Davis Cup

Davis Cup
History of the Davis Cup Trophy
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Andy McCarthy
In the initial format for the Davis Cup tournament beginning in 1900, all competing teams would compete against one another to qualify to challenge the reigning champions in the final round. In order to accommodate the increase in the competition's number of participating teams over the years, however, the Davis Cup tournament began splitting into zones until the tournament for the actual Cup eventually became limited to the world's top sixteen tennis-playing nations each year, which make up the tournament's World Group, with the remaining nations being divided into four geographic zones to compete for future opportunities to become one...
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id=6324220 - Jun 03, 2011
Davis Cup Winners and Records
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Andy McCarthy
South Africa is the only nation in the history of the Davis Cup to have won the trophy without ever having to play a finals match on the tennis court - and has never actually competed in any finals round in the entire history of the Davis Cup competition. No country outside of the United States, France, Great Britain/British Isles, and Australia/Australasia had ever won the championship until 1974, when South Africa broke those four teams' domination over the tournament with its default win against India, whose team refused to compete against them in the final in protest against their apartheid policies. In the first rounds, Colombia had been victorious over the United States, and India had defeated Australia.
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id=6324231 - Jun 03, 2011
Evolution of the Davis Cup Tournament Breakdown
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Andy McCarthy
The Davis Cup takes place over the course of four weekends each year, with each elimination round being held in one of the competing countries as decided by the International Tennis Federation. Originally, when the Davis Cup began in 1900, all competing teams played one another to qualify to challenge the reigning champions in the final round. In order to accommodate the increase in the competition's number of participating teams over the years, however, the Davis Cup tournament began splitting into zones until the tournament for the actual Cup eventually became limited to the world's top sixteen tennis-playing nations...
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id=6321195 - Jun 02, 2011
History of Davis Cup Tournaments
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Andy McCarthy
The inaugural Davis Cup match took place in Brookline, Massachusetts, near Boston, at the Longwood Cricket Club in 1900 - and the American team won the first three matches. Dwight Davis won his singles match on day one, and together with Holcombe Ward conquered the doubles match on day two. That year, the teams were supposed to complete the remaining matches even though the United States had already secured its team's position as the winner of the cup.
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id=6324210 - Jun 03, 2011
Nikola 'Niki' Pilic - Mr Davis Cup
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Hijacinta Svabelj
Novak Djokovic, Viktor Troicki, Janko Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic became national heroes after they won first Davis Cup trophy for Serbia, defeating France in the final of the oldest international men's tennis competition. However, there is a man behind this great success and his name is Nikola Pilic. This former Novak Djokovic's coach, working with Serbia Davis Cup team in the advisor role, became the only tennis expert to win this trophy five times, for three different countries - Germany, Croatia and now Serbia.
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id=5513055 - Dec 07, 2010
Tennis: The Davis Cup
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Paulo Walsh
Tennis is known for being an individual sport but the Davis Cup offers a team event that has steadily grown to become a massive event with over 130 nations taking part. The competition is now over 100 years old with the inaugural event taking place between the USA and Great Britain in 1900.
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id=7679531 - Apr 29, 2013
An Overview of the Teams Competing Against Each Other in the Davis Cup Quarter Finals This Year
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V Kullar
The ex- Yugoslavian republics Croatia and Serbian, battle against each other in the Davis Cup Quarterfinals this weekend. The other quarter final matches will take place in between France and Spain, the two time defending champ in Clermont-Ferrand, while Argentina plays Russia in Moscow and Czech Republic, the 2009 champion battles against Chile. Krunoslav Borovec, the Croatian Interior Ministry spokesperson, conformed that over 1000 fans are likely to cheer for Serbia according to which the security will be prearranged.
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id=4757137 - Jul 28, 2010
Davis Cup Origins
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Andy McCarthy
The Davis Cup, originally called the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and organized by the International Tennis Federation, began at the start of the 20th century as a tennis challenge between the greatest male players from Great Britain versus the greatest male players of the United States in the year 1900. Today, countries all over the world compete in a knock-out format for the 111 year old honor. The most legendary players associated with the game of tennis have represented their countries by partaking in this prestigious competition - among them Bill Tilden, Fred Perry, Arthur Ashe, Boris Becker, and Pete...
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id=6321203 - Jun 02, 2011
Davis Cup - Spain Captures Their Third Title at Mar Del Plata
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Ally White
The Spanish team defeated in an amazing way the host team Argentina at the Davis Cup and captured their third title in a decade. Fernando Verdasco won the tournament final on Sunday when he beat in 3 hours and 56 minutes the Argentinean Jose Acasuso in five sets 6-3, 6-7(3), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, giving Spain a 3-1 lead and the title of the Davis Cup.
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id=1733278 - Nov 26, 2008
Spain Will Host USA In Madrid For The Davis Cup Semifinal
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Mariangeles Claros
The president of the Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) Pedro Muñoz, has confirmed that the soon coming Davis Cup semifinal will take place in the capital city of Spain. Benidorm, Gijon, Madrid and Santa Cruz de Tenerife were announced as the four cities chosen from the initial ten cities that bid to host the tie. Barcelona, Jerez de la Frontera, Malaga, Marbella, Murcia and Santander were the unsuccessful cities.
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