Turkey who?

• First year played: 1948
• Year played: 51
• Davis Cup record: Played 117 - Won 52, Lost 65
• Most total wins: Haluk Akkoyun (36 - 23)
• Most singles wins: Haluk Akkoyun (19 - 15)
• Most doubles wins: Haluk Akkoyun (17 - 8)
• Most ties played: Haluk Akkoyun (38)
• Youngest player: Yavuz Erkangil - 16 Years 65 Days
• Oldest player: Engin Balas - 37 Years 321 Days
Information gathered from daviscup.com

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The Team

Captain - Alaaddin Karagoz
• Date of birth: 5th April 1965
• Birth place: Adana
• Davis Cup debut - captain: 3-0 vs. San Marino - 1998
• Davis Cup debut - player: 0-5 vs. Belgium - May 1984
• Davis Cup record: Played 51 – Won 25, Lost 26

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Alaaddin holds the Turkish record for the most number of years played in the Davis Cup, between 1984-1997. He has previously been the Davis Cup Captain from 1998-2000, making his debut as skipper in May 1998 during a 3-0 victory over San Marino.

Marsel Ilhan
• Date of birth: 11th June 1987
• Birth place: Samarkand, Uzbekistan
• Height: 6’3” / 1.90m
• Plays: Right handed, double-handed backhand
• Davis Cup debut: 3-0 vs. San Marino– May 2007
• Davis Cup record: Played 21 – Won 15, Lost 6
• Current world ranking: Singles - 103, Doubles - 708

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Ilhan is the highest ranked player in the team at no.103, and now holds a career high ranking going into the Davis Cup tie. The right-handed player has qualified for three out of the past four Grand Slam, most recently Wimbledon for the first time, where he reached the second round, beating the former world No.56 Marcos Daniel in five sets, before falling to No. 31 seed Victor Hanescu in four sets. Ilhan also reached the quarter finals of the AEGON trophy.

Ergun Zorlu
• Date of birth: 3rd February 1985
• Birth place: Istanbul, Turkey
• Height: 6’0” / 1.85m
• Plays: Right handed
• Davis Cup debut: 3-0 vs. Botswana– April 2002
• Davis Cup record: Played 38 – Won 18, Lost 20
• Current world ranking: Singles - 866, Doubles - 1134

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The second highest ranked singles player in the team first made his Davis Cup debut in 2002. The 25 year-old has recently been playing in a number of ITF Futures singles tournaments held in his home country as well as regularly partnering Haluk Akkoyun in doubles; their best performance in 2010 coming at the $10k event in Antalya in March where they reached the semi-finals.

Haluk Akkoyun
• Date of birth: 25th April 1981
• Residence: Istanbul, Turkey
• Height: 6' 3"/ 1.93m
• Plays: Right handed
• Davis Cup debut: 0-3 vs. Nigeria - May 1998
• Davis Cup record: Played 59 - Won 36, Lost 23
• Current world ranking: Singles - 1157, Doubles - 1136

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Akkoyun is an experienced Davis Cup player who first made his debut in a 3-0 defeat against Nigeria in 1998. The 6’3’’ right-hander holds the record for most Davis Cup wins for his country, with 36 from 59 ties.