Most Davis Cup tennis matches won

Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy, b. Tunisia) won 78 singles rubbers and 42 doubles rubbers playing for Italy at the Davis Cup between 1954 and 1972 – 120 matches won in total at the “World Cup of Tennis”.

Pietrangeli (b. 1933) played 164 times for his country at the Davis Cup, across 66 ties and 18 years. His win-loss record was 78–32 for singles and 42–12 for doubles. He won more singles rubbers than any other player, and only India’s Leander Paes (45 wins from 58 ties) is ahead of him for doubles rubbers won.

Pietrangeli was part of the most successful doubles partnership in Davis Cup history: 34 wins from 42 ties played with compatriot Orlando Sirola. He captained the Italian Davis Cup team in 1976, when they won their only title to date. Pietrangeli won four Grand Slam titles during his career, all of them at the French Open: singles in 1959–60, doubles (with Sirola) in 1959 and mixed doubles (with Shirley Bloomer) in 1958.