Sweden Davis Cup team

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Sweden
Captain Mats Wilander
ITF ranking 6
Colors yellow & blue
First year 1925
Years played 74
Ties played (W-L) 208 (142-66)
Years in
World Group		 26 (54-19)
Davis Cup titles 7
Runners-up 5
Most total wins Ulf Schmidt (66-36)
Most singles wins Jan-Erik Lundquist (47-16)
Most doubles wins Sven Davidson (23-9)
Best doubles team Ulf Schmidt and Jan-Erik Lundquist (16-8)
Most ties played Ulf Schmidt (38)
Most years played Ove Bengtson (13)
Stefan Edberg (13)
Jonas Björkman (13)

The Sweden Davis Cup team represents Sweden in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Svenska Tennisförbundet.

Sweden is the 5th most successful nation, winning the title 7 times. 6 of these titles were since the creation of the World Group in 1981, the most of any nation during this period.

Sweden played in the World Group in all but one year since it was created in 1981, sharing this record with Australia, United States and Czech Republic. With 53 wins (as of February 2007), Sweden hold the record for most wins in the World Group.

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Sweden entered their first competition in 1925.

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