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Individual Record Book Contents – All-Time INDIVIDUAL RECORD BOOK CONTENTS – ALL-TIME MOST APPEARANCES LOPSIDED WINS AND LOSSES (in games) Years on U.S. Davis Cup Team Fewest Games Lost by a U.S. Singles Player Ties Played for U.S. Davis Cup Team Fewest Games Won by a U.S. Singles Player Consecutive Years Played Fewest Games Lost by a U.S. Doubles Team Consecutive Ties Played Fewest Games Won by a U.S. Doubles Team Total Matches Played (Singles, Doubles Combined) Total Victories (Singles, Doubles Combined) MOST NUMBER OF GAMES… … in a Singles Rubber (since 1900) SINGLES RECORDS … in a Doubles Rubber (since 1900) Matches Played … in a Singes Rubber (since introduction of the tiebreak) Victories … in a Doubles Rubber (since introduction of the tiebreak) Best Winning Percentage … in a Set – Singles Most Wins to Clinch a Tie … in a Set – Doubles Best Winning Percentage in Tie-Clinching Situations MOST MATCH POINTS SAVED TO WIN DOUBLES RECORDS Matches Played TIEBREAK RECORDS Victories – Individual Most Points Played in a Tiebreak Victories – Team First Tiebreak Best Winning Percentage for a Doubles Team Four Tiebreaks in One Match Most Doubles Partners in a Davis Cup Career A MATTER OF TIME FINALS RECORDS Longest Singles Match (before the tiebreak) Appearances in a Final Longest Singles Match (since introduction of the tiebreak) Appearances on Title-Winning Team Longest Doubles Match (before the tiebreak) Longest Doubles Match (since introduction of the tiebreak) FIVE-SET RECORDS Longest Time on a Court in a Tie (since intro. of tiebreak) Five-set Singles Matches Played Five-set Singles Victories MATTERS OF AGE Five-set Doubles Matches Played – Individual Youngest Players Five-set Doubles Victories – Individual Oldest Players Five-set Doubles Matches Played – Team Five-set Doubles Victories – Team Five-set Matches Played (Singles, Doubles Combined) ROOKIES Five-set Victories (Singles, Doubles Combined) Rookies Winning Fifth-and-Decisive Rubbers Making Singles Debut in the Davis Cup Final FIFTH-AND-DECISIVE RECORDS Fifth-and-Decisive Matches Played SERVING RECORDS Victories in Fifth-and-Decisive Matches Five-Set Victories in Fifth-and-Decisive Matches Comebacks from Two-Sets-to-Love Down THREE POINT WINNERS Davis Cup Rookies to Come Back from 0-2 Deficit U.S. Players Winning Three Live Rubbers in One Tie U.S. Players Winning Three Points in One Tie CONSECUTIVE WINS (SETS AND MATCHES) Three Points Against a U.S. Team Consecutive Sets Won in Singles Consecutive Sets Won – Doubles Team U.S. PLAYERS WINNING TWO FIVE-SET Consecutive Matches Won (Singles, Doubles Combined) MATCHES IN SAME TIE Consecutive Singles Matches Won Consecutive Doubles Matches Won – Team Consecutive Defeats (Singles, Doubles Combined) AMERICANS IN FIFTH-AND-DECISIVE RUBBERS PLAYER RECORDS – ALL-TIME ROSTER TEAM RECORD BOOK CONTENTS – ALL-TIME GENERAL STATS PLAYING WORLD NO. 1 AND/OR WORLD Years Played NO. 2 Overall Won-Loss Record When the U.S. Faces the World No. 1 When the U.S. Wins the First Singles Rubber World No. 1 and No. 2 Singles and Doubles Players When the U.S. Loses the First Singles Rubber on the Same Team When the U.S. Leads 2-0 When the U.S. is Tied 1-1 When the U.S. Trails 0-2 When the U.S. Wins the Doubles Point DAVIS CUP TRAVELS When the U.S. Loses the Doubles Point Record by Continent In Challenge Round/World Group Finals Countries Faced Most Ties Played in One Year Longest Travel for a Tie Most Games in a Tie (since 1900) Learning to Fly Most Games in a Tie (since introduction of the Highest Elevations to Host a Tie tiebreak) Survivors of the Titanic RECORD STREAKS BROTHERLY LOVE Consecutive Team Victories Brothers who have competed against the U.S. Consecutive Team Losses Consecutive Rubbers Won Consecutive Doubles Victories U.S. CAPTAINS Consecutive Doubles Losses U.S. Captains – All-time Roster Consecutive Home Ties Won Most Wins Consecutive Home Ties Lost Longest Tenure Consecutive Away Ties Won Youngest Consecutive Away Ties Lost Oldest COMEBACKS ALL-TIME RECORDS VS. ALL NATIONS From 0-2 Down From 1-2 Down Ties Lost After Leading 2-0 TEAM RESULTS (since 1981 - World Group Format) Multiple Comebacks from a Two-Set Deficit in One Tie ATTENDANCE RECORDS RUBBER-BY-RUBBER RESULTS At an Away Tie At a Home Tie Single-Day Home Records WHEN THE SCORE IS… Three-Day Home Records VENUES TO HOST A U.S. DAVIS CUP TIE MISCELLANEOUS STATS Home Venues – By State Latest Finish for a U.S. Davis Cup Team Away Venues – By Country Losses in the First Round Three Points in One Day Teams to Win Title Without Losing a Rubber Most Consecutive Ties Played by the Same Team RECORD BOOK (Records thru 2018) INDIVIDUAL RECORDS *bold means active player in Davis Cup MOST APPEARANCES CONSECUTIVE YEARS PLAYED TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED YEARS ON U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM RANK PLAYER YEARS (Singles and Doubles Combined) RANK PLAYER YEARS T1. Bob Bryan 14 2003-16 RANK PLAYER MATCHES T1. Bob Bryan 14 Bill Tilden 11 1920-30 1. John McEnroe 69 . Mike Bryan 14 T3. Andy Roddick 9 2001-09 2. Vic Seixas 55 3. John McEnroe 12 John Isner 9 2010 -18 3. Andy Roddick 45 T4. Andre Agassi 11 Todd Martin 9 1994-02 4. Wilmer Allison 44 Bill Tilden 11 T6. Bill Johnston 8 1920-27 5. Stan Smith 42 Stan Smith 11 John Van Ryn 8 1929-36 6. Bill Tilden 41 T7. Arthur Ashe 10 T8. Mike Bryan 7 2003-09 7. Chuck McKinley 38 Andy Roddick 10 John McEnroe 7 1978-84 T8. Andre Agassi 36 T9. John Isner 9 Dennis Ralston 7 1920-28 Bob Bryan 36 Todd Martin 9 Vic Seixas 7 1951-57 10. Tony Trabert 35 T11. Wilmer Allison 8 T12. Andre Agassi 6 1988-93 T11. Arthur Ashe 34 James Blake 8 Wilmer Allison 6 1928-33 Dennis Ralston 34 Mardy Fish 8 Arthur Ashe 6 1965-70 T13. James Blake 33 Bill Johnston 8 Peter Fleming 6 1979-84 Mike Bryan 33 Bob Lutz 8 Chuck McKinley 6 1960-65 15. John Van Ryn 32 Sam Querrey 8 Ted Schroeder 6 1946-51 16. Barry MacKay 31 Pete Sampras 8 Stan Smith 6 1968-73 17. Todd Martin 30 John Van Ryn 8 Erik van Dillen 6 1971-76 18. Don Budge 29 T19. Jim Courier 7 T20. James Blake 5 2005-09 T19. Pete Sampras 28 Rey Garrido 7 Ken Flach 5 1985-89 John Isner 28 Gardnar Mulloy 7 Barry MacKay 5 1956-60 21. Jim Courier 27 Dennis Ralston 7 Ham Richardson 5 1952-56 22. Frank Shields 25 Ham Richardson 7 Robert Seguso 5 1985-89 T23. George Lott 22 Vic Seixas 7 Tony Trabert 5 1951-55 Ham Richardson 22 TIES PLAYED FOR U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM 24. Bill Johnston 21 T26. Clark Graebner 20 RANK PLAYER TIES PLAYED CONSECUTIVE TIES PLAYED 1. Mike Bryan 32 RANK PLAYER TIES YEARS Maurice McLoughlin 20 T2. Bob Bryan 30 1. John McEnroe 21 1978 F - T27. Mardy Fish 19 John McEnroe 30 1984 F Ted Schroeder 19 4. Andy Roddick 25 2. Mike Bryan 19 2003 WGPO T5. Wilmer Allison 24 - 2009 QF Stan Smith 24 3. Andy Roddick 18 2003 WGPO John Van Ryn 24 - 2009 R1 8. Vic Seixas 23 4. Bob Bryan 16 2003 WGPO 9. Andre Agassi 22 - 2008 QF T10. Arthur Ashe 18 5. Bill Tilden 13 1920 QF - George Lott 18 1928 AMF Todd Martin 18 T6. Ken Flach 12 1985 FR - T13. James Blake 17 1989 SF Bill Tildren 17 Peter Fleming 12 1981 SF - T15. Bob Lutz 16 1984 F Chuck McKinley 16 Barry MacKay 12 1957 ChF - Pete Sampras 16 1960 IZF John Isner 16 Erik van Dillen 12 1971 ChF - T19. Peter Fleming 15 1974 AMSF Barry MacKay 15 John Van Ryn 12 1931 IZF - Dennis Ralston 15 1934 AMSF T22. Jim Courier 14 Ham Richardson 14 Tony Trabert 14 Erik van Dillen 14 Sam Querrey 14 T27. Ken Flach 13 Frank Shields 13 T29. Gardnar Mulloy 12 Robert Seguso 12 TOTAL VICTORIES (Singles and Doubles Combined) SINGLES VICTORIES BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE RANK PLAYER SINGLES WINS RANK PLAYER WINS IN TIE-CLINCHING SITUATIONS 1. John McEnroe 59 1. John McEnroe 41 (At least 3 matches played) 2. Vic Seixas 38 2. Andy Roddick 33 RANK PLAYER WIN % 3. Stan Smith 35 3. Andre Agassi 30 T1. Andy Roddick 1.000 (12-0) 4. Bill Tilden 34 4. Arthur Ashe 27 John McEnroe 1.000 (6-0) 5. Andy Roddick 33 5. Bill Tilden 25 Arthur Ashe 1.000 (4-0) 6. Wilmer Allison 32 6. Vic Seixas 24 Stan Smith 1.000 (3-0) 7. Andre Agassi 30 7. Don Budge 19 5. Jim Courier .833 (5-1) T8. Bob Bryan 29 8. Wilmer Allison 18 6. Andre Agassi .800 (4-1) Chuck McKinley 29 James Blake 18 7. Harold Solomon .667 (2-1) John Van Ryn 29 T10. Barry MacKay 17 11. Arthur Ashe 28 Ham Richardson 17 DOUBLES RECORDS T12. Tony Trabert 27 T12. Jim Courier 16 Mike Bryan 27 Chuck McKinley 16 DOUBLES MATCHES PLAYED T14. Don Budge 25 Frank Shields 16 RANK PLAYER MATCHES Dennis Ralston 25 Tony Trabert 16 1. Mike Bryan 32 16. Barry MacKay 22 T16. Tut Bartzen 15 2. Bob Bryan 30 17. James Blake 21 Pete Sampras 15 3. John Van Ryn 24 18. Ham Richardson 20 Stan Smith 15 4. Stan Smith 23 John Isner 15 T19. Frank Shields 19 5. John McEnroe 20 Pete Sampras 19 T20. Bill Johnston 14 6. Vic Seixas 19 T21. Bill Johnston 18 Dennis Ralston 14 T7.
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