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94-609: The Australia Davis Cup team is the second most successful team ever to compete in the Davis Cup , winning the coveted title on 28 separate occasions, second behind the United States with 32. Australia also participated in winning the Davis Cup six times with New Zealand under the alias Australasia (1905–1922). While Australia and New Zealand have been two separate countries, the two countries did compete together under

188-500: A bye in the first round of the INZ challenger rounds. In 1966 , the "Europe Zone" was split into two zones, "Europe Zone A" and "Europe Zone B", so the winners of the four zones competed in the INZ challenger rounds. From 1950 to 1967 , Australia dominated the competition, winning the Cup 15 times in 18 years. Beginning in 1972 , the format was changed to a knockout competition , so that

282-742: A clay court in Tashkent. Switzerland won 3-2 and confirmed its spot in the World Group. In 2017, The Swiss B team (Laaksonen, Chiudinelli, Bellier, Bossel) lost the first round 5-0 to the United States in Alabama. It was the second 5-0 in a row for the US team against Switzerland, after they had won 5-0 against a team with Federer and Wawrinka in Fribourg in 2012. Switzerland maintained its spot in

376-495: A combined team from Australia and New Zealand that competed together until 1914 . The competition was initially titled the International Lawn Tennis Challenge although it soon became known as the Davis Cup , after Dwight Davis' trophy. The Davis Cup competition was initially played as a challenge cup. All teams competed against one another for the right to face the previous year's champion in

470-594: A comfortable 4-1 win against the Netherlands in The Hague , Switzerland traveled to the Arena of Nîmes to play France on clay in the quarterfinals. The Roman amphitheater was semi-covered for this event. Switzerland won 3-2 and recorded its first victory against a French team when Jakob Hlasek scored the decisive point against French clay-court specialist Thierry Champion . The semifinal against Brazil (won 5-0) in

564-510: A hard-fought win over Jim Courier , whom he had beaten in the Olympics the same year. The doubles proved to be the turning point of the tie. After the Swiss won the two first sets 7-6, John McEnroe managed to fire up Pete Sampras , who had been hardly there during the two first sets. The United States won the third set 7-5, and then took the two remaining sets easily. On Sunday, Courier secured

658-426: A low-ranked player with a demotivated attitude, causing Switzerland’s relegation to Group II, the third level of world’s tennis. Serious questions remain about the financial support received by this player from the Swiss federation, despite the absence of any results over years and the fact that his nominations on the team prevent younger players (Bellier, Nikles) from getting a real chance to express their qualities on

752-437: A nation has a winning 3–1 lead after the first reverse single match and that match has gone to four sets or more, then the remaining reverse single match which is a dead rubber is not played. All five rubbers are played if one nation has a winning 3–0 lead after the doubles match. Ties are played at a venue chosen by one of the competing countries. The right of choice is given on an alternating basis. Therefore, countries play in

846-517: A potential venue. The previous memorable campaigns of 1992 and 2003 also saw the Swiss team play against France abroad. Both games ended with a Swiss victory (1992: QF won 3-2 in Nîmes; 2003: QF won 3-2 in Toulouse). At the same time, these were the only two Swiss victories in 12 encounters with France. The preparation of the Swiss team for the final was overshadowed by the back injury of Federer. He

940-411: A properly sanctioned match, but failed to do so. He nevertheless tried to entice top international (particularly British) talent to the U.S. and sanctioned semi-official tours of the top American players to Great Britain. Diplomatic relations between Great Britain and the United States on the tennis front had strengthened such that, by the mid-1890s, reciprocal tours were staged annually between players of

1034-409: Is 24. However, the distribution among the three zones may vary each year, according to the number of nations promoted or relegated between Group One and the World Group. The number of nations in the World Group and Group One together is 22 from Euro/Africa Zone, 9 from Americas Zone and 9 from Asia/Oceania Zone. As in other cup competitions tie is used in the Davis Cup to mean an elimination round. In

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1128-508: Is played as the best of five matches (4 singles, 1 doubles). The ITF determines the host countries for all possible matchups before each year's tournament. The World Group is the top group and includes the world's best 18 national teams. Teams in the World Group play a four-round elimination event. Teams are seeded based on a ranking system released by the ITF, taking into account previous years' results. The defending champion and runner-up are always

1222-632: The 1923 . They won the Davis Cup title for the first time in 2014 , defeating France in the final by three rubbers to one, Roger Federer 's victory over Richard Gasquet in the first reverse singles rubber clinching the title for the Swiss. Switzerland has reached one other final, losing to the USA in 1992 , as well as being semifinalists in 2003 , and quarterfinalists in 1998 , 1999 , 2001 and 2004 . Tennis became extremely popular in Switzerland in 1992. First, Marc Rosset and Jakob Hlasek won

1316-547: The 1992 French Open title in doubles. Marc Rosset went on to win the Olympics singles title in Barcelona. The Davis Cup campaign completed this exceptional year for Swiss tennis. The team was led by Marc Rosset and Jakob Hlasek and completed by Claudio Mezzadri and Thierry Grin . It lost the final 3-1 to a tough United States team consisting of Andre Agassi , Jim Courier , Pete Sampras , and John McEnroe . After

1410-691: The 2011 Davis Cup World Group play-offs , where it received a home tie against seeded Switzerland . Played on grass at the Royal Sydney Golf Club in Sydney, Australia, Australia lost to Switzerland 3–2. Australia began its 2012 Davis Cup again in the Asia/Oceania playoffs. Australia easily beat for China in the first round with a 5–0 victory and South Korea in the semifinals with a 5–0 win. Australia faced Germany in Hamburg, losing

1504-414: The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . The 18 best national teams are assigned to the World Group and compete annually for the Davis Cup. Nations which are not in the World Group compete in one of three regional zones (Americas, Asia/Oceania, and Europe/Africa). The competition is spread over four weekends during the year. Each elimination round between competing nations is held in one of the countries, and

1598-727: The All England club in Wimbledon, London . 1937 would see Australia lose 0–5 in the America Zone final to eventual champions, United States. However this would spark a period of significant dominance for Australia. From 1937 to 1973, the only teams to win the Davis Cup were Australia and the U.S., in which 31 times were between one another. Australia won the Davis Cup title 17 times in 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1973. Between 1938 and 1968, Australia participated in

1692-576: The Australian Open ), Janko Tipsarević (injured), and Victor Troicki (suspended). Also, the Swiss team for the first time included two Grand Slam champions, as Stan Wawrinka had won the Australian Open. The draw for the World Group looked favourable for the Swiss, with a quarterfinal against Kazakhstan or Belgium and possibly a semifinal against Italy (led by Fabio Fognini ) or Great Britain (led by Andy Murray ). Switzerland won

1786-523: The Open Era (pre-1968) were not allowed to compete in the Davis Cup despite the fact that the Grand Slam tournaments and most tennis tournaments became Open Era events in 1968. From 1968 national registered professionals were allowed to compete under the control of their national tennis associations. In 1973 Australian players like Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall were allowed to play in the Davis Cup for

1880-671: The Stade Pierre-Mauroy was transformed into a tennis stadium for the occasion, with a capacity of 30,000. The French decided to play on a clay court. This choice was mostly due to the fact that both Federer and Wawrinka were participating in the ATP World Tour Finals on a hard court a week before the Davis Cup final. However, French captain Arnaud Clément stated that the surface would not necessarily be an advantage for France. France started practicing on

1974-613: The "British Isles"), was held at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, Massachusetts in 1900 . The American team, of which Dwight Davis was captain, surprised the British by winning the first three matches. The following year the two countries did not compete, but the US won the match in 1902 and Britain won the following four matches. By 1905 the event expanded to include Belgium , Austria , France , and Australasia ,

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2068-443: The 2005 Davis Cup world group and breezed through its first round against Austria 5–0. Argentina beat Australia in the next round. In 2006, Australia managed to defeat Switzerland 3–2 in the fifth rubber in the first round. Australia then beat Belarus statement a 5–0 victory. Australia suffered a 5–0 loss to Argentina in the semifinals. In the 2007 Davis Cup , Australia lost its first tie against Belgium , putting Australia in

2162-586: The 2020 edition, Switzerland faced Peru at the Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposicíon in Lima in a qualifying round to stay in what would now be called World Group I, one level below the teams allowed to compete for the title of world champion. This was the first tie ever between the two nations. Switzerland played with Laaksonen, Ehrat, Nikles, Bellier and Margaroli. Switzerland lost 3x1, with team leader Henri Laaksonen losing once again his decisive rubber against

2256-617: The Davis Cup is the Billie Jean King Cup , formerly known as the Federation Cup (1963–1995) and Fed Cup (1995–2020). Australia, Canada, Italy, Russia, the Czech Republic and the United States are the only countries to have won both Davis Cup and Fed Cup titles in the same year. The Davis Cup allowed only amateurs and national registered professional players (from 1968) to compete until 1973 , five years after

2350-418: The Davis Cup, the word rubber means an individual match. In the annual World Group competition, 16 nations compete in eight first-round ties; the eight winners compete in four quarterfinal ties; the four winners compete in two semifinal ties; and the two winners compete in the final tie. Each tie consists of five rubbers, which are played in three days (usually on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). The winner of

2444-477: The Friday singles. Marti left the team on Friday with only three players available for the tie. Switzerland lost the tie 3-2 (despite Henri Laaksonen 's winning both his singles), and Marti was heavily criticized in Switzerland. The president of Swiss Tennis even stated that he would never tolerate Marti's presence on the team again and that he would prefer to play in the continental zone with serious people, than in

2538-535: The Geneva Palexpo established a new world record for the largest attendance at an indoor tennis event at that time (15,000 people). The tie was played on an extremely fast Taraflex court, which favoured the fast serving Marc Rosset against Brazilian players traditionally used to play on much slower clay courts. Brazil had shocked Germany and Italy in the previous rounds, both played in Brazil. The Swiss team

2632-502: The ITF voted to change the format of the competition from 2019 onwards, changing it to an 18-team event to happen at the end of the season, with 71% of ITF member federations voting in favour of the change. The new format, backed by footballer Gerard Piqué and Japanese businessman Hiroshi Mikitani , was likened to a world cup of tennis and was designed to be more attractive to sponsors and broadcasters. Opposing federations included those from Australia, Germany, and Great Britain. Support for

2726-485: The Qualifiers for the 2023 Finals opening a path back to the elite of world team tennis. Germany fielded Alexander Zverev (WR 14) and Wawrinka made his comeback for Switzerland on that occasion after a long absence. He eventually won the decisive rubber against Daniel Altmaier , securing Switzerland a 3-2 victory and a spot in the 2023 Finals. The other match hero was Marc-Andrea Hüsler who won against Zverev. This

2820-541: The Swiss team, Yann Marti (ATP 209) was called as a fifth player, acting as a sparring partner. He was allowed to wear the team uniform for the first time and to stay with the team the whole week. Both Federer and Wawrinka won their singles matches in straight sets and were first expected to play together in the doubles on Saturday. However, due to his fatigue after the US Open, Federer asked not to play in order to be fresh in case he needed to play on Sunday. Wawrinka played

2914-532: The U.S. the following summer, which would represent the first British lawn tennis "team" to compete in the U.S. Coincidentally, some weeks before Larned left for his British tour, the idea for an international competition was discussed also between leading figures in American lawn tennis—one of whom was tennis journalist E.P. Fischer—at a tournament in Niagara-on-the-Lake , Ontario. Dwight F. Davis

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3008-497: The US for the third consecutive year. Unfortunately it wasn't meant to be for Australia, this time losing 0–5 in Philadelphia . France were able to enact revenge in 1925 when they defeated Australia 3–1 in the inter-zonal final. The following few years would prove to be a lean spell for Australia, as they were either absent from the competition or were knocked out in the early rounds until they returned to form in 1933. Beginning

3102-413: The World Group for the 13th consecutive year – the third longest ongoing streak – before being relegated after losing 3–2 against the Czech Republic . Switzerland, with 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer and three-time Grand Slam champion and then-reigning Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka on the team, won its first Davis Cup title in 2014. Switzerland competed in its first Davis Cup in

3196-603: The World Group with Marti. Michael Lammer announced his retirement after the Belgium tie. The Swiss team secured its spot in the World Group by winning the play-off game against the Netherlands 4-1 in Geneva. Both Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka played the tie. They both needed to play one Davis Cup tie during the year in order to guarantee a spot in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In 2016, Switzerland faced Italy abroad for

3290-494: The World Group with a 3-2 win on home soil. Chiudinelli won both singles including the decisive fifth game. This was also his last game for the Swiss Davis Cup Team and he retired from professional tennis a few months later. In 2018, Switzerland got relegated for the first time after 2010. First with a loss to Kazakhstan abroad and to Sweden 3-2 at home. The Davis Cup format then changed as of 2019 and Switzerland

3384-494: The alias Australasia in a number of sports, including Davis Cup in the first couple of decades of the 20th century. Australian players began playing Davis Cup tennis in 1905 as a part of the Australasia Davis Cup team , which allowed players from New Zealand to compete on the same team. Despite players from New Zealand being eligible to represent Australasia, Anthony Wilding was the only New Zealander to play for

3478-656: The best British players against six of the best Americans, in a mixture of singles and doubles matches. This was discussed openly in two articles in the Chicago Tribune , but did not come to fruition. Nevertheless, the following summer, Great Britain—though not under the official auspices of the Lawn Tennis Association —sent three of its best players to compete in several US tournaments. Their relative poor performances convinced Dwight and other leading officials and figures in American lawn tennis that

3572-405: The challenge round for a consecutive 25 years, winning 16 titles and losing 9 times. This streak included earning the record for most consecutive titles with four. This accomplishment was achieved on three separate occasions, in 1950 to 1953, 1959 to 1962 and 1964 to 1967. Australia also recorded three consecutive titles between 1955 and 1957. The only decades that Australia didn't win the Davis Cup

3666-533: The clay court in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. The French team had no injury to report and prepared during 10 days on clay before the final. The captains nominated the following players: France: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (ATP 12), Gaël Monfils (ATP 19), Julien Benneteau (ATP 25), Richard Gasquet (ATP 26). Switzerland: Roger Federer (ATP 2), Stan Wawrinka (ATP 4), Marco Chiudinelli (ATP 212), Michael Lammer (ATP 508). Federer's injury triggered discussions about

3760-706: The completion of the 2017 meeting, the ledger stands at 26–21 in favour of the U.S. Australia qualified for the Davis Cup finals but did not advance past the group stage. They finished with an overall match record of 2–1. Venue: Memorial Drive Park Venue: Pala Alpitour Venue: Pala Alpitour Australia finished as Davis Cup finalists for the twentieth time. They finished with an overall match record of 5–2. Venue: Ken Rosewall Arena Venue: Am Rothenbaum Venue: Am Rothenbaum Venue: Am Rothenbaum Venue: José María Martín Carpena Arena Venue: José María Martín Carpena Arena Venue: José María Martín Carpena Arena Australia finished as Davis Cup finalists for

3854-439: The country where the last tie between the teams was not held. In case the two countries have not met since 1970, lots are drawn to determine the host country. Venues in the World Group must comply with certain minimum standards, including a minimum seating capacity as follows: Prior to each tie, the captain (non-playing coach appointed by the national association) nominates a squad of four players and decides who will compete in

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3948-585: The court 10 days before the final, while Federer and Wawrinka were playing in London on a hard court. Initially, the French team also evoked the possibility of organizing the final in one of their Overseas Territories to impose jet lag on Federer and Wawrinka, both playing the ATP World Tour Finals in London one week before the Davis Cup final. Gilles Simon mentioned the city of Nouméa in New Caledonia as

4042-571: The court. In 2021, the Swiss team led by Stricker and Laaksonen beat Estonia 5-0 in Biel in the World Group II. In 2022, Switzerland hosted Lebanon for the World Group I and won 3-1, qualifying for a World Group I final game in Ecuador, which they won 3-2 thanks to victories from Stricker, Hüsler and Ritschard in the decisive rubber. This victory earned the Swiss team a spot against Germany in

4136-433: The cup after India refused to travel to South Africa in protest of South Africa's apartheid policies. The following year saw the first actual final between two "outsider" nations, when Sweden beat Czechoslovakia 3–2, and since then, many other countries have gone on to capture the trophy. All contract professionals were not allowed to play in the Davis Cup until 1973. The tennis stars who turned professional prior to

4230-687: The decisive rubber against Martin Verkerk ). Switzerland recorded a convincing win against France in Toulouse during which Rosset and Federer showed their strength as a doubles team, and Federer outplayed Fabrice Santoro in the fourth rubber. For the semifinal, Switzerland had to travel to the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne to face Australia with Lleyton Hewitt , Mark Philippoussis , and doubles specialists Todd Woodbridge and Arthurs. After

4324-408: The defending champion was required to compete in all rounds, and the Davis Cup was awarded to the champion. Up until 1973 , the Davis Cup had only ever been won by the United States, Great Britain/British Isles, France and Australia/Australasia. Their domination was eventually broken in 1974 when South Africa and India made the final; however, the final was scratched and South Africa was awarded

4418-426: The doubles rubber: the two singles players, two other players (usually doubles specialists) or a combination. Each rubber is normally played as best of five sets . Since 2016 , all sets use a tiebreak at 6–6 if necessary (formerly, the fifth set usually had no tiebreaker, so play continued until one side won by two games e.g. 10–8). However, if a team has clinched the tie before all five rubbers have been completed,

4512-534: The doubles with Chiudinelli, and they lost in five sets to Fognini and Bolelli. This was the third defeat of the Wawrinka and Chiudinelli in three Davis Cup matches. They had already lost together against Italy in 2009. For the decisive rubber on Sunday, Roger Federer faced Fognini and won in straight sets, qualifying Switzerland for its second final. For the final against France, the Swiss team traveled to Villeneuve-d'Ascq , near Lille . The local football stadium,

4606-417: The expected wins of Hewitt against Kratochvil and Federer against Phlippoussis, the doubles appeared to be the turning point, very much like in the 1992 final. Federer and Rosset lost in five sets, and Federer then had to play Hewitt for survival. After Federer won the first two sets 7-5 and 6-2, Hewitt fought back and won the next three sets. This is still considered one of Federer's most painful defeats, and he

4700-474: The final round. Beginning in 1923 , the world's teams were split into two zones: the "America Zone" and the "Europe Zone". The winners of the two zones met in the Inter-Zonal Zone ("INZ") to decide which national team would challenge the defending champion for the cup. In 1955 a third zone, the "Eastern Zone", was added. Because there were three zones, the winner of one of the three zones received

4794-442: The first day's singles rubbers. However, in certain circumstances, the team captain may replace one or two of the players who played the singles on Friday by other players who were nominated for the tie. For example, if the tie has already been decided in favour of one of the teams, it is common for younger or lower-ranked team members to play the remaining dead rubbers in order for them to gain Davis Cup experience. Since 2011, if

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4888-480: The first round against a Serbian "B-Team" 3-2 in Novi Sad. The game was decided 3-0 after Chiudinelli and Lammer made the winning point in the doubles. For the quarterfinal, Switzerland faced Kazakhstan in Geneva. A poor performance by Wawrinka (lost his first singles and the doubles) almost caused the elimination of the Swiss team, so Federer played a deciding fifth rubber (after Wawrinka had regained his form to win

4982-469: The first round, without Federer and Wawrinka. The captain called Laaksonen, Chiudinelli, Bossel and a newcomer from Geneva, Antoine Bellier. Switzerland lost 5-0. Chiudinelli and Wawrinka were not called for the play-off in Uzbekistan, while Federer was taking a long break to recover from a knee injury, so that Switzerland had to play again with a B team, led by Laaksonen and Bellier. The tie was played on

5076-467: The first time since 1962 (for Laver) and since 1956 (for Rosewall). In 1981 , a tiered system of competition was created, in which the 16 best national teams compete in the World Group and all other national teams compete in one of four groups in one of three regional zones. In 1989 , the tiebreak was introduced into Davis Cup competition, and from 2016 it is used in all five sets. In 2018,

5170-430: The following players: Yann Marti (ATP no. 294), Adrien Bossel (ATP no. 324), Henri Laaksonen (ATP no. 344) and Michael Lammer (ATP no. 541). Marco Chiudinelli (ATP no. 226) was still recovering from an injury and was not called. This was the first selection for both Marti and Bossel. The tie was overshadowed by the decision of Yann Marti to leave the team after the captain had decided not to nominate him for

5264-523: The fourth rubber to clinch a Davis Cup final berth. In the final, Australia defeated Spain 3–1 in Melbourne Park in which Mark Philippoussis , with a torn pectoral muscle, defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in five sets. After Australia's 2003 win over Spain, Australia lost in the 2004 Davis Cup ; Sweden beat Australia 4–1. Australia then had to play a world group qualifying match against Morocco , which it won 4–1. Australia solidified its spot in

5358-704: The fourth rubber) against Golubev, which he won. With this victory, Federer succeeded Jakob Hlasek as the Swiss player with most singles wins (35). For the semifinal against Italy, a record attendance for a Swiss tennis game was set with 18,400 spectators in the Geneva Palexpo . Tickets sold out in less than three hours. Captains Severin Lüthi and Corrado Barazzutti called the following players: Switzerland: Roger Federer (ATP 3), Stan Wawrinka (ATP 4), Marco Chiudinelli (ATP 161), Michael Lammer (ATP 497). Italy: Fabio Fognini (ATP 17), Andreas Seppi (ATP 48), Simone Bolelli (ATP 76), Paolo Lorenzi (ATP 78). For

5452-648: The groups and the two best second places advancing to quarterfinals. The series between the teams in this stage will feature two singles matches and one doubles match, instead of the best-of-5 series, with the matches changing from best of 5 sets to best of 3. As the World Group will now take place as one single competition, this event has been named as the Davis Cup Finals. The lower zone groups I and II will be composed of single ties deciding promotion or relegation. Note: The total number of nations in Group One

5546-493: The idea, which was tentatively agreed, and he ordered an appropriate sterling silver punchbowl trophy from Shreve, Crump & Low , purchasing it from his own funds for about US$ 1,000. They in turn commissioned a classically styled design from William B. Durgin 's of Concord, New Hampshire , crafted by the Englishman Rowland Rhodes. Beyond donating a trophy for the competition, Davis's involvement in

5640-402: The incipient development of the team competition that came to bear his name was negligible, yet a persistent myth has emerged that Davis devised both the idea for an international tennis competition and its format of mixing singles and doubles matches. Research has shown this to be a myth, similar in its exaggeration of a single individual's efforts within a highly complex long-term development to

5734-521: The losing teams facing relegation to the next-lower group. The teams in Groups III and those in Group IV play a round-robin event with promotion and relegation. For the 2019 edition , the format of the cup is changed. The main modification is the World Group taking place at one location and in one week, with eighteen teams divided in six round-robin groups of three teams each, with the winners of

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5828-486: The myths of William Webb Ellis and Abner Doubleday , who have both been wrongly credited with inventing rugby and baseball, respectively. Davis nevertheless went on to become a prominent politician in the United States in the 1920s, serving as US Secretary of War from 1925 to 1929 and as Governor-General of the Philippines from 1929 to 1932. The first match, between the United States and Britain (competing as

5922-457: The particularity to have a playing captain in the person of 1992 Olympic champion and Davis Cup finalist Marc Rosset , who partnered Federer in the doubles against France (QF) and Australia (SF). The 2003 team further included Michel Kratochvil and George Bastl . The team had to play its three matches away from home. After a very tight first round in Arnhem, Netherlands ( Michel Kratochvil won

6016-449: The possible late nomination of a substitute. Yann Marti (ATP 227) was considered as a replacement, clay being his favourite type of surface. However, Federer's health improved, and no further nomination was made. Despite a good end of season (runner-up in the ATP 1000 Shanghai), Gilles Simon , who had a better ranking than Benneteau and Gasquet (ATP 21), was left out of the French team. This

6110-578: The reform was also mixed among current and former players, with some such as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal being in favour of the new format, but others such as Rod Laver , Lucas Pouille and Roger Federer being opposed. On 12 January 2023, the ITF announced that the partnership with the new promoter ends and that ITF is taking back the control of the event. Davis Cup games have been affected by political protests several times, especially in Sweden: Russia and Belarus were suspended after

6204-576: The remaining rubbers may be shortened to best of three sets, with a tiebreak if necessary to decide all three sets. In Group III and Group IV competitions, each tie consists only of three rubbers, which include two singles and one doubles rubber, which is played in a single day. The rubbers are in the best of three sets format, with a tie breaker if necessary to decide all three sets. (1981–2018) For more information, see ITF rankings Change since previous ranking update Switzerland Davis Cup team In 2007, Switzerland competed in

6298-563: The second consecutive year and thirteenth time overall. They finished with an overall match record of 4–2. Venue: Manchester Arena Venue: Manchester Arena Venue: Manchester Arena Venue: José María Martín Carpena Arena Venue: José María Martín Carpena Arena Venue: José María Martín Carpena Arena The following players were selected for the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group stage held in Valencia , Spain. Player information and rankings as of 10 September 2024 prior to

6392-554: The standard Davis Cup format, mixing single and doubles matches, and in 1895 England played against France in a national team competition. During Larned's tour of the British Isles in 1896, where he competed in several tournaments including the Wimbledon Championships , he was also a spectator for the annual England vs. Ireland match. He returned to exclaim that Britain had agreed to send a group of three to

6486-414: The start of the Open Era . The idea for an event pitting the best British and Americans in competition against one another was probably first conceived by James Dwight , the first president of the U.S. National Lawn Tennis Association when it formed in 1881. Desperate to assess the development of American players against the renowned British champions, he worked tirelessly to engage British officials in

6580-541: The summer of 1899, that four members of the Harvard University tennis team—Dwight Davis included—travelled across the States to challenge the best west-coast talent, and upon his return, it apparently occurred to Davis that if teams representing regions could arouse such great feelings, then why wouldn't a tennis event that pitted national teams in competition be just as successful. He approached James Dwight with

6674-618: The team while it existed. During this period, the team won the Davis Cup on six occasions in 1907 , 1908 , 1909 , 1911 , 1914 and 1919 . In 1920, Australasia lost in the challenge round to the United States Davis Cup team 0–5 at home in Auckland . The team then reached the final in 1921 before again making the challenge round in 1922. The team lost 1–4 against the United States, away in New York City . This

6768-421: The tie 3–2. Having both teams dominate the competition for 36 years, Australia and the United States have had an intense rivalry in Davis Cup. They have played each other in the Davis Cup final on 29 separate occasions, with Australia leading the head-to-head 15–14. The first Davis Cup final meeting was in 1908 in which Australia triumphed 3–2. In fact, Australia won the first three Davis Cup final ties between

6862-486: The tie in India for security concerns, so India advanced to the world group playoffs via forfeit. In the 2010 Davis Cup , Australia easily advanced through the Asia/Oceania playoffs with 5–0 defeats of Chinese Taipei and Japan . Australia then played a home tie against Belgium , losing 3–2. For the fourth year in a row, Australia started its 2011 Davis Cup campaign in the Asia/Oceania playoffs. Australia then advanced to

6956-421: The tie is the nation which wins three or more of the five rubbers in the tie. On the first day, the first two rubbers are singles , which are generally played by each nation's two best available singles players. On the second day, the doubles rubber is played. On the third day, the final two rubbers are typically reverse singles , in which the first-day contestants usually play again, but they swap opponents from

7050-431: The tie. On the day before play starts, the order of play for the first day is drawn at random. In the past, teams could substitute final day singles players only in case of injury or illness, verified by a doctor, but current rules permit the captain to designate any player to play the last two singles rubbers, provided that no first day matchup is repeated. There is no restriction on which of the playing team members may play

7144-574: The time was right for a properly sanctioned international competition. This was to be staged in Newcastle in July 1898, but the event never took place as the Americans could not field a sufficiently strong team. A reciprocal tour to the U.S. in 1899 amounted to just a single British player travelling overseas, as many of the players were involved in overseas armed conflicts. It was at this juncture, in

7238-562: The title for the United States with a four-set win against Hlasek. The fifth rubber between Andre Agassi and Marc Rosset was not played. Annoyed by Agassi's behaviour during the tie (especially some alleged verbal aggression against Hlasek), Rosset later stated that he was ready to "explode Agassi" in the fifth rubber and that this would have been the kind of game that would have excited him a lot. One year later, Rosset faced Agassi in Indian Wells and beat him. The Swiss team in 2003 had

7332-496: The top two seeds in the event. The losers of the first-round matches are sent to the World Group playoff round, where they play along with winners from Group I of the regional zones. The playoff round winners play in the World Group for the next year's competition, while the losers play in Group I of their respective regional zone. Each of the three regional zones is divided into four groups. Groups I and II play elimination rounds, with

7426-469: The tournament from the second round of the Europe Zone, they won three ties before losing to eventual champions, Great Britain in the Europe Zone final. They went one round further in 1934, losing 2–3 to the United States in the inter-zonal final. In 1936, Australia won three ties to set up a Challenge round Final against Great Britain. Great Britain made use of the home ground advantage, winning 3–2 at

7520-493: The tournament. There have been 19 Davis Cup captains since Australia's first participation in the event in 1905 (as Australasia). Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis . It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it

7614-415: The two nations, and an ensuing friendship between American William Larned and Irishman Harold Mahony spurred efforts to formalize an official team competition between the two nations. International competitions had been staged for some time before the first Davis Cup match in 1900. From 1892, England and Ireland had been competing in an annual national-team-based competition, similar to what would become

7708-476: The two, in the aforementioned 1908, 1909 and 1911 . The final Davis Cup meeting between the pair was in 1990 , in which the U.S. won 3–1. In recent years, the rivalry has waned, while the two teams had not played each other from 1999 to 2016, when Australia hosted the U.S. in Round 1 of the 2016 Cup. The two teams met again in the second round of the 2017 Davis Cup, which extended their total meetings to 47. As of

7802-524: The world group playoffs. Australia drew Serbia in Serbia for a world group playoff, and Serbia won 4–1 overall. The 2008 Davis Cup saw Australia beat Chinese Taipei 4–1 and Thailand 5–0. Australia then advanced to the world group playoffs, where it lost to Chile 3–2. In the 2009 Davis Cup , Australia beat Thailand 3–2, and the team was drawn to against India in Chennai. Australia refused to play

7896-629: The world's largest annual team sporting competition. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis" and the winners are referred to as the world champions. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States . By 2023 155 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful country over the history of the competition is the United States (winning 32 titles and finishing as runners-up 29 times). The most recent champions are Italy , who beat Netherlands to win their third title (and second consecutive one) in 2024 . The women's equivalent of

7990-510: Was allowed to play a qualifying round to try to access the new Davis Cup finals format. Switzerland lost against Russia at home and was confirmed as a relegated nation to Europa zone. On this occasion, team leader Laaksonen lost both his singles. Switzerland then competed in the Europe zone group I and lost abroad against Slovakia (3-1) after team leader Laaksonen again lost his two singles and the doubles, without showing any signs of rebellion. For

8084-475: Was in attendance at this tournament, and was thought to have got wind of the idea as it was discussed in the tournament's popular magazine, and Davis's name was mentioned as someone who might 'do something for the game ... put up some big prize, or cup'. Larned and Fischer met on several occasions that summer and discussed the idea of an international match to be held in Chicago the following summer, pitting six of

8178-424: Was in the 1920s, 1940s and 2010s. Australia was runner up eight times during the 1920s and 1940s. After the 1973 victory, Australia won the title another five times: 1977, 1983, 1986, 1999 and 2003 . From 1999 to 2003, Australia reached the final round four times and won in 1999 and 2003. In 2003, Lleyton Hewitt came back from two sets to love down against Roger Federer of Switzerland to win in five sets in

8272-402: Was mostly concerned about Jaime Oncins , who was featuring a 9-0 record in Davis Cup before the semifinal. Oncins had also reached the quarterfinals of the Olympics a few months earlier. Oncins did not win a single set in Geneva. The tie was decided after the doubles rubber with a straight-set win by Hlasek and Rosset against the experienced pair of Fernando Roese and Cássio Motta . The final

8366-523: Was played in Fort Worth, Texas . Switzerland fired their captain Roland Stadler after the semifinals for reasons which remain unclear. He was replaced by former player and multiple Swiss champion Tim Sturdza . Andre Agassi put the United States 1-0 ahead with a very clear win over Jakob Hlasek in which Hlasek only won a total of five games in three sets. Marc Rosset levelled the game with

8460-541: Was playing at the ATP Finals in London the week before and won the semifinal in a very tight match against Wawrinka, during which he injured his back. He subsequently withdrew from the final against Novak Djokovic , and he was unable to practice until the late evening of Wednesday before the final. This left Federer with very limited practice time for the transition from hard court (on which he played in Paris and London) to

8554-533: Was probably due to his bad previous results in Davis Cup and his inability to win decisive games in this competition. With Federer's fourth-round victory over Gasquet in the reverse singles rubber, Switzerland secured its first Davis Cup trophy. After winning the Davis Cup for the first time, titleholder Switzerland travelled to Belgium for the first round. Both Federer and Wawrinka announced that they would not play. Therefore, captain Severin Lüthi called

8648-516: Was still in tears many hours after the game. For the final, Switzerland would have faced Spain in the Bern Arena , which was already booked to receive the event. After its failure of 2003, Switzerland did not reach a semifinal until 2014 . The team's prospects rose considerably when Roger Federer declared himself available for the first round of the World Group against Serbia, which was without its best players: Novak Djokovic (exhausted after

8742-552: Was the first time the Swiss team won against Germany in Davis Cup. After years of absence, Switzerland came back to the elite of world tennis and participated in the 2023 Finals with Wawrinka and Stricker leading the team in singles. They faced long-time Davis Cup rival France, Great Britain and Australia in the Qualifiers held in Manchester. The overall result was disappointing. Switzerland lost all ties (0-3, 1-2, 0-3) scoring only one point (Wawrinka vs Norrie). The doubles team -

8836-637: Was the last ever tournament under the Australasia moniker before the nations began competing as separate entities. In the first tournament as the stand-alone Australia team, the side reached the challenge round, again losing 1–4 to the United States in New York City. The following year, Australia beat Japan 5–0 in the America Zone to qualify for the Inter-zonal final, where they defeated France 3–2 to set up another Challenge round rematch against

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