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Youngest and Oldest Captains Maurice McLoughlin who captained the United States team in 1909 (Australasia d. USA 5-0 in AUS) is the youngest known captain at 19 years, 9 days. The youngest winning captain is Dwight Davis who captained the United States in the first Davis Cup Final at 21 years, 82 days. The oldest person to captain a Davis Cup Final is Perry Jones. Jones captained the United States in 1959 at 71 years, 107 days (AUS d. USA 3-2 in USA). He captained the winning United States team in 1958 (USA d. AUS 3-2 in AUS) to make him the oldest winning captain at 70 years, 229 days. Best Five-Set Records Below are the top all-time best Davis Cup five-set win-loss records in singles, doubles and overall. Singles W-L Doubles W-L Total W-L Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) Henri Cochet (FRA) Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA) Shlomo Glickstein (ISR) Wilhelm Bungert (GER) Pierre Darmon (FRA) 13-5 12-4 12-8 10-3 10-8 9-2 Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA) Andrei Olhovskiy (RUS) Emanuel Couto (POR) Orlando Sirola (ITA) Bobby Wilson (GBR) 8-2 7-1 7-6 6-1 6-1 6-1 Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA) Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) Henri Cochet (FRA) Wilhelm Bungert (GER) Tomas Koch (BRA) Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) 19-9 16-10 15-7 15-10 14-8 13-3 Davis Cup Award of Excellence The Davis Cup Award of Excellence, inaugurated by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Tennis Federation in 2001, is presented to past and present members of a Davis Cup team who best represent the ideals and spirit of the competition. 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Neale Fraser (AUS) Pierre Darmon (FRA) John Newcombe (AUS) Manuel Santana (ESP) Goran Ivanisevic (CRO) and Miloslav Mecir (SVK) Alex Metreveli (URS) 2007 Stan Smith (USA) 2008 Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 2009 Manuel Orantes (ESP) 2010 Slobodan Zivojinovic (SRB) 2011 Emilio Sanchez (ESP) 2012 Ivan Lendl (CZE) 2013 Davis Cup Final Media Guide | Player Records & Statistics 89