United States vs. Great Britain Davis Cup by BNP Paribas 2014 World Group First Round Petco Park San Diego, Calif. * January 31-February 2 INDEX PREVIEW NOTES U.S. AND GREAT BRITAIN PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM RECORDS U.S. DAVIS CUP INDIVIDUAL RECORDS ALL-TIME U.S. DAVIS CUP TIES RELEASES AND TRANSCRIPTS United States vs. Great Britain Davis Cup by BNP Paribas 2014 World Group First Round Petco Park San Diego, California * January 31-February 2 PREVIEW NOTES The oldest rivalry in Davis Cup history—the United States and Great Britain—will be renewed with a modern twist on a red clay court constructed in the left field of Petco Park in San Diego. The U.S. hosts Great Britain and reigning Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in its first round matchup, Jan. 31 – Feb. 2. It will be the first time Davis Cup is played in an open air baseball stadium in the U.S. and the first time the U.S. Davis Cup team has hosted a tie on clay since the 1992 semifinals (U.S. def. Sweden, 4-1, in Minneapolis). The United States-Great Britain rivalry is the oldest in Davis Cup history, dating back to the first competition in 1900, when the U.S. defeated Great Britain in Boston. The U.S. last faced Great Britain in the 1999 World Group first round in England and won that tie, 3-2, when current U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier rallied in the fifth and decisive match to defeat Greg Rusedski in the fifth set, 8-6. Courier also won a five-set match on the opening day, defeating Tim Henman in 4 hours, 12 minutes. The U.S. has won 32 Davis Cup titles (last title, 2007) and Great Britain has won nine (last title, 1936). The U.S. holds an 11-7 record against Great Britain in Davis Cup play, winning the last four ties. Great Britain’s last win against the U.S. came in 1935. The 1999 first round tie was the only meeting between the two nations under the current World Group format. Great Britain has played five World Group first round ties on clay (all of which were away) and has yet to win a first round tie on clay. World No. 4 Andy Murray has a 16-match singles winning streak in Davis Cup competition. Murray is 16-1 in Davis Cup singles play, with his only loss coming in his Davis Cup singles debut in the 2005 World Group Playoff against Switzerland, where Murray lost to current Top 10 player Stanislas Wawrinka. The U.S. is 110-17 all-time in Davis Cup ties played at home and has played in 78 different venues in 34 states. The U.S. Davis Cup team in 17-2 in the state of California and is undefeated in six matches in the San Diego area (2-0 in San Diego/LaJolla, 4-0 in Carlsbad). This will be the third consecutive home tie for the U.S. Davis Cup team after hosting the 2013 Davis Cup first round and quarterfinal in Jacksonville, Fla., and Boise, Idaho, respectively. The U.S. leads all nations with 32 Davis Cup titles and owns the longest uninterrupted run in the World Group, dating back to 1989. The U.S. holds a 213-67 all-time Davis Cup record and has a winning record against 35 of the 39 countries faced and a level record with one country. The U.S. is undefeated versus 21 countries and holds an active winning streak against 34 nations. Founded in 1900, Davis Cup is the world’s largest annual international men’s team competition with 123 nations competing in 2014. The winner of this match will play either Italy or Argentina in the quarterfinals, April 4-6. Should the U.S. defeat Great Britain, it will travel to Italy or Argentina. ORDER OF PLAY DAY/LOCAL MATCH TIME EVENT DETAILS/PAIRING Friday, 11:00 a.m. Singles A: USA No. 1 vs. GBR No. 2 (or GBR No. 1 vs. USA No. 2) Singles B: Opposite pairing of Singles A Saturday, 12:00 p.m. Doubles: *Doubles Sunday, 11:00 a.m. Singles C: USA No. 1 vs. GBR No. 1 Singles D: USA No. 2 vs. GBR No. 2 *Team captains may substitute the doubles team up to one hour before the match. TABLE OF CONTENTS Initial Rosters 2013 Davis Cup Results U.S. Television Schedule Success in the World Group First Round Davis Cup Team Comparison: U.S. vs. Great Britain Head-to-Head: U.S. vs. Great Britain Individual Rankings & Records Did You Know? U.S.-Great Britain Head-to-Head Player Matchups This Week in U.S. Davis Cup History Playing on Clay Courts INITIAL ROSTERS ANTICIPATED PARTICIPANTS* – Both captains submitted an initial four-man roster 10 days prior to play, but can change two of the four players originally nominated up to one hour before Thursday’s draw ceremony, when they are required to submit their official lineups. *Team rosters subject to change. UNITED STATES GREAT BRITAIN John Isner Andy Murray Sam Querrey James Ward Bob Bryan Kyle Edmund Mike Bryan Colin Fleming Captain Jim Courier Captain Leon Smith WHERE TO WATCH Tennis Channel will air live daily coverage. Friday’s singles matches will air live at 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT, Saturday’s doubles match will air at 3:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. PT, and Sunday’s singles matches will air live at 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT. DAVIS CUP TEAM COMPARISON: UNITED STATES VS. GREAT BRITAIN UNITED STATES DAVIS CUP COMPARISON GREAT BRITAIN 1900 First year played 1900 99 Years played 102 280 (213-67) Ties played 237 (144-93) 33 (60-26) Years in World Group 13 (3-12) (since 1981) 32-time Champion Best Finish Nine-time Champion (32-29 in finals) (1903-1906, 1912, 1933-1936) U.S. vs. Great Britain Head-to-Head Player Breakdown Andy The Skinny James The Skinny Kyle The Murray Ward Edmund Skinny Record Record Record Murray won at two Grand Isner and Ward have not Slam events, defeating faced each other on the John 0-2 Isner in the round of 16 at 1-0 ATP World Tour. Isner won Have not Isner the 2010 Australian Open at the USTA Pro Circuit 0-0 faced each and in the quarterfinals of Challenger in Savannah, other. the 2011 US Open. Ga., in 2009. Querrey and Murray have never met on clay. Murray Ward won in the third won the last meeting on a round of the 2011 grass- hard court in 2012 at the Sam court event at The Queen’s Emirates Airline US Open Have not 1-5 0-1 Club in London when 0-0 Querrey Series event in Cincinnati. faced each Querrey was the defending Querrey’s only win was in other. champion. the final of the Series event in Los Angeles in 2010. *See end of Preview Notes for detail head-to-heads INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS & RECORDS (all records are current and include the Australian Open, rankings as of January 20) INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (ATP World Tour and Grand Slam Events) UNITED STATES Singles Doubles Davis Cup Davis Cup SINGLES TITLES Player Ranking Ranking Singles Doubles 2013 CAREER (2013) John Isner No. 13 No. 187 6-7 2-0 39-24 208-133 8 (2)* Sam Querrey No. 51 No. 214 4-6 0-0 27-22 212-171 7 (0) DOUBLES Bob Bryan --- No. 1 4-2 21-4 70-13 851-265 93 (11) Mike Bryan --- No. 1 0-1 22-4 70-13 865-267 95 (11) GREAT BRITAIN Singles Doubles Davis Cup Davis Cup SINGLES TITLES Player Ranking Ranking Singles Doubles 2013 CAREER (2013) Andy Murray No. 4 No. 102 16-1 3-5 43-8 427-133 28 (4) James Ward No. 165 No. 747 8-5 --- 1-4 16-26 0 (0) Kyle Edmund No. 372 --- --- --- 1-3 1-4 0 (0) DOUBLES Colin Fleming --- No. 30 1-0 8-1 38-22 128-92 7 (2) *John Isner also won one title in 2014 at the Australian Open tune-up event in Auckland, New Zealand. PLAYING ON CLAY COURTS (all records are current) The U.S. has played 89 Davis Cup ties on clay (75 outdoors, 14 indoors), and has a record of 63-26, posting a better winning percentage than Great Britain, which is 62-42 (.596) in 104 ties on clay. RECORD ON UNITED STATES CLAY COURTS GREAT BRITAIN 89 Ties played 104 63-26 Record 62-42 2012 World Group Semifinal Last Time 2013 World Group Playoff Lost to Spain, 3-1, in Gijon, Spain d. Croatia, 4-1, in Umag, Croatia 1 loss Current Streak 1 win *All-time Davis Cup database records for surface are incomplete. U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM ON CLAY COURTS (ATP World Tour and Grand Slam Events) Davis Cup Davis Cup Career Singles Doubles Singles Career Player Record Record Record Titles/Finals BEST FINISH AT THE FRENCH OPEN John Isner 5-5 2-0 33-33 1/2 Third round in 2010 and 2013 Sam Querrey 1-5 0-0 26-39 1/1 Third round in 2013 Bob Bryan 3-0 11-0 3-5 (21 doubles titles) Doubles champion in 2003 and 2013 Mike Bryan 0-1 12-0 0-2 (21 doubles titles) Doubles champion in 2003 and 2013 GREAT BRITAIN DAVIS CUP TEAM ON CLAY COURTS (ATP World Tour and Grand Slam Events) Davis Cup Davis Cup Career Singles Doubles Singles Career Player Record Record Record Titles/Finals BEST FINISH AT THE FRENCH OPEN Andy Murray 4-1 1-2 52-33 0/0 Semifinalist in 2011 James Ward 0-0 0-0 0-1 0/0 Competed in qualifying three times Kyle Edmund 0-0 0-0 0-0 0/0 Has not competed Colin Fleming 0-0 1-0 0-0 0/1 Second round of doubles in 2010 and 2011 2013 DAVIS CUP RESULTS United States World Group Quarterfinal lost to Serbia in Boise, Idaho (indoor hard) 1-3 World Group First Round: def.