World Tennis Media Release, August 17, 2026

Roland Garros champion Alexander Zverev and Top 10 stars Felix Auger-Aliassime, Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz are all set to represent their nations in September’s Davis Cup Qualifiers 2nd Round – with Final 8 places on the line across the world.

Zverev leads a German team who take on Croatia in Halle, and is joined in the squad by Yannick Hanfmann, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz. Croatia are led by veteran Marin Cilic, with Dino Prizmic, Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic completing the line-up.

Auger-Aliassime, the world No. 4, will spearhead Canada’s bid to reach the Final 8, alongside Gabriel Diallo, Liam Draxl and Duncan Chan. Their opponents in Quebec City, France, have also named a strong squad, with Arthur Fils and Arthur Rinderknech leading the away team.

Shelton and Fritz will travel to Prague alongside Tommy Paul and Christian Harrison, with the USA facing Czechia in a re-match of a 2025 Qualifiers 2nd Round tie. The Czechs won that tie in Delray Beach and are at full strength again with Jiri Lehecka, Jakub Mensik and Tomas Machac all included in Tomas Berdych’s squad.

Among the other players selected for their nations are Wimbledon semi-finalist Arthur Fery, who is part of Great Britain’s team for their tie at home to Ecuador, and world No. 11 Rafael Jodar, who will be Spain’s top player for an away clash against Chile.

What is at stake?

The seven winning teams in the Qualifiers 2nd Round will join last year’s world champions Italy at the Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna in November, where they will compete for the chance to lift the coveted trophy for their countries. The seven losing nations will compete in the 2027 Qualifiers 1st Round.

Ties 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.

A further 26 home-or-away Davis Cup ties are also taking place on 18-20 September – 13 ties in World Group I and 13 ties in World Group II. Team announcements for the World Group I and World Group II ties will be made on Tuesday 8 September.

2026 Davis Cup Qualifiers 2nd Round

Chile v Spain

Dates: Saturday 19-Sunday 20 September

Venue: Parque Deportivo Estadio Nacional, Santiago (clay, outdoors)

Head-to-head: Spain lead 2-0

Chile

Alejandro Tabilo

Cristian Garin

Tomas Barrios Vera

Matias Soto

Captain: Nicolas Massu

Spain

Rafael Jodar

Daniel Merida

Jaume Munar

Martín Landaluce

Pedro Martinez

Captain: David Ferrer

Germany v Croatia

Dates: Saturday 19-Sunday 20 September

Venue: Heristo Arena, Halle (hard, indoors)

Head-to-head: Germany lead 3-1

Germany

Alexander Zverev

Yannick Hanfmann

Kevin Krawietz

Tim Puetz

Captain: Michael Kohlmann

Croatia

Marin Cilic

Dino Prizmic

Mate Pavic

Nikola Mektic

Captain: Ivan Dodig

Great Britain v Ecuador

Dates: Saturday 19-Sunday 20 September

Venue: Copper Box Arena, London (hard, indoors)

Head-to-head: tied 1-1

Great Britain

Cameron Norrie

Arthur Fery

Henry Patten

Lloyd Glasspool

Captain: Leon Smith

Ecuador

Andres Andrade

Alvaro Guillen Meza

Angel Veliz

Gonzalo Escobar

Diego Hidalgo

Captain: Raul Viver

Austria v Belgium

Dates: Friday 18-Saturday 19 September

Venue: Wiener Athletic Club, Vienna (clay, outdoors)

Head-to-head: Austria lead 5-0

Austria

Jurij Rodionov

Joel Schwaerzler

Lukas Neumayer

Lucas Miedler

Captain: Jurgen Melzer

Belgium

Alexander Blockx

Zizou Bergs

Raphael Collignon

Sander Gille

Joran Vliegen

Captain: Steve Darcis

Korea, Rep. v India

Dates: Friday 18-Saturday 19 September

Venue: Olympic Park Tennis Center Seoul (hard, outdoors)

Head-to-head: Korea, Rep. lead 6-5

Korea, Rep.

Kwon Soonwoo

Chung Hyeon

Park Uisung

Nam Jisung

Hon Seonchan

Captain: Chung Jongsam

India

Sumit Nagal

Manas Dhamne

Dhakshineswar Suresh

Yuki Bhambri

N. Sriram Balaji

Captain: Rohit Rajpal

Czechia v USA

Dates: Friday 18-Saturday 19 September

Venue: O2 Arena, Prague (hard, indoors)

Head-to-head: USA lead 5-2

Czechia

Jiri Lehecka

Jakub Mensik

Tomas Machac

Vit Kopriva

Patrik Rikl

Captain: Tomas Berdych

USA

Ben Shelton

Taylor Fritz

Tommy Paul

Christian Harrison

Captain: Bob Bryan

Canada v France

Dates: Friday 18-Saturday 19 September

Venue: Videotron Center, Quebec City (hard, indoors)

Head-to-head: France lead 3-0

Canada

Felix Auger-Aliassime

Gabriel Diallo

Liam Draxl

Duncan Chan

Captain: Frank Dancevic

France

Arthur Fils

Arthur Rinderknech

Quentin Halys

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Captain: Paul-Henri Mathieu