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Davis Cup history marks early battles for world tennis
A long retrospective traces the Davis Cup since 1900, detailing pivotal matches, players like Dwight Davis and Brookes, and the shifting dominance among the British Isles, Australasia, and the United States. It notes dramatic finals, transfers of the cup, and wartime interruptions shaping the sport.
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Dwight
Davis
New York
United States
Australasia
British Isles
America
Longwood
Boston
Love
A. W. Gore
H. Roper Barrett
Land EB
Black
Dwight Davis
M. D. Whitman
Holcombe Ward
Doherty
Wrenns
Dohertys
Ieee
Belgium
France
F. L. Risley
Australia
New Zealand
Norman Wi. Brookes
Arthony F. Wilding
A.W. Dunlop
Brookes
Br’ Kings
von Weaseley G
Dunlop
Wilding
Beals Wright
Holcombe
Ward
Bears Wright
Wimbledon
R. I
H. L. Doherty
H. Ward
R. D. Little
Dr. Ll
Poidevin
Wildigg
Karl Behr
H. Roper- Barrett
Wright
Gore
Behr
Hotfoot
England
F. B.” Alexander
Wes
Melbourne
Alexander
R. McLoughlin
Long
Sydney
Wildings
Christchurch
W. A. Larned
M. BE
McLoughlin
A. W. Dunlop
R. W. Heath
Heath
Parke
C. P. Dixon
Great Britain
Canada
South Africa
Germany
Freitzheim
Kreuzer
Gibraltar
United ‘States
British Empire
Kingscote
A. Hl. Lowe
A. B. Beamish
N. B. Brookes
G. ‘L. Patterson
J” G. Anderson
Patterson
Lowe
Anderson
Beamish