Davis Cup is the premier international tennis tournament that is held only for Mens. This tournament is held every year. The 2003 Davis Cup was one of the editions of this most important tennis tournament for Mens. With an overwhelming number of 135 teams, this 92nd edition of Davis Cup experienced many exciting matches. Italy at the 2003 Davis Cup was one of the contenders amongst those 135 nations. This team made its debut in this tournament in the year 1922. The Federazione Italiana Tennis maintains the Davis Cup team of Italy. The previous year of the tournament was not good for Italy and it was hopeful of a better performance this year.

Performance of Italy at the 2003 Davis Cup

Italy at the 2003 Davis Cup participated from the Euro/African zone. It participated with nine other teams in the Group I of this zone. In this year it contested against Morocco and lost to it by a very close margin. It managed to win only two matches out of the total of five matches that were played. Thus it was defeated by Morocco by a score line of 2-3. It thus had to compete in the Play-off round. In this round it faced Zimbabwe and lost to it also. The score line was 2-3.

Here�s a summary of the performance of Italy at the 2003 Davis Cup

Italy at the 2003 Davis Cup gave a very bad performance. It was worse than the previous year. It lost al the rounds that it contested. Thus it was relegated to the Group II of this zone for the next year of the tournament.