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The Finnish men's national tennis team, Porsche Davis Cup Team Finland, will next face Argentina on their home court 3-4. or 4-5. February. The winner of the match pair advances to the Davis Cup Finals of the world's best countries.
Argentina is ranked 15th in the world and Finland 28th. At its best, Argentina has won the Davis Cup in 1981, 2006, 2008 and 2011.
Argentina's best singles players are former world number eight Diego Schwartzman (ATP-25), Francisco Cerundolo (ATP-30), Sebastian Baez (ATP-43) and Pedro Cachin (ATP-54).
Horacio Zeballos (ATP-14 in doubles) and Andres Molteni (ATP-38 in doubles). The team's captain is former top player Guillermo Coria.
Finland played its last match at Espoo Metro Arena on the 16th-17th. September, when the team defeated New Zealand 5-0.
At that time, the Finnish team consisted of Harri Heliövaara (ATP-11 in doubles), Emil Ruusuvuori (ATP-40 in singles), Otto Virtanen (ATP-176 in singles), Patrik Niklas-Salminen (ATP-147 in doubles) and Eero Vasa (ATP-370 in doubles). and captain Jarkko Nieminen.
The Finnish Tennis Federation says on its website that the lineups for the pair of matches will be published on January 6 at the latest.
The men's national team has played three times in the world group (current Davis Cup Finals) qualifiers in 1990 (0-5 vs. Sweden), 1999 (2-3 vs. Italy) and 2002 (1-4 vs. Holland). Finland has played at the equivalent Davis Cup Qualifiers level of the current format once (2022, 2-3 vs. Belgium).
The national teams' best achievement is the women's quarter-final place, i.e. among the top eight countries, in 1993.
Source: Tennis Association
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