Syria Davis Cup team

{{Short description|National tennis team}} {{Infobox tennis cup team|Type = Davis |Name=Syria |Image= Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg |Captain= |Coach= |ITF Rank=T-75 {{increase}}1 |ITF max= |ITF max date= |ITF min= |ITF min date= |Colors=Green, white (red stars) and black |First year=[[1986 Davis Cup|1986]] |Years played=35 |Ties played=135 (63 - 72) |WG played=0 |Titles= |Runners-up= |Best= |Player wins=Rabi Bouhassoun (34 - 21) |Singles wins=Rabi Bouhassoun (29 - 8) |Doubles wins=Lays Salim (11 - 18) |Best doubles=Hayan Maarouf & Majdi Salim (5 - 4) |Most ties=Lays Salim (43) |Most years=Lays Salim (11) }}

The '''Syria Davis Cup team''' represents [[Syria]] in [[Davis Cup]] [[tennis]] competition and are governed by the [[Syrian Arab Tennis Federation]]. Syria currently competes in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group III.

==History== Syria made their Davis Cup debut in [[1986 Davis Cup|1986]]. Their best performance has been reaching the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II second round in [[1988 Davis Cup|1988]].{{fact|date=December 2023}}

Syria currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group IV. They won Group III in [[2000 Davis Cup|2000]], [[2010 Davis Cup|2010]], and [[2013 Davis Cup|2013]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/teams/team.aspx?id=SYR|title = Davis Cup - Teams}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.daviscup.com/233383?channel=daviscupnews | title=Davis Cup - Syria keeps things interesting in Asia/Oceania III }}</ref>

[[Kareem Al Allaf]] represented the Syria Davis Cup team at the [[Davis Cup]], where he played #1 singles and had a W/L record of 18–9 (12–5 in singles play) in 2015–21.<ref>[https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800376005 "Kareem Al Allaf,"] Davis Cup.</ref><ref name=hail>[https://hailstate.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/coaches/kareem-allaf/2710 "Kareem Allaf,"] hailstate.com.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2016/02/horror-redemption-and-hope-story-syria-davis-cup-team/57641/|title=Horror, Redemption, Hope: The story of the Syrian Davis Cup team|website=Tennis.com}}</ref>

The Syrian Tennis Federation banned him, because he competed in a match against an [[Israelis|Israeli]] opponent in a [[2022 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour]] tournament in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]], [[Arkansas]], in November 2022.<ref>[https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kareem-al-allaf/ag60/player-activity?matchType=Singles&year=2022&tournament=all "Kareem Al Allaf,"] ATP Tour.</ref><ref name=ban>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediareferee.com/tennis-news-syrian-tennis-player-kareem-al-allaf-banned-for-playing-israeli-opponent-at-itf-event-in-arkansas/|title=Syrian tennis player Kareem Al Allaf banned for playing Israeli opponent at ITF event in Arkansas|first=Adreej Kumar|last=Mitra|date=November 9, 2022|work=Media Referee}}</ref> Egyptian journalist Reem Abulleil wrote on Twitter: "Syrian tennis player @KareemAllaf played against and defeated Israeli player Nitzan Ricklis last week in a $15k in Fayetteville, Arkansas. As a response, the Syrian Tennis Federation has banned him. Hope @ITFTennis do something. This nonsense has got to stop."<ref name=ban/>

As a result of the Syrian federation's ban, Allaf switched nationalities to represent his birth country, the United States.<ref name=ban/>

== Current team ([[2024 Davis Cup|2024]]) == * [[Hazem Naw]] * [[Yacoub Makzoume]] * [[Taym Al Azmeh]] * Rabee Saleem

==Statistics==

The youngest player in Syrian Davis Cup history was Rabi Bouhassoun, aged 15 years and 212 days.{{fact|date=December 2023}} The oldest player in Syrian Davis Cup history was Jehad Sheet, aged 41 years and 159 days.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

The longest rubber in Syrian Davis Cup history was 4 hours and 22 minutes, when on 9 February 2001 Selvam Veerasingam of Malaysia defeated Syria's Rabi Bouhassoun 7-6 6-7 7-6 7-6{{fact|date=December 2023}} The longest final set of a rubber, in Syrian Davis Cup history, took place on 9 April 1988 when Hassan Bin Bohari and Albert Teo of Singapore defeated Abdul-Latif Mourad and Samer Mourad of Syria 16-14 in the third and final set of the 6-4 6-3 16-14 match.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

===2010s=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="50"| Year ! width="300"| Competition ! width="125"| Date ! width="150"| Location ! width="150"| Opponent ! width="50"| Score ! width="70"| Result |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4 align="center"| [[2010 Davis Cup|2010]] | rowspan=2| [[2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Group stage | 28 Apr | rowspan=4| [[Tehran]] (IRN) | {{davis|IRN}} | align="center"| 2–1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 29 Apr | {{davis|KUW}} | align="center"| 3–0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | rowspan=2| [[2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Promotional Play-off | 1 May | {{davis|VIE}} | align="center"| 1–2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- | 2 May | {{davis|LIB}} | align="center"| 2–1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=2 align="center"| [[2011 Davis Cup|2011]] | [[2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Group II]], First round | 4–6 Mar | [[Changwon]] (KOR) | {{davis|KOR}} | align="center"| 1–4 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- | [[2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Group II]], Play-offs | 8–10 Jul | [[Hong Kong]] | {{davis|Hong Kong}} | align="center"| 1–4 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=5 align="center"| [[2012 Davis Cup|2012]] | rowspan=3| [[2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Group stage | 25 Apr | rowspan=5| [[Tehran]] (IRN) | {{davis|BAN}} | align="center"| 3–0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 26 Apr | {{davis|MAS}} | align="center"| 3–0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 27 Apr | {{davis|OMN}} | align="center"| 3–0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | rowspan=2| [[2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Promotional Play-off | 28 Apr | {{davis|IRN}} | align="center"| 2–1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 29 Apr | {{davis|KUW}} | align="center"| 3–0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=2 align="center"| [[2013 Davis Cup|2013]] | [[2013 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Group II]], First round | 1–3 Feb | [[Lapu-Lapu, Philippines|Lapu-Lapu]] (PHI) | {{davis|PHI}} | align="center"| 2–3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- | [[2013 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II|Asia/Oceania Group II]], Play-offs | 5–7 Apr | [[Mishref]] (KUW) | {{davis|KUW}} | align="center"| 2–3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4 align="center"| [[2014 Davis Cup|2014]] | rowspan=3| [[2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Group Stage | 11 Jun | rowspan=4|[[Tehran]] (IRN) | {{davis|CAM}} | align="center"| 2–1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 12 Jun | {{davis|MAS}} | align="center"| 1–2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- | 13 Jun | {{davis|TKM}} | align="center"| 2–1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"|Win |- | [[2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Play-offs | 14 Jun | {{davis|IRN}} | align="center"| 0–3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4 align="center"| [[2015 Davis Cup|2015]] | rowspan=3| [[2015 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Group Stage | 25 Mar | rowspan=4 |[[Kuala Lumpur]] (MAS) | {{davis|CAM}} | align="center"| 2–1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 26 Mar | {{davis|VIE}} | align="center"| 1–2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- | 27 Mar | {{davis|TKM}} | align="center"| 1–2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- | [[2015 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Play-offs | 28 Mar | {{davis|KSA}} | align="center"| 3–0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=5 align="center"| [[2016 Davis Cup|2016]] | rowspan=4| [[2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Group Stage | 12 Jul | rowspan=5 |[[Tehran]] (IRN) | {{davis|SIN}} | align="center"| 3–0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 13 Jul | {{davis|QAT}} | align="center"| 2–1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 14 Jul | {{davis|TKM}} | align="center"| 2–1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 15 Jul | {{davis|LBN}} | align="center"| 0–3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- | [[2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Play-offs | 16 Jul | {{davis|IRN}} | align="center"| 1–2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4 align="center"| [[2017 Davis Cup|2017]] | rowspan=3| [[2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Group Stage | 17 Jul | rowspan=4 |[[Colombo]] (SRI) | [[Pacific Oceania Davis Cup team|Pacific Oceania]] | align="center"| 1–2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- | 19–20 Jul | {{davis|JOR}} | align="center"| 1–2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- | 20 Jul | {{davis|SRI}} | align="center"| 1–2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- |[[2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Play-offs | 22 Jul | {{davis|UAE}} | align="center"| 2–0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4 align="center"| [[2018 Davis Cup|2018]] | rowspan=4| [[2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Group Stage | 2 Apr |rowspan=4|[[Hanoi]] (VIE) | {{davis|QAT}} | align="center"| 0–3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- | 4 Apr | {{davis|KSA}} | align="center"| 2–1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 5 Apr | {{davis|KUW}} | align="center"| 1–2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- | 6 Apr | {{davis|JOR}} | align="center"| 2–1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4 align="center"| [[2019 Davis Cup|2019]] | rowspan=3| [[2019 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Group Stage | 26 Jun |rowspan=4|[[Singapore]] (SIN) | {{davis|IRN}} | align="center"| 3–0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 27 Jun | {{davis|QAT}} | align="center"| 3–0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 28 Jun | {{davis|MAS}} | align="center"| 2–1 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- |[[2019 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Play-offs | 29 Jul | {{davis|VIE}} | align="center"| 0–2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- |}

===2020s=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="50"| Year ! width="300"| Competition ! width="125"| Date ! width="150"| Location ! width="150"| Opponent ! width="50"| Score ! width="70"| Result |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | align="center"| [[2020 Davis Cup|2020]] | [[2020 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs|World Group II Play-offs]] | 6–7 Mar | [[Harare]] (ZIM) | {{davis|ZIM}} | align="center"| 1–3 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4 align="center"| [[2021 Davis Cup|2021]] | rowspan=2| [[2021 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Group stage | 15 Sep | rowspan=4| [[Amman]] (JOR) | {{davis|JOR}} | align="center"| 3–0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | 16 Sep | {{davis|SRI}} | align="center"| 3–0 | align="center" bgcolor="#98FB98"| Win |- | rowspan=2| [[2021 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III|Asia/Oceania Group III]], Promotional Play-off | 18 Sep | [[Pacific Oceania Davis Cup team|Pacific Oceania]] | align="center"| 1–2 | align="center" bgcolor="#FFA07A"| Loss |- |}

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

==References== {{reflist}}

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

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