ITF Press Release, March 18, 2024

Feliciano Lopez will return as Tournament Director for the 2024 Davis Cup Finals after a successful first season in the role in 2023, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced today.

The four-time Davis Cup champion will host the draw for the 2024 Finals Group Stage, which will take place at the ITF offices in London at 1400 GMT on Tuesday 19 March. The draw will be streamed live via the Davis Cup website.

Lopez said: “I love this competition, and the opportunity to build on what we achieved last year is very exciting. The passion of the players and captains, and the amazing atmosphere created by the fans in Malaga was very special to be part of. The chance to experience that this year will give the teams in the Finals Group Stage even more motivation to win. I know we can make this year’s Finals even bigger and better, and I will give everything to make that happen.”

Lopez contested 31 Davis Cup ties for Spain between 2003 and 2021 and helped his country to win the competition in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2019.

In the 2008 final against Argentina, he beat Juan Martin Del Potro in singles and Agustin Calleri and David Nalbandian in doubles alongside Fernando Verdasco to help Spain become world champions for the third time.

Lopez clinched the decisive victory alongside Verdasco in the 2009 final against Czechia, beating Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek in straight sets in Barcelona. He was also part of the Spain squads that claimed the titles in 2011 with victory over Argentina and in 2019 with victory over Canada.

In addition to his role as Davis Cup Finals Tournament Director, Lopez has also been Tournament Director of the Mutua Madrid Open since 2019.

2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Stage draw

The draw for the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Stage will see the 16 competing nations drawn into four groups of four teams. The Finals Group Stage will take place on 10-15 September 2024 across four cities: Bologna (Italy), Manchester (Great Britain), Valencia (Spain) and Zhuhai (China, P.R.).

The winners and runners-up of each group will progress to the Final 8 knockout stage in Malaga on 19-24 November 2024. The draw for the Final 8 will take place following the Finals Group Stage in September.

The seeded nations for the draw have also been confirmed – 2023 world champions Italy and 2023 runners-up Australia are seeded No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, with Canada seeded No. 3 and Germany seeded No. 4.

The 16 nations competing in the Finals have been placed into four pots. The four seeded nations are in Pot 1, while the remaining 12 nations have been distributed in Pots 2-4 according to the current Davis Cup Nations Rankings. The three host nations with competing teams will be drawn in separate groups, with the remaining group to be played in Zhuhai.

2024 Davis Cup Finals – competing nations

Pot 1

Italy (1)

Australia (2)

Canada (3)

Germany (4)

Pot 2

Netherlands

Czechia

USA

Finland

Pot 3

France

Great Britain

Belgium

Slovakia

Pot 4

Chile

Brazil

Spain

Argentina