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spt_DavisCuphistoric.appHeader = "Memorable moments and players in U.S. Davis Cup history";
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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "After beating France by a commanding 4-1 score in the World Group quarterfinals, the 2007 champion U.S. Davis Cup team continues its Cup defense in the semifinals from Sept. 19-21. The Americans -- Andy Roddick, Sam Querrey, Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan -- will face a difficult challenge, as they take on a Spanish team consisting of Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez. As the two teams prepare for their tie, take a look back at memorable players and moments in U.S. Davis Cup history.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "In 1899, Dwight F. Davis (front row left) and three of his teammates on the Harvard University tennis team conceived the tournament as an opportunity to challenge a team from Great Britain. Davis used his own money to order a silver trophy, and the next year the first match was played. He and his teammates won the trophy the inaugural year. Initially known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, the event he founded was later renamed Davis Cup in his honor. Davis went on to serve President Calvin Coolidge as the Secretary of War.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "John McEnroe once said, \"I will go anywhere, any time, to play Davis Cup for America.\" That commitment to team play helped McEnroe rack up a number of Davis Cup records. With an overall record of 59-10, McEnroe is tops with the most total wins, most singles wins (41), most ties played (30) and most years played (12). McEnroe has criticized U.S. players who don't feel obligated to play for their country.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "Bill Tilden holds both the U.S. and overall record for most appearances in a Davis Cup final, making the trip to the championship round 11 times. He had a 21-7 record in the finals.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "The U.S. Davis Cup team won seven straight Cups from 1920-1926. A major part of this success can be attributed to the duo of \"Big Bill\" Tilden (right) and \"Little Bill\" Johnston, both of whom began their Davis Cup careers in 1920. Tilden had a 34-7 overall Davis Cup record, while Johnston earned an 18-3 overall record.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "When he was selected to the U.S. Davis Cup team in 1963, Arthur Ashe became the team's first African-American member. In his 15 years of service with the squad, he won 27 of his 32 singles ties and helped his team capture six Davis Cups. It was during his time on the team that the U.S. won a record 17 straight ties, from May 1968 to November 1973.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "Doubles specialists Bob (left) and Mike Bryan have come to be relied upon as a guaranteed point in Davis Cup play. Together they have a doubles record of 14-2. In those 16 rubbers, they have lost just eight sets.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "Stan Smith earned an overall Davis Cup record of 35-7, winning 15 of his 19 singles rubbers and 20 of his 23 doubles matches. He is the only player in Davis Cup history to play in a winning team on all four surfaces. Smith also participated in the 1973 doubles match in the American Zone final that holds the record for most games played. He and his partner, Erik van Dillen, ultimately beat the Chilean team in a contested battle, 7-9, 37-39, 8-6, 6-1, 6-3.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "When Maurice McLoughlin assumed the captain's role for the U.S. team in the 1909 Davis Cup final against Australasia, he became the youngest Cup captain ever. He was just 19 years and 9 days old when U.S. lost, 3-2. McLoughlin had an overall record of 12-8 in Davis Cup action.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "John Van Ryn (right) had a respectable 7-1 record in his Davis Cup singles matches, but it was in doubles that he excelled. His record was 22-2 from 1929 to 1936. Sixteen of those wins came with longtime doubles partner Wilmer Allison (left).";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "In the 11 ties Don Budge played with the U.S. Davis Cup team, he compiled a 25-4 overall record and won two titles, in 1937 and 1938. Rather than turn professional in 1938 and make a guaranteed $50,000, he remained an amateur so he could help defend the Cup.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "Playing on his least favorite surface -- red clay -- in the first match of the 1995 Davis Cup final that pitted the U.S. against Russia, Sampras struggled to a five-set win over Andrei Chesnokov. After securing the win, Sampras collapsed from leg cramps and had to be carried off the court.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "The very next day, Pete Sampras (left) rallied to team with Todd Martin (right) in the doubles match. The American duo won in straight sets, with Sampras ending the tie with a 130 mph serve. He also won his singles match the third day to give the U.S. the Davis Cup. Sampras had a career 19-9 Davis Cup record, with a 15-8 singles record and 4-1 doubles record. Martin was 16-14 in Davis Cup play (11-8 in singles, 5-6 in doubles).";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "With the United States and Austria tied with two wins each in their 1990 Davis Cup semifinal tie, it was up to Michael Chang to send his team to the finals. Saved by darkness when trailing two sets to one to Horst Skoff, Chang spoke with his older brother that night and determined a strategy to neutralize Skoff's forehand. After leveling the match, Chang overcame cramps in the fifth set to earn a 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 win.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "Although they are not played on neutral ground, Davis Cup ties are still supposed to be officiated by neutral parties. That wasn't the case in 1972 when Stan Smith battled Romania's Ion Tiriac. Smith was consistently called for foot faults to negate his aces, and one linesman even ran out to massage Tiriac's cramping leg and cheer for him. Smith persevered and pulled out the victory, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-0, to help Team USA win the Davis Cup.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "The longest recorded rubber in Davis Cup history (and second-longest match in tennis history) was a 1982 quarterfinal battle between the United States' John McEnroe and Sweden's Mats Wilander. McEnroe won the first two sets and was up a break in the third, but Wilander broke back to even the set. The 17-year-old Swede persevered to win the set by a 17-15 score and carried that momentum into the fourth set to extend the rubber. McEnroe stopped the slide and pulled out an 8-6 win in the decisive fifth set. The match spanned six hours and 22 minutes.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "Not only did Andy Roddick win his singles rubber against Vladimir Voltchkov in the 2004 Davis Cup semifinal, but he also set a world record with a 155 mph serve. It wasn't the first world record Roddick set that year. In the team's first-round tie against Austria, he served a 150 mph bomb. His quarterfinal match against Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden featured another record, with a 152.1 mph serve.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "When Spain topped Team USA in the finals of the 2004 Davis Cup, a record 27,200 fans packed into Estadio Olimpico, a converted soccer stadium, each day to watch the action. It set a record for the number of people watching a sanctioned tennis match.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "Andy Roddick's and Dmitry Tursunov's 2006 Davis Cup semifinal match featured a 17-15 score in the fifth set, equalling the longest final set in World Group history. The marathon four hour and 48 minute match went in Tursunov's favor and advanced Russia to the finals. ";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "Although Team USA has won the most Davis Cup titles (32), has finished as the runner-up 29 times and is one of just two nations to win the Davis Cup on all four surfaces, they were in the midst of a 12-year drought following their win in 1995. Captain Patrick McEnroe, Andy Roddick, James Blake and doubles specialists Mike and Bob Bryan reversed those fortunes, jumping out to an unbeatable 3-0 lead against the Russians in 2007 and reclaiming the Cup. Roddick was perfect in all of his 2007 singles ties, and the Bryan brothers were perfect in all of their 2007 doubles ties.";

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spt_DavisCuphistoric[i-1].body = "The American squad enters the 2008 Davis Cup season as the defending champion. All four team members -- Andy Roddick, James Blake, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan -- returned to play for captain Patrick McEnroe and the U.S. team in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Blake will be replaced by Sam Querrey and Bob Bryan will be replaced by Mardy Fish.";

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