SLOVAKIA-DAVISCUP-TROPHY

Davis cup trophy is exposed in the center of old town Bratislava 26 November 2005, on Primacialne square, before this fridays start of Davis Cup 2005 finals match between Daviscup team of Slovakia and Croatia. With more than 100 years of tradition behind it, the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the premier team competition in tennis. The symbol of this prestigious competition is the beautiful silver Davis Cup trophy, donated by Harvard student Dwight Filley Davis in 1900. In 2002, the trophy gained a new plinth, adding 16 additional plaques and castings and raising the height of the trophy to 110 cm.This year the cup has been making a triumphant tour of the world's leading tennis nations, in the care of the International Tennis Federation whose minders have presumably kept its nocturnal activities to a minimum. The tour, of course, is to celebrate its centenary, and one man, in particular, must be watching from above with a particular sense of pride during the end of his tour in Bratislava. AFP PHOTO/JAKUB SUKUP (Photo by JAKUB SUKUP / AFP) (Photo by JAKUB SUKUP/AFP via Getty Images)