Syria Davis Cup team

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.

Syria
ITF ranking	T-75 1
Colors	Green, white (red stars) and black
First year	1986
Years played	35
Ties played (W–L)	135 (63 - 72)
Years in World Group	0
Most total wins	Rabi Bouhassoun (34 - 21)
Most singles wins	Rabi Bouhassoun (29 - 8)
Most doubles wins	Lays Salim (11 - 18)
Best doubles team	Hayan Maarouf & Majdi Salim (5 - 4)
Most ties played	Lays Salim (43)
Most years played	Lays Salim (11)

History

Syria made their Davis Cup debut in 1986. Their best performance has been reaching the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II second round in 1988.^{[citation needed]}

Syria currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group IV. They won Group III in 2000, 2010, and 2013.^[1][2]

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.^[3][4][5]

The Syrian Tennis Federation banned him, because he competed in a match against an Israeli opponent in a 2022 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour tournament in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in November 2022.^[6][7] 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."^[7]

As a result of the Syrian federation's ban, Allaf switched nationalities to represent his birth country, the United States.^[7]

Current team (2022)

• Rabee Sleem
• Yacoub Makzoume
• Madji Salim

Statistics

The youngest player in Syrian Davis Cup history was Rabi Bouhassoun, aged 15 years and 212 days.^{[citation needed]} The oldest player in Syrian Davis Cup history was Jehad Sheet, aged 41 years and 159 days.^{[citation needed]}

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^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Asia/Oceania Group III, Group stage	28 Apr	Tehran (IRN)	Iran	2–1	Win
		29 Apr		Kuwait	3–0	Win
	Asia/Oceania Group III, Promotional Play-off	1 May		Vietnam	1–2	Loss
		2 May		Lebanon	2–1	Win
2011	Asia/Oceania Group II, First round	4–6 Mar	Changwon (KOR)	South Korea	1–4	Loss
	Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs	8–10 Jul	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1–4	Loss
2012	Asia/Oceania Group III, Group stage	25 Apr	Tehran (IRN)	Bangladesh	3–0	Win
		26 Apr		Malaysia	3–0	Win
		27 Apr		Oman	3–0	Win
	Asia/Oceania Group III, Promotional Play-off	28 Apr		Iran	2–1	Win
		29 Apr		Kuwait	3–0	Win
2013	Asia/Oceania Group II, First round	1–3 Feb	Lapu-Lapu (PHI)	Philippines	2–3	Loss
	Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs	5–7 Apr	Mishref (KUW)	Kuwait	2–3	Loss
2014	Asia/Oceania Group III, Group Stage	11 Jun	Tehran (IRN)	Cambodia	2–1	Win
		12 Jun		Malaysia	1–2	Loss
		13 Jun		Turkmenistan	2–1	Win
	Asia/Oceania Group III, Play-offs	14 Jun		Iran	0–3	Loss
2015	Asia/Oceania Group III, Group Stage	25 Mar	Kuala Lumpur (MAS)	Cambodia	2–1	Win
		26 Mar		Vietnam	1–2	Loss
		27 Mar		Turkmenistan	1–2	Loss
	Asia/Oceania Group III, Play-offs	28 Mar		Saudi Arabia	3–0	Win
2016	Asia/Oceania Group III, Group Stage	12 Jul	Tehran (IRN)	Singapore	3–0	Win
		13 Jul		Qatar	2–1	Win
		14 Jul		Turkmenistan	2–1	Win
		15 Jul		Lebanon	0–3	Loss
	Asia/Oceania Group III, Play-offs	16 Jul		Iran	1–2	Loss
2017	Asia/Oceania Group III, Group Stage	17 Jul	Colombo (SRI)	Pacific Oceania	1–2	Loss
		19–20 Jul		Jordan	1–2	Loss
		20 Jul		Sri Lanka	1–2	Loss
	Asia/Oceania Group III, Play-offs	22 Jul		United Arab Emirates	2–0	Win
2018	Asia/Oceania Group III, Group Stage	2 Apr	Hanoi (VIE)	Qatar	0–3	Loss
		4 Apr		Saudi Arabia	2–1	Win
		5 Apr		Kuwait	1–2	Loss
		6 Apr		Jordan	2–1	Win
2019	Asia/Oceania Group III, Group Stage	26 Jun	Singapore (SIN)	Iran	3–0	Win
		27 Jun		Qatar	3–0	Win
		28 Jun		Malaysia	2–1	Win
	Asia/Oceania Group III, Play-offs	29 Jul		Vietnam	0–2	Loss

2020s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	World Group II Play-offs	6–7 Mar	Harare (ZIM)	Zimbabwe	1–3	Loss
2021	Asia/Oceania Group III, Group stage	15 Sep	Amman (JOR)	Jordan	3–0	Win
		16 Sep		Sri Lanka	3–0	Win
	Asia/Oceania Group III, Promotional Play-off	18 Sep		Pacific Oceania	1–2	Loss

See also

• Davis Cup
• Syria Fed Cup team

References

1. "Davis Cup - Teams".
2. "Davis Cup - Syria keeps things interesting in Asia/Oceania III".
3. "Kareem Al Allaf," Davis Cup.
4. "Kareem Allaf," hailstate.com.
5. "Horror, Redemption, Hope: The story of the Syrian Davis Cup team". Tennis.com.
6. "Kareem Al Allaf," ATP Tour.
7. Mitra, Adreej Kumar (November 9, 2022). "Syrian tennis player Kareem Al Allaf banned for playing Israeli opponent at ITF event in Arkansas". Media Referee.

External links

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