Tennis / Davis Cup

Tenis / 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 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

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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