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THE CUP STATS THAT MATTER

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231lb WEIGHT of the Davis Cup . . . that’s 46lb heavier than Andy Murray!

7 ANDY MURRAY became only the seventh player since 1972 to win three live rubbers in a Davis Cup final, and the first since Pete Sampras in 1995. Stan Smith, Bjorn Borg, Pat Cash, Boris Becker and Michael Stich also achieved the feat.

3 PLAYERS who have now won the Davis Cup, Wimbledon and the Olympics in the Open era. Andy Murray joins Rafael Nadal, who completed the hat-trick at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, and Andre Agassi, who achieved the feat at the Atlanta Games in 1996.

2 JAMIE and Andy Murray became only the second pair of brothers after America’s Bob and Mike Bryan to win the Davis Cup since 1972. British pair David and John Lloyd lost to the United States in 1978.

 ??  ?? Magnificen­t seven: Britain’s triumphant team with the Davis Cup (clockwise from top left) — Jamie Murray, James Ward, captain Leon Smith, Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund, Dan Evans and Dom Inglot
Magnificen­t seven: Britain’s triumphant team with the Davis Cup (clockwise from top left) — Jamie Murray, James Ward, captain Leon Smith, Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund, Dan Evans and Dom Inglot

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