Kazakhstan Davis Cup team
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The Kazakhstan Davis Cup team represents Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 in Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

 tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 competition and are governed by the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation. , Kazakhstan compete in the World Group
2011 Davis Cup World Group
The World Group is the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2011. The first round losers go into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs while the winners progress to the quarterfinals...

 for the first time after they won against Switzerland
Switzerland Davis Cup team
The Switzerland Davis Cup team represents Switzerland in the Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by Swiss Tennis.In 2007, Switzerland competed in the World Group for the 13th consecutive year, the third longest ongoing streak, before being relegated after losing 3–2 against the Czech...

 in the 2010 World Group Play-offs
2010 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs
The World Group Play-offs are the main play-offs of 2010 Davis Cup. Winners will advance to the World Group, and loser will play in the Zonal Regions I.-Colombia vs. United States:-Israel vs. Austria:-Germany vs. South Africa:...

. After the first round win against the Czech Republic
Czech Republic Davis Cup team
The Czech Republic Davis Cup team represents the Czech Republic in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Czech Tennis Federation. The Czech team was started in 1993, following the Czechoslovakian break-up....

 in 2011, Kazakhstan secured the spot in the World Group for the 2012 Davis Cup.

History

Kazakhstan competed in its first Davis Cup in 1995
1995 Davis Cup
The 1995 Davis Cup was the 84th edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis. A total of 115 nations participated in the tournament...

. Kazakh players previously represented the USSR Davis Cup team
Kazakhstan Davis Cup team
The Kazakhstan Davis Cup team represents Kazakhstan in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation. , Kazakhstan compete in the World Group for the first time after they won against Switzerland in the 2010 World Group Play-offs...

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Current Team

  • Andrey Golubev
    Andrey Golubev
    Andrey Golubev is a Kazakhstani professional tennis playercurrently living in Italy. His career high rank is #33, achieved on October 4, 2010. He has participated in all Grand Slam tournaments, the first being the 2008 US Open, as well in the main draw of ATP Masters Series and ATP International...

  • Evgeny Korolev
    Evgeny Korolev
    Evgeny Korolev is a Kazakhstani tennis player and the cousin of former Russian player Anna Kournikova. He began playing tennis at age four with his father, and picked up his first ATP points at age 15 in three German challenger events...

  • Mikhail Kukushkin
    Mikhail Kukushkin
    Mikhail Kukushkin is a professional Kazakh tennis player of Russian origin.-History:Born in Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he turned pro in 2006 and achieved his highest ranking on 1 November 2010....

  • Yuri Schukin
    Yuri Schukin
    -2008:The 6 ft 2 inch 181 pound Russian began the 2008 tour season by losing in the first round to Rajeev Ram at the Chennai Open 6–7 , 6–7 .-References:...

  • Alexey Kedryuk
    Alexey Kedryuk
    Alexey Kedryuk is a professional Kazakhstani tennis player.Kedryuk reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on August 28, 2006, when he became World number 261....

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