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Introduction
Davis Cup is the premier international event that is held for mens only. It is also regarded as the largest annual international event that is held in the sport of tennis. This tournament actually started as a challenge between Great Britain and United States. The idea of this tennis showdown was conceived in the year 1899 but the match was actually played in the year 1900. So 1900 marked the beginning of this tournament. This idea was conceived by four tennis player of the Harvard University. Amongst them Dwight F. Davis played a major role in the development of the game. He designed the complete format of the game and also was a part of the game. Thus this tournament which was formerly known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge was renamed after him in his honor. Algeria at the 1995 Davis Cup was one of the participants amongst the 115 teams that participated.
Performance of Algeria at the 1995 Davis Cup
Algeria at the 1995 Davis Cup participated from the Europe Zone. It participated from the venue B of the Group III of Europe zone. In this year of the tournament it contested in five rounds of Round Robin. In the first round it contested against Sudan and defeated it by a score line of 3-0. In the second round it competed against Zambia and defeated it also by a score line of 3-0. In the third round it competed against Zambia. It defeated Zambia by completely dominating the round by a score line of 3-0. In the fourth round it defeated Turkey by a score line of 3-0. In the fifth round it defeated Senegal by a score line of 2-1.
Here’s a summary of the performance of Algeria at the 1995 Davis Cup
Algeria at the 1995 Davis Cup gave a good performance. It won all the rounds that it contested. Thus it was promoted to the Group I of the zone for the next year of the tournament.
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