end}}

==Results==

{| class="wikitable" |- ! width="50"| Year ! width="300"| Competition ! width="90"| Date ! width="55"| Surface ! width="170"| Location ! width="175"| Opponent ! width="50"| Score ! width="80"| Result |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | align="center" rowspan="4"| [[2010 Davis Cup|2010]] | rowspan="2"| [[2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] Pool A | align="center"| 28 Apr | align="center"| Clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|SYR}} | align="center"| 1 : 3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- | align="center"| 30 Apr | align="center"| Clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|KUW}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | rowspan="2"| [[2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] Promotion Pool | align="center"| 1 May | align="center"| Clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|LBN}} | align="center"| 2 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | align="center"| 2 May | align="center"| Clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|VIE}} | align="center"| 2 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | align="center" rowspan="2"| [[2011 Davis Cup|2011]] | rowspan="1"| [[2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] First round | align="center"| 4-6 Mar | align="center"| Clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|IDN}} | align="center"| 2 : 3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- | rowspan="1"| [[2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] Play-Offs | align="center"| 8-10 Jul | align="center"| Clay (i) | [[Dededo]], [[Guam]] | {{davis|POC}} | align="center"| 1 : 4 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | align="center" rowspan="5"| [[2012 Davis Cup|2012]] | rowspan="3"| [[2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] First round | align="center"| 25 Apr | align="center"| Clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|VIE}} | align="center"| 2 : 1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | align="center"| 26 Apr | align="center"| Clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|KGZ}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | align="center"| 27 Apr | align="center"| Clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|KUW}} | align="center"| 0 : 3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- | rowspan="2"| [[2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] Play-Offs | align="center"| 28 Apr | align="center"| Clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|SYR}} | align="center"| 1 : 2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- | align="center"| 29 Apr | align="center"| Clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|MYS}} | align="center"| 1 : 2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | align="center" rowspan="5"| [[2013 Davis Cup|2013]] | rowspan="3"| [[2013 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] First round | align="center"| 11 Sep | align="center"| Hard | [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]] | {{davis|MYS}} | align="center"| 1 : 2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- | align="center"| 12 Sep | align="center"| Hard | [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]] | {{davis|OMN}} | align="center"| 2 : 1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | align="center"| 13 Jul | align="center"| Hard | [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]] | {{davis|HKG}} | align="center"| 1 : 2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- | rowspan="2"| [[2013 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] Play-Offs | align="center"| 14 Sep | align="center"| Hard | [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]] | {{davis|POC}} | align="center"| 2 : 1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | align="center"| 15 Sep | align="center"| Hard | [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]] | {{davis|UAE}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | align="center" rowspan="4"| [[2014 Davis Cup|2014]] | rowspan="3"| [[2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] First round | align="center"| 11 Jun | align="center"| clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|UAE}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | align="center"| 12 Jun | align="center"| clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|LBN}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | align="center"| 13 Jul | align="center"| clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|SIN}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | [[2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] Playoff | align="center"| 14 Jun | align="center"| clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|SYR}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | align="center" rowspan="2"| [[2015 Davis Cup|2015]] | rowspan="1"| [[2015 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] First round | align="center"| 6-8 Mar | align="center"| hard | [[Palembang]], [[Indonesia]] | {{davis|IDN}} | align="center"| 0 : 5 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- | [[2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] Playoff | align="center"| 17-19 Jul | align="center"| clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|KUW}} | align="center"| 1 : 3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | align="center" rowspan="4"| [[2016 Davis Cup|2016]] | rowspan="3"| [[2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] First round | align="center"| 11 Jul | align="center"| clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|POC}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | align="center"| 13 Jul | align="center"| clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|HKG}} | align="center"| 2 : 1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | align="center"| 15 Jul | align="center"| clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|TKM}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | [[2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] Playoff | align="center"| 16 Jul | align="center"| clay | [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|SYR}} | align="center"| 2 : 1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | align="center" rowspan="2"| [[2017 Davis Cup|2017]] | rowspan="1"| [[2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] First round | align="center"| 3-5 Feb | align="center"| hard | [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]] | {{davis|PAK}} | align="center"| 2 : 3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- | [[2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] Playoff | align="center"| 7-9 Apr | align="center"| clay | [[Isfahan]], [[Iran]] | {{davis|VIE}} | align="center"| 5 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | align="center" rowspan="2"| [[2018 Davis Cup|2018]] | rowspan="1"| [[2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] First round | align="center"| 3-4 Feb | align="center"| hard | [[Causeway Bay]], [[Hong Kong]] | {{davis|HKG}} | align="center"| 0 : 4 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- | [[2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Zone Group II]] Playoff | align="center"| 7-8 Apr | align="center"| hard (i) | [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]] | {{davis|TPE}} | align="center"| 0 : 4 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | align="center" rowspan="4"| [[2019 Davis Cup|2019]] | rowspan="3"| [[2019 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] Round Robin | align="center"| 26 Jun | align="center"| hard (i) | [[Kallang]], [[Singapore]] | {{davis|SYR}} | align="center"| 0 : 3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- | align="center"| 27 Jun | align="center"| hard (i) | [[Kallang]], [[Singapore]] | {{davis|MYS}} | align="center"| 0 : 3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- | align="center"| 28 Jun | align="center"| hard (i) | [[Kallang]], [[Singapore]] | {{davis|QAT}} | align="center"| 1 : 2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- | [[2019 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Zone Group III]] Playoff | align="center"| 29 Jun | align="center"| hard (i) | [[Kallang]], [[Singapore]] | {{davis|SIN}} | align="center"| 1 : 2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"| Lost |- |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | align="center" rowspan="4"| [[2020–21 Davis Cup|2020-21]] | rowspan="3"| [[2021 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV|Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV]] Round Robin | align="center"| 18 Oct | align="center"| hard | [[Isa town]], [[Bahrain]] | {{davis|KGZ}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | align="center"| 20 Oct | align="center"| hard | [[Isa town]], [[Bahrain]] | {{davis|YEM}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | align="center"| 21 Oct | align="center"| hard | [[Isa town]], [[Bahrain]] | {{davis|CAM}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- | [[2021 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV|Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV]] Playoff | align="center"| 23 Oct | align="center"| hard | [[Isa town]], [[Bahrain]] | {{davis|IRQ}} | align="center"| 3 : 0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Won |- |}

==See also== * {{davisfedseealso|IRI|davis}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Davis Cup team|code=IRI}}

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