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The Davis Cup began as a challenge between nations

Four Harvard players donated a silver bowl in 1900 for a match against Britain Dwight Davis bought the trophy and the first tie was played at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston in 1900, with the United States winning 3-0. The event grew into a worldwide team competition. In 2019 the old home-and-away format for the final stages was replaced by a week-long finals event. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Four Harvard players donated a silver bowl in 1900 for a match against Britain. The figure is taken from Davis Cup, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.