PARIS: Arnaud Clement has been sacked as captain of France's Davis Cup team, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) confirmed on Friday.

The 37-year-old former Wimbledon doubles champion helped guide France to last year's Davis Cup final where they lost 3-1 to a Swiss side featuring Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka in Lille.

This year France were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Great Britain at Queen's Club in London. Yannick Noah, the last Frenchman to win a Grand Slam singles title at the 1983 French Open, and former Wimbledon and US Open finalist Cedric Pioline have been touted as potential successors to Clement.