# Namibia Davis Cup team

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Namibia Captain Gerrie Dippenaar ITF ranking 7110(novembre 2025) First year 2000 Years played 16 Ties played (W–L) 70 (32–38) Best finish Europe/Africa Zone Group III Promotion (2018) Most total wins Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk (30–9) Most singles wins Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk (19–3) Most doubles wins Jean Erasmus (14–8) Best doubles team Jean Erasmus & Tukhula Jacobs (7–0) Most ties played Henrico Du Plessis, Jurgens Strydom (29) Most years played Henrico Du Plessis, Johan Theron, Jurgens Strydom (7)

The **Namibia Davis Cup team** represents [Namibia](/source/Namibia) in [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup) [tennis](/source/Tennis) competition and is governed by the [Namibia Tennis Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namibia_Tennis_Association&action=edit&redlink=1). They did not compete between [2010](/source/2010_Davis_Cup)–[2011](/source/2011_Davis_Cup) and in [2017](/source/2017_Davis_Cup).

They best performance was in [2018](/source/2018_Davis_Cup), when they went undefeated to the [2019 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II](/source/2019_Davis_Cup_Europe%2FAfrica_Zone_Group_II).

## History

Namibia competed in its first Davis Cup in [2000](/source/2000_Davis_Cup).

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

- Codie Schalk Van Schalkwyk

- Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk (*Junior player*)

- Steyn Dippenaar

- Risto Shilongo

- Nguvitjita Hinda

## All players

All the players that represented Namibia since 2000.

- *As of 31 May 2020*

Player W-L (Total) W-L (Singles) W-L (Doubles) Ties Debut Years played Nicky Buys 1–8 0–2 1–6 8 2001 3 Riaan de Witt 0–1 0–0 0–1 1 2019 1 Johan de Witt 1–4 0–0 1–4 5 2007 2 Henrico du Plessis 18–20 5–10 13–10 29 2000 7 Jean Erasmus 21–22 10–16 11–6 26 2008 6 Warren Frewer 0–1 0–0 0–1 1 2009 1 Jean-Pierre Huish 8–19 5–9 3–10 21 2000 6 Fritz Jacobs 1–0 0–0 1–0 1 2016 1 Tukhula Jacobs 26–13 16–10 10–3 26 2012 6 Herman Kuschke 0–3 0–0 0–3 3 2006 2 Ben Piet O'Callaghan 2–1 0–0 2–1 3 2014 1 Jacobus Serdyn 8–10 4–5 4–5 13 2008 4 Jurgens Strydom 18–29 10–17 8–12 29 2003 7 Johan Theron 12–19 5–17 7–2 25 2000 7 Gideon van Dyk 3–9 0–3 3–6 10 2012 5 Codie Schalk van Schalkwyk 1–6 0–4 1–2 4 2019 1 Connor Henry van Schalkwyk 0–2 0–0 0–2 2 2019 1 Kevin Wentzel 1–0 0–0 1–0 1 2000 1

## Statistics

*Last updated: Namibia – Benin; 14 September 2019*

**Record**

- Total: 33–41 (44.6%)

Head-to-head record (2000–) DC team Pld W L Algeria 4 2 2 Andorra *8 2 0 2 Angola 1 1 0 Armenia 1 1 0 Benin 2 1 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 1 Botswana 2 2 0 Bulgaria 1 0 1 Cameroon 1 1 0 Denmark *6 2 0 2 Egypt 1 0 1 Estonia 1 0 1 Ethiopia 1 1 0 Ghana *4 5 2 3 Hungary 1 0 1 Iceland 2 1 1 Ivory Coast 1 0 1 Kenya *5 3 3 0 Lithuania *2 2 0 2 Madagascar *3 6 2 4 North Macedonia 2 0 2 Mauritius 2 0 2 Monaco 1 0 1 Morocco 1 0 1 Mozambique 4 3 1 Nigeria 5 3 2 Norway 1 0 1 Rwanda 3 3 0 San Marino 3 3 0 Togo *1 1 1 0 Tunisia 5 1 4 Turkey 1 0 1 Uganda 1 1 0 Zambia 1 1 0 Zimbabwe *7 3 0 3 Total (35) 74 33 41 Record against continents Africa Asia Europe North America Oceania South America Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Cameroon Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Madagascar Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Nigeria Rwanda Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Andorra Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Denmark Estonia Hungary Iceland Lithuania North Macedonia Monaco Norway San Marino Turkey Record: 28-25 (52.8%) Record: 0-0 Record: 5-16 (23.8%) Record: 0-0 Record: 0-0 Record: 0-0 Record by decade 2000–2009: 16–28 (36.4%) 2010–2019: 17–13 (56.7%)

**Note:**

- 1 In [2001](/source/2001_Davis_Cup#Venue_II) on the Relegation play-off group [Togo](/source/Togo_Davis_Cup_team)-Namibia will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

- 2 In [2002](/source/2002_Davis_Cup#Venue_II) on the Relegation play-off group [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania_Davis_Cup_team)-Namibia will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

- 3 In [2003](/source/2003_Davis_Cup_Europe%2FAfrica_Zone#Venue_1) on the Relegation play-off group [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar_Davis_Cup_team)-Namibia will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

- 4 In [2004](/source/2004_Davis_Cup_Europe%2FAfrica_Zone#Venue_2) on the Promotional play-off group [Ghana](/source/Ghana_Davis_Cup_team)-Namibia will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

- 5 In [2005](/source/2005_Davis_Cup_Europe%2FAfrica_Zone#Venue_1) on the Relegation play-off group [Kenya](/source/Kenya_Davis_Cup_team)-Namibia will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

- 6 In [2006](/source/2006_Davis_Cup_Europe%2FAfrica_Zone#Venue_2) on the Promotional play-off group [Denmark](/source/Denmark_Davis_Cup_team)-Namibia will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

- 7 In [2007](/source/2007_Davis_Cup_Europe%2FAfrica_Zone#Venue_2) on the Relegation play-off group [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe_Davis_Cup_team)-Namibia will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

- 8 In [2009](/source/2009_Davis_Cup_Europe%2FAfrica_Zone_Group_III#Relegation_play-off_Group.285th_to_8th.29) on the Relegation play-off group [Andorra](/source/Andorra_Davis_Cup_team)-Namibia will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

## See also

- [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup)

- [Namibia Billie Jean King Cup team](/source/Namibia_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team)

## External links

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

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