Davis Cup Tennis

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Davis Cup Tennis, one of the major international team events in men’s tennis, is also the largest annual team tournament of tennis which involves some tremendous display of the sport.…


Davis Cup Tennis, one of the major international team events in men’s tennis, is also the largest annual team tournament of tennis which involves some tremendous display of the sport.

The tournament, run by the ITF or the International Tennis Federation, involves the best tennis national teams of the world. The tournament experiences the best singles and doubles players of the world playing for their native countries. It is played in a knock-out format after several countries gain admission to the world group on completion of their regional qualifiers. The first round losers of the World Group have to play the winners from the regional zones for a next year berth in the Davis Cup. The World Group itself has four knock-out rounds.

The Davis Cup has been held since 1900 and the ties between the countries are held in five matches which are called the rubbers. The rubbers include two singles, two return singles and a doubles match. The tournament has been won the maximum number of times by the United States of America followed by Australia and Great Britain. Some of the other countries to participate in the Davis Cup are France, Russia, Sweden, Israel and India. With the wins the teams earn valuable points with which they are ranked by the ITF and these rankings are again used to seed the teams. Davis Cup is one of the major team tournaments for men. It has had a number of top ranked players playing here for their countries. The tournament has seen the rise of many unknown players to stardom while many famous players have suffered defeats in the hands of less renowned ones. Yet, with the touch of patriotism involved, the Davis Cup is one of the major team tournaments of the tennis world.

Previous ITF Davis Cup Champions

Year Champion Score Runners-up Stadium Venue City/Location Country
2012 Czech Republic 3–2 Spain O2 Arena Prague Czech Republic
2011 Spain 3–1 Argentina Olympic Stadium Seville Spain
2010 Serbia 3–2 France Belgrade Arena Belgrade Serbia
2009 Spain 5–0 Czech Republic Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona Spain
2008 Spain 3–1 Argentina Estadio Islas Malvinas Mar del Plata Argentina
2007 USA 4–1 Russia Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon USA
2006 Russia 3–2 Argentina Olympic Stadium Moscow Russia
2005 Croatia 3–2 Slovak Republic Sibamac Arena National Tennis Centre Bratislava Slovak Republic
2004 Spain 3–2 USA Olympic Stadium Seville Spain
2003 Australia 3–1 Spain Melbourne Park Melbourne Australia
2002 Russia 3–2 France Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy Paris France
2001 France 3–2 Australia Melbourne Park Melbourne Australia
2000 Spain 3–1 Australia Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona Spain

World Group Teams

Argentina Canada Germany Serbia
Austria Croatia Israel Spain
Belgium Czech Republic Italy Switzerland
Brazil France Kazakhstan United States

ITF Davis Cup Country Team Ranking

Rank Country Played Points
1 Spain 14 34125
2 Czech Republic 13 29952.19
3 Argentina 12 21031.25
4 Serbia 11 18146.88
5 France 11 14570
6 USA 9 10612.5
7 Croatia 9 5960
8 Kazakhstan 9 4187.19
9 Austria 8 3984.38
10 Israel 9 3973.44
11 Germany 8 3945.31
12 Canada 9 3231.88
13 Italy 9 3196.88
14 Switzerland 8 2950
15 Belgium 8 2825
16 Brazil 8 2700
17 Russia 8 2375
18 Sweden 8 2306.25
19 Australia 10 2200
20 Chile 8 2050
21 Japan 9 1942.5
22 Uzbekistan 10 1935
23 South Africa 9 1650
24 Netherlands 9 1575
25 India 9 1420
26 Ecuador 9 1262.5
27 Colombia 8 1250
28 Romania 8 1145
29 Uruguay 8 1092.5
30 China, P.R. 9 1037.5
31 Slovenia 10 1003.75
32 Chinese Taipei 9 890.94
33 Slovak Republic 8 858.75
34 Ukraine 9 850
35 Denmark 9 822.5
36 Korea, Rep. 10 805
37 Great Britain 9 760
38 Poland 10 712.5
39 Dominican Republic 10 648.75
40 Finland 10 646.88
41 Indonesia 9 621.25
42 New Zealand 11 559.38
43 Portugal 9 555
44 Philippines 12 530
45 Latvia 10 463.75
46 Mexico 11 447.5
47 Bosnia/Herzegovina 13 410.63
48 Thailand 11 380
49 Peru 10 377.5
50 Belarus 10 365
51 Hungary 9 329.69
52 Venezuela 10 318.75
53 Pakistan 8 250
54 Paraguay 9 243.75
55 Estonia 11 217.5
56 Cyprus 9 213.75
57 Lithuania 10 184.38
58 Luxembourg 14 164.69
59 Ireland 8 152.81
60 El Salvador 10 143.75
61 Monaco 8 127.5
62 Barbados 15 125.25
63 Sri Lanka 14 105
64 Bulgaria 9 100.31
65 Puerto Rico 14 85
Rank Country Played Points
66 Morocco 12 73.44
67 Moldova 13 71.25
68 Hong Kong, China 8 65
69 Lebanon 17 65
70 Pacific Oceania 11 61.25
71 Guatemala 14 52.5
72 Malaysia 14 38.75
73 Benin 13 36.25
74 Kuwait 16 36.25
74 Syria 16 36.25
76 Vietnam 19 35.75
77 Egypt 11 35
78 Tunisia 15 32.5
79 Greece 17 32.5
80 Zimbabwe 17 30.25
81 Haiti 12 30
82 Costa Rica 18 30
83 Norway 14 27.5
84 Bahamas 16 27.5
85 Madagascar 16 26.25
86 Montenegro 14 22.5
87 Georgia 13 21.25
88 Jamaica 16 21.25
89 Armenia 16 20.5
90 United Arab Emirates 19 20.25
91 Algeria 14 20
92 Iran 16 20
92 Oman 16 20
94 Ghana 17 19.5
95 Bolivia 13 18.75
96 FYR Macedonia 11 17.5
97 Cote D’Ivoire 16 17.25
98 Turkey 12 16.25
99 Malta 12 15
100 Nigeria 13 15
101 Andorra 16 15
102 Trinidad & Tobago 15 14.5
103 Bangladesh 17 13
104 Aruba 18 12
105 Honduras 18 11.75
106 Jordan 17 11.5
107 Namibia 9 11.25
108 Cambodia 5 10
109 Saudi Arabia 10 9.75
110 Qatar 17 9.5
111 Singapore 18 9
112 Iceland 16 8.75
113 Panama 15 8.5
114 Turkmenistan 18 8
115 Kenya 12 7.5
116 Myanmar 19 6.5
117 San Marino 17 6.25
118 Kyrgyzstan 9 6
119 Bahrain 18 5.5
120 Iraq 17 5
121 Cuba 5 3.75
122 Cameroon 8 2.5
123 Botswana 9 2.5
124 Bermuda 8 1.5
125 Tajikistan 5 1.25
126 Rwanda 13 1.25
127 US Virgin Islands 15 1
128 Yemen 8 0.5
129 Congo 4 0
130 Albania 11 0

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