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Longest Run of Wins by a Nation – by ties USA dominated the Davis Cup competition between 1968-1973, winning 17 consecutive ties and five successive Davis Cup titles. Their long run, which began with a 5-0 victory over Caribbean/West Indies in the 1968 American Zone First Round, came to an end in 1973 when Australia defeated USA 5-0 in the Final Round. All nations who have won 11 or more consecutive Davis Cup ties are listed below. Nation No. of Wins Victory at start of streak Defeat at end of streak USA 17 USA d. CAR 5-0 (Z-1R) May 1968 AUS d. USA 5-0 (IZ-F) November 1973 Algeria 14* ALG d. LES 3-0 (Z4-RR) May 2001 POL d. ALG 4-1 (Z2-2R) July 2004 France 11 FRA d. ROU 5-0 (Z-2R) May 1927 GBR d FRA 3-2 (CHR) July 1933 Guatemala 11 GUA d. TRI 2-1 (Z3-PO) April 2003 AHO d. GUA 3-2 (Z2-1R) February 2006 Sweden 11 SWE d. ECU 4-1 (WG-1R) February 1984 AUS d. SWE 3-2 (WG-F) December 1986 South Africa 11 RSA d. CMR 3-0 (Z3-RR) April 1992 RUS d. RSA 4-1 (WG-QF) March 1995 *not including victory by walkover against Denmark (EA2-1R), April 2004. Longest Run of Wins by Nation – by rubbers Australia won 28 successive rubbers between July 1955 and December 1957 extending from the fifth rubber of its 1955 Zone semifinal tie against Brazil, up to and including the third rubber of its 1957 Challenge Round tie against the USA (excludes one unfinished rubber). Nation No. of Wins Winning rubber at start of streak Losing rubber at end of streak Australia 28 R5 v BRA (Z-SF) July 1955 R4 v USA (CHR) December 1957 Great Britain 23 R1 v MON (Z-1R) April 1931 R4 v TCH (Z-F) July 1931 USA 23 R4 v AUS (CHR) December 1957 R2 v AUS (CHR) December 1958 Uzbekistan 23 R1 v BRN (Z3-RR) April 1994 R2 v CHN (Z2-F) September 1995 Longest Run of Wins – Home Ties (all-time) Nation No. of Wins Victory at start of streak Defeat at end of streak Italy 28 ITA d. RSA 4-1 (Z-2R) May 1949 SWE d. ITA 3-1 (Z-QF) June 1964 Spain 25 ESP d. ITA 4-1 (WG-1R) Feb 2000 ongoing Germany 22 GER d. DEN 5-0 (Z-3QR) August 1934 ITA d. GER 5-0 (Z-2R) May 1955 Czechoslovakia 21 TCH d. BRA 3-1 (Z-1R) May 1968 SWE d. TCH 5-0 (WG-SF) September 1984 2013 Davis Cup Final Media Guide | Nation Records, Statistics & Ranking 63