Spain Davis Cup team
| Spain | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Captain | Conchita Martínez |
| ITF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 17 
|
| Highest ranking | 1 (27 September 2004) |
| First international | |
| 1921 | |
| World Group | |
| Appearances | 30 (37–25) |
| Best result | 5 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011) |
| Runners-up | 4 (1965, 1967, 2003, 2012) |
| Player stats | |
| 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 |
Sergio Casal Manuel Orantes Manuel Santana (14) |
The Spain Davis Cup team represents Spain in the Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Real Federación Española de Tenis, presided over by José Luis Escañuela.
Spain has won the Davis Cup five times (2000, 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011), and finished as runner-up four times (1965, 1967, 2003, 2012).
Spain competed in the World Group for 18 consecutive years, from 1997 to 2014, which makes it historically one of the most powerful countries in the tennis world.
Spain defeated Argentina in the 2011 final, held for the second time in Seville, by a score of 3–1 to claim their fifth title, and the third in four years.
In 2014 Spain was relegated, dropping out of the World Group for the first time since 1996. They will return in 2017 after winning the World Group playoffs the previous year.
Spain competed in its first Davis Cup in 1921 but didn't reach the final round until 1965, when the team led by Jaime Bartroli lost to Australia. They reached the final again two years later but though they had great players such as Manuel Santana and Manuel Orantes, Spain lost against Roy Emerson and company again.
Spanish fans had to wait 33 years in 2000, to see their team play another Davis Cup final, but this time the Spanish team defeated the Australians in Barcelona with Juan Carlos Ferrero as national hero. But Lleyton Hewitt, who had been defeated by Ferrero three years before, had his revenge very soon, when Spain lost to Australia again in 2003.
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