History
The U.S. Davis Cup Team won the very first Davis Cup title in 1900. Their most recent win was in 2007, defeating Russia in the final.
The United States played in the World Group in all but one year (1988) since it was created in 1981, sharing this record with Sweden and Czech Republic, and hold the record for ongoing consecutive years in the World Group at 24 as of 2012.
Read more about this topic: United States Davis Cup Team
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“... all big changes in human history have been arrived at slowly and through many compromises.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)
“The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.”
—Willa Cather (1876–1947)