ITF Press Release, January 6, 2025
Nations competing in the 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers 1st Round have announced their teams, with Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, Norway’s Casper Ruud, Australia’s Alex de Minaur and Denmark’s Holger Rune all set to represent their countries.
Rune and Djokovic will go head-to-head at a blockbuster clash between Denmark and Serbia in Copenhagen, while De Minaur leads a strong Australian team for their away tie against Sweden in Stockholm. Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios has also been selected for Australia, the 29-year-old returning to his nation’s Davis Cup squad for the first time since 2019.
Among the other players selected for their nations are: Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina), Marin Cilic (Croatia), Arthur Fils (France), Joao Fonseca (Brazil), Nicolas Jarry (Chile), Jiri Lehecka (Czechia), Tomas Machac (Czechia), Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (France), Kei Nishikori (Japan), Cameron Norrie (Great Britain) and Denis Shapovalov (Canada).
Norway’s tie against Argentina will take place on Thursday 30-Friday 31 January, with the other 12 Qualifiers 1st Round ties taking place on either Friday 31 January-Saturday 1 February or Saturday 1-Sunday 2 February.
The venue for Israel’s tie against Germany is still to be announced. Both nations will name their teams once the venue and surface are confirmed.
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.
The 13 winning nations in the Qualifiers 1st Round will advance to the Qualifiers 2nd Round in September, where they will join 2024 runners-up Netherlands in seven home-or-away ties. The seven winners from the Qualifiers 2nd Round will then join 2024 world champions Italy at the 2025 Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna in November.
The 13 losing nations in the Qualifiers 1st Round will compete in World Group I ties in September.
A further 26 home-and-away Davis Cup ties are also taking place during the same week as the Qualifiers 1st Round, with 13 ties in the World Group I Play-offs and 13 ties in the World Group II Play-offs. Team announcements for the World Group I and World Group II Play-offs will be made on Tuesday 21 January.
More details on the amended 2025 Davis Cup format, which the ITF announced in September 2024, are available on the Davis Cup website.
2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers
Norway v Argentina
Dates: Thursday 30-Friday 31 January
Venue: Fjellhammar Arena, Oslo (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: first Davis Cup meeting
Norway
Casper Ruud
Viktor Durasovic
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
Leyton Rivera
Lukas Hellum-Lilleengen
Captain: Anders Haseth
Argentina
Francisco Cerundolo
Tomas Etcheverry
Mariano Navone
Horacio Zeballos
Andres Molteni
Captain: Javier Frana
Sweden v Australia
Dates: Friday 31 January-Saturday 1 February
Venue: Royal Tennis Hall, Stockholm (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Australia lead 7-3
Sweden
Elias Ymer
Leo Borg
Andre Goransson
Filip Bergevi
Captain: Simon Aspelin
Australia
Alex De Minaur
Jordan Thompson
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Nick Kyrgios
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt
Belgium v Chile
Dates: Saturday 1-Sunday 2 February
Venue: Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: tied 2-2
Belgium
Zizou Bergs
Raphael Collignon
Alexander Blockx
Sander Gille
Joran Vliegen
Captain: Steve Darcis
Chile
Alejandro Tabilo
Nicolas Jarry
Cristian Garin
Tomas Barrios Vera
Matias Soto
Captain: Nicolas Massu
Canada v Hungary
Dates: Saturday 1-Sunday 2 February
Venue: IGA Stadium, Montreal (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: first Davis Cup meeting
Canada
Denis Shapovalov
Gabriel Diallo
Alexis Galarneau
Vasek Pospisil
Liam Draxl
Captain: Frank Dancevic
Hungary
Fabian Marozsan
Marton Fucsovics
Zsombor Piros
Mate Valkusz
Adam Jilly
Captain: Kornel Bardoczky
Austria v Finland
Dates: Friday 31 January-Saturday 1 February
Venue: Multiversum Schwechat, Schwechat (clay, indoors)
Head-to-head: Austria lead 6-0
Austria
Jurij Rodionov
Lukas Neumayer
Filip Misolic
Lucas Miedler
Alexander Erler
Captain: Jurgen Melzer
Finland
Otto Virtanen
Eero Vasa
Oskari Paldanius
Harri Heliovaara
Patrik Niklas-Salminen
Captain: Jarkko Nieminen
Israel v Germany
Dates: TBC
Venue: TBC
Head-to-head: Germany lead 3-0
Teams will be announced once the dates, venue and surface for this tie are confirmed.
Japan v Great Britain
Dates: Friday 31 January-Saturday 1 February
Venue: Bourbon Beans Dome, Miki (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Great Britain lead 2-0
Japan
Yoshihito Nishioka
Taro Daniel
Kei Nishikori
Yosuke Watanuki
Takeru Yuzuki
Captain: Go Soeda
Great Britain
Cameron Norrie
Jacob Fearnley
Billy Harris
Neal Skupski
Captain: Leon Smith
Chinese Taipei v USA
Dates: Friday 31 January-Saturday 1 February
Venue: Taipei Tennis Center, Taipei City (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: first Davis Cup meeting
Chinese Taipei
Tseng Chun-Hsin
Wi Tung-Lin
Hsu Yu-Hsiou
Huang Tsung-Hao
Ray Ho
Captain: Lu Yen-Hsun
USA
Alex Michelsen
Marcos Giron
Mackenzie McDonald
Rajeev Ram
Austin Krajicek
Captain: Bob Bryan
Czechia v Korea, Rep.
Dates: Friday 31 January-Saturday 1 February
Venue: RT Torax Arena – Sareza, Ostrava (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Czechia lead 1-0
Czechia
Tomas Machac
Jiri Lehecka
Jakub Mensik
Maxim Mrva
Adam Pavlasek
Captain: Tomas Berdych
Korea, Rep.
Kwon Soonwoo
Gerard Campana Lee
Shin Sanhui
Nam Jisung
Chung Yun Seong
Captain: Chung Jongsam
Denmark v Serbia
Dates: Friday 31 January-Saturday 1 February
Venue: Royal Arena, Copenhagen (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Denmark lead 3-1
Denmark
Holger Rune
Elmer Moeller
August Holmgren
Johannes Ingildsen
Captain: Frederik Nielsen
Serbia
Novak Djokovic
Miomir Kecmanovic
Dusan Lajovic
Hamad Medjedovic
Laslo Djere
Captain: Viktor Troicki
Switzerland v Spain
Dates: Saturday 1-Sunday 2 February
Venue: Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Spain lead 5-1
Switzerland
Jerome Kym
Marc-Andrea Huesler
Remy Bertola
Dominic Stricker
Captain: Severin Luthi
Spain
Pedro Martinez
Roberto Carballes Baena
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Pablo Carreno Busta
Captain: David Ferrer
Croatia v Slovakia
Dates: Friday 31 January-Saturday 1 February
Venue: Dvorana Gradski vrt, Osijek (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Croatia lead 1-0
Croatia
Duje Ajdukovic
Marin Cilic
Borna Gojo
Mate Pavic
Nikola Mektic
Captain: Velimir Zovko
Slovakia
Jozef Kovalik
Lukas Klein
Milos Karol
Norbert Gombos
Alex Molcan
Captain: Tibor Toth
France v Brazil
Dates: Saturday 1-Sunday 2 February
Venue: Palais des Sports Jean Ros, Orleans (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: France lead 3-2
France
Ugo Humbert
Arthur Fils
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Captain: Paul-Henri Mathieu
Brazil
Thiago Seyboth Wild
Joao Fonseca
Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida
Rafael Matos
Marcelo Melo
Captain: Jaime Oncins
