Former French Open winner Albert Costa has been named as Spain's Davis Cup captain on Thursday, a month after the team won the Davis Cup 2008 to Argentina.
The 33-year-old Costa replaces Emilio Sanchez-Vicario, who stepped down after leading his country to its third Davis Cup title in Mar del Plata. Costa won 12 ATP singles titles during his playing career as well as a French Open in 2002. He also was part of the winning Davis Cup team in 2000 and is now coaching Feliciano Lopez.
Costa's debut will be in the first round World Group tie against Serbia at Benidorm from March 6 to March 8.
"I accomplished a lot of my dreams as a player, winning at Roland Garros and now I've managed another one, becoming captain of our Davis Cup team," said Costa, who agreed to lead Spain for one year.
"We're very ambitious. We want to keep working really hard and we want to win the Davis Cup again," Costa said.
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