ITF Press Release, March 6, 2025
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced the draw for the 2025 Davis Cup World Group I, which took place in London today. The 13 World Group I ties will take place on either 12-13 or 13-14 September 2025, with host nations having choice of dates.
World Group I will take place over the same weekend as the 2025 Qualifiers 2nd Round, which will see 14 nations compete to secure their place at the 2025 Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna on 18-23 November, and World Group II. The draw for World Group II took place last month.
The teams competing in World Group I are the 13 losing nations from the 2025 Qualifiers 1st Round and the 13 winning nations from the 2025 World Group I Play-offs. The 13 winning nations will advance to the 2026 Qualifiers 1st Round, with a chance of winning the 2026 Davis Cup title. The 13 losing nations will compete in the 2026 World Group I Play-offs.
All ties in the Qualifiers 2nd Round, World Group I and World Group II will be played as best-of-five matches, with two singles matches on day one, followed by the doubles match and the two reverse singles matches on day two. All matches are played as best-of-three tiebreak sets.
2025 Davis Cup World Group I:
Canada (c)* v Israel
Finland v Bulgaria (c)*
Serbia (c)* v Turkiye
Great Britain v Poland (c)*
Chile (c)* v Luxembourg
Brazil v Greece (c)*
Slovakia (c)* v Colombia
Korea, Rep. (c)* v Kazakhstan
…— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) March 6, 2025
2025 Davis Cup World Group I
Canada (1) (c) v Israel
Bulgaria (c) v Finland (2)
Serbia (3) (c) v Turkiye
Poland (c) v Great Britain (4)
Chile (5) (c)* v Luxembourg
Greece (c)* v Brazil (6)
Slovakia (7) (c)* v Colombia
Korea, Rep. (8) (c) v Kazakhstan
Switzerland (9) (c) v India
Sweden (10) (c) v Tunisia
Peru (c)* v Portugal (11)
Chinese Taipei (12) (c)* v Norway
Ecuador (c)* v Bosnia and Herzegovina (13)
(#) = seed; (c) = choice of ground; * = choice of ground decided by lot
