DAVIS CUP CHAMPIONS AND RESULTS
1991
Eighty-eight nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Mexico, Antonio Palafox
United States 3, Mexico 2, at Club Aleman de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Luis Herrera (MEX) d. Jim Courier 64 26 75 64; Brad Gilbert (USA) d. Leonardo Lavalle 63 62 67(4) 63; Rick Leach - Jim Pugh (USA) d. Lavalle - Jorge Lozano 64 46 76(2) 67(3) 64; Gilbert (USA) d. Herrera 46 63 75 36 63; Lavalle (MEX) d. Courier 64 67(2) 75.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Spain, Manuel Orantes
United States 4, Spain 1, at The Casino, Newport, R.I.
Brad Gilbert (USA) d. Emilio Sanchez 64 64 62; John McEnroe (USA) d. Tomas Carbonell 63 62 61; Rick Leach - Jim Pugh (USA) d. Sergio Casal - Sanchez 76(6) 63 76(3); McEnroe (USA) d. Sanchez 64 36 63; Carbonell (ESP) d. Leach 76(1) 57 64.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Germany, Niki Pilic
United States 3, Germany 2, at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Mo.
Andre Agassi (USA) d. Michael Stich 63 61 64; Jim Courier (USA) d. Carl-Uwe Steeb 46 61 63 64; Eric Jelen - Stich (GER) d. Scott Davis - David Pate 76(3) 64 64; Stich (GER) d. Courier 64 75 64; Agassi (USA) d. Steeb 62 62 63.
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; France, Yannick Noah
France 3, United States 1, at Palais de Sports Gerland, Lyon, France (Indoor/Carpet)
Andre Agassi (USA) d. Guy Forget 67(7) 62 61 62; Henri Leconte (FRA) d. Pete Sampras 64 75 64; Forget - Leconte (FRA) d. Ken Flach - Robert Seguso 61 64 46 62; Forget (FRA) d. Sampras 76(6) 36 63 64.
1992
Ninety-three nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Argentina, Francisco Mastelli
United States 5, Argentina 0, at Mauna Lani Racquet Club, Hawaii
Pete Sampras (USA) d. Martin Jaite 36 64 62 64; Andre Agassi (USA) d. Alberto Mancini 64 64 64; Rick Leach - John McEnroe (USA) d. Javier Frana - Christian Miniussi 67(0) 62 62 61; Sampras (USA) d. Mancini 64 61; Agassi (USA) d. Jaite 75 63.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Czechoslovakia, Tomas Smid
United States 3, Czechoslovakia 2, at Sonesta Sanibel Harbour Resort, Fort Myers, Fla.
Pete Sampras (USA) d. Karel Novacek 63 64 62; Andre Agassi (USA) d. Petr Korda 62 64 61; Korda - Cyril Suk (CZE) d. Rick Leach - John McEnroe 63 64 64; Korda (CZE) d. Sampras 64 63 26 63; Agassi (USA) d. Novacek 76(5) 60 60.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Sweden, John-Anders Sjogren
United States 4, Sweden 1, at Target Center, Minneapolis, Minn.
Jim Courier (USA) d. Nicklas Kulti 46 76(1) 63 75; Andre Agassi (USA) d. Stefan Edberg 57 63 76(1) 63; John McEnroe - Pete Sampras (USA) d. Edberg - Anders Jarryd 61 67(2) 46 63 63; Magnus Larsson (SWE) d. Courier 26 76(5) 76(5); Agassi (USA) d. Kulti 67 62 64.
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Switzerland, Tim Sturdza
United States 3, Switzerland 1, at Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas (Indoor/Hard)
Andre Agassi (USA) d. Jakob Hlasek 61 62 62; Marc Rosset (SUI) d. Jim Courier 63 67(9) 36 64 64; John McEnroe - Pete Sampras (USA) d. Hlasek - Rosset 67(5) 67(7) 75 61 62; Courier (USA) d. Hlasek 63 36 63 64.
1993
One hundred one nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Australia, Neale Fraser
Australia 4, United States 1, at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, Melbourne, Australia
Wally Masur (AUS) d. Brad Gilbert 63 67(6) 64 62; Mark Woodforde (AUS) d. David Wheaton 36 76(1) 64 64; Woodforde - Todd Woodbridge (AUS) d. Jim Grabb - Richey Reneberg 76(6) 62 36 67(3) 64; Woodforde (AUS) d. Gilbert 57 61 64; Wheaton (USA) d. Masur 64 75.
(Relegation match: Winner remains in World Group in 1994 competition; loser relegated to Zonal Group in 1994.)
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Bahamas, John Antonas
United States 5, Bahamas 0, at Olde Providence Racquet Club, Charlotte, N.C.
Andre Agassi (USA) d. Roger Smith 62 62 63; MaliVai Washington (USA) d. Mark Knowles 67(5) 64 46 00(15-15) ret.; Patrick McEnroe - Richey Reneberg (USA) d. Knowles - Smith 67(5) 75 64 62; Reneberg (USA) d. John Farrington 61 64; Washington (USA) d. Smith 61 62.
Final Round
Captains—Australia, Neale Fraser; Germany, Niki Pilic
Germany 4, Australia 1, at Messehalle 14, Dusseldorf, Germany (Indoor/Clay)
Michael Stich (GER) d. Jason Stoltenberg 67(2) 63 61 46 63; Richard Fromberg (AUS) d. Marc Goellner 36 57 76(8) 62 97; Stich - Patrik Kuhnen (GER) d. Todd Woodbridge - Mark Woodforde 76(4) 46 63 76(4); Stich (GER) d. Fromberg 64 62 62; Goellner (GER) d. Stoltenberg 61 67(2) 76(3).
1994
One hundred nine nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; India, Jaideep Mukherjee
United States 5, India 0, at Delhi Lawn Tennis Complex, New Delhi, India
Jim Courier (USA) d. Zeeshan Ali 61 61 62; Todd Martin (USA) d. Leander Paes 63 46 61 76(1); Patrick McEnroe - Richey Reneberg (USA) d. Gaurav Natekar - Paes 76(0) 64 26 76(4); Courier (USA) d. Paes 67(5) 61 64; Martin (USA) d. Ali 62 75.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Netherlands, Stanley Franker
United States 3, Netherlands 2, at Mullepier, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jim Courier (USA) d. Richard Krajicek 64 63 63; Pete Sampras (USA) d. Jacco Eltingh 62 62 60; Eltingh - Paul Haarhuis (NED) d. Jared Palmer - Richey Reneberg 26 76(6) 63 67(2) 62; Krajicek (NED) d. Sampras 26 75 76(5) 75; Courier (USA) d. Eltingh 63 64 46 61.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Sweden, John-Anders Sjogren
Sweden 3, United States 2, at Scandanavium, Goteborg, Sweden
Todd Martin (USA) d. Stefan Edberg 62 26 64 63; Pete Sampras (USA) d. Magnus Larsson 67(3) 64 62 76(3); Jan Apell - Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) d. Jared Palmer - Jonathan Stark 64 64 36 62; Edberg (SWE) d. Sampras 63 ret.; Larsson (SWE) d. Martin 57 62 62 64.
Final Round
Captains—Russia, Vadim Borisov; Sweden, John-Anders Sjogren
Sweden 4, Russia 1, at Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia (Indoor/Carpet)
Stefan Edberg (SWE) d. Alexander Volkov 64 62 67(2) 06 86; Magnus Larsson (SWE) d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 60 62 36 26 63; Jan Apell - Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) d. Kafelnikov - Andrei Olhovskiy 67(4) 62 63 16 86; Kafelnikov (RUS) d. Edberg 46 64 60; Larsson (SWE) d. Volkov 76(4) 64.
1995
One hundred fifteen nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S.,Tom Gullikson; France, Yannick Noah
United States 4, France 1, at Bayfront Center, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Cedric Pioline (FRA) d. Todd Martin 75 62 64; Jim Courier (USA) d. Guy Forget 61 62 62; Jared Palmer - Richey Reneberg (USA) d. Oliver Delaitre - Forget 64 36 63 64; Martin (USA) d. Forget 63 76(3) 76(5); Courier (USA) d. Pioline 64 63.
Captains—U.S. Tom Gullikson; Italy, Adriano Panatta
United States 5, Italy 0, at Circolo del Tennis, Palermo, Italy
Andre Agassi (USA) d. Andrea Gaudenzi 64 64 61; Pete Sampras (USA) d. Renzo Furlan 76(3) 63 60; Jared Palmer - Richey Reneberg (USA) d. Cristian Brandi - Stefano Pescosolido 61 67(2) 64 63; Sampras (USA) d. Gaudenzi 63 16 63; Palmer (USA) d. Furlan 64 63.
Captains—U.S. Tom Gullikson; Sweden, Carl-Axel Hageskog
United States 4, Sweden 1, at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Nev.
Pete Sampras (USA) d. Thomas Enqvist 63 64 36 63; Andre Agassi (USA) d. Mats Wilander 76(5) 62 62; Jonas Bjorkman - Stefan Edberg (SWE) d. Todd Martin - Jonathan Stark 63 64 64; Martin (USA) d. Enqvist 75 75 76(2); Sampras (USA) d. Wilander 26 76(4) 63.
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Russia, Anatoly Lepeshin
United States 3, Russia 2, at Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia (Indoor/Clay)
Pete Sampras (USA) d. Andrei Chesnokov 36 64 63 67(5) 64; Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) d. Jim Courier 76(1) 75 63; Todd Martin - Sampras (USA) d. Kafelnikov - Andrei Olhovskiy 75 64 63; Sampras (USA) d. Kafelnikov 62 64 76(4); Chesnokov (RUS) d. Courier 67(1) 75 60.
1996
One hundred twenty-four nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Mexico, Raul Ramirez
United States 5, Mexico 0, at Carlsbad, Calif.
Michael Chang (USA) d. Leonardo Lavalle 61 62 64; Todd Martin (USA) d. Alejandro Hernandez 63 63 60; Patrick Galbraith - Patrick McEnroe (USA) d. Lavalle - Oscar Ortiz 76(7) 64 63; Chang (USA) d. Hernandez 60 62; Martin (USA) d. Lavalle 36 76(1) 64.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Czech Republic, Vladislav Savrda
Czech Republic 3, United States 2, at Prague, Czechoslovakia
Todd Martin (USA) d. Petr Korda 62 64 75; Daniel Vacek (CZE) d. MaliVai Washington 46 63 64 57 64; Korda - Vacek (CZE) d. Patrick Galbraith - Patrick McEnroe 62 63 63; Martin (USA) d. Vacek 76(1) 63 61; Korda (CZE) d. Washington 76(5) 63 62.
Final Round
Captains—France, Yannick Noah; Sweden, Carl-Axel Hageskog
France 3, Sweden 2, at Malmo Convention Centre, Malmo, Sweden (Indoor/Hard)
Cedric Pioline (FRA) d. Stefan Edberg 63 64 63; Thomas Enqvist (SWE) d. Arnaud Boetsch 64 63 76(2); Guy Forget - Guillaume Raoux (FRA) d. Jonas Bjorkman - Nicklas Kulti 63 16 63 63; Enqvist (SWE) d. Pioline 36 67(8) 64 64 97; Boetsch (FRA) d. Kulti 76(2) 26 46 76(5) 108.
1997
One hundred twenty-seven nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Brazil, Paulo Cleto
United States 4, Brazil 1, at The Tennis Country Club, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
MaliVai Washington (USA) d. Gustavo Kuerten 36 76(6) 76(3) 63; Jim Courier (USA) d. Fernando Meligeni 36 61 64 46 64; Kuerten - Jaime Oncins (BRA) d. Alex O’Brien - Richey Reneberg 62 64 75; Courier (USA) d. Kuerten 63 62 57 76(11); O’Brien (USA) d. Meligeni 75 76(4).
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Netherlands, Stanley Franker
United States 4, Netherlands 1, at Palisades Tennis Club, Newport Beach, Calif.
Andre Agassi d. Sjeng Schalken 76(6) 64 76(2); Jim Courier (USA) d. Jan Siemerink 46 46 61 76(4) 63; Jacco Eltingh - Paul Haarhuis (NED) d. Rick Leach - Jonathan Stark 64 64 36 63; Agassi (USA) d. Siemerink 36 36 63 63 63; Stark (USA) d. Schalken 64 60.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Australia, John Newcombe
United States 4, Australia 1, at William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington, D.C.
Michael Chang (USA) d. Patrick Rafter 64 16 63 64; Pete Sampras (USA) d. Mark Philippoussis 61 62 76(5); Todd Woodbridge - Mark Woodforde (AUS) d. Todd Martin - Sampras 36 76(5) 62 64; Sampras (USA) d. Rafter 67(6) 61 61 64; Chang (USA) d. Philippoussis 76(5) 76(2).
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Sweden, Carl-Axel Hageskog
Sweden 5, United States 0, at Scandinavium, Goteborg, Sweden (Indoor/Carpet)
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) d. Michael Chang 75 16 63 63; Magnus Larsson (SWE) d. Pete Sampras 36 76(1) 21 ret.; Bjorkman - Nicklas Kulti (SWE) d. Todd Martin - Jonathan Stark 64 64 64; Bjorkman (SWE) d. Stark 61 61; Larsson (SWE) d. Chang 76(4) 67(6) 64.
1998
One hundred thirty-one nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Russia, Shamil Tarpishev
United States 3, Russia 2, at Stone Mountain Park, Atlanta, Ga.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) d. Jim Courier 62 57 67(2) 64 64; Andre Agassi (USA) d. Marat Safin 63 63 63; Todd Martin - Richey Reneberg (USA) d. Kafelnikov - Safin 76(3) 61 26 61; Kafelnikov (RUS) d. Agassi 63 60 76(3); Courier (USA) d. Safin 06 64 46 61 64.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Belgium, Koen Gonnissen
United States 4, Belgium 1, at Indianapolis Tennis Center, Indianapolis, Ind.
Jim Courier (USA) d.Filip Dewulf 63 76(1) 26 63; Andre Agassi (USA) d. Christophe Van Garsse 62 62 62; Courier - Todd Martin (USA) d. Xavier Malisse - Johan Van Herck 57 62 67(2) 76(5) 61; Martin (USA) d. Malisse 76(1) 63; Van Garsse (BEL) d. Courier 36 41 ret.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Italy, Paolo Bertolucci
Italy 4, United States 1, at Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, Wisc.
Andrea Gaudenzi (ITA) d. Jan-Michael Gambill 62 06 76(0) 76(4); Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) d. Todd Martin 76(0) 63 76(8); Gaudenzi - Diego Nargiso (ITA) d. Justin Gimelstob - Martin 64 76(3) 57 26 63; Gianluca Pozzi (ITA) d. Gimelstob 76(4) 75; Gambill (USA) d. Sanguinetti 46 63 63.
Final Round
Captains—Sweden, Carl-Axel Hageskeg; Italy, Paolo Bertolucci
Sweden 4, Italy 1, at Foro Assago, Milan, Italy (Clay)
Magnus Norman (SWE) d. Andrea Gaudenzi 67(9) 76(0) 46 63 66 ret.; Magnus Gustafsson (SWE) d. Davide Sanguinetti 61 64 60; Jonas Bjorkman - Nicklas Kulti (SWE) d. Diego Nargiso - Sanguinetti 76(1) 61 63; Gustafsson (SWE) d. Gianluca Pozzi 64 62; Nargiso (ITA) d. Norman 62 63.
1999
One hundred twenty-nine nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Great Britain, David Lloyd
United States 3, Great Britain 2, at National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, Great Britain
Jim Courier (USA) d. Tim Henman 76(2) 26 76(3) 67(10) 75; Todd Martin (USA) d. Greg Rusedski 64 64 62; Henman - Rusedski (GBR) d. Martin - Alex O’Brien 36 75 63 67(5) 63; Henman (GBR) d. Martin 46 75 63 76(4); Courier (USA) d. Rusedski 64 67(3) 63 16 86.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gullikson; Australia, John Newcombe
Australia 4, United States 1, at Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, Mass. (Grass)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Todd Martin 64 67(1) 63 60; Patrick Rafter (AUS) d. Jim Courier 76(5) 64 64; Alex O’Brien - Pete Sampras (USA) d. Sandon Stolle - Mark Woodforde 64 63 36 46 63; Rafter (AUS) d. Martin 46 57 63 62 64; Hewitt (AUS) d. O’Brien 75 64.
Final Round
Captains—Australia, John Newcombe; France, Guy Forget
Australia 3, France 2, at Nice, France
Mark Philippoussis (AUS) d. Sebastien Grosjean 64 62 64; Cedric Pioline (FRA) d. Lleyton Hewitt 76(7) 76(6) 75; Todd Woodbridge - Mark Woodforde (AUS) d. Olivier Delaitre - Fabrice Santoro 26 75 62 62; Philippoussis (AUS) d. Pioline 63 57 61 62; Grosjean (FRA) d. Hewitt 64 63.
2000
One hundred thirty-six nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., John McEnroe; Zimbabwe, Gavin Siney
United States 3, Zimbabwe 2, at Harare City Sports, Harare, Zimbabwe
Andre Agassi (USA) d. Wayne Black 75 63 75; Byron Black (ZIM) d. Chris Woodruff 76(2) 63 62; W. Black - Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) d. Rick Leach - Alex O’Brien 76(4) 57 06 75 75; Agassi (USA) d. B. Black 62 63 76(4); Woodruff (USA) d. W. Black 63 67(2) 62 64.
Captains—U.S., John McEnroe; Czech Republic, Jan Kukal
United States 3, Czech Republic 2, at Great Western Forum, Inglewood, Calif.
Jiri Novak (CZE) d. Pete Sampras 76(1) 63 62; Andre Agassi (USA) d. Slava Dosedel 63 63 63; Novak - David Rikl (CZE) d. Alex O’Brien - Jared Palmer 75 64 64; Agassi (USA) d. Novak 63 63 61; Sampras (USA) d. Dosedel 64 64 76(2).
Captains—U.S., John McEnroe; Spain, Jarrir Duarte
Spain 5, United States 0, at Real Sociedad de T.C., Santander, Spain
Albert Costa (ESP) d. Todd Martin 64 64 64; Alex Corretja (ESP) d. Jan-Michael Gambill 16 63 64 64; Juan Balcells - Corretja (ESP) d. Chris Woodruff - Todd Martin 76(6) 26 63 67(5) 63; Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) d. Vincent Spadea 46 61 64; Balcells (ESP) d. Gambill 16 76(2) 64.
Final Round
Captains—Spain, Jarrir Duarte; Australia, John Newcombe
Spain 3, Australia 1, at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain (Clay)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Albert Costa 36 61 26 64 64; Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) d. Patrick Rafter 67(4) 76(2) 62 31 ret.; Alex Corretja - Juan Balcells (ESP) d. Sandon Stolle - Mark Woodforde 64 64 64; Ferrero (ESP) d. Hewitt 62 76(5) 46 64.
2001
One hundred forty-two nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Switzerland, Jakob Hlasek
Switzerland 3, United States 2, at St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland
Roger Federer (SUI) d. Todd Martin 64 76(3) 46 61; Jan-Michael Gambill (USA) d. Michel Kratochvil 63 75 64; Andy Roddick (USA) d. George Bastl 63 64; Federer - Lorenzo Manta (SUI) d. Gambill - Justin Gimelstob 64 62 75; Federer (SUI) d. Gambill 75 62 46 62.
(Relegation match: Winner remains in World Group in 2002 competition; loser relegated to Zonal Group in 2002.)
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; India, Ramesh Krishnan
United States 4, India 1, at Joel Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Andy Roddick (USA) d. Harsh Mankad 63 64 61; James Blake (USA) d. Leander Paes 75 63 63; Paes - Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) d. David Johnson - Jared Palmer 64 16 63 76(6); Roddick (USA) d. Paes 46 63 62 75; Blake (USA) d. Mankad 63 60.
Final Round
Captains—France, Guy Forget; Australia, John Fitzgerald
France 3, Australia 2, at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia (Grass)
Nicolas Escude (FRA) d. Lleyton Hewitt 46 63 36 63 64; Patrick Rafter (AUS) d. Sebastien Grosjean 63 76(6) 75; Cedric Pioline - Fabrice Santoro (FRA) d. Hewitt - Rafter 26 63 76(5) 61; Hewitt (AUS) d. Grosjean 63 62 63; Escude (FRA) d. Wayne Arthurs 76(3) 67(5) 63 63.
2002
One hundred forty-two nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Slovak Republic, Miloslav Mecir
United States 5, Slovak Republic 0, at Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Pete Sampras (USA) d. Karol Beck 63 67(3) 61 75; Andy Roddick (USA) d. Jan Kroslak 64 64 67(5) 76(1); James Blake - Mardy Fish (USA) d. Beck - Kroslak 63 67(5) 63 64; Blake (USA) d. Ladislav Svarc 46 63 60; Roddick (USA) d. Beck 64 76(5).
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Spain, Jordi Arrese, Juan Avendaño, Josep Perlas
United States 3, Spain 1, at Westside Tennis Club, Houston, Texas
Andy Roddick (USA) d. Tommy Robredo 63 75 76(7); Alex Corretja (ESP) d. Pete Sampras 46 46 76(4) 75 64; James Blake - Todd Martin (USA) d. Juan Balcells - Alberto Martin 61 64 64; Roddick (USA) d. A. Martin 62 64 62; Robredo led Blake 61 54 (abandoned due to rain).
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; France, Guy Forget
France 3, United States 2, at Roland Garros, Paris, France
Arnaud Clement (FRA) d. Andy Roddick 46 76(6) 76(5) 61; Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) d. James Blake 64 61 67(7) 75; Blake - Todd Martin (USA) d. Michael Llodra - Fabrice Santoro 26 76(2) 26 64 64; Grosjean (FRA) d. Roddick 64 36 63 64; Blake (USA) d. Clement 64 63.
Final Round
Captains—Russia, Shamil Tarpischev; France, Guy Forget
Russia 3, France 2, at Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy, Paris, France (Indoor/Clay)
Marat Safin (RUS) d. Paul-Henri Mathieu 64 36 61 64; Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 76(3) 63 60; Nicolas Escude - Fabrice Santoro (FRA) d. Kafelnikov - Safin 63 36 57 63 64; Safin (RUS) d. Grosjean 63 62 76(11); Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Mathieu 36 26 63 75 64.
2003
One hundred forty-two nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Croatia, Nikola Pilic
Croatia 4, United States 1, at Hall Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) d. Mardy Fish 75 63 64; James Blake (USA) d. Mario Ancic 61 62 76(5); Goran Ivanisevic - Ljubicic (CRO) d. Blake - Fish 36 46 76(4) 64 64; Ljubicic (CRO) d. Blake 63 67(5) 64 63; Ancic (CRO) d. Taylor Dent 76(5) 36 76(10).
(Relegation match: Winner remains in World Group in 2004 competition; loser relegated to Zonal Group in 2004.)
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Slovak Republic, Miloslav Mecir
United States 3, Slovak Republic 2, at National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) d. Andy Roddick 36 63 64 64; Mardy Fish (USA) d. Karol Kucera 46 75 75 61; Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan (USA) d. Karol Beck - Hrbaty 61 64 76(5); Roddick (USA) d. Beck 63 64 64; Michal Mertinak d. Fish 36 63 64.
Final Round
Captains—Australia, John Fitzgerald; Spain, Jordi Arrese
Australia 3, Spain 1, at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia (Grass)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Juan Carlos Ferrero 36 63 36 76(0) 62; Carlos Moya (ESP) d. Mark Philippoussis 64 64 46 76(4); Wayne Arthurs - Todd Woodbridge (AUS) d. Alex Corretja - Feliciano Lopez 63 61 63; Philippoussis (AUS) d. Ferrero 75 63 16 26 60.
2004
One hundred thirty-seven nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Austria, Günter Bresnik
United States 5, Austria 0, at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.
Robby Ginepri (USA) d. Jurgen Melzer 67(6) 46 64 64 62; Andy Roddick (USA) d. Stefan Koubek 64 64 62; Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan (USA) d. Julian Knowle - Melzer 62 61 64; Roddick (USA) d. Melzer 64 62; Ginepri (USA) d. Koubek 75 62.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Sweden, Mats Wilander
United States 4, Sweden 1, at Delray Beach Tennis Center, Delray Beach, Fla.
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) d. Mardy Fish 46 63 62 75; Andy Roddick (USA) d. Thomas Enqvist 64 75 62; Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan (USA) d. Bjorkman - Thomas Johansson 63 63 64; Roddick (USA) d. Bjorkman 76(3) 64 60; Fish (USA) d. Johansson 36 61 64.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Belarus, Sergei Teterin
United States 4, Belarus 0, at Family Circle Tennis Center, Charleston, S.C.
Andy Roddick (USA) d. Vladimir Voltchkov 61 64 64; Mardy Fish (USA) d. Max Mirnyi 75 62 36 63; Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan (USA) d. Mirnyi - Voltchkov 61 63 75; Roddick (USA) d. Alexander Skrypko 64 62.
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Spain, Jordi Arrese
Spain 3, United States 2 at Estadio Olympico de la Cartuja, Seville, Spain (Clay)
Carlos Moya (ESP) d. Mardy Fish 64 62 63; Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. Andy Roddick 67(6) 62 76(6) 62; Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan (USA) d. Juan Carlos Ferrero - Tommy Robredo 60 63 62; Moya (ESP) d. Roddick 62 76(1) 76(5); Fish (USA) d. Robredo 76(8) 62.
2005
One hundred thirty nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Croatia, Nikola Pilic
Croatia 3, United States 2, at The Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif.
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) d. Andre Agassi 63 76(0) 63; Andy Roddick (USA) d. Mario Ancic 46 62 61 64; Ancic-Ljubicic (CRO) d. Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan 36 76(8) 64 64; Ljubicic (CRO) d. Roddick 46 63 76(11) 67(7) 62; Bob Bryan (USA) d. Roko Karanusic 62 36 61.
(Relegation Match: Winner remains in World Group in 2006 competition; loser relegated to Zonal Group in 2006.)
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Belgium, Steven Martens
United States 4, Belgium 1, at Sportplaza Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Olivier Rochus (BEL) d. James Blake 64 75 61; Andy Roddick (USA) d. Christophe Rochus 61 62 63; Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan (USA) d. Olivier Rochus - Kristof Vliegen 63 67(2) 61 63; Roddick (USA) d. Olivier Rochus 76(4) 67(4) 76(5) 46 63; Blake (USA) d. Steve Darcis 75 61.
Final Round
Captains—Croatia, Nikola Pilic; Slovak Republic, Miloslav Mecir
Croatia 3, Slovak Republic 2, at the Sibamac Arena National Tennis Center, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) d. Karol Kucera 63 64 63; Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) d. Mario Ancic 76(4) 63 67(4) 64; Ljubicic - Ancic (CRO) d. Michal Mertinak 76(5) 63 76(5); Hrbaty (SVK) d. Ljubicic 46 63 64 36 64; Ancic (CRO) d. Mertinak 76(1) 63 64.
2006
One hundred thirty-three nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Romania, Florin Segarceanu
United States 4, Romania 1, at La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, Calif.
Andrei Pavel (ROM) d. Andy Roddick 67(2) 26 76(8) 62 64; James Blake (USA) d. Victor Hanescu 64 76(5) 62; Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan (USA) d. Hanescu - Horia Tecau 62 ret.; Roddick (USA) d. Razvan Sabau 63 63 62; Blake (USA) d. Tecau 61 75.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Chile, Hans Gildemeister
United States 3, Chile 2, at Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) d. James Blake 67(5) 06 76(2) 64 108; Andy Roddick (USA) d. Nicolas Massu 63 76(5) 76(5); Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan (USA) d. Paul Capdeville - Adrian Garcia 61 62 64; Roddick (USA) d. Gonzalez 46 75 63 62; Capdeville (CHI) d. Blake 63 64.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Russia, Shamil Tarpischev
Russia 3, United States 2, at Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia
Marat Safin (RUS) d. Andy Roddick 64 63 76(5); Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. James Blake 75 16 61 75; Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan (USA) d. Dmitry Tursunov - Mikhail Youzhny 63 64 62; Tursunov (RUS) d. Roddick 63 64 57 36 1715; Blake (USA) d. Safin 75 76(4).
Final Round
Captains—Russia, Shamil Tarpischev; Argentina, Alberto Mancini
Russia 3, Argentina 2, at Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia (Indoor/Carpet)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d. Juan Ignacio Chela 61 62 57 64; David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Marat Safin 64 64 64; Safin - Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d. Agustin Calleri - Nalbandian 62 63 64; Nalbandian (ARG) d. Davydenko 62 62 46 64; Safin (RUS) d. Jose Acasuso 63 36 63 76(5).
2007
One hundred thirty-one nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Czech Republic, Jaraslov Navratil
United States 4, Czech Republic 1, at CEZ Arena, Ostrava, Czech Republic (Clay)
Andy Roddick (USA) d. Ivo Minar 64 46 62 63; Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. James Blake 61 26 75 75; Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan (USA) d. Lukas Dlouhy – Pavel Vizner 64 64 64; Roddick (USA) d. Berdych 46 63 62 76(4); B. Bryan d. Dlouhy 76(5) 64.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Spain, Emilio Sanchez
United States 4 Spain 1 at Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C. (Indoor/Hard)
James Blake (USA) d. Tommy Robredo 64 63 64; Andy Roddick (USA) d. Fernando Verdasco 76(5) 61 64; Bob Bryan – Mike Bryan (USA) d. Feliciano Lopez – Verdasco 75 63 36 76(5); Robredo (ESP) d. B. Bryan 64 64; Blake (USA) d. Lopez 63 76(3).
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Sweden, Mats Wilander
United States 4, Sweden 1, at Scandinavium, Goteborg, Sweden (Indoor/Carpet)
Andy Roddick (USA) d. Joachim Johansson 76(4) 76(3) 63; Thomas Johansson (SWE) d. James Blake 64 62 36 63; Bob Bryan – Mike Bryan (USA) d. Simon Aspelin – Jonas Bjorkman 76(11) 62 63; Roddick (USA) d. Bjorkman 62 76(3) 64; Blake (USA) d. Aspelin 61 63.
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Russia, Shamil Tarpischev
United States 4, Russia 1, at Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Ore. (Indoor/Hard)
Andy Roddick (USA) d. Dmitry Tursunov 64 64 62; James Blake (USA) d. Mikhail Youzhny 63 76(4) 67(3) 76(3); Bob Bryan – Mike Bryan (USA) d. Igor Andreev – Nikolay Davydenko 76(4) 64 62; Andreev (RUS) d. B. Bryan 63 76(4); Blake (USA) d. Tursunov 16 63 75.
2008
One hundred twenty nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Austria, Gilbert Schaller
United States 4, Austria 1, at Ferry Dusika Hallenstadion, Vienna, Austria (Indoor/Clay)
Andy Roddick (USA) d. Jurgen Melzer 64 46 63 67(4) 63; James Blake (USA) d. Stefan Koubek 57 75 62 62; Bob Bryan – Mike Bryan (USA) d. Julian Knowle – Melzer 61 64 62; Koubek (AUT) d. M. Bryan 75 10 ret.; B. Bryan d. Werner Eschauer 60 36 76(3).
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; France, Guy Forget
United States 4, France 1, at Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C. (Indoor/Hard)
Andy Roddick (USA) d. Michael Llodra 64 76(3) 76(5); James Blake (USA) d. Paul-Henri Mathieu 76(5) 67(3) 63 36 75; Arnaud Clement – Llodra (FRA) d. Bob Bryan – Mike Bryan (USA) 67(7) 75 63 64; Roddick (USA) d. Mathieu 62 63 62; Blake (USA) d. Richard Gasquet 67(4) 64 64.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Spain, Emilio Sanchez
Spain 4, United States 1, at Plaza de Toros Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain (Clay)
Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. Sam Querrey 67(5) 64 63 64; David Ferrer (ESP) d. Andy Roddick 76(5) 26 16 64 86; Mike Bryan – Mardy Fish (USA) d. Feliciano Lopez – FernandoVerdasco 46 64 63 46 64; Nadal (ESP) d. Roddick 64 60 64; Lopez d. Querrey 76(3) 76(4).
Final Round
Captains—Spain, Emilio Sanchez; Argentina, Alberto Mancini
Spain 3, Argentina 1, at Estadio Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina (Indoor/Hard)
David Nalbandian (ARG) d. David Ferrer, 63 62 63; Feliciano Lopez (ESP) d. Juan Martin del Potro 46 76(2) 76(4) 63; Lopez – Fernando Verdasco d. Agustin Calleri – Nalbandian 57 75 76(5) 63; Verdasco d. Jose Acasuso 63 67(3) 46 63 61.
2009
One hundred twenty-three nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Switzerland, Severin Luthi
United States 4, Switzerland 1, at Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Arena, Birmingham, Ala. (Indoor/Hard)
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. James Blake 36 64 63 76(3); Andy Roddick (USA) d. Marco Chiudinelli 61 63 76(5); Bob Bryan – Mike Bryan (USA) d. Yves Allegro – Wawrinka 63 64 36 76(2); Roddick (USA) d. Wawrinka 64 64 62; Blake (USA) d. Chiudinelli 64 76(6).
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Croatia, Goran Prpic
Croatia 3, United States 2, at Sportska Dvorana, Porec, Croatia (Indoor/Clay)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) d. James Blake 67(5) 46 63 76(3) 75; Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Mardy Fish 46 63 67(3) 61 86; Bob Bryan – Mike Bryan (USA) d. Roko Karanusic – Lovro Zovko 63 61 63; Cilic (CRO) d. Blake 63 63 46 62; B. Bryan (USA) d. Karanusic 57 63 76(4)
Final Round
Captains—Spain, Albert Costa; Czech Republic, Jaroslav Navratil
Spain 5, Czech Republic 0, at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain (Indoor/Clay)
Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. Tomas Berdych 75 60 62; David Ferrer (ESP) d. Radek Stepanek 16 26 64 64 86; Feliciano Lopez – Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d. Berdych – Stepanek 76(7) 75 62; Nadal (ESP) d. Jan Hajek 63 64; Ferrer (ESP) d. Lukas Dlouhy 64 62
2010
Eighty-one nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Serbia, Bogdan Obradovic
Serbia 3, United States 2, at Belgrade Arena, Belgrade,
Serbia (Indoor/Clay)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) d. John Isner 76 67 75 64; Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. Sam Querrey 62 76 26 63; Bob Bryan – Isner (USA) d. Janko Tipsarevic – Nenad Zimonjic 76(8) 57 76(8) 63; Djokovic (SRB) d. Isner 75 36 63 67(6) 64; Querrey (USA) d. Troicki 75 62.
Captains—U.S., Patrick McEnroe; Colombia, Felipe Beron
United States 3, Colombia 1, at Plaza de Toros La Santamaria , Bogota, Colombia (Clay)
Mardy Fish (USA) d. Alejandro Falla 46 61 64 36 64; Santiago Giraldo (COL) d. Sam Querrey 62 64 75; Fish - John Isner (USA) d. Robert Farah - Carlos Salamanca 64 64 67 63; Fish (USA) d. Giraldo 36 63 75 46 86.
Final Round
Serbia 3, France 2, at Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia (Indoor/Hard)
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