The counts are ours, from the result of every final, and they match the official list of champions and the honor roll of World Tennis, which runs the event. As there, titles won as the British Isles count for Great Britain, as Australasia, a joint team with New Zealand, for Australia, and as West Germany, Czechoslovakia and the Russian Tennis Federation for Germany, Czechia and Russia.
Davis Cup winners list: every champion since 1900
No Cup was decided in 1901, 1910, 1915 to 1918 or 1940 to 1945, nor in 2020, when the pandemic pushed the Finals into 2021. The 1974 final was never played: India refused to travel to South Africa in protest against apartheid, and South Africa was awarded the Cup.
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Italy | 2-0 | Spain |
| 2024 | Italy | 2-0 | Netherlands |
| 2023 | Italy | 2-0 | Australia |
| 2022 | Canada | 2-0 | Australia |
| 2021 | Russian Tennis Federation | 2-0 | Croatia |
| 2019 | Spain | 2-0 | Canada |
| 2018 | Croatia | 3-1 | France |
| 2017 | France | 3-2 | Belgium |
| 2016 | Argentina | 3-2 | Croatia |
| 2015 | Great Britain | 3-1 | Belgium |
| 2014 | Switzerland | 3-1 | France |
| 2013 | Czechia | 3-2 | Serbia |
| 2012 | Czechia | 3-2 | Spain |
| 2011 | Spain | 3-1 | Argentina |
| 2010 | Serbia | 3-2 | France |
| 2009 | Spain | 5-0 | Czechia |
| 2008 | Spain | 3-1 | Argentina |
| 2007 | USA | 4-1 | Russia |
| 2006 | Russia | 3-2 | Argentina |
| 2005 | Croatia | 3-2 | Slovakia |
| 2004 | Spain | 3-2 | USA |
| 2003 | Australia | 3-1 | Spain |
| 2002 | Russia | 3-2 | France |
| 2001 | France | 3-2 | Australia |
| 2000 | Spain | 3-1 | Australia |
| 1999 | Australia | 3-2 | France |
| 1998 | Sweden | 4-1 | Italy |
| 1997 | Sweden | 5-0 | USA |
| 1996 | France | 3-2 | Sweden |
| 1995 | USA | 3-2 | Russia |
| 1994 | Sweden | 4-1 | Russia |
| 1993 | Germany | 4-1 | Australia |
| 1992 | USA | 3-1 | Switzerland |
| 1991 | France | 3-1 | USA |
| 1990 | USA | 3-2 | Australia |
| 1989 | West Germany | 3-2 | Sweden |
| 1988 | West Germany | 4-1 | Sweden |
| 1987 | Sweden | 5-0 | India |
| 1986 | Australia | 3-2 | Sweden |
| 1985 | Sweden | 3-2 | West Germany |
| 1984 | Sweden | 4-1 | USA |
| 1983 | Australia | 3-2 | Sweden |
| 1982 | USA | 4-1 | France |
| 1981 | USA | 3-1 | Argentina |
| 1980 | Czechoslovakia | 4-1 | Italy |
| 1979 | USA | 5-0 | Italy |
| 1978 | USA | 4-1 | Great Britain |
| 1977 | Australia | 3-1 | Italy |
| 1976 | Italy | 4-1 | Chile |
| 1975 | Sweden | 3-2 | Czechoslovakia |
| 1974 | South Africa | Walkover | India |
| 1973 | Australia | 5-0 | USA |
| 1972 | USA | 3-2 | Romania |
| 1971 | USA | 3-2 | Romania |
| 1970 | USA | 5-0 | West Germany |
| 1969 | USA | 5-0 | Romania |
| 1968 | USA | 4-1 | Australia |
| 1967 | Australia | 4-1 | Spain |
| 1966 | Australia | 4-1 | India |
| 1965 | Australia | 4-1 | Spain |
| 1964 | Australia | 3-2 | USA |
| 1963 | USA | 3-2 | Australia |
| 1962 | Australia | 5-0 | Mexico |
| 1961 | Australia | 5-0 | Italy |
| 1960 | Australia | 4-1 | Italy |
| 1959 | Australia | 3-2 | USA |
| 1958 | USA | 3-2 | Australia |
| 1957 | Australia | 3-2 | USA |
| 1956 | Australia | 5-0 | USA |
| 1955 | Australia | 5-0 | USA |
| 1954 | USA | 3-2 | Australia |
| 1953 | Australia | 3-2 | USA |
| 1952 | Australia | 4-1 | USA |
| 1951 | Australia | 3-2 | USA |
| 1950 | Australia | 4-1 | USA |
| 1949 | USA | 4-1 | Australia |
| 1948 | USA | 5-0 | Australia |
| 1947 | USA | 4-1 | Australia |
| 1946 | USA | 5-0 | Australia |
| 1939 | Australia | 3-2 | USA |
| 1938 | USA | 3-2 | Australia |
| 1937 | USA | 4-1 | Great Britain |
| 1936 | Great Britain | 3-2 | Australia |
| 1935 | Great Britain | 5-0 | USA |
| 1934 | Great Britain | 4-1 | USA |
| 1933 | Great Britain | 3-2 | France |
| 1932 | France | 3-2 | USA |
| 1931 | France | 3-2 | Great Britain |
| 1930 | France | 4-1 | USA |
| 1929 | France | 3-2 | USA |
| 1928 | France | 4-1 | USA |
| 1927 | France | 3-2 | USA |
| 1926 | USA | 4-1 | France |
| 1925 | USA | 5-0 | France |
| 1924 | USA | 5-0 | Australia |
| 1923 | USA | 4-1 | Australia |
| 1922 | USA | 4-1 | Australasia |
| 1921 | USA | 5-0 | Japan |
| 1920 | USA | 5-0 | Australasia |
| 1919 | Australasia | 4-1 | Great Britain |
| 1914 | Australasia | 3-2 | USA |
| 1913 | USA | 3-2 | Great Britain |
| 1912 | British Isles | 3-2 | Australasia |
| 1911 | Australasia | 5-0 | USA |
| 1909 | Australasia | 5-0 | USA |
| 1908 | Australasia | 3-2 | USA |
| 1907 | Australasia | 3-2 | British Isles |
| 1906 | British Isles | 5-0 | USA |
| 1905 | British Isles | 5-0 | USA |
| 1904 | British Isles | 5-0 | Belgium |
| 1903 | British Isles | 4-1 | USA |
| 1902 | USA | 3-2 | British Isles |
| 1900 | USA | 3-0 | British Isles |
Most Davis Cup titles by country
The United States has won 32 of its 61 finals and Australia 28 of 49, including six won as Australasia. Great Britain and France have 10 titles each, Sweden 7, Spain 6 and Italy 4. Five nations have won once: South Africa, Serbia, Switzerland, Argentina and Canada.
- The United States has also lost the most finals, 29, and Australia 21.
- The longest run is the United States' seven titles in a row, from 1920 to 1926; France won the next six.
- The first 62 editions, through 1973, all went to the United States, Australia, Great Britain or France; the 12 other champions won their first titles from 1974 on.
- Argentina lost four finals, in 1981, 2006, 2008 and 2011, before winning in 2016.
Davis Cup titles by decade
For seven decades the Cup mostly went to two nations. The United States and Australia won 43 of the 58 editions before 1970 and all 20 from 1950 to 1969, 15 of them by Australia. Since 1970 they have won 17 of 55, and none of the last 17. The 2010s had eight different champions in 10 editions, the most of any decade.
Longest gaps between Davis Cup titles
Great Britain waited longest between two titles: 79 years, from 1936 to 2015. France went 59 years between titles, from 1932 to 1991, Italy 47, from 1976 to 2023, and Czechia 32, from Czechoslovakia's win in 1980 to 2012.
Of the current waits, Germany's goes back to 1993 and Sweden's, after seven titles, to 1998; Australia last won in 2003 and the United States in 2007. Canada, which first competed in 1913, won its first title in 2022, 109 years later.
How the Davis Cup format changed
- 1900 to 1971, the Challenge Round: the holder got a bye directly into the final, at home, against the winner of the other nations' draw.
- 1972: the Challenge Round was abolished, and the holder had to play every round.
- 1981: a 16-team World Group was created, with the other nations in regional zones and promotion and relegation.
- 2019: the World Group became the Davis Cup Finals, 18 nations in one week in Madrid, with ties of two singles and a doubles.
- 2022: a 16-team group stage in September led to a Final 8 in Malaga in November.
- 2025: two rounds of Qualifiers, in February and September, now decide seven places in the Final 8, which moved to Italy.
Home advantage in Davis Cup finals
In the Challenge Round the holder always played at home, and it kept the Cup in 40 of the 59 Challenge Rounds, 68 percent. From 1972 to 2018 the final was played in one finalist's country, and the home team won 26 of the 46 played, 57 percent, less than the Ryder Cup's home teams, who won 15 of the 23 played since 1979. Visitors won five of the last six, from 2013 to 2018.
Since 2019 the final has been played in a host city chosen in advance. The host nation reached it twice and won both times: Spain in Madrid in 2019 and Italy in Bologna in 2025.
Italy's three Davis Cup titles in a row
Italy is the first nation to win three straight titles since the United States won five from 1968 to 1972. It beat Australia in Malaga in 2023, with singles wins by Matteo Arnaldi and Jannik Sinner, and the Netherlands there in 2024, through Matteo Berrettini and Sinner. In 2025, at home in Bologna, Berrettini and Flavio Cobolli, who came from behind against Jaume Munar, beat Spain. Italy's first title came in 1976, in Santiago against Chile.
The US, Britain, Canada and Australia in the Davis Cup
| Nation | Titles | Finals | Last title | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 61 | 2007 | Lost 3-2 to Czechia in Qualifiers round 2 |
| Australia | 28 | 49 | 2003 | Lost 3-1 to Ecuador in Qualifiers round 1 |
| Great Britain | 10 | 18 | 2015 | In the Final 8, plays Germany |
| Canada | 1 | 2 | 2022 | In the Final 8, plays Czechia |
The United States has not reached a final since it beat Russia 4-1 in Portland, Oregon, in 2007, with Andy Roddick, James Blake and Bob and Mike Bryan; Roddick is also the last American man to win a major singles title, at the 2003 US Open. This year the team won in Hungary and then lost 3-2 to Czechia in Prague.
Britain's 2015 title, 3-1 over Belgium in Ghent, ended its 79-year wait, and Andy Murray won all three of its points: two singles and the doubles with Jamie Murray. Canada lost the 2019 final to Spain and won in 2022, 2-0 over Australia in Malaga, with Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime winning the singles. Both are in Bologna this year: Britain beat Ecuador 4-0 in London and Canada beat France 3-1 in Quebec City in September.
Australia lost the 2022 and 2023 finals, and this year it lost 3-1 to Ecuador in Quito in the first round of the Qualifiers, in February.
2026 Davis Cup Final 8: dates, venue and format
The Final 8 runs from November 24 to 29 at BolognaFiere in Bologna, Italy, two days after the ATP Finals in Turin end. Italy plays as the host, on a wild card for winning the last three editions, with the seven winners of September's second round: Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Austria, South Korea, Czechia and Canada. Each tie is two singles and a doubles.
In the quarterfinals, Italy plays South Korea, Czechia plays Canada and Spain plays Austria, and Germany meets Great Britain on Thursday, November 26, at 5 a.m. ET. The semifinals are on November 27 and 28 and the final on Sunday, November 29. ATP and WTA results for the rest of the season are on the Vertize tennis scores page and in the tennis section.
Davis Cup history: frequently asked questions
Which country has won the most Davis Cup titles? The United States, with 32, the last in 2007. Australia has 28.
Who won the 2025 Davis Cup? Italy, which beat Spain 2-0 in the final in Bologna for its third title in a row and its fourth overall.
When did Great Britain last win the Davis Cup? In 2015, beating Belgium 3-1 in Ghent, 79 years after its previous title, in 1936.
Where is the 2026 Davis Cup Final 8? In Bologna, Italy, from November 24 to 29, 2026.
How this was built: every Davis Cup final from 1900 to 2025, 113 editions, from Wikipedia's list of champions, read through the MediaWiki API and checked against the official list. They agree on every champion, runner-up and host country, and on every score but 1911's, given here as the official 5-0. Home and away come from the city of each final. 2026 facts come from daviscup.com, the site of World Tennis, the former ITF, and from the USTA, the LTA, Tennis Canada and the ATP Tour. See also our methodology. Data collected October 20, 2026.