Today in Davis Cup History
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 73 of 73
1900-02-09 - Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup
1900-08-08 - 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Mass, & won by US 2 days later
1900-08-10 - 1st Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Boston (3-0)
1902-08-08 - 2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2)
1903-08-08 - 3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1)
1907-07-23 - 7th Davis Cup: Australasia beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)
1913-07-28 - 12th Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)
1914-08-05 - US beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup
1914-08-15 - 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2)
1920-07-16 - 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0)
1921-09-03 - 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)
1922-09-05 - 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1)
1923-09-01 - 18th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
1923-09-01 - US beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup
1924-09-13 - 19th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (5-0)
1925-09-12 - 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0)
1926-09-11 - 21st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (4-1)
1926-09-11 - US defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship
1927-09-10 - 22nd Davis Cup: France beats USA in Philadelphia (3-2)
1927-09-10 - France had its first Davis Cup win, though it had competed since 1905.
1932-07-31 - 27th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2)
1933-07-30 - 28th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats France in Paris (3-2)
1934-07-31 - 29th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats USA in Wimbledon (4-1)
1935-09-11 - US captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year
1937-07-27 - 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1)
1938-08-05 - 33rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2)
1939-09-05 - 34th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2)
1946-12-26 - 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0)
1947-12-30 - 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
1948-09-06 - 37th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (5-0)
1949-08-28 - 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
1950-07-12 - ILTF re-admit Germany & Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraws
1950-08-26 - 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)
1950-09-26 - Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament
1951-12-27 - 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2)
1954-12-28 - 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2)
1955-08-26 - 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)
1955-12-28 - 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0)
1956-12-27 - 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)
1958-12-31 - 47th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Brisbane (3-2)
1959-08-31 - 48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2)
1960-12-13 - Italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals)
1963-12-29 - 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2)
1964-09-28 - 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2)
1968-12-28 - 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1)
1969-09-21 - 58th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Cleveland (5-0)
1970-08-31 - 59th Davis Cup: USA beats Germany in Cleveland (5-0)
1971-10-11 - 60th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Charlotte (3-2)
1972-10-15 - 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2)
1973-12-02 - 62nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (5-0)
1974-11-07 - 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o)
1975-12-21 - 64th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (3-2)
1978-12-10 - 67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1)
1979-12-16 - 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0)
1981-12-13 - 70th Davis Cup: USA beats Argentina in Cincinnati (3-1)
1982-11-28 - 71st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Grenoble (4-1)
1983-12-28 - 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)
1984-12-18 - 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1)
1985-12-22 - 74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2)
1986-12-21 - 75th Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)
1986-12-28 - Pat Davis, ranked 412th among world tennis competitors wins Davis Cup
1987-03-15 - US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay
1987-12-20 - 76th Davis Cup: Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0)
1988-12-17 - 77th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Gothenburg (4-1)
1989-12-17 - 78th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Stuttgart (3-2)
1990-12-02 - 79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St Petersburg (3-2)
1991-12-01 - 80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1)
1992-12-06 - 81st Davis Cup: USA beats Switzerland in Fort Worth (3-1)
1993-12-05 - 82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1)
1994-12-04 - 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
1995-12-03 - 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2)
1996-12-01 - 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2)
1997-11-30 - 86th Davis Cup: Sweden sweeps US in Gothenburg (5-0)
Famous Birthdays
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1879-07-05 - Dwight Filley Davis, US Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup
1896-06-18 - Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936)
1931-04-17 - John Bartlett, tennis player (Davis Cup capt-Britain)
1959-03-15 - Eliot Teltscher, Calif, tennis player (US Davis Cup team)
1964-08-16 - Jimmy Arias, Buffalo NY, tennis player (US Davis Cup team)
1972-03-23 - Jonas Bjorkman, Vaxjo Sweden, tennis star (Davis Cup 1994)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
1945-11-28 - Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies
1994-07-17 - Jean Borotra, [Flying Basque], Fr tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95
1994-09-18 - Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis star (Davis Cup 1979), dies at 40
