The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis", and the winners are referred to as the World Champion team. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. By 2016, 135 nations entered teams into the competition.
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. He has won 103 ATP singles titles, the second most of all time after Jimmy Connors, including 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles, a record eight Wimbledon titles, and a record six year-end championships.
Ilie Theodoriu Năstase is a Romanian former world No. 1 tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in singles from 23 August 1973 to 2 June 1974, and was the first man to hold the top position on the computerized ATP Rankings. Năstase is one of the 10 players in history who have won over 100 total ATP titles, with 64 in singles and 45 in doubles.
Alejandro "Alex" Olmedo Rodríguez was a tennis player from Peru with American citizenship. He was listed by the USTA as a "foreign" player for 1958, but as a U.S. player for 1959. He helped win the Davis Cup for the United States in 1958 and was the No. 2 ranked amateur in 1959. Olmedo won two Majors in 1959 and the U.S. Pro Championships in 1960, and was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.
Ramanathan Krishnan is a retired tennis player from India who was among the world's leading players in the 1950s and 1960s. He was twice a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1961, reaching as high as World No. 3 in Potter's amateur rankings. He led India to the Challenge Round of the 1966 Davis Cup against Australia and was the non playing captain when Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj led India into the 1974 Davis Cup finals against South Africa.
Gerald Leighton PattersonMC was an Australian tennis player.
Daniel Evans is a British professional tennis player from England. He has been ranked as high as world No. 22 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved on 27 September 2021, and is the current British No. 2 in singles. He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 52 in doubles on 26 April 2021. In 2015, he formed part of the winning British Davis Cup team.
John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as No. 8 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
James Ward is a British former professional tennis player. He is a Davis Cup champion and former British No. 2.
Torsten Johansson was a Swedish tennis player who was active during the 1940s, 50s and 60s.
David Goffin is a Belgian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7. He is currently the highest ranked Belgian male and the first to reach the ATP top 10. Goffin has won five ATP titles, and has reached nine other ATP finals, most notably at the 2017 ATP World Tour Finals.
Wanaro N'Godrella was a French tennis player who was active in the late 1960s and the 1970s. His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the quarterfinals of the singles event at the 1973 Australian Open in which he was defeated by Karl Meiler in four sets. In 1973 and 1974 he played a doubles match for the French Davis Cup team.
Carl-Erik von Braun was a Swedish tennis player who was active in the 1920s.
Jacques Peten was a Belgian alpine skier and tennis player. He competed in the men's combined event at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Peten represented Belgium in the Davis Cup, appearing in seven ties between 1946 and 1951, as well as competing in the French Championships, Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships.
Jørgen Ulrich was a Danish tennis player.
Pekka Säilä was a tennis player from Finland.
Sakari Salo was a tennis and bandy player from Finland.
Pentti Gunnar Forsman was a tennis player from Finland.
Eric Claude Drossart is a former tennis player from Belgium.
Carl-Edvard Hedelund is a former tennis player from Denmark.
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