The 48 Greatest Davis Cup Players of All Time

National pride, best-of-five matches and hostile crowds on the road. The list rewards the players who delivered when a whole country was watching.

1. 1
   Rafael Nadal

   Won five Davis Cups with Spain and lost just one singles rubber in his career.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Nicola Pietrangeli

   Italian who holds the all-time records for Davis Cup ties played and rubbers won.
   748pts
3. 3
   Stan Smith

   American who won eight Davis Cups, tied with Roy Emerson for the record, including five straight from 1968 to 1972.
   680pts
4. 4
   Tony Trabert

   Partnered Vic Seixas to take the 1954 Davis Cup from Australia in Sydney, ending a four-year Australian reign.
   653pts
5. 5
   Fred Perry

   Led Great Britain to four straight Davis Cups from 1933 to 1936, winning 34 of his 38 singles rubbers.
   552pts
6. 6
   Marin Čilić

   Clinched Croatia's 2018 Davis Cup title by beating Lucas Pouille in the final in Lille.
   510pts
7. 7
   Frank Sedgman

   Won three straight Davis Cups with Australia from 1950 to 1952 under captain Harry Hopman.
   510pts
8. 8
   Andy Murray

   Won 11 of Britain's 12 points in 2015 to end a 79-year wait.
   510pts
9. 9
   Bill Tilden

   American who anchored seven straight Davis Cup wins from 1920 to 1926.
   462pts
10. 10
    Björn Borg

    Led Sweden to its first Davis Cup in 1975 during a run of 33 straight singles wins.
    462pts
11. 11
    Rod Laver

    Australian who won the Davis Cup four times, either side of his professional exile.
    462pts
12. 12
    John Newcombe

    Won Davis Cups with Australia in the 1960s and teamed with Rod Laver in the 5-0 rout of the United States in 1973.
    408pts
13. 13
    Stan Wawrinka

    Federer's partner and second singles player in Switzerland's 2014 title run.
    408pts
14. 14
    Marat Safin

    Won Davis Cups with Russia in 2002 and 2006, winning key singles rubbers in both finals.
    408pts
15. 15
    Pete Sampras

    Won three rubbers on Moscow clay to take the 1995 final almost alone.
    408pts
16. 16
    Mikhail Youzhny

    Came back from two sets down to beat Paul-Henri Mathieu in the deciding rubber of the 2002 final, giving Russia its first title.
    408pts
17. 17
    Neale Fraser

    Won seven Davis Cups as a player between 1955 and 1962 and later captained Australia to four more titles.
    408pts
18. 18
    Yevgeny Kafelnikov

    Russia's leader through the 1990s who was part of the team that won the country's first Davis Cup in 2002.
    408pts
19. 19
    Norman Brookes

    Anchored Australasia's early Davis Cup triumphs from 1907 alongside Anthony Wilding and led them to the 1919 title.
    408pts
20. 20
    Lleyton Hewitt

    Holds Australia's records for Davis Cup ties and wins and led the team to titles in 1999 and 2003.
    408pts
21. 21
    Roy Emerson

    Australian who won eight Davis Cups between 1959 and 1967, tied with Stan Smith for the most ever.
    345pts
22. 22
    René Lacoste

    The Crocodile, whose wins over Bill Tilden helped France take the 1927 Davis Cup and end the American run.
    345pts
23. 23
    Juan Martín del Potro

    Beat Andy Murray and Marin Čilić to deliver Argentina's first Davis Cup in 2016.
    345pts
24. 24
    Lew Hoad

    Australian who won four Davis Cups in the 1950s, including the epic 1953 final win over Tony Trabert in Melbourne.
    345pts
25. 25
    Arthur Ashe

    Won four Davis Cups as a player between 1968 and 1978 and captained the United States to titles in 1981 and 1982.
    345pts
26. 26
    Ivan Ljubičić

    Croatia's leader through its first Davis Cup triumph in 2005, winning key singles and doubles rubbers in every round.
    345pts
27. 27
    Manuel Santana

    Spain's first tennis superstar, who led his country to the Davis Cup Challenge Round in 1965 and 1967.
    345pts
28. 28
    Ilie Năstase

    Carried Romania to three Davis Cup finals between 1969 and 1972.
    345pts
29. 29
    Roger Federer

    Clinched Switzerland's first Davis Cup in 2014 in Lille.
    345pts
30. 30
    Stefan Edberg

    Won three Davis Cups with Sweden, in 1984, 1985 and 1987, during the country's golden era of the competition.
    345pts
31. 31
    Guy Forget

    Clinched France's 1991 Davis Cup final by beating Pete Sampras in Lyon and was part of the 1996 title team.
    345pts
32. 32
    Tomáš Berdych

    Led the Czech Republic to back-to-back Davis Cups in 2012 and 2013, the country's first titles since 1980.
    345pts
33. 33
    Ken Rosewall

    Won the Davis Cup with Australia in the 1950s and returned 17 years later to win it again in 1973.
    345pts
34. 34
    Boris Becker

    Led West Germany to back-to-back Davis Cups in 1988 and 1989.
    272pts
35. 35
    Ivan Lendl

    Led Czechoslovakia to its only Davis Cup title in 1980, winning his singles rubbers in the final against Italy.
    272pts
36. 36
    David Ferrer

    Won three Davis Cups with Spain, in 2008, 2009 and 2011, with one of the best clay-court records in the competition.
    272pts
37. 37
    Radek Štěpánek

    Won the deciding fifth rubber in both the 2012 and 2013 Davis Cup finals for the Czech Republic.
    272pts
38. 38
    Anthony Wilding

    New Zealander who partnered Norman Brookes in Australasia's Davis Cup wins before his death in the First World War.
    272pts
39. 39
    Novak Djokovic

    Led Serbia to its first and only Davis Cup title in 2010.
    272pts
40. 40
    Tony Roche

    Newcombe's doubles partner who helped Australia win Davis Cups in the 1960s and returned for the 1977 title.
    272pts
41. 41
    Matteo Berrettini

    Won the opening singles of the 2025 final in Bologna as Italy completed a third straight Davis Cup, after starring in the 2024 run.
    272pts
42. 42
    Henri Cochet

    One of France's Four Musketeers who won six straight Davis Cups from 1927 to 1932.
    185pts
43. 43
    Jannik Sinner

    Saved three match points against Novak Djokovic in 2023 and led Italy to its first Davis Cup since 1976, then to a repeat in 2024.
    185pts
44. 44
    John McEnroe

    Helped the United States win five Davis Cups and holds the American records for ties and singles wins.
    0pts
45. 45
    Mats Wilander

    Won three Davis Cups with Sweden in the 1980s.
    0pts
46. 46
    Jean Borotra

    The Bounding Basque of the Four Musketeers who won six straight Davis Cups and kept playing ties into his late forties.
    0pts
47. 47
    Adriano Panatta

    Led Italy to its first Davis Cup title in Santiago, Chile, in 1976, winning both singles and the doubles.
    0pts
48. 48
    Andre Agassi

    Played in three American Davis Cup title runs, in 1990, 1992 and 1995.
    0pts

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