This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Australia Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match since 1923. It also includes players who competed for the Australasia Davis Cup team, a combined side featuring both Australians and New Zealanders from 1905 (as Australia assumed all records). [1] Players still active are in bold.
Player | Years played | First year | Ties | Win-loss record | Total record | |||
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Singles | Doubles | P | W–L | % | ||||
John Alexander | 11 | 1968 | 20 | 17–9 | 10–5 | 41 | 27–14 | 65.85% |
James Anderson | 5 | 1919 | 15 | 20–7 | 8–1 | 36 | 28–8 | 77.78% |
Mal Anderson | 4 | 1957 | 8 | 11–3 | 2–3 | 19 | 13–6 | 68.42% |
Wayne Arthurs | 8 | 1999 | 19 | 10–4 | 8–6 | 28 | 18–10 | 64.29% |
Carsten Ball | 3 | 2008 | 5 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 8 | 6–2 | 75% |
Syd Ball | 1 | 1974 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
Alex Bolt | 1 | 2021 | 1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
Bill Bowrey | 2 | 1968 | 2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
John Bromwich | 7 | 1937 | 23 | 19–11 | 20–1 | 51 | 39–12 | 76.47% |
Norman Brookes | 9 | 1905 | 14 | 18–7 | 10–4 | 39 | 28–11 | 71.79% |
Geoff Brown | 2 | 1947 | 3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
Darren Cahill | 4 | 1988 | 7 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 10 | 6–4 | 60% |
Ross Case | 5 | 1971 | 5 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 7 | 3–4 | 42.86% |
Pat Cash | 8 | 1983 | 19 | 23–7 | 8–3 | 41 | 31–10 | 75.61% |
Ashley Cooper | 2 | 1957 | 2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
John Cooper | 2 | 1971 | 4 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 7 | 4–3 | 57.14% |
Jack Crawford | 8 | 1928 | 23 | 23–16 | 13–5 | 57 | 36–21 | 63.16% |
Dick Crealy | 1 | 1970 | 3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 6 | 4–2 | 66.67% |
Alex de Minaur | 5 | 2018 | 20 | 15–7 | 0–1 | 23 | 15–8 | 68.75% |
Phil Dent | 8 | 1969 | 13 | 6–2 | 7–4 | 19 | 13–6 | 68.42% |
Colin Dibley | 3 | 1971 | 9 | 8–4 | 5–2 | 19 | 13–6 | 68.42% |
Peter Doohan | 1 | 1987 | 3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
Stanley Doust | 1 | 1913 | 1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3 | 1–2 | 33.33% |
Scott Draper | 1 | 2002 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3 | 1–2 | 33.33% |
Brad Drewett | 1 | 1980 | 1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
James Duckworth | 1 | 2021 | 1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Alfred Dunlop | 3 | 1905 | 4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4 | 3–1 | 80% |
Matthew Ebden | 5 | 2012 | 12 | 4–0 | 7–2 | 13 | 11–2 | 77.78% |
Mark Edmondson | 8 | 1977 | 19 | 11–7 | 8–3 | 29 | 19–10 | 65.52% |
Roy Emerson | 9 | 1959 | 18 | 21–2 | 13–2 | 38 | 34–4 | 89.47% |
John Fitzgerald | 10 | 1982 | 23 | 11–8 | 8–6 | 35 | 19–14 | 57.58% |
Neale Fraser | 6 | 1958 | 11 | 11–1 | 7–2 | 21 | 18–3 | 85.71% |
Rod Frawley | 1 | 1980 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
Richard Fromberg | 6 | 1990 | 9 | 10–4 | 1–0 | 15 | 11–4 | 73.33% |
Bob Giltinan | 2 | 1971 | 4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
Sam Groth | 4 | 2014 | 8 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12 | 5–7 | 41.67% |
Chris Guccione | 9 | 2005 | 18 | 9–6 | 9–2 | 26 | 18–8 | 69.23% |
Paul Hanley | 4 | 2006 | 10 | 0–2 | 8–2 | 12 | 8–4 | 66.67% |
Rex Hartwig | 3 | 1953 | 8 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 13 | 12–1 | 92.31% |
John Hawkes | 3 | 1921 | 10 | 6–7 | 5–2 | 20 | 11–9 | 55% |
Rodney Heath | 2 | 1911 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3 | 1–2 | 33.33% |
Lleyton Hewitt | 19 | 1999 | 43 | 42–14 | 17–7 | 80 | 59–21 | 73.75% |
Lew Hoad | 4 | 1953 | 9 | 10–2 | 7–2 | 21 | 17–4 | 80.95% |
Harry Hopman | 3 | 1928 | 7 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 16 | 8–8 | 50% |
Andrew Ilie | 1 | 2002 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
Alfred Jones | 1 | 1913 | 1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
Alun Jones | 1 | 2008 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
Brydan Klein | 1 | 2009 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Thanasi Kokkinakis | 3 | 2014 | 10 | 5–7 | 0–0 | 12 | 5–7 | 40% |
Mark Kratzmann | 2 | 1990 | 3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3 | 2–1 | 66.67% |
Jason Kubler | 1 | 2022 | 2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
Nick Kyrgios | 7 | 2013 | 11 | 11–5 | 0–1 | 17 | 11–6 | 64.71% |
Rod Laver | 5 | 1959 | 11 | 16–4 | 4–0 | 24 | 20–4 | 83.33% |
Colin Long | 2 | 1947 | 7 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 7 | 5–2 | 71.43% |
Peter Luczak | 5 | 2005 | 7 | 4–6 | 0–0 | 10 | 4–6 | 40% |
Bob Mark | 1 | 1959 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
Geoff Masters | 5 | 1972 | 9 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 11 | 8–3 | 72.73% |
Wally Masur | 8 | 1985 | 16 | 16–14 | 1–1 | 32 | 17–15 | 53.13% |
Marinko Matosevic | 3 | 2011 | 4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
Vivian McGrath | 5 | 1933 | 14 | 11–12 | 1–2 | 26 | 12–14 | 46.15% |
Ken McGregor | 3 | 1950 | 5 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 9 | 6–3 | 66.67% |
Ian McInnes | 1 | 1923 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Peter McNamara | 5 | 1980 | 10 | 9–7 | 1–4 | 21 | 10–11 | 47.62% |
Paul McNamee | 7 | 1980 | 17 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 30 | 19–11 | 63.33% |
John Millman | 3 | 2017 | 5 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
Edgar Moon | 1 | 1930 | 2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 9 | 4–0 | 100% |
Jamie Morgan | 1 | 1994 | 1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
John Newcombe | 8 | 1963 | 15 | 16–7 | 9–2 | 34 | 25–9 | 73.53% |
Pat O'Hara-Wood | 2 | 1922 | 9 | 9–5 | 8–1 | 15 | 17–6 | 73.91% |
Dinny Pails | 2 | 1946 | 4 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 8 | 3–5 | 37.5% |
Gerald Patterson | 6 | 1919 | 16 | 21–10 | 11–4 | 46 | 32–14 | 69.57% |
Norman Peach | 1 | 1921 | 1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
John Peers | 6 | 2016 | 15 | 0–0 | 7–8 | 15 | 7–8 | 46.67% |
Mark Philippoussis | 8 | 1995 | 13 | 13–10 | 0–0 | 23 | 13–10 | 56.52% |
Leslie Poidevin | 1 | 1906 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
Alexei Popyrin | 3 | 2019 | 4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
Max Purcell | 2 | 2022 | 8 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 10 | 7–3 | 60% |
Adrian Quist | 9 | 1933 | 28 | 24–10 | 19–3 | 56 | 43–13 | 76.79% |
Patrick Rafter | 8 | 1994 | 18 | 18–10 | 3–1 | 32 | 21–11 | 65.63% |
Todd Reid | 1 | 2004 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Horace Rice | 1 | 1913 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
Tony Roche | 9 | 1964 | 12 | 7–3 | 7–2 | 19 | 14–5 | 73.68% |
Mervyn Rose | 2 | 1951 | 2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3 | 1–2 | 33.33% |
Ken Rosewall | 6 | 1953 | 11 | 17–2 | 2–1 | 22 | 19–3 | 86.36% |
Ray Ruffels | 3 | 1968 | 5 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 9 | 5–5 | 50% |
Luke Saville | 1 | 2022 | 1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Richard Schlesinger | 1 | 1923 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Leonard Schwartz | 1 | 1938 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
Frank Sedgman | 4 | 1949 | 10 | 16–3 | 9–0 | 28 | 25–3 | 89.29% |
Bill Sidwell | 2 | 1948 | 8 | 10–5 | 2–1 | 18 | 12–6 | 66.67% |
Clifford Sproule | 1 | 1932 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
Fred Stolle | 3 | 1964 | 6 | 10–2 | 3–1 | 16 | 13–3 | 81.25% |
Sandon Stolle | 3 | 1997 | 6 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 6 | 2–4 | 33.33% |
Jason Stoltenberg | 4 | 1989 | 8 | 9–5 | 0–0 | 14 | 9–5 | 64.29% |
Allan Stone | 2 | 1970 | 5 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6 | 6–0 | 100% |
Jordan Thompson | 6 | 2017 | 12 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 14 | 9–5 | 63.64% |
Clarence Todd | 1 | 1921 | 4 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5 | 5–0 | 100% |
Bernard Tomic | 6 | 2010 | 12 | 17–4 | 0–0 | 21 | 17–4 | 80.95% |
Don Turnbull | 2 | 1933 | 3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3 | 2–1 | 66.67% |
Kim Warwick | 2 | 1978 | 2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
Rupert Wertheim | 1 | 1922 | 1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
Tony Wilding [lower-alpha 1] | 6 | 1905 | 11 | 15–6 | 6–3 | 30 | 21–9 | 70% |
James Willard | 1 | 1930 | 3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
Todd Woodbridge | 14 | 1991 | 32 | 5–4 | 25–7 | 41 | 30–11 | 73.17% |
Mark Woodforde | 10 | 1988 | 24 | 4–10 | 17–5 | 36 | 21–15 | 58.33% |
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