Davis Cup Tennis Tournament Trivia
Dwight Davis, the man who gave his name to the Davis Cup was not only a great tennis player, but also a senior politician in the United States. Davis served terms as the Secretary of War and the Secretary General of the Philippines before his death in 1945.- The United States has captured nearly one third of the Davis Cup titles since the tournament’s inception in 1900, three more than Australia. Together these two teams have won more Davis Cup titles than the other 10 Davis Cup winning nations put together.
- The United States also hold the record for the most consecutive Davis Cup victories, winning the Davis Cup tennis tournament six times from 1920 to 1926. France ended this run in 1927, and almost came close to bettering it with six consecutive titles. Unfortunately France failed at the last hurdle as Great Britain put them to the sword in the 1933 final before going on their own four title romp.
- Australia are honoured with an astounding snippet of Davis Cup trivia. The team made 27 consecutive appearances in Davis Cup finals from 1938-1968, a virtually unbeatable feat.
- The Great Britain team have the distinction of appearing in every Davis Cup in the history of the tournament, appearing in the finals 17 times and winning it on 8 of these occasions.
- Bjorn Borg holds the record for winning the most consecutive Davis Cup matches. The Swede won 33 matches in a row between 1973 and 1980.
- In 1974 India played Australia in a 5 match tie. During the five games the two teams contested an incredible 327 games of tennis, averaging 64 games per match.
- In one exhausting match in 1982, Canadian Harry Fritz and Venezuelan Jorge Andrew played 100 games over 5 sets. Harry Fritz won by the narrowest of margins, having won 51 of the games. The longest game was played between John McEnroe and Matts Wilander, their 79 game match lasted almost six and a half hours.
- In 2001 Togo produced an interesting piece of Davis Cup trivia when they fielded a 59 year old player. Yaka-Garonfin Koptigan played one game against Mauritus, which he lost.
- The fastest serve on record in the game of tennis was hit at the Davis Cup tennis tournament semi-final in 2004 when America’s Andy Roddick smashed a 155mph/249.4kph serve at Vladimir Voltchkov.
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