Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Davis Cup is an annual international team event in men's tennis. Established in 1900 as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, it is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), who describe it as the \"World Cup of tennis.\" The first event in 1900 was between Great Britain and the United States, while 135 nations have entered the 2016 Davis Cup.The tournament sees players competing for their country in a series of singles and doubles matches over the course of three days. The countries are divided into groups based upon their location or performance in previous years. The Davis Cup World Group is the top level of the competition and features matches between players from the top 16 countries at the start of the year. Countries that lose their first round match face a relegation play-off against winning countries from the continental zones. World Group winning countries progress to the quarter-finals. Nations have to win a further three ties in order to claim the position of Davis Cup Champions.The United States are the most successful nation in the history of the competition, with 32 victories. Australia are second with 28 and Great Britain are third with 10. Teams from Europe have won the competition the most with 42 victories, followed by North America with 32 and Oceania with 28. Great Britain are the current champions, they beat Belgium 3–1 in the final in 2015."@en }
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- List_of_Davis_Cup_champions abstract "The Davis Cup is an annual international team event in men's tennis. Established in 1900 as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, it is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), who describe it as the \"World Cup of tennis.\" The first event in 1900 was between Great Britain and the United States, while 135 nations have entered the 2016 Davis Cup.The tournament sees players competing for their country in a series of singles and doubles matches over the course of three days. The countries are divided into groups based upon their location or performance in previous years. The Davis Cup World Group is the top level of the competition and features matches between players from the top 16 countries at the start of the year. Countries that lose their first round match face a relegation play-off against winning countries from the continental zones. World Group winning countries progress to the quarter-finals. Nations have to win a further three ties in order to claim the position of Davis Cup Champions.The United States are the most successful nation in the history of the competition, with 32 victories. Australia are second with 28 and Great Britain are third with 10. Teams from Europe have won the competition the most with 42 victories, followed by North America with 32 and Oceania with 28. Great Britain are the current champions, they beat Belgium 3–1 in the final in 2015.".