The Davis
Cup, the most important tennis competition by nations in the World, is
the largest annual team competition in sport, celebrating its Centenary
in 1999. Founded by Dwight Davis, the Davis Cup began as a challenge match
between the United States and the British Isles, which was held at the Longwood
Cricket Club in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Davis, himself, played in the
inaugural Davis Cup tie, steering his country to the first of many title
victories. Each tie is played over three days and consists of four singles and
one doubles played by the top-two players of each nation. The best of five set
matches are played, the host team changing every time two teams compete
together. The top 16 nations compete for the Davis Cup Trophy in the World
Group while the remaining countries battle for promotion to the elite World
Group from three regional zones. * This tournament is played since 1900, but from 1900 to 1959, only the
United States (17 times), Australia/Australasia (15 times), the British
Isles/Great Britain (9 times) and France (6 times) won the title; and only
Belgium (1904) and Japan (1921) played the final apart from those. Until 1973
the winner had the right to defend the trophy in the following year´s final
round.
La Copa Davis, el torneo por naciones más importante del Mundo, es la competición deportiva anual por naciones más antigua del Mundo y en 1999 celebró su centenario. Dwight Davis la fundó en 1900 y en un principio era un desafío entre Estados Unidos y las Islas Británicas. Este torneo se juega por eliminatorias. Hay 16 equipos en el Grupo Mundial, los cuatro últimos descienden a Grupos Regionales. Para ganar la copa hay que pasar cuatro rondas eliminatorias (octavos, cuartos, semifinales y final). Las eliminatorias consisten en cinco partidos, cuatro individuales entre los dos mejores jugadores de cada país (primer y tercer día) y un doble (segundo día). El equipo anfitrión cambia cada vez que dos equipos se enfrentan. * La primera edición se celebró en 1900 y desde 1900 hasta 1959 sólo cuatro equipos lo han ganado (Estados Unidos 17 veces, Australia/Australasia 15, Islas Británicas/Gran Bretaña 9 y Francia 6) y otros dos más han sido finalistas (Bélgica en 1904 y Japón en 1921). Hasta 1973 el campeón se clasificaba directamente para la final de la siguiente edición.
DAVIS CUP (from/desde 1960*)
|
Year |
Winner |
Score |
Runner-up |
Winning
Team / Equipo Ganador |
|
1960 |
Australia |
4-1 |
Italy |
Neale Fraser, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson |
|
1961 |
Australia |
5-0 |
Italy |
Neale Fraser, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson |
|
1962 |
Australia |
5-0 |
Mexico |
Neale Fraser, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson |
|
1963 |
United States |
3-2 |
Australia |
Dennis Ralston, Chuck McKinley |
|
1964 |
Australia |
3-2 |
United States |
Fred Stolle, Roy Emerson |
|
1965 |
Australia |
4-1 |
Spain |
Fred Stolle, Roy
Emerson, John Newcombe / Tony Roche. |
|
1966 |
Australia |
4-1 |
India |
Fred Stolle, Roy
Emerson, John Newcombe / Tony Roche. |
|
1967 |
Australia |
4-1 |
Spain |
Roy Emerson, John
Newcombe, JN / Tony Roche |
|
1968 |
United States |
4-1 |
Australia |
Clark Graebner, Arthur
Ashe, Bob Lutz, Stan Smith |
|
1969 |
United States |
5-0 |
Romania |
Arthur Ashe, Bob Lutz,
Stan Smith |
|
1970 |
United States |
5-0 |
West Germany |
Arthur Ashe, C Richey,
Bob Lutz, Stan Smith |
|
1971 |
United States |
3-2 |
Romania |
Stan Smith, FA Fröhling, E van Dillen |
|
1972 |
United States |
3-2 |
Romania |
Stan Smith, Tom Gorman, E van Dillen |
|
1973 |
Australia |
5-0 |
United States |
John Newcombe, Rod Laver |
|
1974 |
South Africa |
--- |
default by India |
Bob Hewitt, Frew McMillan |
|
1975 |
Sweden |
3-2 |
Czechoslovakia |
Björn Borg, Ove-Nils
Bengtson |
|
1976 |
Italy |
4-1 |
Chile |
Corado Barazutti, Adriano Panatta, Paolo
Bertolucci, A Zuccarelli |
|
1977 |
Australia |
3-1 |
Italy |
Tony Roche, John
Alexander, Phil Dent |
|
1978 |
United States |
4-1 |
Great Britain |
John McEnroe, Brian
Gottfried, Bob Lutz, Stan Smith |
|
1979 |
United States |
5-0 |
Italy |
Vitas Gerulaitis, John
McEnroe, Bob Lutz, Stan Smith |
|
1980 |
Czechoslovakia |
4-1 |
Italy |
Tomas Smid, Ivan Lendl |
|
1981 |
United States |
3-1 |
Argentina |
John McEnroe, Roscoe
Tanner, Peter Fleming |
|
1982 |
United States |
4-1 |
France |
John McEnroe, Gene
Mayer, JM / Peter Fleming |
|
1983 |
Australia |
3-2 |
Sweden |
Pat Cash, John
Fitzgerald, Mark Edmondson, Paul McNamee |
|
1984 |
Sweden |
4-1 |
United States |
Mats Wilander, Henrik
Sundström, Stefan Edberg, Anders Järryd |
|
1985 |
Sweden |
3-2 |
West Germany |
Mats Wilander, Stefan
Edberg, Joakim Nyström |
|
1986 |
Australia |
3-2 |
Sweden |
Pat Cash, Paul
McNamee, PC / John Fitzgerald |
|
1987 |
Sweden |
5-0 |
India |
Mats Wilander, Anders
Järryd, Joakim Nyström |
|
1988 |
West Germany |
4-1 |
Sweden |
Boris Becker, Carl-Uwe
Steeb, Eric Jelen, Patrick Kühnen |
|
1989 |
West Germany |
3-2 |
Sweden |
Boris Becker, Carl-Uwe
Steeb, Eric Jelen, Patrick Kühnen |
|
1990 |
United States |
3-2 |
Australia |
Andre Agassi, Michael
Chang, Rick Leach, Jim Pugh, Aaron Krickstein |
|
1991 |
France |
3-1 |
United States |
Henri Leconte, Guy Forget, HL / GF. |
|
1992 |
United States |
3-1 |
Switzerland |
Pete Sampras, Andre
Agassi, Jim Courier / John McEnroe. |
|
1993 |
Germany |
4-1 |
Australia |
Michael Stich,
Marc-Kevin Göllner, Carl-Uwe Steeb, Patric Kühnen |
|
1994 |
Sweden |
4-1 |
Russia |
Stefan Edberg, Magnus
Larsson, Magnus Gustafsson, Jonas Björkman |
|
1995 |
United States |
3-2 |
Russia |
Pete Sampras, Todd
Martin, Jim Courier |
|
1996 |
France |
3-2 |
Sweden |
Cedric Pioline, Arnaud
Boetsch, Guy Forget / Guillaume Raoux. |
|
1997 |
Sweden |
5-0 |
United States |
Jonas Björkman, Magnus
Larsson, JB / Nicklas Kulti. |
|
1998 |
Sweden |
4-1 |
Italy |
Magnus Norman, Magnus
Gustafsson, Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti. |
|
1999 |
Australia |
3-2 |
France |
Mark Philippoussis,
Lleyton Hewitt, Mark Woodforde / Todd Woodbridge. |
|
2000 |
Spain |
3-1 |
Australia |
Albert Costa, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Álex
Corretja / Joan Balcells. |
|
2001 |
France |
3-2 |
Australia |
Nicolas Escude, Sebastian Grosjean, Fabrice
Santoro / Cedric Pioline. |
|
2002 |
Russia |
3-2 |
France |
Marat Safin, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Mijail
Youznhy, MS / YK. |
|
2003 |
Australia |
3-1 |
Spain |
Mark Philippoussis,
Lleyton Hewitt, Wayne Arthurs / Todd Woodbridge. |
|
2004 |
Spain |
3-2 |
United States |
Carlos Moyá, Rafael Nadal, Juan Carlos Ferrero
/ Tommy Robredo. |
|
2005 |
Croatia |
3-2 |
Slovakia |
Ivan Ljubicic, Mario Ancic, IL/MA. |
|
2006 |
Russia |
3-2 |
Argentina |
Nikolay Davydenko,
Marat Safin, MS / Dmitry Tursunov. |
|
2007 |
United States |
4-1 |
Russia |
Andy Roddick, James
Blake, Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan |
Last
Edition / Última Edición (2007)
Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon (USA). 30.Nov/2.Dec.2007
|
UNITED STATES defeat RUSSIA 4-1 |
|
|
USA: Andy Roddick, James Blake, Bob
Bryan, Mike Bryan. |
RUSSIA: Mikhail Youzhny, Nikolay
Davydenko, Igor Andreev, Dmitry Tursunov. |
|
Roddick df. Tursunov 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 Blake df. Youzhny 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/3) Bryan & Bryan df. Andreev & Davydenko 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 6-2 Andreev df. Bryan 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) Blake df. Tursunov 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 |
|
|
Semifinal: Russia 3-2 United States |
Semifinal: Argentina 5-0 Australia |
Statistics / Estadísticas
Most titles/finals (from 1973*) / Más títulos/finales (desde 1973*)
* Until 1973 the winner
had the right to defend the trophy in the following year´s final round.
* Hasta 1973 el
campeón se clasificaba directamente para la final de la siguiente edición.
|
Ps |
Country |
T/F |
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 |
|
1. |
United States |
8/13 |
73
78 79 81 82 84 90 91 92 95 97 04 07 |
|
2. |
Sweden |
7/12 |
75
83 84
85 86 87 88 89 94 96 97 98 |
|
3. |
Australia |
6/10 |
73
77 83 86 90
93 99 00 01 03 |
|
4. |
France |
3/6 |
82
91 96 99 01 02 |
|
5. |
(West)
Germany |
3/4 |
85
88 89 93 |
|
6. |
Russia |
2/5 |
94
95 02 06 07 |
|
7. |
Spain |
2/3 |
00
03 04 |
|
8. |
Italy |
1/5 |
76
77 79
80 98 |
|
9. |
Czechoslovakia |
1/2 |
75
80 |
|
10. |
South
Africa |
1/1 |
74 |
|
. |
Croatia |
1/1 |
05 |