Finland Davis Cup team explained

Type:	Davis
Finland
Captain:	Jarkko Nieminen
Itf Rank:	14 7 (18 September 2023)
Colors:	Blue & white
First Year:	1928
Years Played:	76
Ties Played:	130 (54–76)
Wg Played:	2 (3–2)
Best:	Semi-finals (2023)
Player Wins:	Jarkko Nieminen (63–27)
Singles Wins:	Jarkko Nieminen (48–11)
Doubles Wins:	Henri Kontinen (15–6)
Best Doubles:	Henri Kontinen &<br>Jarkko Nieminen (9–3)
Most Ties:	Jarkko Nieminen (35)
Most Years:	Jarkko Nieminen (18)
Updated:	5 May 2020

The Finland men's national tennis team represents Finland in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto.

History

Finland competed in its first Davis Cup in 1928.

1920s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1928	Europe Zone, First Round	4–6 May	Zagreb (YUG)		1–4	Win
	Europe Zone, Second Round	18–20 May	Helsinki (FIN)		0–5	Loss
1929	Europe Zone, First round	4–7 May	Helsinki (FIN)		1–4	Loss

1950s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1950	Europe Zone, First Round	5–7 May	Brussels (BEL)		4–1	Loss
1951	Europe Zone, First round	4–6 May	Helsinki (FIN)		4–1	Loss
1952	Europe Zone, First Round	8–10 May	Helsinki (FIN)		3–2	Loss
1953	Europe Zone, First Round	3–5 May	Helsinki (FIN)		1–4	Won
	Europe Zone, Second Round	23–25 May	Helsinki (FIN)		5–0	Loss
1954	Europe Zone, First round	6–8 May	Helsinki (FIN)		3–2	Loss
1955	Europe Zone, First round	29 April–1 May	Vienna (AUT)		5–0	Loss
1956	Europe Zone, First round	27–30 April	Dublin (IRL)		4–1	Loss
1957	did not enter
1958	Europe Zone, First round	25–27 April	Mondorf-les-Bains (LUX)		0–5	Won
	Europe Zone, Second Round	16–18 May	Helsinki (FIN)		5–0	Loss
1959	Europe Zone, First round	1–3 May	Helsinki (FIN)		5–0	Loss

1960s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1960	Europe Zone, First Round	29 April–1 May	Helsinki (FIN)		5–0	Loss
1961	Europe Zone, First round	5–7 May	Helsinki (FIN)		1–4	Won
	Europe Zone, Second Round	1–3 June	Helsinki (FIN)		4–1	Loss
1962	Europe Zone, First Round	4–6 May	Beirut (LBN)		1–4	Won
	Europe Zone, Second Round	18–20 May	Helsinki (FIN)		5–0	Loss
1963	Europe Zone, First Round	3–5 May	Helsinki (FIN)		5–0	Loss
1964	Europe Zone, First round	1–3 May	Copenhagen (DEN)		0–5	Loss
1965	Europe Zone, First round	30 April–2 May	Helsinki (FIN)		4–1	Loss
1966	Europe Zone, A Group, First round	29 April–1 May	Helsinki (FIN)		4–1	Loss
1967	Europe Zone, A Group, First round	5–7 May	Helsinki (FIN)		4–1	Loss
1968	Europe Zone, Group A, First round	3–5 May	Helsinki (FIN)		1–4	Won
	Europe Zone, Group A, Quarterfinals	23–25 May	London (GBR)		5–0	Loss
1969	Europe Zone, Group A, First round	9–11 May	Helsinki (FIN)		4–1	Loss

1970s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	Europe Zone, B Group, First Round	22–24 May	Helsinki (FIN)		4–1	Loss
1971	Europe Zone, A Group, First round	7–9 May	Helsinki (FIN)		0–5	Won
	Europe Zone, A Group, Quarterfinals	14–16 May	Paris (FRA)		3–0	Loss
1972	Europe Zone, A Group, First Round	5–7 May	Helsinki (FIN)		3–2	Loss
1973	Europe Zone, A Group, Pre-qualifying round	13–15 April	Athens (GRE)		3–2	Loss
1974	Europe Zone, A Group, First round	19–21 April	Helsinki (FIN)		0–5	Won
	Europe Zone, A Group, Qualifying Round	10–12 May	Scheveningen (NED)		4–1	Loss
1975	Europe Zone, B Group, First round	27–29 September 1974	Helsinki (FIN)		4–1	Loss
1976	Europe Zone, A Group, First round	26–28 September 1975	Copenhagen (DEN)		4–1	Loss
1977	Europe Zone, B Group, Pre-qualifying round	28–30 August 1976	Mondorf-les-Bains (LUX)		0–5	Won
	Europe Zone, B Group, First Round	24–26 September 1976	Vienna (AUT)		5–0	Loss
1978	Europe Zone, Group A, First round	16–18 September 1977	Tel Aviv (ISR)		5–0	Loss
1979	Europe Zone, Group A, First round	15–17 September 1978	Helsinki (FIN)		0–5	Won
	Europe Zone, Group A, Qualifying Round	16–18 March 1979	Warsaw (POL)		4–1	Loss

1980s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Europe Zone, B Group, First Round	14–16 September 1979	Helsinki (FIN)		0–5	Won
	Europe Zone, B Group, Qualifying Round	8–10 February 1980	Helsinki (FIN)		0–5	Won
	Europe Zone, B Group, Quarterfinals	7–9 March	Toulouse (FRA)		3–2	Loss
1981	Europe Zone, B Group, Quarterfinals	12–14 June	Helsinki (FIN)		2–3	Won
	Europe Zone, B Group, Semifinals	9–11 July	Helsinki (FIN)		0–5	Loss
1982	Europe Zone, A Group, Quarterfinals	11–13 June	Athens (GRE)		2–3	Won
	Europe Zone, A Group, Semifinals	9–11 July	Dublin (IRL)		4–1	Loss
1983	Europe Zone, B Group, Quarterfinals	10–12 June	Sofia (BUL)		3–2	Loss
1984	Europe Zone, B Group, First round	4–6 May	Casablanca (MAR)		0–5	Won
	Europe Zone, B Group, Quarterfinals	15–17 June	Dublin (IRL)		3–2	Loss
1985	Europe Zone, B Group, First round	10–12 May	Hilversum (NED)		4–1	Loss
1986	Europe Zone, A Group, First round	23–25 May	Warsaw (POL)		3–2	Loss
1987	Europe Zone, B Group, First round	8–10 May	Helsinki (FIN)		0–5	Won
	Europe Zone, B Group, Quarterfinals	12–14 June	Helsinki (FIN)		5–0	Loss
1988	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, First round	6–8 May	Brussels (BEL)		1–4	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second Round	9–12 June	Bristol (GBR)		3–1	Loss
1989	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, First round	3–5 February	Dublin (IRL)		0–5	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second Round	5–7 May	Helsinki (FIN)		4–1	Loss

1990s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, First Round	2–4 February	Lagos (NGA)		1–4	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second Round	4–6 May	Aarhus (DEN)		2–3	Won
	World Group qualifying round	21–23 September	Västerås (SWE)		5–0	Loss
1991	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second Round	3–5 May	Helsinki (FIN)		3–2	Loss
1992	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, First Round	31 January–2 February	Oslo (NOR)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second Round	1–3 May	Helsinki (FIN)		4–1	Loss
1993	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, First Round	26–28 March	Budapest (HUN)		4–1	Loss
1994	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First round	29 April–1 May	Helsinki (FIN)		1–4	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Second round	15–17 July	Ljubljana (SLO)		3–2	Loss
1995	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First round	28–30 April	Abidjan (CIV)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Second round	14–16 July	Tampere (FIN)		0–5	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Third round	22–24 September	Helsinki (FIN)		1–4	Won
1996	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second Round	5–7 April	Helsinki (FIN)		3–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, relegation play-offs	20–22 September	Harare (ZIM)		4–1	Loss
1997	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First round	2–4 May	Helsinki (FIN)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Second round	11–13 July	Tampere (FIN)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Third round	19–21 September	Helsinki (FIN)		2–3	Won
1998	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, First round	13–15 February	Helsinki (FIN)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second Round	3–5 April	Helsinki (FIN)		3–2	Loss
1999	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second round	2–4 April	Helsinki (FIN)		2–3	Won
	World Group qualifying round	24–26 September	Sassari (ITA)		3–2	Loss

2000s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second Round	7–9 April	Helsinki (FIN)		3–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, relegation play-offs	6–8 October	Helsinki (FIN)		1–4	Won
2001	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, First Round	9–11 February	Helsinki (FIN)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second Round	6–8 April	Helsinki (FIN)		3–2	Loss
2002	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second Round	5–7 April	Reggio Calabria (ITA)		1–4	Won
	World Group qualifying round	20–22 September	Turku (FIN)		4–1	Loss
2003	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second Round	4–6 April	St. Anton (AUT)		3–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, relegation play-offs	11–13 July	Asker (NOR)		1–4	Won
2004	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, First Round	–	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)		4–1	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, relegation play-offs	–	Ramat HaSharon (ISR)		3–2	Loss
2005	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First Round	–	Accra (GHA)		0–5	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Second Round	–	Helsinki (FIN)		3–2	Loss
2006	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First Round	–	–	–	–	–
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Second Round	–	–	–	–	–
2007	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First Round	–	Nicosia (CYP)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Second Round	–	Tampere (FIN)		3–2	Loss
2008	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First Round	11–13 April	Helsinki (FIN)		4–1	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, relegation play-offs	18–20 July	Tampere (FIN)		2–3	Won
2009	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First Round	6–8 March	Kolding (DEN)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Second Round	10–12 July	Naantali (FIN)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Third Round	18–20 September	Salo (FIN)		2–3	Won

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, First Round	5–7 March	Sopot (POL)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, Second Round	7 – 9 May	Pretoria (RSA)		4–0	Loss
2011	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, First Round	4–6 March	Ljubljana (SLO)		3–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, relegation play-offs	16–18 September	Espoo (FIN)		2–3	Won
2012	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, First Round	10–12 February	's-Hertogenbosch (NED)		5–0	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, relegation First-Round	14–16 September	Cluj-Napoca (ROM)		3–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, relegation Second-Round	19–21 October	Helsinki (FIN)		4–1	Loss
2013	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First Round	1–3 February	Sofia (BUL)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Second Round	5–7 April	Dublin (IRL)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Third Round	13–15 September	Riga (LAT)		3–2	Loss
2014	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First Round	31 January – 2 February	Helsinki (FIN)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Second Round	4–6 April	Helsinki (FIN)		3–2	Loss
2015	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First Round	6–8 March	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (MON)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Second round	17–19 July	Viana do Castelo (POR)		1–4	Loss
2016	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First Round	4–6 March	Helsinki (FIN)		1–4	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Second Round	15–17 July	Kongens Lyngby (DEN)		3–2	Loss
2017	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First round	3–5 February	Tbilisi (GEO)		3–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Relegation Round	7–9 April	Hanko (FIN)		2–3	Won
2018	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, First Round	3–4 February	Tunis (TUN)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Second Round	7–8 April	Helsinki (FIN)		2–3	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone, Group II, Third Round	14–15 September	Cairo (EGY)		2–3	Won
2019	Europe/Africa Zone, Group I, First Round	13–14 September	Espoo (FIN)		3–2	Loss

2020s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2020–21	World Group I play-offs	6–7 March 2020	Metepec (MEX)		2–3	Won
	World Group I	17–18 September 2021	Espoo (FIN)		1–3	Won
2022	Qualifying round	4–5 March	Espoo (FIN)		2–3	Loss
World Group I	16–17 September	Espoo (FIN)		0–5	Win
2023	Qualifying round	4–5 February	Espoo (FIN)		1–3	Win
Finals, Group D	12 September	Split (CRO)		1–2	Loss
	15 September			1–2	Win
	16 September			3–0	Win
Finals, Quarterfinals	21 November	Málaga (ESP)		1–2	Win
Finals, Semifinals	24 November			0–2	Loss
2024	Qualifying round	2–3 February	Turku (FIN)		1–3	Win
Finals	September	Manchester (GBR)		–
	September			–
	September			–

Current team (2023)

• Emil Ruusuvuori
• Otto Virtanen
• Harri Heliövaara
• Patrick Kaukovalta
• Patrik Niklas-Salminen

All players

See main article: List of Finland Davis Cup team representatives.

See also

• Davis Cup
• Finland Fed Cup team