The Davis Cup records below are split into three sections (nation, player and general) and are updated throughout the year.
Nation records
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USA - 1900 Champions |
Most titles
- 32: USA
Most consecutive titles
- 7: USA, 1920-26
Longest run of tie wins
- 17: USA, 1968-73
Longest run of tie wins at home
- 28: Italy, 1949-64
Longest run of rubber wins
- 28: Australia, 1955-57
Most comebacks from 0-2 down
- 5: Sweden
Comebacks from 0-2 down in a Final
- Australia 3-2 USA, 1939
Most ties played in a year
- 8: Spain, 1965
Ever present
- Great Britain (playing as British Isles from 1900-12)
Best performances by unseeded nations
- Croatia (2005) and Serbia (2010) are the only unseeded nations to win the title
- Eight other unseeded nations have finished runner-up: France (1982), Germany (1985), India (1987), Australia (1990), Switzerland (1992), Australia (1993), Russia (1994), Slovak Republic (2005)
Player records
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John McEnroe (USA) |
Most rubbers won
- 120: Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)
Most singles rubbers won
- 78: Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)
Most doubles rubbers won
- 42: Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)
Most doubles rubbers won by a team
- 34: Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola (ITA)
Most rubbers played
- 164: Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)
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 singles winning streak
- 33: Bjorn Borg (SWE), 1973-80
Longest doubles winning streak
- 23: Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (IND), 1997-onward
Most five-set wins
- 19: Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)
Most five-set singles wins
- 13: Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)
Fastest serve (world record)
- 156 mph: Ivo Karlovic (CRO), 2011 World Group first round, Croatia v Germany
Youngest player
- 13 years, 326 days: Mohammed-Akhtar Hossain (BAN), 2003
- NB: Players must now be aged 14 and over
Youngest player in a Final
- 17 years, 177 days: John Alexander (AUS), 1968
Oldest player
- 59 years, 147 days: Yaka-Garonfin Koptigan (TOG), 2001
Oldest player in a Final
- 43 years, 48 days: Norman Brookes (AUS), 1920
Youngest captain
- 19 years, 9 days: Maurice McLoughlin (USA), 1909
Oldest captain
- 71 years, 107 days: Perry Jones (USA), 1959
Most titles won by a captain
- 16, Harry Hopman (AUS)
General records
Most number of games in a tie (all-time)
- 327: India 3-2 Australia, 1974
Most number of games in a tie (since tiebreak)
- 281: Romania 3-2 Australia, 2003
Most number of games in a tie (World Group – post 1981)
- 281: Paraguay 3-2 France, 1985
Longest recorded tie playing time
- 21 hours, 37 minutes: Romania 3-2 Ecuador, 2003
Every rubber going to five sets
- Yugoslavia 3-2 France, 1946
- Romania 3-2 Ecuador, 2003
Most decisive win (all-time)
- 6 games dropped: Sri Lanka 5-0 Syria, 1991
Most decisive win (World Group – post 1981)
- 26 games dropped: Germany 5-0 Indonesia, 1989
Most number of games in a singles rubber (all-time)
- 100: Harry Fritz (CAN) d. Jorge Andrew (VEN) 1614 119 911 46 119, 1982
Most number of games in a doubles rubber (all-time)
- 122: Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen (USA) d. Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol (CHI) 79 3739 86 61 63, 1973
Most number of games in a singles rubber (since tiebreak)
- 82: Richard Ashby (BAR) d. Jose Medrano (BOL) 46 76 63 57 2018, 1991
- 82: Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 67 76 76 67 1614, 2009
Most number of games in a doubles rubber (since tiebreak)
- 78: Carlos Di Laura / Jose Luis Noriega (PER) d. Mauro Menezes / Fernando Roese (BRA) 75 67 76 57 1513, 1991
Most number of games in a singles rubber (World Group – post 1981)
- 85: Michael Westphal (GER) d. Tomas Smid (TCH) 68 16 75 119 1715, 1985
Most number of games in a doubles rubber (World Group – post 1981)
- 77: Paul Annacone / Ken Flach (USA) d. Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald (AUS) 810 16 75 1311 97, 1986
- 77: Sergio Casal / Emilio Sanchez (ESP) d. Francisco Gonzalez / Victor Pecci (PAR) 62 1618 63 1412, 1987
- 77: Lucas Arnold-Ker / David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Marat Safin (RUS) 64 64 57 36 1917, 2002
Longest-known singles rubber in elapsed time
- 6 hours, 22 minutes: John McEnroe (USA) d. Mats Wilander (SWE) 97 62 1517 36 86, 1982
Longest-known doubles rubber in elapsed time
- 6 hours, 20 minutes: Lucas Arnold / David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Marat Safin (RUS) 64 64 57 36 1917, 2002
Most number of games in a singles set (all-time)
- 46: Dale Power (CAN) d. Alvaro Betancur (COL) 64 2224 26 63 75, 1976
Most number of games in a doubles set (all-time)
- 76: Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen (USA) d. Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol (CHI) 79 3739 86 61 63, 1973
Most number of games in a singles set (World Group – post 1981)
- 40: Carlos Kirmayr (BRA) d. Uli Pinner (FRG) 62 1113 2119 63, 1981
Most number of games in a doubles set (World Group – post 1981)
- 40: Stefan Edberg / Anders Jarryd (SWE) d. Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj (IND) 2119 26 63 64
Most number of games in a singles fifth set (all-time)
- 38: Richard Ashby (BAR) d. Jose Medrano (BOL) 46 76 63 57 2018, 1991
- 38: Nuno Marques (POR) d. Nenad Zimonjic (YUG) 36 60 26 63 2018, 1998
Most number of games in a doubles fifth set (all-time)
- 44: Carlos-Alberto Fernandes / Armando Vieira (BRA) d. Arie Avidan-Weiss/Eleazar Davidman (ISR) 16 46 64 62 2321, 1957
Most number of games in a singles fifth set (World Group – post 1981)
- 32 Michael Westphal (GER) d. Tomas Smid (TCH) 68 16 75 119 1715, 1985
- 32: Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d. Andy Roddick (USA) 63 64 57 36 1715, 2006
Most number of games in a doubles fifth set (World Group – post 1981)
- 36: Lucas Arnold / David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Marat Safin (RUS), 2002
Longest tiebreak (all-time)
- 19-17: Young-Jun Kim (KOR) v Aqeel Khan (PAK), 2003
Longest tiebreak (World Group – post 1981)
- 15-13: Patrick Rafter (AUS) v David Rikl (CZE), 1997
Most tiebreaks in a tie
- 11: Croatia d. Brazil 4-1, 2008
Most aces in a rubber
- 78: Ivo Karlovic (CRO) v Radek Stepanek (CZE), 2009
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