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NATION RECORDS
Most Davis Cup titles won
32 USA
Most consecutive Davis Cup titles won
7 - USA (1920-26)
Longest Run of wins (ties)
17 - USA (May 1968 to November 1973)
Longest Run of wins (home tie)
28 Italy(1949-1964)
Longest Run of wins (rubbers)
28 Australia (July 1955 to December 1957)
Most Comebacks from 0-2 down
5 Sweden
Comebacks from 0-2 down in a final
1939-Australia d. USA 3-2 See Results
Most Ties Played in a Year
8 Spain - 1965
Ever Present
Great Britain has contested every Davis Cup competition.
Best Performance by an unseeded nation in the World Group
Croatia became the first unseeded nation to win the Davis Cup in 2005. Eight other unseeded nations have reached the final: France (1982), Germany (1985), India (1987), Australia (1990), Switzerland (1992), Australia (1993), Russia (1994), Slovak Republic (2005).
PLAYER RECORDS
Most rubbers won
120 - Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)
Most rubbers won (singles)
78 - Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)
Most rubbers won (doubles)
42 - Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)
Most rubbers won by a doubles team
34 - Nicola Pietrangeli/Orlando Sirola (ITA)
Most rubbers played
164 - Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)
Singles win-loss: 78-32; Doubles win-loss: 42-12
Most ties played
78 - Domenico Vicini (SMR)
Most finals played
11 Bill Tilden (USA)
Most times on a winning team
8 Roy Emerson (AUS)
Longest winning streak (singles)
33 Bjorn Borg (SWE), May 1973 - June 1980
Longest winning streak (doubles)
22 Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes (IND) February 1997 - ongoing (as at 9 March 2009)
Best Davis Cup Five-Set Record (Most Wins)
Singles: 13-4 Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)
Doubles: 8-2 Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
Overall: 19-9 Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)
Youngest Player
13 years, 326 days - Mohammed-Akhtar Hossain (BAN)
2003 - Asia/Oceania Group IV Round Robin, Bangladesh v Myanmar
*(Players must now be aged 14 and over)
World Group(Singles)- 16 years, 321 days - Mats Wilander (SWE)- 1981 quarterfinal vs. Australia.
(Doubles)- 16 years, 313 days - Goran Ivanisevic (YUG/CRO)- 1988 semifinal vs Germany.
Youngest Player in a Davis Cup Final
17 years, 177 days - John Alexander (AUS)
1968 Davis Cup Final - USA d. Australia 4-1
Oldest Player
59 years, 147 days - Yaka-Garonfin Koptigan (TOG)
2001 Europe/Africa Group III relegation play-off, Togo v Mauritius
World Group(Singles)- 37 years, 220 days - Ilie Nastase (ROU)- 1984 first round vs. USA.
(Doubles)- 39 years, 148 days - Paul Haarhuis (NED)- 2005 quarterfinal vs Sloavk Republic.
Oldest Player in a Davis Cup Final
43 years, 48 days - Norman Brookes (AUS)
1920 Davis Cup Final USA d. AUS 5-0
Youngest captain
19 years, 9 days - Maurice McLoughlin (USA)
1909 Davis Cup Final - Australasia d. USA 5-0
Oldest captain
71 years, 107 days - Perry Jones(USA)
1959 Davis Cup Final - Australia d. USA 3-2
Most titles won by a captain
16 Harry Hopman (AUS)
GENERAL RECORDS
Most number of games in a tie
All-time:
327 - India d. Australia 3-2, 1974 Eastern Zone Final - See Results
World Group (since 1981):
281 - Paraguay d. France 3-2, 1985 First Round - See Results
Since tiebreak introduced (1989):
281 - Romania d. Australia 3-2, 2003 World Group Play-offs- See Results
Longest recorded playing time in a tie21 hours, 37 minutes - Romania d. Ecuador 3-2, 2003 World Group Play-offs
Every Rubber in a Tie Going to Five Sets
Two ties:
Yugoslavia d. France 3-2, 1946 European Zone Semifinal, 1946 - See Results
Romania d. Ecuador 3-2, 2003 World Group Play-offs - See Results
Most Decisive Victory in a Tie
OverallSri Lanka d. Syria 5-0, 1991 Asia/Oceania Group II, for the loss of six games.
World GroupGermany d. Indonesia 5-0, 1989 first round, for the loss of 26 games.
Most number of games in a rubber
All-time
Singles: 100 Harry Fritz (CAN) d. Jorge Andrew (VEN) 1614 119 911 46 119, 1982 American Zone Semifinal
Doubles: 122 - Stan Smith/Erik van Dillen (USA) d. Patricio Cornejo/Jaime Fillol (CHI) 79 3739 86 61 63, 1973 American Zone Final
World Group (since 1981):
Singles: 85 Michael Westphal (GER) d. Tomas Smid (TCH) 68 16 75 119 1715, 1985 Semifinal
Doubles: 77 (3 times) Paul Annacone/Ken Flach (USA) d. Pat Cash/John Fitzgerald (AUS) 810 16 75 1311 97, 1986 Semifinal.
Sergio Casal/Emilio Sanchez (ESP) d. Francisco Gonzalez/Victor Pecci (PAR) 62 1618 63 1412, 1987 Quarterfinal
Lucas Arnold-Ker/David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov/Marat Safin (RUS) 64 64 57 36 1917, 2002 Semifinal
Since tiebreak introduced (1989):
Singles 82 Richard Ashby (BAR) d. Jose Medrano (BOL) 46 76 63 57 2018, 1991 Americas Group II first round
82 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 67 76 76 67 1614, 2009 World Group Semifinals
Doubles 78 Carlos Di Laura/Jose Luis Noriega (PER) d. Mauro Menezes/Fernando Roese (BRA) 75 67 76 57 1513, 1991 Americas Zone Group I first round.
Longest- known rubbers in elapsed time
Singles
6 hours, 22 minutes - John McEnroe (USA) d. Mats Wilander (SWE) 97 62 1517 36 86, 1982 World Group Quarterfinal
Doubles
6 hours, 20 minutes - Lucas Arnold / David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov /Marat Safin (RUS) 64 64 57 36 1917, 2002 World Group Semifinal. (This is also the longest recorded mens doubles match of all time).
Most number of games in a set
All-time
Singles 46 Dale Power (CAN) d. Alvaro Betancur (COL) 64 2224 26 63 75, 1976 American Zone preliminary round.
Doubles 76 - Stan Smith/Erik van Dillen (USA) d. Patricio Cornejo/Jaime Fillol (CHI) 79 3739 86 61 63, 1973 American Zone Final
World Group (since 1981):
Singles 40 Carlos Kirmayr (BRA) d. Uli Pinner (FRG) 62 1113 2119 63, 1981 World Group relegation round
Doubles 40 Stefan Edberg/Anders Jarryd (SWE) d. Anand Amritraj/Vijay Amritraj (IND) 2119 26 63 64
Longest Final Set:
All-time
Singles 20-18 (twice) - Richard Ashby (BAR) d. Jose Medrano (BOL), 1991 Americas Group II first round
Nuno Marques (POR) d. Nenad Zimonjic (YUG), 1998 Europe/Africa second round.
Doubles 23-21 Carlos-Alberto Fernandes/Armando Vieira (BRA) d. Arie Avidan-Weiss/Eleazar Davidman (ISR), 1957 American Zone semifinal.
World Group (since 1981):
Singles - 17-15 (twice) - Michael Westphal (GER) d. Tomas Smid (TCH), 1985 Semifinal and Dmitry Tursunov d. Andy Roddick, 2006 Semifinal.
Doubles 19-17 - Lucas Arnold / David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov /Marat Safin (RUS), 2002 World Group Semifinal.
Longest Tiebreak
19-17 Young-Jun Kim (KOR) d. Aqeel Khan (PAK), 2003 Asia/Oceania Group I relegation play-off.
World Group (since 1981):
15-13 Patrick Rafter (AUS) d. David Rikl (CZE), 1997 first round
Most tiebreaks in a tie
11 Croatia d. Brazil 4-1, 2008 World Group play-off
Most Aces Served in a Davis Cup Rubber
78 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) v Radek Stepanek (CZE), 2009 World Group Semifinal
Fastest Serve in Davis Cup play
155mph / 249.4kph (World Record) - Andy Roddick (USA) v Vladimir Voltchkov,- 2004 World Group Semifinal
**information correct as at end 2008**
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