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Vietnam competed in its first Davis Cup in 1964 as South Vietnam until 1974 before returning as Vietnam in 2003. After 10 years of competition in Asia/Oceania Groups 3 and 4, the Vietnamese team made it to Group 2 for the very first time in 2014 .
The women's equivalent of the Davis Cup is the Billie Jean King Cup, formerly known as the Federation Cup (1963–1995) and Fed Cup (1995–2020). Australia, Italy, Russia, the Czech Republic and the United States are the only countries to have won both Davis Cup and Federation/Fed/Billie Jean King Cup titles in the same year.
The Davis Cup was founded in 1900 as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge. Four members of Harvard University wished to challenge Great Britain in a tennis competition. One of the American players, Dwight F. Davis , designed a tournament format and ordered a sterling silver trophy from Shreve, Crump & Low for approximately $1,000. [ 6 ]
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 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 30 as of 2018.
This is a complete list of all players who won the Davis Cup, an international team event in men's tennis: Player Total Years Roy Emerson: 8:
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C. Cambodia Davis Cup team; Cameroon Davis Cup team; Canada Davis Cup team; Chile Davis Cup team; China Davis Cup team; Chinese Taipei Davis Cup team; Colombia Davis Cup team
The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1993. [1] The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group qualifying round, and the winners progressed to the quarterfinals and were guaranteed a World Group spot for 1994. The United States were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the first round.