Australia Davis Cup team
| Australia | |
|---|---|
 |
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| Association | Tennis Australia |
| Captain | Lleyton Hewitt |
| Coach | Josh Eagle |
| ITF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 10  1
|
| First international | |
| 1919 (1905 as Australasia) | |
| World Group | |
| Appearances | 26 (46–22) |
| Best result | 28 (1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1999, 2003) |
| Runners-up | 19 (1912, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001) |
| Player stats | |
| Most total wins | Lleyton Hewitt (58–21) |
| Most singles wins | Lleyton Hewitt (42–14) |
| Most doubles wins | Todd Woodbridge (25–7) |
| Best doubles team |
Mark Woodforde / Todd Woodbridge (14–2) |
| Most ties played | Lleyton Hewitt (42) |
| Most years played | Lleyton Hewitt (18) |
The Australian Davis Cup team is the second most successful team ever to compete in the Davis Cup, winning the coveted title on 28 separate occasions, second behind the United States with 32.
Australia also participated in winning the Davis Cup five times with New Zealand under the alias Australasia (1905–1914).
Australian players began playing Davis Cup in 1905 as a part of the Australasia Davis Cup team which also allowed players from New Zealand to compete on the same team. The team won the Davis Cup on five occasions in 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911 and 1914. Despite players from New Zealand being eligible to represent Australasia, Tony Wilding was the only New Zealander to play for the team while it existed. Following World War 1 the Australian Davis Cup team was born in 1919 and it assumed all the Australasian Davis Cup team records.
While Australia and New Zealand have always been two separate countries, the two countries did compete together under the alias Australasia in a number of sports including Davis Cup in the first couple of decades of the 20th century.
Australia won the Davis Cup in 1919 and has since played in 41 Davis Cup finals (including 1919) as of 2008, winning on 23 occasions.
From the era of 1937 to 1973 the only teams to win the Davis Cup were Australia and USA, in which 31 times were between one another. Australia won the Davis Cup title 17 times between these years in 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973.
The only decades that the team didn't win the Davis Cup was the 20's, 40's and the current decade. Australia were runners up 8 times during the 20's and 40's.
After the 1973 victory Australia would go on to win the title another five times; 1977, 1983, 1986, 1999 and 2003. From 1999 to 2003, Australia got into the Final Round four times in 5 years but could only convert on these opportunities twice in 1999 and 2003.
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