The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual team sporting competition. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis" and the winners are referred to as the world champions. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. By 2023 155 nations entered teams into the competition.
Hendrik "Henk" Timmer was a Dutch sportsman, who primarily played tennis. Born in Utrecht, Timmer also won golf tournaments, became Dutch squash champion, played badminton and hockey. He died aged 94 in Bilthoven, four days before his former doubles partner Kea Bouman. Apart from being a Dutch tennis champion, he was Swiss, Welsh and Scottish indoors champion as well.
Johannes Martinus ("Jan") Siemerink is a retired tennis player from the Netherlands. The former Dutch Davis Cup captain reached a career-high ATP ranking of 14.
Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He won two singles titles, achieved a bronze medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics and attained a career-high singles ranking of World No. 26 in April 1994. Goellner reached the quarterfinals of the 1997 Rome Masters, defeating top tenners Richard Krajicek and Albert Costa en route.
The Switzerland men's national tennis team represents Switzerland in the Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by Swiss Tennis.
Alejandro Corretja Verdegay is a Spanish former professional tennis player. During his career, he was twice a major runner-up at the French Open, won the Tour Finals in 1998, reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in 1999, and captured Masters titles at the 1997 Italian Open and 2000 Indian Wells Masters. Corretja also played a key role in helping Spain win its first Davis Cup title in 2000. Post-retirement, Corretja became a temporary coach of Andy Murray in April 2008 for the duration of the clay-court season, resuming the role on a permanent basis between 2009 and 2011. From 2012 to 2013, Corretja coached the Spanish Davis Cup team.
Jean-Julien Rojer is a Dutch professional tennis player from Curaçao, who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in November 2015.
Jocelyn Robichaud is a former tour professional tennis player. Robichaud captured three junior Grand Slam titles and played Davis Cup for Canada. More of a doubles specialist, he won three Challenger events in doubles and reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 119.
Andrew Richardson is a British former professional tennis player, and now a coach.
Fred Hemmes Sr. is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. His son, Fred Hemmes Jr., also had a career as a tennis player.
Kho Sin-Khie was an Indonesian-born tennis player who represented the Republic of China in the Davis Cup. He was from the Peranakan Chinese ethnic group. He was the first Chinese player ever to win a major international tournament. He was a two time winner of the British Hard Court Championships, and the Surrey Grass Court Championships on one occasion. He also won the Swiss International Championships (1939), Italian and Swedish champion as well.
Johan Frederik Willem "Jan" van der Heide was a Dutch tennis player. He was the fifth-ranked Dutch player in 1928, third in 1930 and second in 1932. He was a one-time national singles, doubles and mixed doubles champion.
The 2014 ATP World Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2014 tennis season. The 2014 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the Davis Cup and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2014 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.
Konstantin Pavlovich Pugaev is a former professional tennis player from Russia who represented the Soviet Union.
Alistair Hunt is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.
Patrick Mohr is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.
Alexander Marcial is a Filipino former professional tennis player.
Theo Gorter is a Dutch former professional tennis player.
Ton Sie is an Indonesian-born Dutch former professional tennis player.
Niklaus Fleury is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He was active from 1965 to 1978 and won 2 career singles titles.
Netherlands