# Team Competitions · Tennis Level 10: Professional

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Team Competitions in Tennis (Level 10: Professional) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: the davis cup today; davis cup champions; and more.

Tennis played for a country or a continent: the Davis Cup and its Final 8, the Billie Jean King Cup, the Laver Cup and the mixed team events that open the season.

## Test 1: The Davis Cup today

- The ITF runs both the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- Eight nations meet in a knockout week at one venue. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- The first nation to win two of the three matches wins the tie. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- Best of five was dropped with the 2019 reform. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- Two singles on Friday, the doubles on Saturday and two reverse singles on Sunday. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- A nation needed three of the five rubbers. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- The large silver bowl is widely known as the 'Salad Bowl'. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- Nations qualify through the year, then meet in a knockout week. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- Friday, Saturday and Sunday. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- With the singles split, the doubles is the deciding match of the tie. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))

## Test 2: Davis Cup champions

- The United States has 32 titles, ahead of Australia's 28. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- Australia is second on the list behind the United States. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- Italy beat Australia, the Netherlands and Spain in those three finals. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- Croatia, Serbia and Argentina had all won it before. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- Spain beat Canada in the final in Madrid. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- Malaga hosted from 2022 to 2024; Bologna took over in 2025. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- It is the biggest team competition between nations in men's tennis. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- 32, 28, 10 and 4. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- Madrid in 2019 and 2021, Malaga 2022-2024, Bologna from 2025. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- The United States leads with 32; Australia has 28, France 10 and Italy 4. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))

## Test 3: The Billie Jean King Cup

- It began as the Federation Cup in 1963. (Source: ITF: Billie Jean King Cup history and format (billiejeankingcup.com))
- The international federation was founded in 1913. (Source: ITF: Billie Jean King Cup history and format (billiejeankingcup.com))
- The United States beat Australia 2-1 in the first final. (Source: ITF: Billie Jean King Cup history and format (billiejeankingcup.com))
- The Americans have won the women's team title 18 times. (Source: ITF: Billie Jean King Cup history and format (billiejeankingcup.com))
- It became the Fed Cup in 1995 and the Billie Jean King Cup in September 2020. (Source: ITF: Billie Jean King Cup history and format (billiejeankingcup.com))
- The Finals were cut from twelve teams to eight in 2025, to mirror the Davis Cup. (Source: ITF: Billie Jean King Cup history and format (billiejeankingcup.com))
- Italy beat Slovakia in 2024 and the United States in 2025. (Source: ITF: Billie Jean King Cup history and format (billiejeankingcup.com))
- Switzerland in 2022, Canada in 2023 and Italy in 2024. (Source: ITF: Billie Jean King Cup history and format (billiejeankingcup.com))
- 18, 12, 7 and 6. (Source: ITF: Billie Jean King Cup history and format (billiejeankingcup.com))
- Twelve titles, five of them won as Czechoslovakia, put the Czech Republic second. (Source: ITF: Billie Jean King Cup history and format (billiejeankingcup.com))

## Test 4: The Laver Cup and mixed team events

- Team World takes players from every continent except Europe. (Source: Laver Cup, official history)
- It began in Prague in September 2017. (Source: Laver Cup, official history)
- Chicago, Geneva and London hosted the following editions. (Source: Laver Cup, official history)
- Matches are worth one point on day one, two on day two and three on day three. (Source: Laver Cup, official history)
- The first team to 13 points wins. (Source: Laver Cup, official history)
- They led the teams from 2017 to 2024. (Source: Laver Cup, official history)
- First played in 2023, it gives ranking points to both tours. (Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history)
- One, two and three points. (Source: Laver Cup, official history)
- 1900, 1963, 2017 and 2023. (Source: ITF: Davis Cup history and format (daviscup.com))
- The target is 13, so one more three-point win takes Europe past it. (Source: Laver Cup, official history)

Sources: The Grand Slam tournaments, ATP, WTA, ITF (Davis Cup, Billie Jean King Cup, Global Tennis Report 2024), Laver Cup and IOC. Original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

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