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National tennis team results (article)
editThis is a list of the Australia Davis Cup team results from 19xx to 1980
Match results
edit1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
editQualifying, Quarterfinals | 23–25 July 1914 | Canada | 5–0 | Onwentsia Club, Forest Lake, USA | Grass |
Norman Brookes | Bernie Schwengers | 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 | |||
Anthony Wilding | Robert Powell | 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 | |||
Norman Brookes / Anthony Wilding | Robert Powell / Bernie Schwengers | 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 | |||
Norman Brookes | Robert Powell | 6–0, 6–1, 6–3 | |||
Anthony Wilding | Bernie Schwengers | 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 |
Qualifying, Semifinals | 30 July–1 August 1914 | Germany | 5–0 | Allegheny County Club, Pittsburgh, USA | Grass |
Norman Brookes | Otto Froitzheim | 10–8, 6–1, 6–2 | |||
Anthony Wilding | Oscar Kreuzer | 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 | |||
Norman Brookes / Anthony Wilding | Otto Froitzheim / Oscar Kreuzer | 6–1, 6–1, 6–2 | |||
Norman Brookes | Oscar Kreuzer | 6–4, 6–2, 6–8, 6–2 | |||
Anthony Wilding | Otto Froitzheim | 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
National tennis team captains (article)
editAustralia Davis Cup team is the Australian men's national tennis team. The team first represented the country independently in 1923 after previously competing as Australasia from 1905 alongside players from New Zealand. However, Anthony Wilding was the only New Zealander to play for the unified team.
There have been XX captains of the [national tennis cup] team.
[Harry Hopman] was the longest-serving captain over an XX year spell.
[Harry Hopman] is the most successful captain, leading the country to XX [national tennis cup] wins.
This chronological list comprises all captains of the [national tennis cup] team. Each entry includes the dates and number of years captaining the team, as well as honours won and significant achievements.
Captains
editThere have been 19 Davis Cup captains since Australia's first participation in the event in 1905 (as Australasia).[1]
Name | Tenure | Total | Finals | Best Result[a] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W | Years | F | Years | S | Years | |||
Norman Brookes1 | 1905–1920 | 11 | 6 | 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1919 | 2 | 1912, 1920 | n/a | |
Norman Peach | 1921 | 1 | 1 | 1921 | n/a | |||
James Anderson | 1922–1923 | 2 | 2 | 1922, 1923 | n/a | |||
Gerald Patterson | 1924 | 1 | 2 | 1924 | n/a | |||
John Hawkes | 1925 | 1 | 3rd | 1925 | ||||
vacant2 | 1926–1927 | |||||||
Gerald Patterson (2) | 1928 | 1 | 1R | 1928 | ||||
vacant2 | 1929 | |||||||
James Willard | 1930 | 1 | 4R | 1930 | ||||
vacant2 | 1930 | |||||||
Jack Clemenger | 1932 | 1 | 3R | 1932 | ||||
Stanley Youdale | 1933–1934 | 2 | 3rd | 1934 | ||||
Norman Brookes (2) | 1935 | 3R | 1935 | |||||
Cliff Sproule | 1936–1937 | 2 | 1 | 1936 | n/a | |||
Harry Hopman | 1938–1939 | 2 | 1 | 1939 | 1 | 1938 | n/a | |
vacant1 | 1940–1945 | |||||||
Gerald Patterson (3) | 1946 | 3 | 2 | 1946 | n/a | |||
Roy Cowling | 1947 | 1 | 1 | 1947 | n/a | |||
Adrian Quist | 1948 | 1 | 1 | 1948 | n/a | |||
John Bromwich | 1949 | 1 | 1 | 1949 | n/a | |||
Harry Hopman (2) | 1938–1939, 1950–1969 |
20 | 15 | 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 | 5 | 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968 | n/a | |
Neale Fraser | 1970–1994 | 25 | 4 | 1973, 1977, 1983, 1986 | 2 | 1990, 1993 | n/a | |
John Newcombe | 1995–2000 | 6 | 1 | 1999 | 1 | 2000 | n/a | |
John Fitzgerald | 2001–2010 | 10 | 1 | 2003 | 1 | 2001 | n/a | |
Pat Rafter | 2011–2014 | 4 | 1R | 2014 | ||||
Wally Masur | 2015 | 1 | SF | 2015 | ||||
Lleyton Hewitt1 | 2016– | 7 | 2 | 2022, 2023 | n/a |
- Notes
2 Australia did not enter a team in 1926, 1927, 1929 or 1931 Davis Cup editions.
Captains 2
editThere have been 19 Davis Cup captains since Australia's first participation in the event in 1905 (as Australasia).[2]
Name | Tenure | Total | W | F | SF | QF | RR | AO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norman Brookes1 | 1905–1920 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Norman Peach | 1921 | 1 | 1 | |||||
James Anderson | 1922–1923 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Gerald Patterson | 1924 | 1 | 1 | |||||
John Hawkes | 1925 | 1 | 1 | |||||
vacant2 | 1926–1927 | |||||||
Gerald Patterson (2) | 1928 | 1 | 1 | |||||
vacant2 | 1929 | |||||||
James Willard | 1930 | 1 | 1 | |||||
vacant2 | 1931 | |||||||
Jack Clemenger | 1932 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Stanley Youdale | 1933–1934 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Norman Brookes (2) | 1935 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Cliff Sproule | 1936–1937 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Harry Hopman | 1938–1939 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
vacant1 | 1940–1945 | |||||||
Gerald Patterson (3) | 1946 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Roy Cowling | 1947 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Adrian Quist | 1948 | 1 | 1 | |||||
John Bromwich | 1949 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Harry Hopman (2) | 1950–1969 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | |||
Neale Fraser | 1970–1994 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | |
John Newcombe | 1995–2000 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
John Fitzgerald | 2001–2010 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Pat Rafter | 2011–2014 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Wally Masur | 2015 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Lleyton Hewitt1 | 2016– | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
- Notes
2 Australia did not enter a team in 1926, 1927, 1929 or 1931 Davis Cup editions.
National tennis team records and statistics (article)
edit[lead]
Individual records
editMost ties played in
editRank | Player | Ties | W–L | Career |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lleyton Hewitt | 43 | ||
2 | Todd Woodbridge | 32 | ||
3 | Adrian Quist | 28 | ||
4 | Mark Woodforde | 24 | ||
5 | John Bromwich | 23 | ||
5 | Jack Crawford | 23 | ||
5 | John Fitzgerald | 23 | ||
8 | John Alexander | 20 | ||
9 | Wayne Arthurs | 19 | ||
9 | Pat Cash | 19 | ||
9 | Mark Edmondson | 19 |
Youngest player
edit- Vivian McGrath, 17 years, 84 days, 12 May 1933, 5–0 vs. Norway in 1933 Europe Second round – 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 (win)[3]
Oldest player
edit- Norman Brookes, 43 years, 46 days, 1 January 1921, 0–5 vs. United States in 1920 Challenge Round Final – 7–5, 5–7, 3–6, 3–6 (loss)[4]
- ^ "Australia's Davis Cup Captains". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Australia's Davis Cup Captains". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "1933 Round 2, Norway vs. Australia". daviscup.com. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "1920 Challenge round Final, Australia vs. United States". daviscup.com. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
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