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Introduction
Davis Cup was formerly known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge. Davis Cup is the premier international tennis tournament that is held only for Mens. It is regarded as the largest annual international event that is held in the sport of tennis. Actually this tournament started as a challenge between Great Britain and United states. The idea of this tennis showdown was conceived in the year 1899 but was materialized in the year 1900. So this year marked the beginning of the Davis Cup. The 1995 Davis Cup is the 84th edition of this tournament. Germany at the 1995 Davis Cup was one of the prominent contenders.
Performance of Germany at the 1995 Davis Cup
Germany at the 1995 Davis Cup participated from the World Group. It had qualified for the World Group in the previous year of the Davis Cup so it directly participated from the World Group. In the first round of the World Group it competed against Croatia and defeated Croatia by a score line of 4-1. Thus it qualified to the quarterfinals round and competed against Netherlands. It defeated Netherlands also by a score line of 4-1 and qualified to the semifinal round. In this round it faced Russia and had to lose in front of the veteran players of Russia. It was defeated by a score line of 2-3. Thus it was out of the tournament because of the knock out policy followed by the Davis Cup.
Here’s a summary of the performance of Germany at the 1995 Davis Cup
Germany at the 1995 Davis Cup gave a good performance. It was successful till quarterfinals round but lost unfortunately in the semifinal round in a very close match by a very less margin. However it retained its position in the World Group for the next year of the tournament.
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