Austria
CaptainStefan Koubek
ITF ranking16 Steady (6 December 2021)
ColorsRed & White
First year1905
Years played86
Ties played (W–L)161 (77–84)
Years in
World Group		19 (6–18)
Best finishSemifinal (1990)
Most total winsThomas Muster (45–18)
Most singles winsThomas Muster (36–8)
Most doubles winsJürgen Melzer (15–12)
Best doubles teamThomas Muster /
Alex Antonitsch (9–7)
Most ties playedJürgen Melzer (38)
Most years playedJürgen Melzer (22)

The Austria Davis Cup team represents Austria in the Davis Cup and is governed by the Austrian Tennis Federation. In 2010, Austria was re-promoted to the World Group after being relegated to the Europa/Africa Zone Group I only one year earlier. In 2012, Austria advanced to the World Group quarterfinals for the first time since 1995, eventually losing against Spain.

History

Austria competed in its first Davis Cup in 1905.

The Austrian team achieved their best Davis Cup result in 1990, when they were on the brink of reaching the final, playing their semi final against the USA on clay in Vienna, with a team consisting of Thomas Muster, Horst Skoff and Alex Antonitsch. After Muster had won his singles rubbers against Michael Chang and Andre Agassi, the standing in the tie was 2:2. Skoff and Chang met each other in the decisive fifth rubber, with Skoff taking a 2 set lead, and trying to close out the third set as the daylight faded. Skoff failed to do this and Chang took the third set, with the match then postponed until the next day, with Skoff leading 2 sets to 1 overnight. Skoff needed to win 1 more set to send Austria into the final, but the final 2 sets were both won by Chang, so Austria went out and the USA reached the final.

Current squad

Squad representing Austria at the 2023 Davis Cup World Group I
Player Win–loss First
year		 Ties Ranking
SinglesDoublesTotalSinglesDoubles
Sebastian Ofner0–30–00–32018359508
Jurij Rodionov3–50–03–520196109861
Dennis Novak9–80–09–8201613192N/A
Alexander Erler0–03–13–12022497036
Lucas Miedler0–03–13–120224106637

* Statistics are as of 17 September 2023.

Recent performances

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1981, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result
2020 Qualifying round 6–7 Mar Premstätten (AUT)  Uruguay 3–1 Win
2021 Finals, Group stage 26 Nov Innsbruck (AUT)  Serbia 0–3 Loss
28 Nov  Germany 1–2 Loss
2022 Qualifying round 4–5 Mar Seoul (KOR)  South Korea 1–3 Loss
World Group I 16–17 Sep Tulln an der Donau (AUT)  Pakistan 4–0 Win
2023 Qualifying round 4–5 Feb Rijeka (CRO)  Croatia 1–3 Loss
World Group I 15–16 Sep Schwechat (AUT)  Portugal 1–3 Loss
2024 World Group I play-offs 2–4 Feb TBA (IRL)  Ireland –

Player records

Most total wins overall
# Player Years Win–loss Ties
played		 Years
played
Singles Doubles Total
1 Thomas Muster 1984–1997 36–8 9–10 45–18 24 12
2 Jürgen Melzer 1999–2020 22–29 15–12 37–41 38 22
3 Hans Kary 1969–1983 22–15 11–10 33–25 26 14
4 Franz Matejka 1927–1934 20–9 2–4 22–13 15 8
Franz Saiko 1954–1962 18–8 4–5 22–13 15 9
Horst Skoff 1986–1994 21–13 1–4 22–17 19 9
7 Stefan Koubek 1998–2011 20–19 0–0 20–19 22 13
8 Peter Feigl 1976–1985 12–12 7–6 19–18 15 9
Alex Antonitsch 1984–1996 6–8 13–14 19–22 27 13
10 Hermann Artens 1927–1934 14–13 4–9 18–22 15 8
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