Zverev, Alcaraz, Sinner, Ruud Among Those In Davis Cup This Weekend

The 24 nations contesting the Qualifiers this weekend are competing for a place at the 2022 Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals (*). The 12 winning nations will secure a place in the Davis Cup Finals group stage in September.

This weekend’s ties will be played as best-of-5-matches. On Friday, the home nation’s No. 1 player will play the away nation’s No. 2 player and vice versa. On Saturday, the doubles match will be played first, followed by the home nation’s No. 1 player against the away nation’s No. 1 player, then home nation’s No. 2 player against the away nation’s No. 2 player. All live matches are played as best-of-3 tiebreak sets.

At the Davis Cup Finals group stage on 14-18 September, 16 nations will compete in 4 groups of 4 teams, with the winner and runner-up in each group advancing to the Davis Cup Finals knock-out stage on 23-27 November.

The 12 losing nations in the Qualifiers this weekend will compete in World Group I on 16-17 September alongside the winning nations in this weekend’s World Group I Play-Offs.

(*) Croatia (2021 runners-up), Great Britain and Serbia (wild cards) have already qualified for the 2022 Davis Cup Finals. Following the suspension of the Russian Tennis Federation from ITF membership and international team competitions, the Davis Cup Committee will meet during the week commencing 7 March to make a decision on the Finals line-up and other related matters.

Among the top names playing this weekend include Alexander Zverev leading Germany, Spaniards Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreno Busta and Carlos Alcaraz. The USA will have Taylor Fritz and Sebastian Korda. Jannik Sinner is the Italian No. 1, Alex De Minaur is tops for Australia, Casper Ruud for Norway and Diego Schwartzman will be available for Argentina.

DAVIS CUP QUALIFYING MATCH-UPS
France (s) (c)* v Ecuador
Venue: Palais des Sports, Pau
Surface: hard, indoors
Head-to-head: first meeting

Spain (s) (c) v Romania
Venue: Puente Romano Club de Tenis, Marbella
Surface: clay, indoors
Head-to-head: Spain lead 3-1

Finland (c) v Belgium (s)
Venue: Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Surface: hard, indoors
Head-to-head: Belgium lead 2-1

USA (s) (c) v Colombia
Venue: Reno Events Center, Reno
Surface: hard, indoors
Head-to-head: tied 2-2

Netherlands (c) v Canada (s)
Venue: Sportcampus Zuiderpark, The Hague
Surface: clay, indoors
Head-to-head: Canada lead 3-1

Brazil (c) v Germany (s)
Venue: Parque Olímpico Arena Tenis, Rio de Janeiro
Surface: clay, outdoors
Head-to-head: Germany lead 4-2

Slovakia (c) v Italy (s)
Venue: NTC Arena, Bratislava
Surface: hard, indoors
Head-to-head: Italy lead 1-0

Australia (s) (c) v Hungary
Venue: Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney
Surface: hard, outdoors
Head-to-head: tied 1-1

Norway (c)* v Kazakhstan (s)
Venue: Oslo Tennis Arena, Oslo
Surface: hard, indoors
Head-to-head: first meeting

Sweden (s) (c) v Japan
Venue: Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Surface: hard, indoors
Head-to-head: Sweden lead 1-0

Argentina (s) (c) v Czech Republic
Venue: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires
Surface: clay, outdoors
Head-to-head: Czech Republic lead 5-1

Korea, Rep. (c)* v Austria (s)
Venue: Olympic Park Tennis Court, Seoul
Surface: hard, indoors
Head-to-head: first meeting

(s) = seed (c) = choice of ground * = choice of ground was decided by lot

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