Australian players began playing Davis Cup in 1905 as a part of the Australasia Davis Cup team which also allowed players from New Zealand to compete on the same team. The team won the Davis Cup on six occasions in 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914 and 1919. Despite players from New Zealand being eligible to represent Australasia, Anthony Wilding was the only New Zealander to play for the team while it existed. Following World War I the Australian Davis Cup team was born in 1919 and it assumed all the Australasian Davis Cup team records.