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The Davis Cup is an international team competition introduced in 1900 by American Dwight Davis. While initally only two teams participated (the USA and Great Britain), the competition has grown into an event in which over 100 nations now participate. The Davis Cup has undergone a number of format changes over the years, assuming its current competition format during the 1980's.

Davis Cup is divided into World Group competition and Zone competitions. There are three zones: American, Euro-African, and Asia-Pacific. Within each zone countries square off for the opportunity to advance to the World Group.

The World Group consists of the 16 top countries which compete in a single-elimination draw to determine the Cup winner for a given year. Around September, each of the 8 first round losers play the top 8 finishers in the Zone competitions in a "relegation tie." The winner of each tie advances to the World Group for the next year, while the loser is relegated to Zone competition.

The format of the Davis Cup tie is as follows:

Day 1: Singles A Singles B
Day 2: Doubles
Day 3: Reverse Singles C Reverse Singles D

The team winning at least three matches wins the tie. Before each tie, a team selects players to compete in that tie. One of the teams hosts the tie in their country and has the right to choose the court surface. If two nations have never competed before, a draw determines the host country. The next time these two countries play each other, the other country hosts, and so on.

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