Poland Davis Cup team
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The Poland Davis Cup team represents Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 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 Polski Związek Tenisowy.

Poland currently competes in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I
2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.-Draw:...

. They lost first round match to Finland
Finland Davis Cup team
The Finland Davis Cup team represents Finland in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto.Finland currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I. They have reached the World Group Play-offs three times. In 1999, they came within one set of...

. They reached the European Zone semifinals four times.

History

Poland competed in its first Davis Cup in 1925
1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 20th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. Sixteen teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 9 would enter the America Zone....

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Poland lost to the Israel Davis Cup team
Israel Davis Cup team
The Israel Davis Cup team represents Israel in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Israel Tennis Association....

 in the second round tie in Israel in March 2011. Dudi Sela
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela is an Israeli professional tennis player.Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 29 in July 2009. He is currently Israel's top men's singles player, ahead of Amir Weintraub.As a 17-year-old junior, he won the 2003 French Open boys' doubles championship with his doubles...

 defeated Marcin Gawron
Marcin Gawron
Marcin Gawron is a Polish tennis player. He is 72 kg and is 5.8 ft tall. He made the final of the 2006 Wimbledon Junior Championship, but lost to Thiemo de Bakker 2-6, 6-7.-External links:...

 6–1, 6–3, 6–4, and Amir Weintraub
Amir Weintraub
Amir Weintraub is an Israeli professional tennis player. He is the current Israeli champion, and is currently ranked No...

 beat Jerzy Janowicz
Jerzy Janowicz
Jerzy Janowicz is a Polish professional tennis player. As of November 15, 2010 Janowicz was ranked third among Polish players behind L. Kubot and M. Przysiezny Jerzy Janowicz is a Polish professional tennis player. As of November 15, 2010 Janowicz was ranked third among Polish players behind...

 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–7 (4–7), 6–3. Andy Ram
Andy Ram
Andy Ram is a professional tennis player from Israel, and the first Israeli tennis player to win a seniors Grand Slam event . He plays more doubles than singles as he prefers doubles more and wins more matches...

 and Yoni Erlich then beat Marcin Matkowski
Marcin Matkowski
Marcin Matkowski is a right-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Mariusz Fyrstenberg; they have been playing together since 2003, he occasionally plays mixed doubles with Caroline Wozniacki.Matkowski and Fyrstenberg qualified as the eighth...

 and Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Mariusz Fyrstenberg is a left-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Marcin Matkowski; they have been playing together since 2003....

 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1 at the Israel Tennis Center in Ramat Hasharon
Ramat Hasharon
Ramat HaSharon is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south and Herzliya and Kibbutz Glil Yam to the north. It is part of the Tel Aviv District, within Gush Dan metropolitan area...

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Recent Squad

Against Finland 5–7 March 2010 Łukasz Kubot (ATP Singles #42, Doubles #12) Michał Przysiężny (ATP Singles #137) Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Mariusz Fyrstenberg is a left-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Marcin Matkowski; they have been playing together since 2003....

 (ATP Doubles #19) Marcin Matkowski
Marcin Matkowski
Marcin Matkowski is a right-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Mariusz Fyrstenberg; they have been playing together since 2003, he occasionally plays mixed doubles with Caroline Wozniacki.Matkowski and Fyrstenberg qualified as the eighth...

(ATP Doubles #18)
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