Davis Cup 227983 225507564 2008-07-14T01:39:06Z Mayumashu 203494 /* Team */ {{Infobox sports league | current_season = 2008 Davis Cup | logo = Davis_Cup.jpg | pixels = 125px | sport = [[Tennis]] | founded = 1900 | teams = 16 (World Group)<br />137 (2007 total) | country = [[International Tennis Federation|ITF]] member nations | champion = {{davis|USA}} }} <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Hoad and Rosewall with Davis Cup 1953.jpg|thumb|The great Australians [[Lew Hoad]] and [[Ken Rosewall]] with the Cup in [[1953 Davis Cup|1953]]]] --> The '''Davis Cup''' is the premier international team event in men's [[tennis]]. The largest annual international team competition in sport<ref name="history">[http://www.daviscup.com/about/history/ Davis Cup history]</ref>, the Davis Cup is run by the [[International Tennis Federation]] (ITF) and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in [[1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1900]] as a challenge between the [[United States Davis Cup team|United States]] and [[Great Britain Davis Cup team|Great Britain]]. In [[2005 Davis Cup|2005]], 134 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful countries over the history of the tournament are the United States (winning 32 tournaments and finishing as runners-up 29 times) and [[Australia Davis Cup team|Australia]] (winning 23 times and finishing second 18 times and also winning on four occasions with New Zealand under the name 'Australasia'). The women's equivalent of the Davis Cup is the [[Fed Cup]]. ==History== The tournament was conceived in 1899 by four members of the [[Harvard University]] tennis team who wished to challenge the British to a tennis competition. Once their respective lawn tennis associations agreed, one of the four Harvard players, [[Dwight F. Davis]], designed a tournament format and ordered an appropriate sterling silver trophy from [[Shreve, Crump & Low]], purchasing it from his own funds. They in turn commissioned a classically-styled design from [[William B. Durgin Company|William B. Durgin]]'s of [[Concord, New Hampshire]], crafted by the Englishman [[Rowland Rhodes]]<ref name="maker">Evans, R.: ''[http://www.daviscup.com/about/history/silvercup.asp The Davis Cup: Celebrating 100 Years of International Tennis]'', ITF, 1999. URL last accessed [[2007-09-05]]</ref>. Davis went on to become a prominent politician in the [[United States]] in the 1920s, serving as [[United States Secretary of War|US Secretary of War]] from 1925-29 and as [[Governor-General of the Philippines|Governor-General]] of the [[Philippines]] from 1929-32. The first match, between the [[United States Davis Cup team|United States]] and [[Great Britain Davis Cup team|Great Britain]] was held at the [[Longwood Cricket Club]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] in [[1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1900]]. The American team, of which Dwight Davis was a part, surprised the British by winning the first three matches. The following year the two countries did not compete but the US won the next match in [[1902 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1902]]. By [[1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1905]] the tournament expanded to include [[Belgium Davis Cup team|Belgium]], [[Austria Davis Cup team|Austria]], [[France Davis Cup team|France]], and [[Australia Davis Cup team|Australasia]], a combined team from [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] that competed together until [[1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1914]]. The tournament was initially titled the '''International Lawn Tennis Challenge''' although it soon became known as the Davis Cup, after Dwight Davis' trophy. From [[1950 Davis Cup|1950]] to [[1967 Davis Cup|1967]], Australia dominated the competition, winning the Cup 15 times in 18 years. The United States has won the event the most times (32), followed by Australia (24 [28 including Australasia]), France and Great Britain (9 each)[includes 5 for the British Isles], Sweden (7), and Australasia (4). Up until [[1973 Davis Cup|1973]], the Davis Cup had only ever been won by the United States, Great Britain, France and Australia/Australasia. This dominance is what led to each of the 4 nations to host a Grand Slam. Their domination was eventually broken in [[1974 Davis Cup|1974]], when [[South Africa Davis Cup team|South Africa]] and [[India Davis Cup team|India]] qualified for the final. India refused to play in the final that year in protest against the South African government's [[apartheid]] policies, thus handing South Africa a [[walkover|walk-over victory]]. (As of 2006, South Africa has never actually ''played'' a single Davis Cup finals match). [[1975 Davis Cup|The following year]] saw the first final ''played'' between two "outsider" nations, with [[Sweden Davis Cup team|Sweden]] beating [[Czech Republic Davis Cup team|Czechoslovakia]] 3-2, and since then, several other countries have gone on to capture the trophy. On the 100th anniversary of the tournament's founding, 129 nations competed for the Davis Cup. ==Format== [[Image:Davis Cup Roland Garros.jpg|thumb|right|Monument to the Davis Cup at [[Stade Roland Garros]].]] {{main|Davis Cup structure}} ===Tournament=== The world's 16 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 the other four groups and 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. 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 16 national teams. Teams in the World Group play a four-round elimination tournament. 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 the top two seeds in the tournament. 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 tournament, 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 the losing teams facing relegation to the next-lower group. The teams in Groups III and those in Group IV play a [[round-robin tournament]] with promotion and relegation. ===Previous Tournament Structure=== When competition began in [[1900 Davis Cup|1900]], the Davis Cup competition was played as a challenge cup. All teams competed against one another for the right to face the previous year's champion in the final round, and the previous year's champion (the "defending champion") advanced directly to the current year's final round. Beginning in [[1923 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|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 Davis Cup|1955]], a third zone, the "Eastern Zone", was added. Because there were three zones, the winner of one of the three zones received a bye in the first round of the INZ challenger rounds. In [[1966 Davis Cup|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. Beginning in [[1972 Davis Cup|1972]], the format was changed from a challenge cup, so that the defending champion was required to compete in all rounds, and the Davis Cup was awarded to the tournament champion. In [[1981 Davis Cup|1981]], the tiered system of competition was created, which remains in use today, and in which the 16 best national teams compete in the World Group and in which all other national teams compete in one of the four groups in one of the three regional zones. ===Ties=== The Davis Cup competition uses two words with unique meanings: tie and rubber. The word ''tie'' originated in other cup competitions to mean an elimination (or ''knockout'') round. In the Davis Cup competition, a "tie" does not mean a ''draw'' or when competitors' scores are equal; instead, a "tie" means a round of competition. Similarly, in the Davis Cup, the word ''rubber'' means an individual match. Thus, "tie" means a round, and "rubber" means a match. In the annual World Group competition, 16 nations compete in 8 first-round ties ("rounds"); the 8 winners compete 4 quarter-final-round ties; the 4 winners compete in 2 seimifinal-round ties; and the 2 winners compete in the final round tie. Each tie consists of 5 rubbers ("matches"), which are played in 3 days (usually on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). The winner of the tie is the nation which wins 3 or more of the 5 rubbers in the tie. On the first day, the first 2 rubbers are [[singles (tennis)|singles]], which are generally played by each nation's 2 best available singles players. On the second day, the [[doubles (tennis)|doubles]] rubber is played. On the third day, the final 2 rubbers are typically ''reverse singles'', in which the first-day contestants usually play again, but they swap opponents from 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 rubber|dead-rubber]]s'' in order for them to gain Davis Cup experience. Prior to each tie, the captain of each nation nominates a squad of four players and decides who will compete in 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 the doubles rubber: the two singles players, two other players (usually doubles specialists) or a combination. Each rubber is normally played in a best-of-5 [[Tennis score#Scoring a set|set]]. The first four sets use a [[Tennis score#Scoring a tiebreak game|tiebreak]] if necessary, but the fifth set usually has no tiebreaker, so play continues until one side wins by two games (e.g. 10-8). However, if a team has clinched the tie ("round") before all 5 rubbers ("matches") have been completed, the remaining rubbers may be shortened to the best-of-3-sets, with a tie breaker if necessary to decide all three sets. In Group III and Group IV competition, each tie ("round") consists only of 3 rubbers ("matches"), which include 2 singles and one doubles rubber, which is played in a single day. The rubbers are in the best-of-3-set format, with a tie breaker if necessary to decide all three sets. ==Records and statistics== ===Team=== {{ details|Detailed list of Davis Cup champions}} {| border="2" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size: 95%; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! width=14%|Country !! width=43%|Years Won !! width=43%|Runners Up |- | {{davis|USA}} || '''[[1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1900]], [[1902 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1902]], [[1913 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1913]], [[1920 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1920]], [[1921 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1921]], [[1922 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1922]], [[1923 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1923]], [[1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1924]], [[1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1925]], [[1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1926]], [[1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1937]], [[1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1938]], [[1946 Davis Cup|1946]], [[1947 Davis Cup|1947]], [[1948 Davis Cup|1948]], [[1949 Davis Cup|1949]], [[1954 Davis Cup|1954]], [[1958 Davis Cup|1958]], [[1963 Davis Cup|1963]], [[1968 Davis Cup|1968]], [[1969 Davis Cup|1969]], [[1970 Davis Cup|1970]], [[1971 Davis Cup|1971]], [[1972 Davis Cup|1972]], [[1978 Davis Cup|1978]], [[1979 Davis Cup|1979]], [[1981 Davis Cup|1981]], [[1982 Davis Cup|1982]], [[1990 Davis Cup|1990]], [[1992 Davis Cup|1992]], [[1995 Davis Cup|1995]], [[2007 Davis Cup|2007]] (32) ||[[1903 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1903]], [[1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1905]], [[1906 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1906]], [[1908 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1908]], [[1909 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1909]], [[1911 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1911]], [[1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1914]], [[1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1927]], [[1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1928]], [[1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1929]], [[1930 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1930]], [[1932 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1932]], [[1934 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1934]], [[1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1935]], [[1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1939]], [[1950 Davis Cup|1950]], [[1951 Davis Cup|1951]], [[1952 Davis Cup|1952]], [[1953 Davis Cup|1953]], [[1955 Davis Cup|1955]], [[1956 Davis Cup|1956]], [[1957 Davis Cup|1957]], [[1959 Davis Cup|1959]], [[1964 Davis Cup|1964]], [[1973 Davis Cup|1973]], [[1984 Davis Cup|1984]], [[1991 Davis Cup|1991]], [[1997 Davis Cup|1997]], [[2004 Davis Cup|2004]] (29) |- | {{davis|AUS}}/ <br>{{davis|Australasia}}* || '''[[1907 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1907]]*, [[1908 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1908]]*, [[1909 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1909]]*, [[1911 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1911]]*, [[1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1914]]*, [[1919 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1919]], [[1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1939]], [[1950 Davis Cup|1950]], [[1951 Davis Cup|1951]], [[1952 Davis Cup|1952]], [[1953 Davis Cup|1953]], [[1955 Davis Cup|1955]], [[1956 Davis Cup|1956]], [[1957 Davis Cup|1957]], [[1959 Davis Cup|1959]], [[1960 Davis Cup|1960]], [[1961 Davis Cup|1961]], [[1962 Davis Cup|1962]], [[1964 Davis Cup|1964]], [[1965 Davis Cup|1965]], [[1966 Davis Cup|1966]], [[1967 Davis Cup|1967]], [[1973 Davis Cup|1973]], [[1977 Davis Cup|1977]], [[1983 Davis Cup|1983]], [[1986 Davis Cup|1986]], [[1999 Davis Cup|1999]], [[2003 Davis Cup|2003]] (28) ||[[1912 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1912]]*, [[1920 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1920]], [[1922 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1922]], [[1923 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1923]], [[1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1924]], [[1936 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1936]], [[1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1938]], [[1946 Davis Cup|1946]], [[1947 Davis Cup|1947]], [[1948 Davis Cup|1948]], [[1949 Davis Cup|1949]], [[1954 Davis Cup|1954]], [[1958 Davis Cup|1958]], [[1963 Davis Cup|1963]], [[1968 Davis Cup|1968]], [[1990 Davis Cup|1990]], [[1993 Davis Cup|1993]], [[2000 Davis Cup|2000]], [[2001 Davis Cup|2001]] (19) |- | {{davis|GBR}} / British Isles || '''[[1903 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1903]], [[1904 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1904]], [[1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1905]], [[1906 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1906]], [[1912 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1912]], [[1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1933]], [[1934 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1934]], [[1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1935]], [[1936 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1936]] (9) ||[[1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1900]], [[1902 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1902]], [[1907 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1907]], [[1913 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1913]], [[1919 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1919]], [[1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1931]], [[1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1937]], [[1978 Davis Cup|1978]] (8) |- | {{davis|FRA}} || '''[[1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1927]], [[1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1928]], [[1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1929]], [[1930 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1930]], [[1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1931]], [[1932 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1932]], [[1991 Davis Cup|1991]], [[1996 Davis Cup|1996]], [[2001 Davis Cup|2001]] (9) || [[1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1925]], [[1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1926]], [[1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1933]], [[1982 Davis Cup|1982]], [[1999 Davis Cup|1999]], [[2002 Davis Cup|2002]] (6) |- | {{davis|SWE}} || '''[[1975 Davis Cup|1975]], [[1984 Davis Cup|1984]], [[1985 Davis Cup|1985]], [[1987 Davis Cup|1987]], [[1994 Davis Cup|1994]], [[1997 Davis Cup|1997]], [[1998 Davis Cup|1998]] (7) || [[1983 Davis Cup|1983]], [[1986 Davis Cup|1986]], [[1988 Davis Cup|1988]], [[1989 Davis Cup|1989]], [[1996 Davis Cup|1996]] (5) |- | {{davis|GER}}/West Germany* || '''[[1988 Davis Cup|1988]]*, [[1989 Davis Cup|1989]]*, [[1993 Davis Cup|1993]] (3) || [[1970 Davis Cup|1970]]*, [[1985 Davis Cup|1985]]* (2) |- | {{flagicon|ESP|1939}}/{{flagicon|ESP|1977}}/{{davis|ESP}} || '''[[2000 Davis Cup|2000]], [[2004 Davis Cup|2004]] (2) || [[1965 Davis Cup|1965]], [[1967 Davis Cup|1967]], [[2003 Davis Cup|2003]] (3) |- | {{davis|RUS}} || '''[[2002 Davis Cup|2002]], [[2006 Davis Cup|2006]] (2) || [[1994 Davis Cup|1994]], [[1995 Davis Cup|1995]], [[2007 Davis Cup|2007]] (3) |- | {{flagicon|ITA|old}}/{{davis|ITA}} || '''[[1976 Davis Cup|1976]] (1) || [[1960 Davis Cup|1960]], [[1961 Davis Cup|1961]], [[1977 Davis Cup|1977]], [[1979 Davis Cup|1979]], [[1980 Davis Cup|1980]], [[1998 Davis Cup|1998]] (6) |- | {{davis|TCH}} || '''[[1980 Davis Cup|1980]] (1) || [[1975 Davis Cup|1975]] (1) |- | {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}}/{{davis|RSA}} || '''[[1974 Davis Cup|1974]] (1) || (0) |- | {{davis|CRO}} || '''[[2005 Davis Cup|2005]] (1) || (0) |- | {{davis|IND}} || (0) || [[1966 Davis Cup|1966]], [[1974 Davis Cup|1974]], [[1987 Davis Cup|1987]] (3) |- | {{flagicon|ROM|1965}}/{{davis|ROU}} || (0) || [[1969 Davis Cup|1969]], [[1971 Davis Cup|1971]], [[1972 Davis Cup|1972]] (3) |- | {{davis|ARG}} || (0) || [[1981 Davis Cup|1981]], [[2006 Davis Cup|2006]] (2) |- | {{davis|BEL}} || (0) || [[1904 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1904]] (1) |- | {{davis|JPN}} || (0) || [[1921 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1921]] (1) |- | {{davis|MEX}} || (0) || [[1962 Davis Cup|1962]] (1) |- | {{davis|CHI}} || (0) || [[1976 Davis Cup|1976]] (1) |- | {{davis|SUI}} || (0) || [[1992 Davis Cup|1992]] (1) |- | {{davis|SVK}} || (0) || [[2005 Davis Cup|2005]] (1) |} *'''Consecutive titles''' **All-time: 7, [[United States Davis Cup team|United States]], [[1920 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1920]]-[[1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1926]] **Post-Challenge Round: 2; [[United States Davis Cup team|United States]], [[1978 Davis Cup|'78]]-[[1979 Davis Cup|'79]], [[1981 Davis Cup|'81]]-[[1982 Davis Cup|'82]]; [[Sweden Davis Cup team|Sweden]], [[1984 Davis Cup|'84]]-[[1985 Davis Cup|'85]], [[1997 Davis Cup|'97]]-[[1998 Davis Cup|'98]]; [[Germany Davis Cup team|West Germany]], [[1988 Davis Cup|'88]]-[[1989 Davis Cup|'89]] *'''Consecutive finals appearances''' **All-time: 25, [[Australia Davis Cup team|Australia]], [[1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|1938]]-[[1968 Davis Cup|1968]] **Post-Challenge Round: 7, [[Sweden Davis Cup team|Sweden]], [[1983 Davis Cup|1983]]-[[1989 Davis Cup|1989]] *'''Most number of games in a tie''' **All-time: 327, [[India Davis Cup team|India]] 3-2 [[Australia Davis Cup team|Australia]], [[1974 Davis Cup|1974]] Eastern Zone final **World Group (before tiebreak): 281, [[Paraguay Davis Cup team|Paraguay]] 3-2 [[France Davis Cup team|France]], [[1985 Davis Cup|1985]] first round **World Group (since tiebreak): 281, [[Romania Davis Cup team|Romania]] 3-2 [[Ecuador Davis Cup team|Ecuador]], [[2003 Davis Cup|2003]] World Group play-offs ===Individual=== *'''Youngest player''' **[[Mohammed-Akhtar Hossain]]; [[Bangladesh Davis Cup team|Bangladesh]]; 13 years, 326 days<sup>1</sup> *'''Oldest player''' **[[Yaka-Garonfin Koptigan]]; [[Togo Davis Cup team|Togo]]; 59 years, 147 days *'''Most rubbers played''' **164, [[Nicola Pietrangeli]], [[Italy Davis Cup team|Italy]] *'''Most ties played''' **67, [[Domenico Vicini]], [[San Marino Davis Cup team|San Marino]] [http://www.daviscup.com/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=14218] *'''Most rubbers won''' **Total: 120, [[Nicola Pietrangeli]], [[Italy Davis Cup team|Italy]] **Singles: 78, [[Nicola Pietrangeli]], [[Italy Davis Cup team|Italy]] **Doubles: 42, [[Nicola Pietrangeli]], [[Italy Davis Cup team|Italy]] <small><sup>1</sup>Players must now be aged 14 and over</small> ==Current ITF rankings== {| border="2" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size: 95%; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Rank !! Nation !! Points !! Previous !! Rank !! Nation !! Points !! Previous |- | '''1''' || {{davis|RUS}} || align="right"| 32,987.50 || <small>1</small> || '''11 || {{davis|CZE}} || 4,721.88 || <small>11</small> |- | '''2''' || {{davis|USA}} || align="right"| 32,167.50 || <small>2</small> || '''12 || {{davis|BEL}} || 3,126.56 || <small>12</small> |- | '''3''' || {{davis|ARG}} || align="right"| 17,786.25 || <small>3</small> || '''13 || {{davis|KOR}} || 2,862.50 || <small>13</small> |- | '''4'''|| {{davis|ESP}} || align="right"| 14,368.75 || <small>6</small> || '''14 || {{davis|ROU}} || 2,768.75 || <small>15</small> |- | '''5''' || {{davis|CRO}} || align="right"| 11,798.13 || <small>4</small> || '''15 || {{davis|AUT}} || 2,512.50 || <small>19</small> |- | '''6''' || {{davis|SWE}} || align="right"| 9,059.38 || <small>7</small> || '''16 || {{davis|ISR}} || 2,469.38 || <small>17</small> |- | '''7'''|| {{davis|GER}} || align="right"| 8,958.13 || <small>5</small> || '''17 || {{davis|SUI}} || 2,462.50 || <small>25</small> |- | '''8''' || {{davis|SVK}} || align="right"| 5,997.50 || <small>9</small> || '''18 || {{davis|SRB}} || 2,400.63 || <small>14</small> |- | '''9''' || {{davis|FRA}} || align="right"| 5,750.00 || <small>8</small> || '''19 || {{davis|CHI}} || 2,395.00 || <small>22</small> |- | '''10''' || {{davis|AUS}} || align="right"| 5,100.00 || <small>10</small> || '''20 || {{davis|PER}} || 2,392.50 || <small>18</small> |} <small>[http://www.daviscup.com/ranking/current.asp Complete rankings] as of [[April 14]] [[2008]]</small> == References == {{reflist}} ==See also== * [[Davis Cup structure]] * [[Detailed list of Davis Cup champions]] * [[International Tennis Federation]] * [[Fed Cup]] * [[Hopman Cup]] ==External links== * [http://www.daviscup.com Official Davis Cup website] {{Davis Cup}} {{Main world championships}} [[Category:1900 establishments]] [[Category:Davis Cup| ]] [[Category:Tennis tournaments]] [[zh-min-nan:Davis Cup]] [[bs:Davis Cup]] [[bg:Купа Дейвис]] [[ca:Copa Davis de tennis]] [[cs:Davis Cup]] [[da:Davis Cup]] [[de:Davis Cup]] [[et:Davis Cup]] [[el:Κύπελλο Ντέιβις]] [[es:Copa Davis]] [[eu:Davis Kopa]] [[fr:Coupe Davis]] [[gl:Copa Davis]] [[ko:데이비스컵]] [[hi:डेविस कप]] [[hr:Davisov kup]] [[it:Coppa Davis]] [[he:גביע דייוויס]] [[kaa:Devis kubogi]] [[lb:Davis Cup]] [[hu:Davis-kupa]] [[mr:डेव्हिस करंडक]] [[nl:Davis Cup]] [[ja:デビスカップ]] [[no:Davis Cup]] [[pl:Puchar Davisa]] [[pt:Copa Davis]] [[ro:Cupa Davis]] [[ru:Кубок Дэвиса]] [[sk:Davisov pohár]] [[sl:Davisov pokal]] [[sr:Дејвис куп]] [[sh:Davis Cup]] [[fi:Davis Cup]] [[sv:Davis Cup]] [[uk:Кубок Девіса]] [[zh:台維斯盃]]