Belgium Davis Cup team

Belgium
Belgium
Captain	Johan Van Herck
ITF ranking	3 1
Colors	Red & Black
First year	1904
Years played	95
Ties played (W–L)	185 (93–92)
Years in; World Group	19 (10–18)
Runners-up	3 (1904, 2015, 2017)
Most total wins	Jacques Brichant (71–49)
Most singles wins	Jacques Brichant (52–27)
Most doubles wins	Philippe Washer (20–18)
Best doubles team	Philippe Washer &; Jacques Brichant (16–14)
Most ties played	Jacques Brichant (42)
Most years played	Jacques Brichant (17)

The Belgium Davis Cup team represents Belgium in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Royal Belgian Tennis Federation.

History[]

Belgium competed in its first Davis Cup in 1904 when it achieved its best result until 2015, a final lost to the British Isles. They made the final again, in 2015, when they lost to Great Britain yet again. They reached the final again in 2017, losing again, this time against France.

Current squad[]

Player information and rankings as of 26 November 2017

Squad representing Belgium in the 2017 Davis Cup
Player	ATP Ranking	Years Played	Total W-L	Singles W-L	Doubles W-L
Ruben Bemelmans	#96 (Singles)	9 (2008, 2010–)	11–16	4–8	7–8
Steve Darcis	#66 (Singles)	11 (2005, 2008–)	23–18	22–11	1–7
Joris De Loore	#198 (Singles)	2 (2016–)	3–4	1–1	2–3
Arthur De Greef	#143 (Singles)	2 (2016–)	0–3	0–1	0–3
David Goffin	#7 (Singles)	6 (2012–)	20–6	20–3	0–3

Recent results[]

2000–2009[]

showYear	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	World Group, 1st round	4–6 February	Moscow (RUS)	Russia	1–4	Lost
2000	World Group Play-offs	21–23 July	Venice (ITA)	Italy	4–1	Won
2001	World Group, 1st round	4–6 February	Ghent (BEL)	France	0–5	Lost
2001	World Group Play-offs	21–23 September	Liège (BEL)	Morocco	2–3	Lost
2002	Euro/African Zone, Group I	5–7 April	Liège (BEL)	Greece	5–0	Won
2002	World Group Play-offs	20–22 September	Harare (ZIM)	Zimbabwe	4–1	Won
2003	World Group, 1st round	7–9 February	Seville (ESP)	Spain	0–5	Lost
2003	World Group Play-offs	19–21 September	Pörtschach (AUT)	Austria	2–3	Lost
2004	Euro/African Zone, Group I	9–11 April	Tournai (BEL)	Zimbabwe	4–1	Won
2004	World Group Play-offs	24–26 September	Rijeka (CRO)	Croatia	2–3	Lost
2005	Euro/African Zone, Group I	29 April – 1 May	Belgrade (SCG)	Serbia and Montenegro	3–2	Won
2005	World Group Play-offs	23–25 September	Leuven (BEL)	United States	1–4	Lost
2006	Euro/African Zone, Group I	7–9 April	Kiev (UKR)	Ukraine	4–1	Won
2006	World Group Play-offs	22–24 September	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	3–2	Won
2007	World Group, 1st round	9–11 February	Liège (BEL)	Australia	3–2	Won
2007	World Group, Quarter-final	6–8 April	Ostend (BEL)	Germany	2–3	Lost
2008	World Group, 1st round	8–10 February	Ostrava (CZE)	Czech Republic	2–3	Lost
2008	World Group Play-offs	19–21 September	Lausanne (SUI)	Switzerland	1–4	Lost
2009	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I	6–8 March	Liège (BEL)	Poland	4–1	Won
2009	World Group Play-offs	18–20 September	Charleroi (BEL)	Ukraine	3–2	Won

2010–2019[]

showYear	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	World Group, 1st round	5–7 March	Bree (BEL)	Czech Republic	1–4	Lost
2010	World Group, Play-off	17–20 September	Cairns (AUS)	Australia	3–2	Won
2011	World Group, 1st round	4–6 March	Charleroi (BEL)	Spain	1–4	Lost
2011	World Group, Play-off	16–18 September	Antwerp (BEL)	Austria	1–4	Lost
2012	Euro/African Zone, Group I	6–8 April	Glasgow (GBR)	Great Britain	4–1	Won
2012	World Group, Play-off	16–18 September	Brussels (BEL)	Sweden	5–0	Won
2013	World Group, 1st round	1–3 February	Charleroi (BEL)	Serbia	2–3	Lost
2013	World Group, Play-off	16–18 September	Antwerp (BEL)	Israel	3–2	Won
2014	World Group, 1st round	31 January–2 Feb.	Astana (KAZ)	Kazakhstan	2–3	Lost
2014	World Group, Play-off	12–14 September	Tallinn (EST)	Ukraine	3–2	Won
2015	World Group, 1st round	6–8 March	Liège (BEL)	Switzerland	3–2	Won
	World Group, Quarter-final	17–19 July	Middelkerke (BEL)	Canada	5–0	Won
	World Group, Semi-final	18–20 September	Brussels (BEL)	Argentina	3–2	Won
	World Group, Final	27–29 November	Ghent (BEL)	Great Britain	1–3	Lost
2016	World Group, 1st round	4–6 March	Liège (BEL)	Croatia	2–3	Lost
2016	World Group, Play-off	15–17 September	Ostend (BEL)	Brazil	4–0	Won
2017	World Group, 1st Round	3–5 February	Frankfurt (GER)	Germany	4–1	Won
	World Group, Quarter-final	7–9 April	Charleroi (BEL)	Italy	3–2	Won
	World Group, Semi-final	15–17 September	Brussels (BEL)	Australia	3–2	Won
	World Group, Final	24–26 November	Villeneuve-d'Asq (FRA)	France	2–3	Lost
2018	World Group, 1st Round	2–4 February	Liège (BEL)	Hungary	3–2	Won
2018	World Group, Quarter-final	6–8 April	Nashville (USA)	United States	0–4	Lost
2019	Qualifying Round	1–2 February	Uberlândia (BRA)	Brazil	3–1	Won
	Finals, Group stage	18 November	Madrid (ESP)	Colombia	2–1	Won
	Finals, Group stage	20 November	Madrid (ESP)	Australia	1–2	Lost

2020–present[]

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Qualifying Round	6–7 March	Debrecen (HUN)	Hungary	3–2	Lost
	World Group I	18–19 September	TBD	TBD

External links[]

Team page on DavisCup.com, the official website of the Davis Cup

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Current champions (2019): Spain
Editions	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21
World Groups / Finals	1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21
World Groups Play-offs	1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Qualifying Rounds	2019 2020–21
Finals team squads	2019
2019 Davis Cup Finals teams	Argentina Australia Belgium Canada Chile Croatia Colombia France Germany Great Britain Italy Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands Russia Serbia Spain United States
Former World Group teams	Austria Brazil Belarus Cuba Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Denmark Ecuador Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Mexico Morocco New Zealand Paraguay Peru Poland Romania Slovakia South Africa South Korea Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia Zimbabwe
Players	American Argentine Australian Austrian Belarusian Belgian Brazilian British Canadian Chilean Croatian Cuban Czech Czechoslovak Danish Dutch Ecuadorian Finnish French German Hungarian Indian Indonesian Irish Israeli Italian Japanese Kazakhstani Korean Kosovar Mexican Montenegrin Moroccan New Zealand Peruvian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovakian South African Soviet Spanish Swedish Swiss Yugoslavian Zimbabwean
List of champions Winning players

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Men	1967 Ferdinand Bracke 1968 Serge Reding 1969–1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bruno Brokken 1976 Ivo Van Damme 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980 Robert Van de Walle 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Eddy Annys 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Gaston Rahier & Vincent Rousseau 1986 William Van Dijck 1987 Georges Jobé 1988 Eric Geboers 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991 Jean-Michel Saive 1992 Georges Jobé 1993 Vincent Rousseau 1994 Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996 Fred Deburghgraeve 1997 Luc Van Lierde 1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1999 Luc Van Lierde 2000 Joël Smets 2001–2004 Stefan Everts 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Stefan Everts 2007 Tom Boonen 2008 Sven Nys 2009–2011 Philippe Gilbert 2012 Tom Boonen 2013 Frederik Van Lierde 2014 Thibaut Courtois 2015 Kevin De Bruyne 2016 Greg Van Avermaet 2017 David Goffin 2018 Eden Hazard 2019 Remco Evenepoel 2020 Wout van Aert
Women	1975 Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977 Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979 Carine Verbauwen 1980 Ingrid Berghmans 1981 Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986 Ingrid Berghmans 1987 Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989 Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991 Sabine Appelmans 1992 Annelies Bredael 1993 Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995 Brigitte Becue 1996 Ulla Werbrouck 1997 Gella Vandecaveye 1998 Dominique Monami 1999–2002 Kim Clijsters 2003–2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006–2007 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008 Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011 Kim Clijsters 2012 Evi Van Acker 2013 Kirsten Flipkens 2014 Nafissatou Thiam 2015 Delfine Persoon 2016–2017 Nafissatou Thiam 2018–2019 Nina Derwael 2020 Emma Meesseman
Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Motocross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Motocross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Men's under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Men's 4×400 metres relay 2012 Men's field hockey team 2013–2014 Men's football team 2015 Davis Cup team 2016 Men's field hockey team 2017 Davis Cup team 2018–2019 Men's field hockey team 2020 Women's national basketball team
Talent	1998 Kim Clijsters 1999 Bart Wellens 2000 Bart Aernouts 2001 Jurgen Van den Broeck 2002 Thomas Buffel 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005 Niels Albert 2006 Yoris Grandjean 2007 Dominique Cornu 2008 Elise Matthysen 2009 Romelu Lukaku 2010 Luca Brecel 2011 Thomas van der Plaetsen 2012 Kimmer Coppejans 2013 Nafissatou Thiam 2014 Divock Origi 2015 Tiesj Benoot 2016 Louise Carton 2017 Lotte Kopecky 2018 Remco Evenepoel 2019 Yari Verschaeren 2020 Charles De Ketelaere
Paralympic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 2012 Marieke Vervoort 2013 Joachim Gérard 2014 Michèle George 2015 Marieke Vervoort 2016 Laurens Devos 2017–2018 Peter Genyn 2019-2020 Joachim Gérard
Coach	2011–2012 Jacques Borlée 2013–2014 Marc Wilmots 2015 Hein Vanhaezebrouck 2016–2017 Roger Lespagnard 2018 Roberto Martínez 2019 Shane Mcleod 2020 Philip Mestdagh