San Diego, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The 2014 first-round Davis Cup tie between Great Britain and the host United States will be played at San Diego’s Petco Park from Jan. 31-Feb. 2.<\/p>\n
The matches will be staged on a clay court in a temporary stadium built in left field, with an expected capacity of approximately 8,000.<\/p>\n
Petco Park is 42,000-seat baseball stadium that serves as the home of the San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n
“We are proud to bring Davis Cup to San Diego and tennis to Petco Park,” said Padres president and CEO Mike Dee. “This ballpark was built on the promise of being a multi-use venue that would bring year-round events to San Diego. We look forward to seeing the transformation of left field into a state-of-the- art clay court tennis venue.”<\/p>\n
It will be the first time Davis Cup is played in an open-air baseball stadium in the United States and the first time the U.S. Davis Cup team hosts a tie on clay since the 1992 semifinals, when the Americans beat Sweden, 4-1, in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
The best-of-five tie will mark a renewal of the Davis Cup’s oldest rivalry. The 32-time champion U.S. and Britain first met in 1900. The U.S. last faced Great Britain in the 1999 World Group first round in England and won 3-2, when current American captain Jim Courier rallied in the fifth and deciding rubber to defeat Greg Rusedski in the fifth set, 8-6.<\/p>\n
The U.S. holds an 11-7 record against Great Britain in Davis Cup play, winning the last four ties. Britain’s last win in the series came in 1935. The 1999 first-round tie was the only meeting between the two nations under the current World Group format.<\/p>\n
The Brits are in the World Group for the first time since 2008, with the help of Wimbledon champion Andy Murray.<\/p>\n
The United States-Great Britain winner will face the Argentina-Italy winner in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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