# The Pathetic U.S. Davis Cup Team

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pathetic-u-s-davis-cup-team/153941>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 9, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pathetic-u-s-davis-cup-team/153941 "2003-02-09T20:50:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pathetic-u-s-davis-cup-team/153941/1 "2003-02-09T20:50:45Z")

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Well, we’re out in the first frelling round!

To Croatia!

No Agassi! No Sampras! No Roddick!

We had James Blake and Mardy Fish. This is pathetic. Why is it that America can produce some of the greatest players in the worlrd, but can’t get them to play at once in Davis Cup?

When will the U.S. win a Davis cup again? My prediction is 2005 at the absolute earliest.

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pathetic-u-s-davis-cup-team/153941/2 "2003-02-09T23:31:28Z")

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Sounds kinda like our U.S. basketball team. Not the one for the Olympics, but the one that recently lost the … World Championship was it?

Unless there’s money and a whole lot of exposure our best players would rather be elsewhere. Sad, come on people. You have to bring home the hardware!