Davis Cup
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Davis Cup | |
Sport | Tennis |
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Founded | 1900 |
Founder | Dwight F. Davis |
No. of teams | 155 (2023) |
Countries | ITF member nations |
Continent | Worldwide |
Most recent champion(s) | Italy (2nd title) |
Most titles | United States (32 titles) |
Official website | daviscup.com |
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from over 150 competiting countries, making it the world's largest annual team sporting competition.[1] It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis", and the winners are referred to as the World Champions.[2] The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. By 2023, 155 nations entered teams into the competition.[3]
The most successful countries over the history of the competition are the United States (winning 32 titles and finishing as runners-up 29 times) and Australia (winning 28 titles, including six with New Zealand as Australasia, and finishing as runners-up 21 times). The current champions are Italy, who beat Australia to win their second title in 2023.
The women's equivalent of the Davis Cup is the Billie Jean King Cup, formerly known as the Federation Cup (1963–1995) and Fed Cup (1995–2020). Australia, Canada, Russia, the Czech Republic, and the United States are the only countries to have won both Davis Cup and Fed Cup titles in the same year.
The Davis Cup allowed only amateurs and national registered professional players (from 1968) to compete until 1973, five years after the start of the Open Era.[4]
As of September 2022[update], Russia and Belarus are suspended due to the
History
The idea for an event pitting the best British and Americans in competition against one another was probably first conceived by
International competitions had been staged for some time before the first Davis Cup match in 1900. From 1892, England and Ireland had been competing in an annual national-team-based competition, similar to what would become the standard Davis Cup format, mixing single and doubles matches, and in 1895 England played against France in a national team competition.
He returned to exclaim that Britain had agreed to send a group of three to the U.S. the following summer, which would represent the first British lawn tennis "team" to compete in the U.S. Coincidentally, some weeks before Larned left for his British tour, the idea for an international competition was discussed also between leading figures in American lawn tennis—one of whom was tennis journalist E.P. Fischer—at a tournament in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
Dwight F. Davis was in attendance at this tournament, and was thought to have got wind of the idea as it was discussed in the tournament's popular magazine, and Davis's name was mentioned as someone who might 'do something for the game ... put up some big prize, or cup'.[9] Larned and Fischer met on several occasions that summer and discussed the idea of an international match to be held in Chicago the following summer, pitting six of the best British players against six of the best Americans, in a mixture of singles and doubles matches. This was discussed openly in two articles in the Chicago Tribune, but did not come to fruition.[10][11]
Nevertheless, the following summer, Great Britain—though not under the official auspices of the Lawn Tennis Association—sent three of its best players to compete in several US tournaments. Their relative poor performances convinced Dwight and other leading officials and figures in American lawn tennis that the time was right for a properly sanctioned international competition. This was to be staged in Newcastle in July 1898,[12] but the event never took place as the Americans could not field a sufficiently strong team. A reciprocal tour to the U.S. in 1899 amounted to just a single British player travelling overseas, as many of the players were involved in overseas armed conflicts.
It was at this juncture, in the summer of 1899, that four members of the Harvard University tennis team—Dwight Davis included—travelled across the States to challenge the best west-coast talent, and upon his return, it apparently occurred to Davis that if teams representing regions could arouse such great feelings, then why wouldn't a tennis event that pitted national teams in competition be just as successful. He approached James Dwight with the idea, which was tentatively agreed, and he ordered an appropriate sterling silver punchbowl trophy from Shreve, Crump & Low, purchasing it from his own funds for about US$1,000.[13] They in turn commissioned a classically styled design from William B. Durgin's of Concord, New Hampshire, crafted by the Englishman Rowland Rhodes.[14]
Beyond donating a trophy for the competition, Davis's involvement in the incipient development of the team competition that came to bear his name was negligible, yet a persistent myth has emerged that Davis devised both the idea for an international tennis competition and its format of mixing singles and doubles matches. Research has shown this to be a myth,
The first match, between the United States and Britain (competing as the "British Isles"), was held at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, Massachusetts in 1900. The American team, of which Dwight Davis was captain, surprised the British by winning the first three matches. The following year the two countries did not compete, but the US won the match in 1902 and Britain won the following four matches. By 1905 the event expanded to include Belgium, Austria, France, and Australasia, a combined team from Australia and New Zealand that competed together until 1914.
The competition was initially titled the International Lawn Tennis Challenge although it soon became known as the Davis Cup, after Dwight Davis' trophy. The Davis Cup competition was initially played as a challenge cup. All teams competed against one another for the right to face the previous year's champion in the final round.
Beginning in 1923, the world's teams were split into two zones: the "America Zone" and the "Europe Zone". The winners of the two zones met in the Inter-Zonal Zone ("INZ") to decide which national team would challenge the defending champion for the cup. In 1955 a third zone, the "Eastern Zone", was added. Because there were three zones, the winner of one of the three zones received a bye in the first round of the INZ challenger rounds. In 1966, the "Europe Zone" was split into two zones, "Europe Zone A" and "Europe Zone B", so the winners of the four zones competed in the INZ challenger rounds.
From 1950 to 1967, Australia dominated the competition, winning the Cup 15 times in 18 years.[16]
Beginning in 1972, the format was changed to a knockout competition, so that the defending champion was required to compete in all rounds, and the Davis Cup was awarded to the champion.
Up until 1973, the Davis Cup had only ever been won by the United States, Great Britain/British Isles, France and Australia/Australasia. Their domination was eventually broken in 1974 when South Africa and India made the final; however, the final was scratched and South Africa was awarded the cup after India refused to travel to South Africa in protest of South Africa's apartheid policies. The following year saw the first actual final between two "outsider" nations, when Sweden beat Czechoslovakia 3–2, and since then, many other countries have gone on to capture the trophy.
All contract professionals were not allowed to play in the Davis Cup until 1973. The tennis stars who turned professional prior to the
In
In 2018, the ITF voted to change the format of the competition from 2019 onwards, changing it to an 18-team event to happen at the end of the season, with 71% of ITF member federations voting in favour of the change. The new format, backed by footballer Gerard Piqué and Japanese businessman Hiroshi Mikitani, was likened to a world cup of tennis and was designed to be more attractive to sponsors and broadcasters. Opposing federations included those from Australia, Germany, and Great Britain. Support for the reform was also mixed among current and former players, with some such as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal being in favour of the new format, but others such as Rod Laver, Lucas Pouille and Roger Federer being opposed.[18][19][20][21] On 12 January 2023, the ITF announced that the partnership with the new promoter ends and that ITF is taking back the control of the event.[22]
Davis Cup games have been affected by political protests several times, especially in Sweden:
- The match between Sweden and Rhodesia 1968 was supposed to be played in Båstad but was moved to Bandol, France, due to protests against the Rhodesian white minority government of Ian Smith.
- The Swedish government tried to stop the match between Chile and Sweden in 1975 in Båstad, due to violations of human rights in Chile. The match was played, even while 7,000 people protested against it outside.
- After the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict, 6,000 people protested against Israel outside the Malmö city Davis Cup match between Sweden and Israel in March 2009.[23] The Malmö Municipality politicians were concerned about extremists, and decided due to security reasons to only let a small audience in.[24]
Russia and Belarus were suspended after the
Format
Competition
The 18 best national teams are assigned to the World Group and compete annually for the Davis Cup. Nations which are not in the World Group compete in one of three regional zones (Americas, Asia/Oceania, and Europe/Africa). The competition is spread over four weekends during the year. Each elimination round between competing nations is held in one of the countries, and is played as the best of five matches (4 singles, 1 doubles). The ITF determines the host countries for all possible matchups before each year's tournament.
The World Group is the top group and includes the world's best 18 national teams. Teams in the World Group play a four-round elimination event. Teams are seeded based on a ranking system released by the ITF, taking into account previous years' results. The defending champion and runner-up are always the top two seeds in the event. The losers of the first-round matches are sent to the World Group playoff round, where they play along with winners from Group I of the regional zones. The playoff round winners play in the World Group for the next year's competition, while the losers play in Group I of their respective regional zone.
Each of the three regional zones is divided into four groups. Groups I and II play elimination rounds, with the losing teams facing relegation to the next-lower group. The teams in Groups III and those in Group IV play a round-robin event with promotion and relegation.
2019 modifications
For the 2019 edition, the format of the cup is changed.[25] The main modification is the World Group taking place at one location and in one week, with eighteen teams divided in six round-robin groups of three teams each, with the winners of the groups and the two best second places advancing to quarterfinals. The series between the teams in this stage will feature two singles matches and one doubles match, instead of the best-of-5 series, with the matches changing from best of 5 sets to best of 3. As the World Group will now take place as one single competition, this event has been named as the Davis Cup Finals. The lower zone groups I and II will be composed of single ties deciding promotion or relegation.
Structure
Level | Group(s) | |||
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1 | World Group 18 countries | |||
2 | Group One Americas Zone 6 countries |
Group One Europe/Africa Zone 11 countries |
Group One Asia/Oceania Zone 7 countries | |
3 | Group Two Americas Zone 8 countries |
Group Two Europe/Africa Zone 16 countries |
Group Two Asia/Oceania Zone 8 countries | |
4 | Group Three Americas Zone 9 countries |
Group Three Europe Zone 15 countries |
Group Three Africa Zone 10 countries |
Group Three Asia/Oceania Zone 9 countries |
5 | Group Four Asia/Oceania Zone 11 countries |
Note: The total number of nations in Group One is 24. However, the distribution among the three zones may vary each year, according to the number of nations promoted or relegated between Group One and the World Group. The number of nations in the World Group and Group One together is 22 from Euro/Africa Zone, 9 from Americas Zone and 9 from Asia/Oceania Zone.
Ties and rubbers
As in other cup competitions tie is used in the Davis Cup to mean an elimination round. In the Davis Cup, the word rubber means an individual match.
In the annual World Group competition, 16 nations compete in eight first-round ties; the eight winners compete in four quarterfinal ties; the four winners compete in two semifinal ties; and the two winners compete in the final tie.
Each tie consists of five rubbers, which are played in three days (usually on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). The winner of the tie is the nation which wins three or more of the five rubbers in the tie. On the first day, the first two rubbers are
Since 2011, if a nation has a winning 3–1 lead after the first reverse single match and that match has gone to four sets or more, then the remaining reverse single match which is a dead rubber is not played. All five rubbers are played if one nation has a winning 3–0 lead after the doubles match.[26]
Ties are played at a venue chosen by one of the competing countries. The right of choice is given on an alternating basis. Therefore, countries play in the country where the last tie between the teams was not held. In case the two countries have not met since 1970, lots are drawn to determine the host country.[27]
Venues in the World Group must comply with certain minimum standards, including a minimum seating capacity as follows:[28]
- World Group play-offs: 4,000
- World Group first round: 4,000
- World Group quarterfinals: 6,000
- World Group semifinals: 8,000
- World Group final: 12,000
Captain
Prior to each tie, the captain (non-playing coach appointed by the national association) nominates a squad of four players and decides who will compete in the tie. On the day before play starts, the order of play for the first day is drawn at random. In the past, teams could substitute final day singles players only in case of injury or illness, verified by a doctor, but current rules permit the captain to designate any player to play the last two singles rubbers, provided that no first day matchup is repeated. There is no restriction on which of the playing team members may play the doubles rubber: the two singles players, two other players (usually doubles specialists) or a combination.
Each rubber is normally played as best of five
In Group III and Group IV competitions, each tie consists only of three rubbers, which include two singles and one doubles rubber, which is played in a single day. The rubbers are in the best of three sets format, with a tie breaker if necessary to decide all three sets.
Records and statistics
Performance by team
Titles by country (since 1972)
Country | Titles | First | Last |
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United States | 9 | 1972 | 2007 |
Sweden | 7 | 1975 | 1998 |
Australia | 6 | 1973 | 2003 |
Spain | 6 | 2000 | 2019 |
France | 4 | 1991 | 2017 |
West Germany Germany |
3 | 1988 | 1993 |
Czechoslovakia Czech Republic |
3 | 1980 | 2013 |
Russia RTF |
3 | 2002 | 2021 |
Italy | 2 | 1976 | 2023 |
Croatia | 2 | 2005 | 2018 |
South Africa | 1 | 1974 | |
Serbia | 1 | 2010 | |
Switzerland | 1 | 2014 | |
Great Britain | 1 | 2015 | |
Argentina | 1 | 2016 | |
Canada | 1 | 2022 |
- Consecutive titles
- Consecutive finals appearances
- Most games in a tie
Years in World Group
- USA37
- Czech Republic 36
- France 36
- Germany 35
- Spain 32
- Australia 31
- Sweden 31
- Italy 27
- Switzerland 27
- Russia 26
- Argentina 25
- Belgium 20
- Serbia[a] 20
- Netherlands 19
- Austria 17
- Great Britain 17
- Croatia 16
- Romania 14
- Brazil 13
- India 13
- Canada 10
- Israel 10
- Mexico 10
- Chile 9
- Denmark 9
- Japan 8
- New Zealand 8
- Kazakhstan 7
- Paraguay 7
- Slovakia 7
- South Korea 5
- Ecuador 5
- Belarus 4
- South Africa 4
- Hungary 3
- Morocco 3
- Zimbabwe 3
- Indonesia 2
- Cuba 1
- Ireland 1
- Peru 1
- Poland 1
Most wins in World Group
Country | # | |
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1. | USA |
64 |
2. | France |
58 |
3. | Sweden | 56 |
4. | Australia | 50 |
5. | Spain |
40 |
6. | Argentina |
39 |
7. | Czech Republic |
37 |
8. | Germany |
33 |
9. | Russia |
28 |
10. | Italy | 22 |
Results by nation
World Group
(1981–2018)
Nation | Yrs | Won | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Nat. |
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Argentina | 25 | 1 | F | 1R | SF | QF | 1R | - | 1R | - | - | SF | QF | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | SF | SF | QF | SF | F | QF | F | QF | SF | F | SF | SF | 1R | SF | W | 1R | - | |
Australia | 31 | 4 | SF | SF | W | SF | SF | W | SF | QF | 1R | F | QF | QF | F | 1R | 1R | - | SF | 1R | W | F | F | 1R | W | 1R | QF | SF | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | SF | 1R | SF | 1R | |
Austria | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | QF | SF | 1R | - | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | QF | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | |
Belarus | 4 | 0 | Part of Soviet Union / CIS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | SF | 1R | QF | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
Belgium | 20 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | 1R | 1R | - | QF | SF | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | - | - | - | QF | 1R | - | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | 1R | F | 1R | F | QF | |
Brazil | 13 | 0 | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | SF | 1R | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | QF | SF | QF | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | 1R | - | - | - | |
Canada | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | SF | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | |
Chile | 9 | 0 | - | QF | 1R | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | QF | 1R | - | 1R | QF | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Croatia | 16 | 2 | Part of Yugoslavia | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | QF | QF | 1R | W | QF | 1R | - | SF | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | - | 1R | F | 1R | W | ||||||||||||
Cuba | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Czech Republic[b] | 36 | 2 | QF | QF | 1R | SF | SF | SF | 1R | QF | QF | QF | QF | QF | QF | QF | 1R | SF | QF | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | QF | F | SF | 1R | W | W | SF | 1R | QF | 1R | - | |
Denmark | 9 | 0 | - | - | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | - | QF | 1R | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Ecuador | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | 1R | QF | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
France | 36 | 4 | 1R | F | SF | QF | 1R | - | QF | SF | QF | 1R | W | QF | QF | QF | 1R | W | 1R | - | F | 1R | W | F | QF | SF | QF | QF | QF | QF | 1R | F | SF | QF | QF | F | QF | SF | W | F | |
Germany[c] | 35 | 3 | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | F | 1R | 1R | W | W | QF | SF | 1R | W | SF | SF | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | - | - | 1R | SF | QF | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | |
Great Britain | 17 | 1 | SF | 1R | 1R | 1R | - | QF | 1R | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | QF | W | SF | QF | 1R | |
Hungary | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | |
India | 13 | 0 | - | 1R | - | 1R | QF | 1R | F | 1R | - | - | - | - | SF | 1R | - | QF | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Indonesia | 2 | 0 | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Ireland | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Israel | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | SF | 1R | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | |
Italy | 27 | 0 | 1R | QF | QF | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | QF | 1R | QF | SF | SF | F | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | QF | SF | 1R | QF | QF | QF | |
Japan | 8 | 0 | 1R | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | |
Kazakhstan | 7 | 0 | Part of Soviet Union / CIS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | QF | 1R | QF | QF | QF | 1R | - | QF | ||||||||||||||
Mexico | 10 | 0 | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Morocco | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Netherlands | 19 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | 1R | QF | QF | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | SF | 1R | 1R | QF | QF | 1R | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | 1R | |
New Zealand | 8 | 0 | QF | SF | QF | 1R | - | 1R | - | 1R | - | QF | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Paraguay | 7 | 0 | - | - | QF | QF | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Peru | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Poland | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | |
Romania | 14 | 0 | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | 1R | - | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Russia[d] | 26 | 2 | - | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | 1R | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | 1R | F | F | 1R | 1R | 1R | SF | QF | QF | W | QF | 1R | SF | W | F | SF | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | |
Serbia[e] | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | SF | SF | 1R | SF | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | W | SF | QF | F | 1R | QF | QF | SF | 1R | |
Slovakia | 7 | 0 | Part of Czechoslovakia | - | - | - | - | 1R | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | - | - | F | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
South Africa | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | QF | QF | QF | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Spain | 32 | 5 | - | 1R | - | - | 1R | 1R | SF | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | - | QF | SF | 1R | W | 1R | QF | F | W | 1R | 1R | QF | W | W | QF | W | F | 1R | 1R | - | - | QF | SF | |
Sweden | 31 | 6 | QF | QF | F | W | W | F | W | F | F | 1R | 1R | SF | SF | W | SF | F | W | W | 1R | - | SF | QF | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | SF | QF | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Switzerland | 27 | 1 | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | - | 1R | - | F | 1R | - | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | SF | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | 1R | - | 1R | 1R | W | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | |
United States | 37 | 6 | W | W | 1R | F | QF | SF | 1R | - | SF | W | F | W | 1R | SF | W | QF | F | SF | QF | SF | 1R | SF | 1R | F | 1R | SF | W | SF | QF | 1R | QF | SF | QF | 1R | 1R | QF | QF | SF | |
Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | QF | 1R | 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Nation | Yrs | Won | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Nat. |
Finals
Country | App | Won | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Argentina | 3 | 0 | QF | – | RR | – | |
Australia | 5 | 0 | QF | RR | F | F | |
Austria | 1 | 0 | – | RR | – | – | – |
Belgium | 3 | 0 | RR | – | RR | – | |
Brazil | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | |
Canada | 5 | 1 | F | RR | W | QF | |
Chile | 3 | 0 | RR | – | – | RR | |
Colombia | 2 | 0 | RR | RR | – | – | – |
Croatia | 4 | 0 | RR | F | SF | RR | – |
Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | – | RR | – | QF | |
Ecuador | 1 | 0 | – | RR | – | – | – |
Finland | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | SF | |
France | 5 | 0 | RR | RR | RR | RR | |
Germany | 4 | 0 | QF | SF | QF | – | |
Great Britain | 5 | 0 | SF | QF | RR | QF | |
Hungary | 1 | 0 | – | RR | – | – | – |
Italy | 5 | 1 | RR | QF | SF | W | |
Japan | 1 | 0 | RR | – | – | – | – |
Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | RR | QF | RR | – | – |
Netherlands | 4 | 0 | RR | – | QF | QF | |
Russia/ RTF | 2 | 1 | SF | W | – | – | – |
Serbia | 4 | 0 | QF | SF | RR | SF | – |
Slovakia | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | |
South Korea | 2 | 0 | – | – | RR | RR | – |
Spain | 5 | 1 | W | RR | QF | RR | |
Sweden | 3 | 0 | – | QF | RR | RR | – |
Switzerland | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | RR | – |
United States | 5 | 0 | RR | RR | QF | RR |
Individual
- Most titles as a player;
- Most titles as captain;
- )
- Youngest player[29]
- Marco De Rossi; San Marino; 13 years, 319 days (12 May 2011)[a]
- ^ Players must now be aged 14 and over.
- Oldest player[29]
- Vittorio Pellandra; San Marino; 66 years, 104 days (11 May 2007)
- Most years played
- 30, Leander Paes, India (1990–2010, 2012–2020)
- Most ties played[29]
- 93, Domenico Vicini, San Marino (1993–2015)
- Most rubbers played[29]
- 164, Nicola Pietrangeli, Italy (1954–1972)
- Most rubbers won[29]
- Total: 120, Nicola Pietrangeli, Italy
- Singles: 78, Nicola Pietrangeli, Italy
- Doubles: 45, Leander Paes, India
Current ITF Davis Cup ranking
For more information, see ITF rankings
ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking, as of 5 February 2024[update][30] | |||
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Rank | Nation | Points | Move† |
1 | Italy | 483.25 | |
2 | Australia | 461.75 | 1 |
3 | Canada | 437.50 | 1 |
4 | Germany | 393.50 | 4 |
5 | Serbia | 388.75 | |
6 | Netherlands | 388.00 | 3 |
7 | Croatia | 388.00 | 1 |
8 | Czech Republic | 387.50 | 2 |
9 | United States | 386.50 | 2 |
10 | Finland | 383.25 | 2 |
11 | France | 374.75 | 2 |
12 | Great Britain | 373.25 | 5 |
13 | Belgium | 352.00 | 4 |
14 | Slovakia | 347.50 | 9 |
15 | Chile | 344.75 | 1 |
16 | Brazil | 340.25 | 9 |
17 | Spain | 339.00 | 13 |
18 | Sweden | 336.50 | 3 |
19 | Kazakhstan | 335.50 | 5 |
20 | Argentina | 332.50 | 1 |
†Change since previous ranking update
See also
- Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cup
- List of Davis Cup champions
- Billie Jean King Cup
- ATP Cup
- Hopman Cup
- Davis Cup Tennis, a video game based on the event
- History of tennis
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External links
- Official website
- Davis Cup live streaming website
- Davis Cup 2019 TV Channels Rights. Archived 28 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine.