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Youngest Players Age Yrs/Dys D.O.B. First Played Nationality v Opponent Tie Player (Years Played) 14 5 11 Feb 1986 16 Feb 2000 LIE v ALG (Z4-RR) Kenny BANZER* (2000-02) 14 31 14 42 14 53 14 54 14 63 14 99 14 112 14 123 09 Mar 1994 01 Mar 1981 15 Dec 1988 25 Jan 1988 16 Jan 1982 15 Dec 1987 19 Dec 1993 27 Sep 1983 09 Apr 2008 12 Apr 1995 06 Feb 2003 20 Mar 2002 19 Mar 1996 24 Mar 2002 09 Apr 2008 28 Jan 1998 QAT v JOR UAE v POC UGA v SEN SRI v JOR UAE v LIB BAN v KGZ MGL v KSA SUD v CMR (AO4-RR) (Z3-RR) (Z4-RR) (Z4-RR) (Z3-RR) (Z4-1-4PO) (AO4-RR) (Z4-RR) Mousa ZAYED (2008) Hadi BADRI* (1995-99) Ronald SEMANDA (2003) Franklyn EMMANUEL (2002-04) Omar AWADHY (1996-07) Sree-Amol ROY* (2002-08) Margadmun MUNKHBAYAR* (2008) Gaafar-Noureldin EL SADIG (1998-01) *denotes that the player played doubles in their first tie. Note: players must now be 14 or over to participate in Davis Cup. In 2008 Mousa Zayed (QAT) became the youngest ever Davis Cup singles player at 14 years, 31 days. Mats Wilander (SWE), aged 16 years, 321 days, is the youngest player to play a live World Group singles rubber (1981 quarterfinal v Australia) and Michael Chang (USA), aged 16 years, 347 days, is the youngest to win a live World Group singles rubber (1989 first round v Paraguay). Oldest Players Age Yrs/Dys D.O.B. Last Played Nationality v Opponent Tie Player (Years Played) 60 247 56 64 50 133 50 105 50 89 48 349 48 307 48 296 48 223 22 Sep 1940 30 Jan 1947 03 Feb 1935 17 Apr 1877 25 Feb 1919 04 Oct 1928 13 Aug 1898 28 Jul 1903 01 Sep 1955 27 May 2001 04 Apr 2003 16 Jun 1985 31 Jul 1927 25 May 1969 18 Sep 1977 16 Jun 1947 19 May 1952 11 Apr 2004 TOG v MRI BOL v ESA HUN v EGY MEX v JPN MON v TCH DEN v BEL FRA v TCH GBR v YUG UAE v TKM (Z3-REL) (Z3-1-4PO) (Z-QF) (Z-1R) (Z-2R) (Z-1R) (Z-SF) (Z-2R) (AO4-RR) Gadonfin Koptigan YAKA (2001) Ramiro BENAVIDES* (1971-03) Ferenc ZENTAI (1985) Claude BUTLIN* (1925-27) Rene RUZIC (1962-69) Torben ULRICH (1948-77) Jean BOROTRA* (1922-47) Colin GREGORY* (1926-52) Mohammed-Saeed AL MERRI* (1993-04) * denotes that the player played doubles in their first tie. Gadonfin Koptigan Yaka from Togo became the oldest player to play Davis Cup when he played doubles against Mauritius in the 2001 Europe/Africa Zone Group III relegation tie, aged 60 years, 247 days. Ferenc Zentai (HUN) at 50 years, 133 days is the oldest player to play singles in Davis Cup. . Female Davis Cup captains The following women are the only known female captains of a Davis Cup team: Tamara Semikina Moldova Francesca Guardigli San Marino Farah Dayoub Syria Maria-Elena Gittens Panama 1995-2001 2002-2004 2009 2011 2013 Davis Cup Final Media Guide | Player Records & Statistics 88