# Iran Davis Cup team

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National sports team

Iran Captain Seyedakbar Taherirehaghi ITF ranking 64 First year 1962 Years played 43 Ties played (W–L) 108 (57 - 51) Years in World Group 0 (0 - 0) Most total wins Anoosha Shahgholi (38-27) Most singles wins Anoosha Shahgholi (27-16) Most doubles wins Kanyab Derafshijavan (12-8) Ashkan Shokoofi (12-16) Best doubles team Team: Kanyab Derafshijavan and Mostafa Saleh (6-0) Anoosha Shahgholi and Ashkan Shokoofi (6-6) Most ties played Anoosha Shahgholi (43) Most years played Anoosha Shahgholi (16)

The **Iran Davis Cup team** represents [Iran](/source/Iran) in [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup) [tennis](/source/Tennis) competition and are governed by the [Tennis Federation of Iran](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tennis_Federation_of_Iran&action=edit&redlink=1).

Iran currently competes in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group III.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## History

Iran competed in its first Davis Cup in [1962](/source/1962_Davis_Cup).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Current team ([2022](/source/2022_Davis_Cup))

- Amir Hossein Badi

- Hesam Esmail Yazdi

- [Ali Yazdani](/source/Ali_Yazdani_(Tennis_Player))

- Samyar Elyasi (*Junior player*)

- Kasra Rahmani (*Junior player*)[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Notable players

- [Mansour Bahrami](/source/Mansour_Bahrami)

- [Taghi Akbari](/source/Taghi_Akbari)

- [Mohammad Hossein Akbari](/source/Mohammad_Hossein_Akbari)

- [Ali Madani](/source/Ali_Madani)

- [Anoosha Shahgholi](/source/Anoosha_Shahgholi)

## Tournaments

Year Zone Notes 1959 Eastern Zone 1st round, Forfeit 1962 Eastern Zone Semi-finals 1963 American Zone 1st round 1964 Eastern Zone B Semi-finals 1965 Eastern Zone B 1st round 1966 Eastern Zone A Semi-finals 1967 Eastern Zone B Final 1968 European Zone B Quarter-finals 1969 European Zone B 1st round 1970 European Zone B 1st round 1972 European Zone Quarter-finals 1973 European Zone A Preliminary Rounds 4 1974 European Zone A Preliminary Rounds 4 1975 European Zone B Preliminary Rounds 5 1976 European Zone A Preliminary Rounds 3 1977 European Zone B Preliminary Rounds 4 1978 European Zone B Preliminary Rounds 4 1979 European Zone B Preliminary Rounds 5 1985 European Zone A 1st round, Forfeit 1986 European Zone B 1st round, Forfeit 1992 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Round-Robin winner, Promoted 1993 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Round-Robin 1994 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Round-Robin 1995 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Round-Robin 1996 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Round-Robin 1997 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Round-Robin 1998 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Round-Robin 1999 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Round-Robin 2000 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Round-Robin 2001 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Round-Robin, Relegated 2002 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Round-Robin, Promoted 2003 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Round-Robin 2004 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II 1st round 2005 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II 1st round, Relegated 2006 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III 1st-4th Playoff, Promoted 2007 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II 1st round, Relegated 2008 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III 1st-4th Playoff 2009 Asia/Oceania Zone III 2010 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Promotional Pool, Promoted 2011 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II 1st round, Relegated 2012 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III 1st-4th Playoff 2013 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III 1st round 2014 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Promoted 2015 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II 1st round, Relegated 2016 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Promoted 2017 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II 1st round

## Statistics

*Since 1959(Last updated 29 August 2017)*[1] 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–)**

Africa Algeria 2-0 Egypt 1-0 South Africa 0-2 Nigeria Iran w/o Asia and Oceania Bangladesh 1-0 Brunei 2-0 China 0-1 Hong Kong 1-3 Indonesia 0-2 India 0-4 Jordan 1-0 Kazakhstan 0-1 Kyrgyzstan 1-0 Saudi Arabia 3-1 Kuwait 2-5 Lebanon 4-3 Malaysia 2-4 Myanmar Iran w/o Oman 1-0 Pakistan 1-3 Philippines 1-1 Pacific Oceania 3-1 Qatar 4-0 Singapore 3-0 Sri Lanka 4-2 Syria 2-4 Thailand 1-2 Tajikistan 4-0 Turkmenistan 1-0 Chinese Taipei 1-1 United Arab Emirates 3-0 Vietnam 3-1 Europe Bulgaria 0-1 Great Britain 0-1 Hungary w/o Ireland 0-1 Israel 3-0 Norway 0-1 Poland 0-1 Romania 0-2 Switzerland 0-2 Turkey 1-0 Americas United States 0-1

## Results

Year Competition Date Surface Location Opponent Score Result 2010 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool A 28 Apr Clay Tehran, Iran Syria 1 : 3 Lost 30 Apr Clay Tehran, Iran Kuwait 3 : 0 Won Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Promotion Pool 1 May Clay Tehran, Iran Lebanon 2 : 0 Won 2 May Clay Tehran, Iran Vietnam 2 : 0 Won 2011 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II First round 4-6 Mar Clay Tehran, Iran Indonesia 2 : 3 Lost Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Play-Offs 8-10 Jul Clay (i) Dededo, Guam Pacific Oceania 1 : 4 Lost 2012 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III First round 25 Apr Clay Tehran, Iran Vietnam 2 : 1 Won 26 Apr Clay Tehran, Iran Kyrgyzstan 3 : 0 Won 27 Apr Clay Tehran, Iran Kuwait 0 : 3 Lost Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Play-Offs 28 Apr Clay Tehran, Iran Syria 1 : 2 Lost 29 Apr Clay Tehran, Iran Malaysia 1 : 2 Lost 2013 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III First round 11 Sep Hard Dubai, UAE Malaysia 1 : 2 Lost 12 Sep Hard Dubai, UAE Oman 2 : 1 Won 13 Jul Hard Dubai, UAE Hong Kong 1 : 2 Lost Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Play-Offs 14 Sep Hard Dubai, UAE Pacific Oceania 2 : 1 Won 15 Sep Hard Dubai, UAE United Arab Emirates 3 : 0 Won 2014 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III First round 11 Jun clay Tehran, Iran United Arab Emirates 3 : 0 Won 12 Jun clay Tehran, Iran Lebanon 3 : 0 Won 13 Jul clay Tehran, Iran Singapore 3 : 0 Won Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Playoff 14 Jun clay Tehran, Iran Syria 3 : 0 Won 2015 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II First round 6-8 Mar hard Palembang, Indonesia Indonesia 0 : 5 Lost Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Playoff 17-19 Jul clay Tehran, Iran Kuwait 1 : 3 Lost 2016 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III First round 11 Jul clay Tehran, Iran Pacific Oceania 3 : 0 Won 13 Jul clay Tehran, Iran Hong Kong 2 : 1 Won 15 Jul clay Tehran, Iran Turkmenistan 3 : 0 Won Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Playoff 16 Jul clay Tehran, Iran Syria 2 : 1 Won 2017 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II First round 3-5 Feb hard Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan 2 : 3 Lost Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Playoff 7-9 Apr clay Isfahan, Iran Vietnam 5 : 0 Won 2018 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II First round 3-4 Feb hard Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Hong Kong 0 : 4 Lost Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Playoff 7-8 Apr hard (i) Taipei, Taiwan Chinese Taipei 0 : 4 Lost 2019 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Round Robin 26 Jun hard (i) Kallang, Singapore Syria 0 : 3 Lost 27 Jun hard (i) Kallang, Singapore Malaysia 0 : 3 Lost 28 Jun hard (i) Kallang, Singapore Qatar 1 : 2 Lost Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Playoff 29 Jun hard (i) Kallang, Singapore Singapore 1 : 2 Lost 2020-21 Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV Round Robin 18 Oct hard Isa town, Bahrain Kyrgyzstan 3 : 0 Won 20 Oct hard Isa town, Bahrain Yemen 3 : 0 Won 21 Oct hard Isa town, Bahrain Cambodia 3 : 0 Won Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV Playoff 23 Oct hard Isa town, Bahrain Iraq 3 : 0 Won

## See also

- [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup)

- [Iran Billie Jean King Cup team](/source/Iran_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Davis Cup - Teams"](https://www.daviscup.com/en/teams/team.aspx?id=IRI).

## External links

- [Team page](https://web.archive.org/web/20250801/https://www.daviscup.com/en/teams/team.aspx?id=IRI) at the [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup) (archived)

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