USTA.com: USTA Selects Portland, Oregon as Site for 2007 Davis Cup Final

The USTA today announced that the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Ore., has been selected as the site for the 2007 Davis Cup Final between the United States and Russia, November 30-December 2.  The United States, led by Andy Roddick, James Blake and Bob and Mike Bryan, advanced to the Davis Cup Final with a 4-1 victory over Sweden this past weekend in Gothenburg.  Russia rallied on the final day against Germany in Moscow to win its semifinal, 3-2. This will be the first Davis Cup Final held in the United States since 1992.Russia is the defending Davis Cup champion and has won the Davis Cup twice in the past five years.  The U.S. is 2-1 all-time against Russia, including a victory in Moscow in the 1995 Davis Cup Final, the last time the U.S. won the Davis Cup championship.

“The stage is set for a memorable event — a classic match-up between our top American team and the defending Davis Cup champions from Russia,” said Arlen Kantarian, Chief Executive, Pro Tennis, USTA.  “This is the first Davis Cup Final in the U.S. in 15 years, and we expect a pumped up and patriotic capacity crowd in the great city of Portland — one of the most passionate sports cities in the country.”

“We’re excited to be playing in Portland and we hope to have a strong home-court advantage,” said U.S. Davis Cup Captain Patrick McEnroe. “We expect a spirited battle as the Russians will look to repeat as Davis Cup champions, but our players have been committed to Davis Cup for many years and have a strong drive to bring the Cup back to the USA.”

The United States last hosted the Davis Cup Final in 1992 in Ft. Worth, Texas where Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Pete Sampras and John McEnroe teamed to defeat Switzerland.  A 10-year-old Roddick was among the capacity crowds.

“It changed my life,” Roddick said of the 1992 Davis Cup Final.  “It changed the way I viewed tennis, especially the way I viewed Davis Cup.  It just blew my mind, to see the team that we had there.  To be able to see that in that type of setting as a little kid, it definitely made a bit of an impression.”

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