Tennis / Davis Cup

Tennis / Copa Davis

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 de tenis 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 ganaron el título (Estados Unidos 17 veces, Australia/Australasia 15, Islas Británicas/Gran Bretaña 9 y Francia 6) y otros dos más fueron 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 / Ganador Score Runner-up / Finalista 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

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.

Year Winner / Ganador Score Runner-up / Finalista Winning Team / Equipo Ganador
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, "Alex" 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.
2008 Spain 3-1 Argentina Fernando Verdasco, Feliciano López, David Ferrer, FV/FL.
2009 Spain 5-0 Czech Republic Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco / Feliciano López.
2010 Serbia 3-2 France Novak Djokovic, Janko Tipsarevic, Viktor Troicki, VT / Nenad Zimonjic.
2011 Spain 3-1 Argentina Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco
2012 Czech Republic 3-2 Spain Tomas Berdych, Radek Stepanek, TB / RS



Last Edition / Última Edición (2012)

O2 Arena, Prague (CZE) 16/18.Nov.12
Czech Republic df Spain 3-2
CZECH REPUBLIC: Tomas Berdych, Radek Stepanek, Lukas Rosol, Ivo Minar. (team captain: Jaroslav Navratil) SPAIN: David Ferrer, Nicolás Almagro, Marcel Granollers, Marc López. (team captain: Álex Corretja)
Ferrer df STEPANEK 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
BERDYCH df Almagro 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3
BERDYCH & STEPANEK df Granollers & López 3-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3
Ferrer df BERDYCH 6-2, 6-3, 7-5
STEPANEK df Almagro 6-4, 7-6 (7/0), 3-6, 6-3
ESP 5-0 v KAZ AUT 3-2 v RUS FRA 4-1 @ CAN USA 5-0 @ SUI CZE 4-1 v ITA SRB 4-1 v SWE CRO 3-2 @ JPN ARG 4-1 @ GER
ESP 4-1 vs AUT USA 3-2 @ FRA CZE 4-1 vs SRB ARG 4-1 vs CRO
Spain 3-1 vs United States Czech Republic 3-2 @ Argentina
Czech Republic 3-2 Spain



Statistics / Estadísticas
Most Titles (from 1973*) / Más Títulos (desde 1973*)
* Until 1973 the winner qualified directly for the following year's final tie
* Hasta 1973 el campeón se clasificaba directamente para la final de la siguiente edición
Ps. Team 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. Spain 5/7 00 03 04 08 09 11 12
5. France 3/7 82 91 96 99 01 02 10
6. (West) Germany 3/4 85 88 89 93
7. Russia 2/5 94 95 02 06 07
8. Italy 1/5 76 77 79 80 98
9. Czechoslovakia 1/2 75 80
. Czech Republic 1/2 09 12
11. South Africa 1/1 74
. Croatia 1/1 05
. Serbia 1/1 10
14. Argentina 0/4 81 06 08 11
15. India 0/2 74 87
16. Chile 0/1 76
. Great Britain 0/1 78
. Switzerland 0/1 92
. Slovakia 0/1 05
 
19 TOTAL 40/80  

Most Titles (players) / Más Títulos (jugadores)

5 John McEnroe, USA (78 79 81 82 92)
4 --- (---)
3 Mats Wilander, SWE (84 85 87) // Carl-Uwe Steeb, GER (88 89 93) // Patrick Kühnen, GER (88 89 93) // Stefan Edberg, SWE (84 85 94) // Jonas Björkman, SWE (94 97 98) // Rafael Nadal, ESP (04 09 11) // David Ferrer, ESP (08 09 11) // Feliciano López, ESP (08 09 11) // Fernando Verdasco, ESP (08 09 11)


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