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About this Site This website covers the complete history of the Davis Cup: year-by-year coverage, photographs, player memories and the man behind tennis' greatest team competition. There are also 60 biographies of the world´s best players, who had a heavy influence on the popularity of the Cup. This site supports Internet Explorer 4 and above, with an optimal screen resolution of 1024x768 pixels. Dwight's Little Pot is a culmination of years of education into the history of tennis and it's legendary players: from books; interviews with former heroes and; watching and reporting on the game of Lawn Tennis. It is a story of a sporting competition that has become a symbol for tennis as well as a means of reaching across frontiers. Davis Cup is as good a sporting contest as has yet been devised. There has been no need to change the format because the symmetry is perfect. Two singles on the first day; one second day doubles and; then two reverse singles on the third and final day.
Dwight Davis had a genius of an idea. The fact that the Davis Cup still plays an important part in the world game 102 years after the first match between the United States and Britain at the Longwood Cricket Club suggests that the Davis was absolutely right in his belief that the most individualist of sports could take another dimension. There had already been 24 Wimbledon's by the time Davis organised the first official tennis match between two nations. But get a group of guys together, call them 'USA', 'France' or 'Sweden', wave a flag and suddenly everyone has different responsibilities. While retaining the one-on-one nature of tennis combat, the Davis Cup embraces the need for co-operation between members of a team - an essential ingredient that has examined the character and motivation of some huge stars and asked them questions that were not always easy to answer. So how you interact with your team mates becomes as important as how you play.
But Davis Cup is not just about camaraderie. It has also achieved what Dwight Davis set out to achieve. It has brought countries together through sporting contact, often in the face of political opposition. Whether it is played at Kooyong or Casablanca, a World Group final or a first round in the Euro/African Zone, Davis Cup offers tennis players the rare chance of experiencing the thrill of playing for your team mates and your country. For millions of sports enthusiasts around the globe, Davis Cup means tennis. This website always welcome's suggestions and new historical information about the Davis Cup. If you feel you could contribute to the extensive history the site already has to offer, with useful quotes, photographs and even idea's for further pages, please feel free to email: Dwight's Little Pot
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