United States-Australia Davis Cup Tie To Be Played in Kooyong
The Davis Cup tie between the United States and Australia on March 4-6 will be held at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne, Australia, Tennis Australia announced on Thursday.
The Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club is the former home of the Australian Open and is known as “The Spiritual Home of Australian Tennis”.
The tie will mark the first competition Australia will have with Lleyton Hewitt as captain.
“To play Davis Cup in Melbourne, the home of tennis in Australia, at a club like Kooyong with so much tennis history is a privilege. Kooyong provides the perfect setting for the team to kick start our Davis Cup campaign on grass and no doubt the home crowd will be right behind us,” said Hewitt. “The tie against the United States is going to be tough. They have seven men in the top 100 including the likes of John Isner, Jack Sock, Steve Johnson, Donald Young and Sam Querrey. It will be my first tie as captain and I’ll be looking to help the boys build on the momentum and progress of 2015.”
The last time Australia and United States met in a Davis Cup tie was back in 1999, when Hewitt made his debut for the Australian team. He helped lead his country to a 4-1 win over the United States. The two haven’t played a tie on grass since 1993.
“We are absolutely delighted that Tennis Australia has chosen Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club the spiritual home of Australian tennis to host the Davis Cup tie,” said Peter Carew, President of Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club. “To have the Davis Cup tie played on grass on our centre court in the Kooyong stadium will bring back a host of memories for older tennis fans and give the younger fans a sense of the great history of tennis in this country.”
The winner of the Australia-United States tie will take on the winner of Croatia and Belgium in the quarterfinals.
