This is a list of tennis players who have represented the United States Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. The United States has taken part in the Davis Cup since 1901. [1] Statistics correct as of 18 September 2017.
Player | Total W–L | Singles W–L | Doubles W–L | Ties played | Debut |
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Andre Agassi | 30–6 | 30–6 | 0–0 | 22 | 1988 |
Fred Alexander | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2 | 1908 |
Wilmer Allison | 32–12 | 18–10 | 14–2 | 24 | 1928 |
Paul Annacone | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 1986 |
Jimmy Arias | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3 | 1984 |
Arthur Ashe | 28–6 | 27–5 | 1–1 | 18 | 1963 |
Tut Bartzen | 16–0 | 15–0 | 1–0 | 9 | 1952 |
Karl Behr | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1 | 1907 |
Jay Berger | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2 | 1908 |
James Blake | 21–12 | 18–11 | 3–2 | 17 | 2000 |
Tom Brown | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2 | 1950 |
Bob Bryan | 29–7 | 4–2 | 25–5 | 30 | 2003 |
Mike Bryan | 26–6 | 0–1 | 26–5 | 31 | 2003 |
Butch Buchholz | 6–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 6 | 1959 |
Don Budge | 25–4 | 19–2 | 6–2 | 11 | 1935 |
Thomas Bundy | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2 | 1911 |
Harold Burrows | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2 | 1954 |
Michael Chang | 8–4 | 8–4 | 0–0 | 6 | 1989 |
Straight Clark | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3 | 1953 |
William Clothier | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3 | 1905 |
Wilbur Coen | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2 | 1928 |
Jimmy Connors | 10–3 | 10–3 | 0–0 | 7 | 1976 |
Jim Courier | 17–10 | 16–10 | 1–0 | 14 | 1991 |
Christopher Crawford | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1961 |
Scott Davis | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2 | 1980 |
Dwight F. Davis | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2 | 1900 |
Donald Dell | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3 | 1961 |
Taylor Dent | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 2003 |
John Doeg | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2 | 1930 |
Jon Douglas | 6–3 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 5 | 1958 |
Mardy Fish | 11–8 | 7–7 | 4–1 | 11 | 2002 |
Ken Flach | 11–2 | 0–0 | 11–2 | 13 | 1985 |
Herbie Flam | 12–2 | 10–2 | 2–0 | 8 | 1952 |
Peter Fleming | 14–1 | 0–0 | 14–1 | 15 | 1979 |
Allen Fox | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1963 |
Taylor Fritz | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3 | 2019 |
Frank Froehling | 3–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3 | 1963 |
Patrick Galbraith | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2 | 1996 |
Jan-Michael Gambill | 2–5 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3 | 1998 |
Reynaldo Garrido | 5–13 | 5–13 | 1–4 | 8 | 1951 |
Vitas Gerulaitis | 11–3 | 11–3 | 0–0 | 7 | 1977 |
Sam Giammalva | 7–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 7 | 1956 |
Brad Gilbert | 10–5 | 10–5 | 0–0 | 8 | 1986 |
Justin Gimelstob | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2 | 1998 |
Robby Ginepri | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 2004 |
Grant Golden | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2 | 1957 |
Pancho Gonzales | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1949 |
Tom Gorman | 8–5 | 7–5 | 1–0 | 7 | 1972 |
Brian Gottfried | 7–7 | 6–7 | 1–0 | 7 | 1975 |
Jim Grabb | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1993 |
Clark Graebner | 16–4 | 11–2 | 5–2 | 11 | 1965 |
Bryan Grant | 8–2 | 8–2 | 0–0 | 5 | 1935 |
Michael Green | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3 | 1956 |
Harold Hackett | 5–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 6 | 1908 |
Ryan Harrison | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5 | 2012 |
John F. Hennessey | 14–2 | 11–2 | 3–0 | 8 | 1928 |
Ron Holmberg | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 1956 |
Joseph Hunt | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1939 |
Frank Hunter | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4 | 1927 |
John Isner | 17–11 | 15–11 | 2–0 | 16 | 2010 |
Donald Johnson | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 2001 |
Steve Johnson | 5–3 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 5 | 2015 |
Wallace F. Johnson | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1913 |
Bill Johnston | 18–3 | 14–3 | 4–0 | 10 | 1920 |
Arnold Jones | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 1928 |
Jack Kramer | 7–2 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 4 | 1939 |
Aaron Krickstein | 6–4 | 6–4 | 0–0 | 5 | 1985 |
William Larned | 9–5 | 9–5 | 0–0 | 8 | 1902 |
Arthur Larsen | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3 | 1951 |
Rick Leach | 7–4 | 0–1 | 7–3 | 10 | 1990 |
Raymond Little | 3–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4 | 1906 |
Melville Long | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1 | 1909 |
George Lott | 18–4 | 7–4 | 11–0 | 18 | 1928 |
Bob Lutz | 15–2 | 1–0 | 14–2 | 16 | 1968 |
Barry MacKay | 22–9 | 17–7 | 5–2 | 15 | 1956 |
Gene Mako | 6–3 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 8 | 1935 |
Todd Martin | 16–14 | 11–8 | 5–6 | 18 | 1994 |
Gene Mayer | 4–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3 | 1982 |
Tim Mayotte | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3 | 1986 |
John McEnroe | 59–10 | 41–8 | 18–2 | 30 | 1978 |
Patrick McEnroe | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4 | 1993 |
Chuck McKinley | 29–9 | 16–6 | 13–3 | 16 | 1960 |
Maurice McLoughlin | 12–8 | 9–4 | 3–4 | 8 | 1909 |
Fred McNair | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3 | 1977 |
Gardnar Mulloy | 11–3 | 3–0 | 8–3 | 12 | 1946 |
Alex O'Brien | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 5 | 1997 |
Alex Olmedo | 7–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3 | 1958 |
Reilly Opelka | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3 | 2019 |
Jared Palmer | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 6 | 1994 |
Frank Parker | 12–2 | 12–2 | 0–0 | 7 | 1937 |
Charlie Pasarell | 6–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5 | 1966 |
David Pate | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1991 |
Budge Patty | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 1951 |
Tommy Paul | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 2020 |
Robert Perry | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2 | 1952 |
Jim Pugh | 6–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 6 | 1990 |
Sam Querrey | 12–9 | 10–9 | 2–0 | 16 | 2008 |
William Quillian | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 1958 |
Dennis Ralston | 25–9 | 14–5 | 11–4 | 15 | 1960 |
Whitney Reed | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3 | 1958 |
Richey Reneberg | 6–3 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 8 | 1993 |
Vincent Richards | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4 | 1922 |
Hamilton Richardson | 20–2 | 17–1 | 3–1 | 14 | 1952 |
Cliff Richey | 10–3 | 10–3 | 0–0 | 7 | 1966 |
Marty Riessen | 7–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 8 | 1963 |
Bobby Riggs | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2 | 1938 |
Joey Rive | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1 | 1993 |
Andy Roddick | 33–12 | 33–12 | 0–0 | 25 | 2001 |
Pete Sampras | 19–9 | 15–8 | 4–1 | 16 | 1991 |
Dick Savitt | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2 | 1951 |
Ted Schroeder | 13–6 | 11–3 | 2–3 | 8 | 1946 |
Eugene Scott | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2 | 1963 |
Robert Seguso | 10–2 | 0–0 | 10–2 | 12 | 1985 |
Victor Elias Seixas | 38–17 | 24–12 | 14–5 | 23 | 1951 |
Frank Shields | 19–6 | 16–6 | 3–0 | 13 | 1931 |
Stan Smith | 35–7 | 15–4 | 20–3 | 24 | 1968 |
Jack Sock | 8–3 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 8 | 2015 |
Harold Solomon | 9–4 | 9–4 | 0–0 | 7 | 1971 |
Vince Spadea | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 2000 |
Jonathan Stark | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4 | 1994 |
Hugh Stewart | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2 | 1952 |
Sherwood Stewart | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4 | 1977 |
Dick Stockton | 5–5 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 7 | 1973 |
Lester Stoefen | 6–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4 | 1934 |
Clifford Sutter | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2 | 1931 |
Bill Talbert | 9–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 8 | 1946 |
Roscoe Tanner | 9–4 | 9–4 | 0–0 | 7 | 1975 |
Eliot Teltscher | 5–4 | 5–4 | 0–0 | 5 | 1982 |
Frances Tiafoe | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1 | 2018 |
Bill Tilden | 34–7 | 25–5 | 9–2 | 17 | 1920 |
Tony Trabert | 27–8 | 16–5 | 11–3 | 14 | 1951 |
Erik van Dillen | 12–6 | 1–3 | 11–3 | 14 | 1971 |
John Van Ryn | 29–3 | 7–1 | 22–2 | 24 | 1929 |
Ellsworth Vines | 13–3 | 13–3 | 0–0 | 8 | 1932 |
Holcombe Ward | 7–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 7 | 1900 |
Watson Washburn | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1 | 1921 |
MaliVai Washington | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3 | 1993 |
David Wheaton | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 1993 |
Malcolm Whitman | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2 | 1900 |
R. Norris Williams | 10–3 | 6–3 | 4–0 | 9 | 1913 |
Sidney Wood | 8–6 | 5–6 | 3–0 | 7 | 1931 |
Chris Woodruff | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2 | 2000 |
George Wrenn | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1903 |
Robert Wrenn | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1 | 1903 |
Beals Wright | 9–7 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 7 | 1905 |
Donald Young | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2 | 2014 |
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