The Nations Rankings are the current rankings of national teams by World Tennis in both men's and women's tennis. World Tennis produces the Davis Cup Nations Ranking for male national teams and the Billie Jean King Cup Nations Ranking for female national teams. Both measure the success of all nations participating in both competitions.
The Davis Cup Nations Ranking was launched at the end of 2001 and the Billie Jean King Cup Nations Ranking was introduced a year later. Both rankings are updated following every World Group round and are used for seeding the highest ranked teams in the draws for each group in the competitions' structures.
Ranking method
The Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup rankings are based in a rolling four year cumulative system. However, the points total for each nation is calculated following a weighted sum formula, in which recent results are weighted more heavily. After each World Group round, the ranking period adjusts, and points earned in the last year period have a weighting factor of 100% in the points total. At the same time, the weighting factor for the points earned until the same round in the previous three years is reduced to 75% (for points earned one to two years ago), 50% (for points earned two to three years ago) and 25% (for points earned three to four years ago).
Ranking points are awarded only to the winning nation of a competition tie at every round. Victories in World Group rounds are worth more points than those in Zone Groups, and ties at the later rounds of the competition are progressively worth more points. Bonus points are also awarded for a nation that defeats a higher-ranked nation, but only if the latter nation is ranked in the top 64 for the Davis Cup, or in the top 75 for the Fed Cup. Unique to the Davis Cup, there is an additional bonus for a nation that wins a tie in the opponent's home ground: a 25% bonus is added to the total of round points and ranking bonus points (if any). At the Fed Cup only, nations that win by walkover are awarded round points but no bonus points, and no points are awarded for consolation events.
Men
The current ranking points and bonus points distribution tables for the Davis Cup are shown below:
Group Round Last year 1 to 2 years 2 to 3 years 3 to 4 years Away Home Away Home Away Home Away Home World Group Final 10000 8000 7500 6000 5000 4000 2500 2000 Semifinals 7500 6000 5625 4500 3750 3000 1875 1500 Quarterfinals 5000 4000 3750 3000 2500 2000 1250 1000 1st Round 2500 2000 1875 1500 1250 1000 625 500 Play-offs 1250 1000 937.5 750 625 500 312,5 250 Group I 2nd Round 750 6003 562.5 450 375 300 187.5 150 1st Round 500 4003 375 300 250 200 125 100 Play-offs 400 320 300 240 200 160 100 80 Group II 3rd Round 250 200 187.5 150 125 100 62.5 50 2nd Round 150 120 112.5 90 75 60 37.5 30 1st Round 100 80 75 60 50 40 25 20 Play-offs 50 40 37.5 30 25 20 12.5 10 Group III2 Round-robin & Play-offs (per win) 5 3.75 2.5 1.25 Group IV2 Round-robin & Play-offs (per win) 2 1.5 1 0.5
Opponent Nation Ranking1 Bonus Points Away Home 1 to 2 125 100 3 to 4 112.5 90 5 to 8 93.75 75 9 to 16 62.5 50 17 to 32 50 40 33 to 64 31.25 25
Notes
1 Bonus points, as shown above, for defeating higher ranked nations will be added when appropriate to each tie in World Group, Group I and Group II.
2 Bonus points do not apply in Groups III and IV.
3 If the number of teams in Europe/Africa Groups I and II exceeds 16 or the number of teams in Asia/Oceania and Americas Groups I and II exceeds eight, then 200 points will be awarded for a first round win, 400 for a second round win and 600 for a third round win.
Women
The current ranking points and bonus points distribution tables for the Billie Jean King Cup are shown below:
Group Round Last year 1 to 2 years 2 to 3 years 3 to 4 years World Group I Final 8000 6000 4000 2000 Semifinals 6000 4500 3000 1500 1st Round 4000 3000 2000 1000 Play-offs 2000 1500 1000 500 World Group II 1st Round 1500 1125 750 375 Play-offs 1000 750 500 250 Group I Round-robin & Play-offs 1000 points maximum2 Group II Round-robin & Play-offs 400 points maximum2 Group III Round-robin & Play-offs 160 points maximum2
Opponent Nation Ranking1 Bonus Points 1 200 2 to 5 180 6 to 10 150 11 to 20 100 21 to 30 80 31 to 50 50 51 to 75 30
Notes
1 Bonus points, as shown above, for defeating higher ranked nations will be added when appropriate to each tie in World Group, Group I and Group II.
2 In the Groups I, II and III a nation's points are determined by its overall finishing position. Formats vary according to the numbers of nations playing each year so the value of each win alters too. However the maximum points a nation can win at each level remains constant.
Current rankings
Men
Davis Cup Nations Ranking, RankNationPointsMove† 1 584.5 2 442 1 3 435.25 1 4 422.25 1 5 404.75 2 6 395.25 2 7 392.75 3 8 389 4 9 381.5 3 10 377.25 11 375 5 12 371.25 3 13 368 14 350.5 5 15 348.75 1 16 341.5 6 17 337.25 1 18 335.25 19 333.75 14 20 333.75 3 †
Women Billie Jean King Cup Nations Ranking, #NationPointsMove† 1 1,252.50 2 1,178.75 1 3 1,066.25 5 4 1,061.25 1 5 1,037.50 1 6 1,021.25 4 7 988.75 2 8 921.25 4 9 887.50 2 10 868.75 11 848.75 12 841.25 5 13 820.50 6 14 803.75 2 15 759.00 1 16 727.50 3 17 721.25 2 18 708.75 19 701.25 1 20 662.50 4 †Change since previous ranking update
Number 1 ranked nations
Men
+Key*Current number 1 nation as of February 03, 2025↑Ranking record
No.NationStart dateEnd dateWG rounds as No. 1Total1 Australia112 France77 23 183 Spain5544451010 1621610107448 44 17 ↑25 ↑ 6109 3310 *Present88No.NationStart dateEnd dateWG rounds as No. 1Total
Women
+Key*Current number 1 nation as of April 17, 2023↑Ranking record
No.NationStart dateEnd dateWG rounds as No. 1Total14427731212488544 210 16 ↑20 ↑ 8156447 *118444 *Present616No.NationStart dateEnd dateWG rounds as No. 1Total
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