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United States Davis Cup team

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Current ranking
  
11 1

Appearances
  
33 (60–26)

Captain
  
Jim Courier

Highest ranking
  
1 (2008)

Most total wins
  
John McEnroe (59–10)

Location
  
United States of America

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Best result
  
Champions, (1900, 1902, 1913, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2007)

Runners-up
  
29 (1903, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1973, 1984, 1991, 1997, 2004)

The United States of America's Davis Cup Team represents the United States in Davis Cup tennis competition, and is governed by the United States Tennis Association.

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The U.S. competed in the very first Davis Cup in 1900, when a group of Harvard University students challenged the British. They are the most successful Davis Cup team ever to compete in the Davis Cup, winning the coveted Davis Cup title on 32 separate occasions closely followed by Australia on 28.

History

The U.S. Davis Cup Team won the very first Davis Cup title in 1900. Their most recent win was in 2007, defeating Russia in the final.

The United States played in the World Group in all but one year (1988) since it was created in 1981, sharing this record with the Czech Republic, and holds the record for ongoing consecutive years in the World Group at 27 as of 2015.

Current squad

*Rankings as of 16 January 2017

Recent performances

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1981, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.

Statistics

The statistics reflect results since the 1981 Davis Cup, and are up-to-date as of the 2013 Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals.

Record
  • Champion: 6 times (4 times at home, 2 times away)
  • Runner-up: 4 times
  • Lost in Semifinals: 8 times
  • Lost in Quarterfinals: 6 times
  • Lost in First Round: 8 times
  • Not in World Group: 1 time
  • Home and away record
  • Performance at home (47 match-ups): 40–7 (85.11%)
  • Performance away (40 match-ups): 28–21 (57.14%)
  • Total: 68–28 (70.83%)
  • Only 7 home losses: Croatia: 2–3 (2005, R1; 2016, QF), Great Britain: 1–3 (2014, R1), Australia: 1–4 (1999, QF), Italy: 1–4 (1998, SF), Spain: 1–3 (2011, QF), Serbia: 1–3 (2013, QF)

    Head-to-head record (1981–)
  • Has a losing record against only 5 nations: Croatia (0–4), West Germany (0–3), Great Britain (1–2), Serbia (0–2), and Spain (3–5).
  • Has never played against 9 countries which, at one point or another, played in the World Group: Canada, Denmark, Indonesia, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea, Soviet Union, SFR Yugoslavia.
  • Record against continents
    Record by decade
  • 2010–2019: 5–5 (50.00%)
  • 2000–2009: 16–9 (64.00%)
  • 1990–1999: 24–7 (77.42%)
  • 1981–1989: 16–6 (72.73%)
  • References

    United States Davis Cup team Wikipedia