Australia and the Davis CupAustralia is one of the most successful Davis Cup nations, having won the coveted title 28 times and finishing runner-up on 19 other occasions.
Sixth seeds Australia will face Poland in the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs to be held in Poland. Australia has fallen at the play-off stage five times in the past six years, victory in September will see the Australians return to the World Group in 2014 for the first time since 2007.
Date: 13–15 September 2013
Venue: Torwar Arena, Warsaw, Poland
Surface: clay (indoors)
Teams: The Australian team will be announced 10 days prior to the beginning of the tie.
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| First year played | 1905 |
| Years played | 89 |
| Ties played win-loss | 229 (167-62) |
| Years in World Group | 26 (46-22) |
| Most total wins | Lleyton Hewitt (52-16) |
| Most singles wins | Lleyton Hewitt (39-13) |
| Most doubles wins | Todd Woodbridge (25-7) |
| Best doubles team | Mark Woodforde/Todd Woodbridge (14-2) |
| Most ties played | Lleyton Hewitt (34) |
| Most years played | Lleyton Hewitt (15) |
| Champions | 28 (1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1999, 2003) |
3 Feb 2013 Pat Rafter, Lleyton Hewitt and Chris Guccione speak to the media following Australia's Davis Cup first round 3-0 defeat…