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Association | RFET |
Captain | David Ferrer |
ITF ranking | 3 ![]() |
Highest ITF ranking | 1 (27 September 2004) |
Colors | Red & Yellow |
First year | 1921 |
Years played | 85 |
Ties played (W–L) | 213 (135–78) |
Years in World Group | 34 (46–28) |
Davis Cup titles | 6 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2019) |
Runners-up | 4 (1965, 1967, 2003, 2012) |
Most total wins | Manuel Santana (92–28) |
Most singles wins | Manuel Santana (69–17) |
Most doubles wins | Manuel Santana (23–11) |
Best doubles team | José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana (15–7) |
Most ties played | Manuel Santana (46) |
Most years played | Feliciano López (15) |
The Spain men's national tennis team has represented Spain internationally since 1920. Organised by the Real Federación Española de Tenis (RFET), it is one of the 50 members of International Tennis Federation's European association (Tennis Europe).
Spain has won the Davis Cup six times (2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2019), and finished as runner-up four times (1965, 1967, 2003, 2012), which makes it historically one of the most powerful countries in the tennis world.
Spain has competed in the World Group created in 1981, for 32 years. From 1997 to 2014, competed for 18 consecutive years, returning in 2017, after winning the World Group playoffs the previous year.