ITF Press Release, January 23, 2019
The ITF announced on Tuesday the official team nominations for the 24 nations competing in the 2019 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Qualifiers on 1-2 February.
The Davis Cup Qualifiers, taking place across 12 different cities on a home-and-away basis, launch the 2019 Davis Cup season, with nations bidding for 12 places in the inaugural Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Finals at La Caja Magica in Madrid, Spain on 18-24 November.
Qualifier ties will consist of four singles rubbers and one doubles rubber with all matches played over the best of three tiebreak sets. Two singles rubbers will be played on Friday 1 February, with the doubles followed by the two reverse singles rubbers on Saturday 2 February. The draws will take place on Thursday 31 January.
The 12 winning nations will join the 2018 semifinalists (Croatia, France, Spain and USA) plus two wild card nations (Argentina and Great Britain) in the Davis Cup season finale. The 12 losing nations will compete in their respective 2019 Zone Group competition.
ITF President David Haggerty said: “This is an exciting new chapter in Davis Cup’s long and distinguished history, mixing tradition and innovation. I have no doubt that next week’s Qualifiers will stimulate the passion in fans and players that has always been a feature of Davis Cup, and that this will carry through to the Finals where we will witness a magnificent world-class sporting spectacle. I would like to wish all nations competing in the Qualifiers the best of luck.”
TEAM NOMINATIONS
BELGIUM v BRAZIL
Venue: Sabiazinho – Ginasio Presidente Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia, BRA (clay – indoor)
Belgium
Arthur De Greef
Kimmer Coppejans
Sander Gille
Joran Vliegen
Captain: Johan Van Herck
Brazil
Thiago Monteiro
Rogerio Dutra Silva
Thiago Seyboth Wild
Marcelo Melo
Bruno Soares
Captain: Joao Zwetsch
AUSTRIA v CHILE
Venue: Salzburg Arena/Messezentrum Salzburg, Salzburg, AUT (clay – indoor)
Austria
Dominic Thiem
Dennis Novak
Jurgen Melzer
Oliver Marach
Philipp Oswald
Captain: Stefan Koubek
Chile
Nicolas Jarry
Christian Garin
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera
Julio Peralta
Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
Captain: Nicolas Massu
Venue: NTC Arena, Bratislava, SVK (clay – indoor)
Slovakia
Martin Klizan
Filip Horansky
Norbert Gombos
Igor Zelenay
Filip Polasek
Captain: Dominik Hrbaty
Canada
Denis Shapovalov
Peter Polansky
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Captain: Frank Dancevic
CHINA, P.R. v JAPAN
Venue: Guangdong Olympic Sports Center Tennis Center, Guangzhou, CHN (hard – outdoor)
China, P.R.
Ze Zhang
Zhe Li
Di Wu
Yibing Wu
Mao-Xin Gong
Captain: Wei Jiang
Japan
Yoshihito Nishioka
Taro Daniel
Yasutaka Uchiyama
Yosuke Watanuki
Ben Mclachlan
Captain: Satoshi Iwabuchi
UZBEKISTAN v SERBIA
Venue: Saxovat Sport Servis Sport Complex, Tashkent, UZB (hard – indoor)
Uzbekistan
Denis Istomin
Khumoyun Sultanov
Sergey Fomin
Sanjar Fayziev
Jurabek Karimov
Captain: Farrukh Dustov
Serbia
Dusan Lajovic
Filip Krajinovic
Laslo Djere
Nikola Milojevic
Viktor Troicki
Captain: Nenad Zimonjic
AUSTRALIA v BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA
Venue: Memorial Drive Tennis Club, Adelaide, AUS (hard – outdoor)
Australia
Alex de Minaur
John Millman
Jordan Thompson
John Peers
Alexei Popyrin
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt
Bosnia/Herzegovina
Damir Dzumhur
Mirza Basic
Tomislav Brkic
Nerman Fatic
Captain: Amer Delic
INDIA v ITALY
Venue: Calcutta South Club, Kolkata, IND (grass – outdoor)
India
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Saketh Myneni
Rohan Bopanna
Divij Sharan
Captain: Mahesh Bhupathi
Italy
Marco Cecchinato
Andreas Seppi
Matteo Berrettini
Thomas Fabbiano
Simone Bolelli
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
GERMANY v HUNGARY
Venue: Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, GER (hard – indoor)
Germany
Alexander Zverev
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Jan-Lennard Struff
Peter Gojowczyk
Tim Puetz
Captain: Michael Kohlmann
Hungary
Attila Balazs
Zsombor Piros
Peter Nagy
Gabor Borsos
David Szintai
Captain: Gabor Koves
SWITZERLAND v RUSSIA
Venue: Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel, SUI (hard – indoor)
Switzerland
Henri Laaksonen
Marc-Andrea Huesler
Jakub Paul
Sandro Ehrat
Jerome Kym
Captain: Severin Luthi
Russia
Karen Khachanov
Daniil Medvedev
Andrey Rublev
Evgeny Donskoy
Konstantin Zhzhenov
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
KAZAKHSTAN v PORTUGAL
Venue: National Tennis Center, Astana, KAZ (hard – indoor)
Kazakhstan
Mikhail Kukushkin
Alexander Bublik
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Denis Yevseyev
Timur Khabibulin
Captain: Dias Doskarayev
Portugal
Joao Sousa
Pedro Sousa
Joao Domingues
Gastao Elias
Captain: Nuno Marques
CZECH REPUBLIC v NETHERLANDS
Venue: Ostravar Arena, Ostrava, CZE (hard – indoor)
Czech Republic
Jiri Vesely
Lukas Rosol
Adam Pavlasek
Tomas Machac
Jiri Lehecka
Captain: Jaroslav Navratil
Netherlands
Robin Haase
Tallon Griekspoor
Scott Griekspoor
Jean-Julien Rojer
Matwe Middelkoop
Captain: Paul Haarhuis
SWEDEN v COLOMBIA
Venue: Palacio de los Deportes, Bogotá, COL (clay – indoor)
Colombia
Daniel Elahi Galan
Santiago Giraldo
Alejandro Gonzalez
Juan-Sebastian Cabal
Robert Farah
Captain: Pablo Gonzalez
Sweden
Elias Ymer
Mikael Ymer
Markus Eriksson
Jonathan Mridha
Robert Lindstedt
Captain: Johan Hedsberg
