text: Overall performance Italy has played no less than 15 semifinals. Italy has recorded eight defeats and seven wins. Of those eight losses, Italy has suffered four whitewash defeats – losing 5–0 to Australia in 1949 and 1955 and the United States in 1952 and 1958. Of the seven semifinals won, the greatest margin was a 4–1 victory, achieved on four occasions. These wins occurred in 1961 and 1998 against the United States, in 1977 against France and in 1979 against Czechoslovakia.
  Recent performances
  Here is the list of all match-ups since 1981, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.
  2010s
  2020s
  Current squad
  Captains
  Although Italy had started its adventure in the Davis Cup back in 1922, it was only in 1928 that the team had its first captain and it was Baron Uberto De Morpurgo, who was also a player on that occasion.
  Beginning in the 1950s, the team captain's position became a kind of coach called the non-playing captain.
  1 Crotta replaced Bergamo as captain after the Semifinals during the 1979 campaign.
  Individual and team records
  Most ties and wins
  Performance timeline
  The Italian team has participated in 91 editions of the Davis Cup since 1922.
  Record
  Since Italy's debut in 1922, they have played against 48 nations with a winning record against 36 nations.