First round Feb. 8-10, 2008: Serbia at (s) Russia
(s) Belgium at Czech Republic
Great Britain at (s) Argentina
(s) Sweden at Israel
Korea at (s) Germany
(s) Spain at Peru
(s) France at Romania
(s) USA at Austria
Quarterfinals,
Apr. 11-13, 2008
Semifinals,
Sept. 19-21, 2008
Finals, Nov. 21-23, 2008
DAVIS CUP WORLD GROUP CHAMPIONS
(since 1981)
Year
Site
Winner
Finalist
Score
1981
Cincinnati
USA
Argentina
3-1
1982
Grenoble
USA
France
4-1
1983
Melbourne
Australia
Sweden
3-2
1984
Gothenburg
Sweden
USA
4-1
1985
Munich
Sweden
Germany
3-2
1986
Melbourne
Australia
Sweden
3-2
1987
Gothenburg
Sweden
India
5-0
1988
Gothenburg
Germany
Sweden
4-1
1989
Stuttgart
Germany
Sweden
3-2
1990
St. Petersburg
USA
Australia
3-2
1991
Lyon
France
USA
3-1
1992
Fort Worth
USA
Switzerland
3-1
1993
Dusseldorf
Germany
Australia
4-1
1994
Moscow
Sweden
Russia
4-1
1995
Moscow
USA
Russia
3-2
1996
Malmo
France
Sweden
3-2
1997
Gothenburg
Sweden
USA
5-0
1998
Milan
Sweden
Italy
4-1
1999
Nice
Australia
France
3-2
2000
Barcelona
Spain
Australia
3-1
2001
Melbourne
France
Australia
3-2
2002
Paris
Russia
France
3-2
2003
Melbourne
Australia
Spain
3-1
2004
Seville
Spain
USA
3-2
2005
Bratislava
Croatia
Slovak Rep
3-2
2006
Moscow
Russia
Argentina
3-2
2007
Portland
USA
Russia
4-1
QUICK DAVIS CUP TENNIS HISTORY: In
1900, the American Dwight Davis organized and won the
first Davis Cup tennis tournament in Boston. Since then,
this annual competition played around the globe has become
one of the most important tournaments in the world, embodying
both the values of fair play and the spirit of competition.
RECENT DAVIS CUP WORLD GROUP
CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
2007 USA Defeated Russia,
Portland, USA
Winning Captain: Patrick McEnroe
Losing Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
Surface: Hard
Andy Roddick (USA) d. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 64 64 62
James Blake (USA) d. Mikhail Youhzny (RUS) 63 76(4) 67(3) 76(3)
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) d. Igor Andreev/Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 76(4) 64 62
Igor Andreev (RUS) d. Bob Bryan (USA) 63 76(4)
James Blake (USA) d. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 16 63 75
2006 Russia defeated Argentina,
Moscow, Russia
Winning Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
Losing Captain: Alberto Mancini
Surface: Carpet
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 61 62 57 64
David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Marat Safin (RUS) 64 64 64
Marat Safin/Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d. Agustin Calleri/David Nalbandian (ARG) 62 63 64
David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 62 62 46 64
Marat Safin (RUS) d. Jose Acasuso (ARG) 63 36 63 76(5)
2005 Croatia defeated Slovak Republic,
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Winning Captain: Niki Pilic
Losing Captain: Miroslav Mecir
Surface: Hard
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) d. Karol Kucera (SVK) 63 64
63
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) d. Mario Ancic (CRO) 76(4)
63 67(4) 64
Mario Ancic/Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) d. Dominik Hrbaty/Michal
Mertinak (SVK) 76(5) 63 76(5)
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) d. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 46 63
64 36 64
Mario Ancic (CRO) d. Michal Mertinak (SVK) 76(1)
63 64
2004 Spain defeated USA 3-2, Seville, Spain
Winning Captain: Jordi Arrese
Losing Captain: Patrick McEnroe
Surface: Red Clay
Carlos Moya (ESP) d. Mardy Fish (USA) 64 62 63
Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. Andy Roddick (USA) 67(6)
62 76(6) 62
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) d. Juan Carlos Ferrero/Tommy
Robredo (ESP) 60 63 62
Carlos Moya (ESP) d. Andy Roddick 62 76(1) 76(5)
Mardy Fish (USA) d. Tommy Robredo (ESP) 76(8)
62
2003 Australia defeated Spain 3-1,
Melbourne, Australia
Winning Captain: John Fitzgerald
Losing Captain: Jordi Arrese
Surface: Grass
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
36 63 36 76(0) 62
Carlos Moya (ESP) d. Mark Philippoussis (AUS) 64
64 46 76(4)
Wayne Arthurs/Todd Woodbridge (AUS) d. Alex Corretja/Felicano
Lopez (ESP) 63 61 63
Mark Philippoussis (AUS) d. Juan Carlos Ferrero
(ESP) 75 63 16 26 60
Final rubber not played
2002 Russia defeated France 3-2,
Paris, France
Winning Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
Losing Captain: Guy Forget
Surface: Red Clay
Marat Safin (RUS) d. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 64
36 61 64
Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS)
76(3) 63 60
Nicolas Escude/Fabrice Santoro (FRA) d. Yevgeny
Kafelnikov/Marat Safin (RUS) 63 36 57 63 64
Marat Safin (RUS) d. Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) 63
62 76(11)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
36 26 63 75 64
2001 France defeated Australia
3-2, Melbourne, Australia
Winning Captain: Guy Forget
Losing Captain: John Fitzgerald
Surface: Grass
Nicolas Escude (FRA) d. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 46
63 36 63 64
Patrick Rafter (AUS) d. Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)
63 76(6) 75
Cedric Pioline/Fabrice Santoro (FRA) d. Lleyton
Hewitt/Patrick Rafter (AUS) 26 63 76(5) 61
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)
63 62 63
Nicolas Escude (FRA) d. Wayne Arthurs (AUS) 76(3)
67(5) 63 63.
2000 Spain defeated Australia 3-1,
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
Winning Captain: Javier Duarte
Losing Captain: John Newcombe
Surface: Red Clay
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) defeated Albert Costa (ESP)
36 61 26 64 64
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) defeated Patrick Rafter
(AUS) 67(4) 76(2) 62 31 retired
Juan Barcells/Alex Corretja (ESP) defeated Sandon
Stolle/Mark Woodforde (AUS) 64 64 64
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) defeated Lleyton Hewitt
(AUS) 62 76(5) 46 64
Alex Corretja (ESP) vs. Patrick Rafter (AUS) - not
played
1999 Australia defeated France
3-2, Nice Acropolis, Nice, France
Winning Captain: John Newcombe
Losing Captain: Guy Forget
Surface: Red Clay
Mark Philippoussis (AUS) defeated Sebastien Grosjean
(FRA) 64 62 64
Cedric Pioline (FRA) defeated Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
76(7) 76(6) 75
Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde (AUS) defeated Olivier
Delaitre/Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 26 75 62 62
Mark Philippoussis (AUS) defeated Cedric Pioline
(FRA) 63 57 61 62
Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) defeated Lleyton Hewitt
(AUS) 64 63
1998 Sweden defeated Italy 4-1,
The Forum, Milan, Italy
Winning Captain: Carl-Axel Hageskog
Losing Captain: Paolo Bertolucci
Surface: Red Clay
Magnus Norman (SWE) defeated Andrea Gaudenzi (ITA)
67 76 46 63 66 retired
Magnus Gustafsson (SWE) defeated Davide Sanguinetti
(ITA) 61 64 60
Jonas Bjorkman/Nicklas Kulti (SWE) defeated Diego
Nargiso/Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) 76 61 63
Magnus Gustafsson (SWE) defeated Gianluca Pozzi
(ITA) 64 62
Diego Nargiso (ITA) defeated Magnus Norman (SWE)
62 63
1997 Sweden defeated USA 5-0, The
Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
Winning Captain: Carl-Axel Hageskog
Losing Captain: Tom Gullikson
Surface: Carpet
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) defeated Michael Chang (USA)
75 16 63 63
Magnus Larsson (SWE) defeated Pete Sampras (USA)
36 76 21 retired
Jonas Bjorkman/Nicklas Kulti (SWE) defeated Todd
Martin/Jonathan Stark (USA) 64 64 64
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) defeated Jonathan Stark (USA)
61 61
Magnus Larsson (SWE) defeated Michael Chang (USA)
76 67 64
1996 France defeated Sweden 3-2,
Malmömässan, Malmö, Sweden
Winning Captain: Yannick Noah
Losing Captain: Carl-Axel Hageskog
Surface: Hard
Cedric Pioline (FRA) defeated Stefan Edberg (SWE)
63 64 63
Thomas Enqvist (SWE) defeated Arnaud Boetsch (FRA)
64 63 76
Guy Forget/Guillaume Raoux (FRA) defeated Jonas
Bjorkman/Nicklas Kulti (SWE) 63 16 63 63
Thomas Enqvist (SWE) defeated Cedric Pioline (FRA)
36 67 64 64 97
Arnaud Boetsch (FRA) defeated Nicklas Kulti (SWE)
76 26 46 76 108
1995 USA defeated Russia 3-2, Olympic
Stadium, Moscow, Russia
Winning Captain: Tom Gullikson
Losing Captain: Anatoly Lepeshin
Surface: Red Clay
Pete Sampras (USA) defeated Andrei Chesnokov (RUS)
36 64 63 67 64
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) defeated Jim Courier (USA)
76 75 63
Todd Martin/Pete Sampras (USA) defeated Yevgeny
Kafelnikov/Andrei Olhovskiy (RUS) 75 64 63
Pete Sampras (USA) defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS)
62 64 76
Andrei Chesnokov (RUS) defeated Jim Courier (USA)
67 75 60
1994 Sweden defeated Russia 4-1,
Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia
Winning Captain: John-Anders Sjögren
Losing Captain: Vadim Borisov
Surface: Carpet
Stefan Edberg (SWE) defeated Alexander Volkov (RUS)
64 62 67 06 86
Magnus Larsson (SWE) defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov
(RUS) 60 62 36 26 63
Jan Apell/Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) defeated Yevgeny
Kafelnikov/Andrei Olhovskiy (RUS) 67 62 63 16 86
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) defeated Stefan Edberg
(SWE) 46 64 60
Magnus Larsson (SWE) defeated Alexander Volkov (RUS)
76 64
1993 Germany defeated Australia
4-1, Messe Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Winning Captain: Niki Pilic
Losing Captain: Neale Fraser
Surface: Clay
Michael Stich (GER) defeated Jason Stoltenberg (AUS)
67 63 61 46 63
Richard Fromberg (AUS) defeated Marc Goellner (GER)
36 57 76 62 97
Patrik Kuhnen/Michael Stich (GER) defeated Todd
Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde (AUS) 76 46 63 76
Michael Stich (GER) defeated Richard Fromberg (AUS)
64 62 62
Marc Goellner (GER) defeated Jason Stoltenberg (AUS)
61 67 76
1992 USA defeated Switzerland 3-1,
Tarrant County Center, Ft. Worth, TX USA:
Winning Captain: Tom Gorman
Losing Captain: Dimitri Sturdza
Surface: Hard
Andre Agassi (USA) defeated Jakob Hlasek (SUI) 61
62 62
Marc Rosset (SUI) defeated Jim Courier (USA) 63
67 36 64 64
John McEnroe/Pete Sampras (USA) defeated Jakob Hlasek/Marc
Rosset (SUI) 67 67 75 61 62
Jim Courier (USA) defeated Jakob Hlasek (SUI) 63
36 63 64
Andre Agassi (USA) vs. Marc Rosset (SUI) - not played
1991 France defeated USA 3-1, Palais
des Sports Gerland, Lyon, France:
Winning Captain: Yannick Noah
Losing Captain: Tom Gorman
Surface: Carpet
Andre Agassi (USA) defeated Guy Forget (FRA) 67
62 61 62
Henri Leconte (FRA) defeated Pete Sampras (USA)
64 75 64
Guy Forget/Henri Leconte (FRA) defeated Ken Flach/Robert
Seguso (USA) 61 64 46 62
Guy Forget (FRA) defeated Pete Sampras (USA) 76
36 63 64
Henri Leconte (FRA) vs. Andre Agassi (USA) - not
played
DAVIS CUP CHAMPIONS
1900 - 2007 (Challenge Round, Final Round and
World Group Final)
Of the 149 nations who have participated in the
Davis Cup competition since 1900, 12 have gone
on to win the Davis Cup. The United States has
won the competition more than any othernation
with 32 titles. Of the 11 champion nations, only
Great Britain has not won the Davis Cup since
the introduction of the Final Round format in
1972. Great Britain’s nine Davis Cup titles
came under the Challenge Round Format with their
last victory coming in 1936.
ALL TIME DAVIS CUP WIN LOSS RECORDS
(100 or more wins, thru 2007 Davis Cup)
Country
Win-Loss
Years
Plyd
First
Plyd
U.S.A.
205-61
93
1900
AUSTRALIA
170-61
88
1905
ITALY
149-77
77
1922
FRANCE
147-78
88
1904
SWEDEN
142-67
74
1925
GREAT BRITAIN
137-87
96
1900
GERMANY
133-69
72
1913
CZECH REPUBLIC
108-72
74
1921
SPAIN
106-69
72
1921
INDIA
104-69
71
1921
ALL-TIME MOST DAVIS CUP MATCHES PLAYED
Italy’s Nicola Pietrangeli holds the record
for playing both the most Davis Cup matches and
Davis Cup ties. He has represented Italy on 66
occasions in 164 matches. His singles match record
is 78-32 and his doubles match record is 42-12.
ALL TIME DAVIS CUP PLAYER WIN-LOSS
RECORDS
(thru 2007 Davis Cup)
Player
Total
Win-Loss
Singles
Win-Loss
Doubles
Win-Loss
Ties
Plyd
PIETRANGELI, Nicola (ITA)
120 - 44
78 - 32
42 - 12
66
NASTASE, Ilie (ROM)
109 - 37
74 - 22
35 - 15
52
SANTANA, Manuel (ESP)
92 - 28
69 - 17
23 - 11
46
VON CRAMM, Gottfried (GER)
82 - 19
58 - 10
24 - 9
37
PAES, LEANDER (IND)
81-30
48-21
33-9
42
METREVELI, Alex (RUS)
80 - 25
56 - 14
24 - 11
38
ABDUL-A'AL, Esam (BRN)
77-29
52-14
25-15
60
TAROCZY, Balazs (HUN)
76 - 19
50 - 12
26 - 7
33
KOCH, Tomas (BRA)
74 - 44
46 - 32
28 - 12
44
BRICHANT, Jacques (BEL)
71 - 49
52 - 27
19 - 22
42
TIRIAC, Ion (ROM)
70 - 39
40 - 28
30 - 11
43
KRISHNAN, Ramanathan (IND)
69 - 28
50 - 19
19 - 9
43
MANDARINO, Jose-Edison (BRA)
68 - 41
41 - 31
27 - 10
43
BUNGERT, Wilhelm (GER)
67 - 36
53 - 27
14 - 9
43
SCHMIDT, Ulf (SWE)
66 - 36
44 - 25
22 - 11
38
WASHER, Philippe (BEL)
66 - 36
46 - 18
20 - 18
39
LUNDQUIST, Jan-Erik (SWE)
64 - 27
47 - 16
17 - 11
35
PANATTA, Adriano (ITA)
64 - 36
37 - 26
27 - 10
38
BERGELIN, Lennart (SWE)
62 - 26
43 - 17
19 - 9
36
DAVIDSON, Sven (SWE)
62 - 23
39 - 14
23 - 9
36
MUKERJEA, Jaidip (IND)
62 - 35
39 - 23
23 - 12
43
MENZEL, Roderich (GER)
61 - 23
47 - 13
14 - 10
35
KODES, Jan (TCH)
60 - 35
39 - 20
21 - 15
39
ORANTES, Manuel (ESP)
60 - 27
39 - 19
21 - 8
38
MCENROE, John (USA)
59 - 10
41 - 8
18 - 2
30
DAVIS CUP DOUBLES TEAM WIN-LOSS
LEADERS
(thru 2007 Davis Cup)
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