Syria made their Davis Cup debut in 1986. Their best performance has been reaching the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II second round in 1988.[citation needed]
Syria currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group IV. They won Group III in 2000, 2010, and 2013.[1][2]
Kareem Al Allaf represented the Syria Davis Cup team at the Davis Cup, where he played #1 singles and had a W/L record of 18–9 (12–5 in singles play) in 2015–21.[3][4][5]
The Syrian Tennis Federation banned him, because he competed in a match against an Israeli opponent in a 2022 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour tournament in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in November 2022.[6][7] Egyptian journalist Reem Abulleil wrote on Twitter: "Syrian tennis player @KareemAllaf played against and defeated Israeli player Nitzan Ricklis last week in a $15k in Fayetteville, Arkansas. As a response, the Syrian Tennis Federation has banned him. Hope @ITFTennis do something. This nonsense has got to stop."[7]
As a result of the Syrian federation's ban, Allaf switched nationalities to represent his birth country, the United States.[7]
The youngest player in Syrian Davis Cup history was Rabi Bouhassoun, aged 15 years and 212 days.[citation needed] The oldest player in Syrian Davis Cup history was Jehad Sheet, aged 41 years and 159 days.[citation needed]
The longest rubber in Syrian Davis Cup history was 4 hours and 22 minutes, when on 9 February 2001 Selvam Veerasingam of Malaysia defeated Syria's Rabi Bouhassoun 7-6 6-7 7-6 7-6[citation needed] The longest final set of a rubber, in Syrian Davis Cup history, took place on 9 April 1988 when Hassan Bin Bohari and Albert Teo of Singapore defeated Abdul-Latif Mourad and Samer Mourad of Syria 16-14 in the third and final set of the 6-4 6-3 16-14 match.[citation needed]
