Other big tennis events for women and men

Other major events are the Olympics, the Davis Cup (for men) and the Federation Cup (for women)
In all of these events the players are playing for their country.


* American,
* Euro-African, and
* Asia-Pacific.

Within each zone countries play each other 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. 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.

Australia has dominated the Davis Cup in the past and it is a very important event for the players. But Australia is now out of the world group because we do not have top players anymore.
Australia has won the Cup 28 times as of 2004. American has won it 31 times.

The Federation Cup is for women. The first Cup was played in 1963. America won that year.
The format is very similar to the Davis Cup with zones and world groups. This year in September the final is between Russia and France. Russia won. Read about the 2005 final . The USA and Australia have won most of the finals in the past but Russia is an up and coming team with many great Russian woman players to choose from.

For men there is also the Masters Cup at the end of each year, which is a competition between the best ranked 8 players.

For women it is the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships final.