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Davis Cup Betting
The Davis Cup tennis tournament, named after the American founder of the competition, Dwight Davis, is the
largest international sporting event.
The 2011 Davis Cup will be the 100th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. The competition will start with the First Round on Mar 4-6, 2011 and conclude with the Final on November 28.
The Davis Cup is the most important men’s team tennis event in the world. The tournament was first played
in 1900 between the United States and Great Britain. It was the brainchild of the Harvard tennis team
and Dwight F. Davis, who commissioned the creation of the actual trophy, and would eventually lend his name
to the tournament itself. The Davis Cup is now run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is
comprised of more than 100 nations. Matches or ties are played in the home country of one or the other
opponents drawn by lot. Spectators at the Davis Cup get the unique experience of watching some of the
world’s brightest tennis stars represent their countries in a team environment.
Davis Cup Structure
Run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the Davis Cup tennis tournament is based on a knockout format.
The only exception is matches played by the lower two regional groups, which play a round robin competition.
The original format, devised by Davis, is still in force today. Competition always takes place over three days,
with two singles matches on day 1, a doubles match on day 2 and two more singles matches on day 3. This is known
as a “tie”. Each match within a tie is known as a “rubber”.
The competition is broken up into
The elite World Group of 16 nations
3 regional zones - Europe/Africa, America and Asia/Oceania
4 groups for each regional zone
Teams are seeded and then relegated to the different groups by the ITF according to their ITF ranking.
Davis Cup Records
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 is the only unseeded nation to win the title (2005)
- 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)
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2010 Results
| Spain defeated Switzerland 4-1 in Spain |
R1 - S.WAWRINKA (SUI) def. N.ALMAGRO (ESP)
3-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3 |
R2 - D.FERRER (ESP) def. M.CHIUDINELLI (SUI)
6-2 7-6(5) 6-1 |
R3 - M.GRANOLLERS / T.ROBREDO (ESP) def. Y.ALLEGRO / S.WAWRINKA (SUI)
7-6(8) 6-2 4-6 6-4 |
R4 - D.FERRER (ESP) def. S.WAWRINKA (SUI)
6-2 6-4 6-0 |
R5 - N.ALMAGRO (ESP) def. M.CHIUDINELLI (SUI)
6-1 6-3 |
| France defeated Germany 4-1 in France |
R1 - G.MONFILS (FRA) def. P.KOHLSCHREIBER (GER)
6-1 6-4 7-6(5) |
R2 - J.TSONGA (FRA) def. B.BECKER (GER)
6-3 6-2 6-7(2) 6-3 |
R3 - J.BENNETEAU / M.LLODRA (FRA) def. C.KAS / P.KOHLSCHREIBER (GER)
6-1 6-4 1-6 7-5 |
R4 - S.GREUL (GER) def. J.TSONGA (FRA)
4-6 6-2 1-0 - Retired |
R5 - J.BENNETEAU (FRA) def. B.BECKER (GER)
6-2 7-5 |
| Argentina defeated Sweden 3-2 in Sweden |
R1 - R.SODERLING (SWE) def. E.SCHWANK (ARG)
6-1 7-6(0) 7-5 |
R2 - L.MAYER (ARG) def. J.JOHANSSON (SWE)
5-7 6-3 7-5 6-4 |
R3 - D.NALBANDIAN / H.ZEBALLOS (ARG) def. R.LINDSTEDT / R.SODERLING (SWE)
6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(5) |
R4 - R.SODERLING (SWE) def. L.MAYER (ARG)
7-5 7-6(5) 7-5 |
R5 - D.NALBANDIAN (ARG) def. A.VINCIGUERRA (SWE)
7-5 6-3 4-6 6-4 |
| Russia defeated India 3-2 in Russia |
R1 - I.KUNITSYN (RUS) def. S.DEVVARMAN (IND)
6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4 |
R2 - M.YOUZHNY (RUS) def. R.BOPANNA (IND)
6-4 6-2 6-3 |
R3 - M.BHUPATHI / L.PAES (IND) def. T.GABASHVILI / I.KUNITSYN (RUS)
6-3 6-2 6-2 |
R4 - M.YOUZHNY (RUS) def. S.DEVVARMAN (IND)
6-2 6-1 6-3 |
R5 - R.BOPANNA (IND) def. T.GABASHVILI (RUS)
7-6(5) 6-4 |
| Croatia defeated Ecuador 5-0 in Croatia |
R1 - I.KARLOVIC (CRO) def. N.LAPENTTI (ECU)
6-2 5-7 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 |
R2 - M.CILIC (CRO) def. G.LAPENTTI (ECU)
6-4 6-3 6-3 |
R3 - M.CILIC / I.KARLOVIC (CRO) def. G.LAPENTTI / N.LAPENTTI (ECU)
7-6(3) 6-3 7-5 |
R4 - A.VEIC (CRO) def. J.CAMPOZANO (ECU)
6-4 7-6(4) |
R5 - I.DODIG (CRO) def. I.ENDARA (ECU)
6-1 6-3 |
| Czech Republic defeated Belgium 4-1 in Belgium |
R1 - T.BERDYCH (CZE) def. O.ROCHUS (BEL)
6-3 6-0 6-4 |
R2 - R.STEPANEK (CZE) def. X.MALISSE (BEL)
6-2 6-4 7-6(3) |
R3 - T.BERDYCH / R.STEPANEK (CZE) def. S.DARCIS / O.ROCHUS (BEL)
7-6(0) 6-0 6-3 |
R4 - S.DARCIS (BEL) def. J.HAJEK (CZE)
7-6(6) 1-6 6-4 |
R5 - L.DLOUHY (CZE) def. C.ROCHUS (BEL)
1-6 7-6(3) 7-5 |
| Serbia defeated USA 3-2 in Serbia |
R1 - V.TROICKI (SRB) def. J.ISNER (USA)
7-6(4) 6-7(5) 7-5 6-4 |
R2 - N.DJOKOVIC (SRB) def. S.QUERREY (USA)
6-2 7-6(4) 2-6 6-3 |
R3 - B.BRYAN / J.ISNER (USA) def. J.TIPSAREVIC / N.ZIMONJIC (SRB)
7-6(8) 5-7 7-6(8) 6-3 |
R4 - N.DJOKOVIC (SRB) def. J.ISNER (USA)
7-5 3-6 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4 |
R5 - S.QUERREY (USA) def. V.TROICKI (SRB)
7-5 6-2 |
| Chile defeated Israel 4-1 in Chile |
R1 - N.MASSU (CHI) def. D.SELA (ISR)
4-6 6-2 6-2 6-4 |
R2 - F.GONZALEZ (CHI) def. H.LEVY (ISR)
2-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 |
R3 - J.ERLICH / A.RAM (ISR) def. J.AGUILAR / P.CAPDEVILLE (CHI)
6-7(5) 7-6(9) 2-6 6-1 6-0 |
R4 - F.GONZALEZ (CHI) def. D.SELA (ISR)
6-4 6-4 6-3 |
R5 - J.AGUILAR (CHI) def. H.LEVY (ISR)
7-6(3) 6-1 |
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