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Davis Cup 1900-2001

Davis Cup Multiple Winners 1900- 2001
Davis Cup Winners 1900- 1967
Davis Cup Winners 1968- 2001
The Davis Cup is an international team competition introduced in 1900 by American player Dwight Davis. Originally called the International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy.  While initially only two teams participated (the USA and Great Britain), the competition has grown into an event in which over 100 nations now participate.  The Davis Cup has undergone a number of format changes over the years. Challenge round system until 1972. Since 1981, the top 16 nations in the world have played a straight knockout tournament over the course of a year.

Davis Cup is divided into World Group competition and Zone competitions.
There are three zones:

  • American,
  • Euro-African, and
  • Asia-Pacific.

Within each zone countries square off for the opportunity to advance to the World Group.

The World Group consists of the 16 top countries which compete in a single-elimination draw to determine the Cup winner for a given year. Around September, each of the 8 first round losers play the top 8 finishers in the Zone competitions in a "relegation tie."  The winner of each tie advances to the World Group for the next year, while the loser is relegated to Zone competition.
The format of the Davis Cup tie is as follows:
Day 1: Singles A
Singles B
Day 2: Doubles
Day 3: Reverse Singles C
Reverse Singles D
The team winning at least three matches wins the tie.  Before each tie, a team selects players to compete in that tie.  One of the teams hosts the tie in their country and has the right to choose the court surface.
If two nations have never competed before, a draw determines the host country.  The next time these two countries play each other, the other country hosts, and so on.

Davis Cup Multiple Winners
1900- 2001
USA 31
Australia 21
France 9
Sweden 7
Australasia 6
British Isles 5
Britain 4
Germany 3
1900–24 Australia and New Zealand
competed together as Australasia

Davis Cup Winners 1900- 2001:

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Challenge Rounds 1900-67
Year Winner Loser Score Site
1900 USA British Isles 3-0 Boston
1901 Not held      
1902 USA British Isles 3-2 New York
1903 British Isles USA 4-1 Boston
1904 British Isles Belgium 5-0 Wimbledon
1905 British Isles USA 5-0 Wimbledon
1906 British Isles USA 5-0 Wimbledon
1907 Australasia British Isles 3-2 Wimbledon
1908 Australasia USA 3-2 Melbourne
1909 Australasia USA 5-0 Sydney
1910 Not held      
1911 Australasia USA 5-0 Christchurch,NZ
1912 British Isles Australasia 3-2 Melbourne
1913 USA British Isles 3-2 Wimbledon
1914 Australasia USA 3-2 New York
1915-18 Not held World War I  
1919 Australasia British Isles 4-1 Sydney
1920 USA Australasia 5-0 Auckland, NZ
1921 USA Japan 5-0 New York
1922 USA Australasia 4-1 New York
1923 USA Australasia 4-1 New York
1924 USA Australia 5-0 Philadelphia
1925 USA France 5-0 Philadelphia
1926 USA France 4-1 Philadelphia
1927 France USA 3-2 Philadelphia
1928 France USA 4-1 Paris
1929 France USA 3-2 Paris
1930 France USA 4-1 Paris
1931 France Britain 3-2 Paris
1932 France USA 3-2 Paris
1933 Britain France 3-2 Paris
1934 Britain USA 4-1 Wimbledon
1935 Britain USA 5-0 Wimbledon
1936 Britain Australia 3-2 Wimbledon
1937 USA Britain 4-1 Wimbledon
1938 USA Australia 3-2 Philadelphia
1939 Australia USA 3-2 Philadelphia
1940-45 Not held World War II  
1946 USA Australia 5-0 Melbourne
1947 USA Australia 4-1 New York
1948 USA Australia 5-0 New York
1949 USA Australia 4-1 New York
1950 Australia USA 4-1 New York
1951 Australia USA 3-2 Sydney
1952 Australia USA 4-1 Adelaide
1953 Australia USA 3-2 Melbourne
1954 USA Australia 3-2 Sydney
1955 Australia USA 5-0 New York
1956 Australia USA 5-0 Adelaide
1957 Australia USA 3-2 Melbourne
1958 USA Australia 3-2 Brisbane
1959 Australia USA 3-2 New York
1960 Australia Italy 4-1 Sydney
1961 Australia Italy 5-0 Melbourne
1962 Australia Mexico 5-0 Brisbane
1963 USA Australia 3-2 Adelaide
1964 Australia USA 3-2 Cleveland
1965 Australia Spain 4-1 Sydney
1966 Australia India 4-1 Melbourne
1967 Australia Spain 4-1 Brisbane

Final Rounds 1968-2001
Year Winner Loser Score Site
1968 USA Australia 4-1 Adelaide
1969 USA Romania 5-0 Cleveland
1970 USA W. Germany 5-0 Cleveland
1971 USA Romania 3-2 Charlotte
1972 USA Romania 3-2 Bucharest
1973 Australia USA 5-0 Cleveland
1974 So. Africa India walkover Not held
India refused to play the final as a protest against the South African government's policies of apartheid.
1975 Sweden Czech. 3-2 Stockholm
1976 Italy Chile 4-1 Santiago
1977 Australia Italy 3-1 Sydney
1978 USA Britain 4-1 Palm Springs
1979 USA Italy 5-0 San Francisco
1980 Czech. Italy 4-1 Prague
1981 USA Argentina 3-1 Cincinnati
1982 USA France 4-1 Grenoble
1983 Australia Sweden 3-2 Melbourne
1984 Sweden USA 4-1 Goteborg
1985 Sweden W. Germany 3-2 Munich
1986 Australia Sweden 3-2 Melbourne
1987 Sweden India 5-0 Goteborg
1988 W. Germany Sweden 4-1 Goteborg
1989 W. Germany Sweden 3-2 Stuttgart
1990 USA Australia 3-2 St. Petersburg
1991 France USA 3-1 Lyon
1992 USA Switzerland 3-1 Ft. Worth
1993 Germany Australia 4-1 Dusseldorf
1994 Sweden Russia 4-1 Moscow
1995 USA Russia 3-2 Moscow
1996 France Sweden 3-2 Malmo
1997 Sweden United States 5-0 Goteborg
1998 Sweden Italy 4-1 Milan
1999 Australia France 3-2  
2000 Spain Australia 3-1  
2001 France Australia 3-2