Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis", and the winners are referred to as the World Champion team. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. By 2016, 130 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful countries over the history of the tournament are the United States (winning 32 tournaments and finishing as runners-up 29 times) and Australia (winning 28 times, including four occasions with New Zealand as Australasia, and finishing as runners-up 19 times). The present champions are Great Britain who beat Belgium to win the title for the 10th time in 2015. It was Great Britain's first title in 79 years, and first in the open era. The win moved Great Britain to third on the all time winners list.
The women's equivalent of the Davis Cup is the Fed Cup. Australia, the Czech Republic, and the United States are the only countries to have held both Davis Cup and Fed Cup titles in the same year. The Hopman Cup, a third competition for mixed teams, carries less prestige, but is a popular curtain raiser to the tennis season.
2016 Davia cup World Group
| 1 |  Great Britain | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Belgrade, Serbia (clay) | ||||||||||||||||
 Japan | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||
| Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Serbia | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Serbia | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Kazakhstan | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Pesaro, Italy (indoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Switzerland | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pesaro, Italy (clay) | ||||||||||||||||
 Italy | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Gdańsk, Poland (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Argentina | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Argentina | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Poland | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France (clay) | ||||||||||||||||
 Canada | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Třinec, Czech Republic (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  France | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | France | |||||||||||||||
| Hannover, Germany (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||
 Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Kooyong, Australia (grass) | ||||||||||||||||
 United States | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Beaverton, United States (hard) | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Australia | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Liège, Belgium (indoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||
 Croatia | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Belgium | |||||||||||||||
Bolivia beat Cuba to enter Davis Cup play-offs
Bolivia beat Cuba 3-0 at the La Paz Tennis Club here to secure their presence in the Davis Cup Group 2 play-offs.
Bolivia, who beat Panama on Monday, will face Jamaica and if the South Americans win they will finish Pool A in first place. This will also determine who they will play from Pool B in the play-offs at the weekend which, if they win, will allow them to advance to the Americas Zone Group 2 in 2017, reports Xinhua.
Federico Zeballos set the tone for Bolivia with his 6-2 and 6-4 triumph over Osmel Rivera in an hour-long match on Tuesday.
The second match was between Bolivia's Hugo Dellien and Cuba's William Dorantes. The Bolivian won 6-2 and 6-2 even though at one point it looked as if the match would go in favor of the Caribbean player.
Just like in Monday's matches against Panama, the two triumphs in singles allowed Bolivia's doubles team, Rodrigo Banzer and Alejandro Mendoza, to go onto the court with ease to face Yasier Estrada and Osmel Rivera. The Bolivian side won the doubles 6-2 and 6-1.
Also on Tuesday, in the same pool, Jamaica defeated Panama by 3-0.
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