Australia Davis Cup team
The Australian Davis Cup Tennis team is the national team of Australia, which represents the country in the Davis Cup. The Davis Cup is the most important competition for national teams in men's tennis, similar to the Fed Cup for the women. With a total of 28 victories, it is one after the U.S. team to the most successful national teams in tennis.
History
Australia will take part in the Davis Cup since 1905. At the beginning of Australia and New Zealand presented a joint team, known as the Australasian team. As early as 1907 was the first final against the United Kingdom be achieved, which ended 3-2 for Australia. The success could be repeated in the next two years and 1911, this time against the United States. From 1912 Australia ran as an independent country without New Zealand in the Davis Cup. 1914 and 1919 were more victories are celebrated.
From 1920, the United States, France and the United Kingdom each successively dominated the Davis Cup. Australia succeeded at this time to reach the finals six times, all of which were lost. In 1939, the team won again after 20 years, a final, this time against the United States 3-2. After the Second World War began a prolonged period of dominance for the Australian team. From 1950 to 1967, she won a total of 15 times the Davis Cup. After the victory in 1973 against the United States, Australia could still win five more times, including against Sweden, France and most recently in 2003 against the Spanish team.
The most successful single player is Lleyton Hewitt, who won 52 games 39. In the doubles were the most successful duo Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde with 14:2 victories.
The Australian team
The following players were in the Davis Cup 2013 so far used:
- Matthew Ebden
- Chris Guccione
- Lleyton Hewitt
- Marinko Matosevic
- Bernard Tomic
Finals
The results of the finals are given from an Australian perspective.