TENNIS
What countries are playing in the Davis Cup? Schedule, teams and players
This year’s Davis Cup already saw the defending champions Canada, knocked out in the quarter-finals with Finland the first to reach the semis in Malaga.
Djokovic will lead Serbia’s challenge after winning the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, and it will be the first time in 30 years that a player could go out and win the Davis Cup and the finishing tournament of the ATP calendar since Michael Stich did it with Germany, and in the ATP finals against Pete Sampras.
The Davis Cup Finals will take place from November 21 to 26.
All matches will be played indoors at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena in Malaga, Spain.
Teams & Schedule
The 2023 Davis Cup Finals are underway, with seven remaining nations competing for the championship title. Great Britain has made it to the quarter-finals, where they will face Serbia, led by Novak Djokovic.
The defending champions, Canada, have already been eliminated by Finland in the last eight clashes. The other two quarter-final matches will feature the Czech national team playing against Australia and Italy facing off against the Netherlands.
The full schedule:
Quarter-finals
- Canada 1-2 Finland
- Czech Republic v Australia (Wednesday, November 22, 10 a.m. ET)
- Italy v Netherlands (Thursday, November 23, 4 a.m. ET)
- Serbia v Great Britain (Thursday, November 23, not before 10 a.m. ET)
Semi-finals
- Finland v Czech Republic/Australia (Friday, November 24, 10 a.m. ET)
- Italy/Netherlands v Serbia/Great Britain (Saturday, November 25, 5 a.m. ET)
Final
- Finland/Czech Republic/Australia v Italy/Netherlands/Serbia/Great Britain (Sunday, November 26, 10 a.m. ET)
Players
Finland
- Emil Ruusuvuori
- Otto Virtanen
- Patrick Kaukovalta
- Harri Heliovaara
- Patrik Niklas-Salminen
- Captain: Jarkko Nieminen
Czechia
- Jiri Lehecka
- Tomas Machac
- Jakub Mensik
- Adam Pavlasek
- Captain: Jaroslav Navratil
Italy
- Jannik Sinner
- Lorenzo Musetti
- Matteo Arnaldi
- Lorenzo Sonego
- Simone Bolelli
- Captain: Filippo Volandri
Netherlands
- Tallon Griekspoor
- Botic van de Zandschulp
- Gijs Brouwer
- Wesley Koolhof
- Jean-Julien Rojer
- Captain: Paul Haarhuis
Serbia
- Novak Djokovic
- Laslo Djere
- Dusan Lajovic
- Miomir Kecmanovic
- Hamad Medjedovic
- Captain: Viktor Troicki
Great Britain
- Cameron Norrie
- Jack Draper
- Liam Broady
- Joe Salisbury
- Neal Skupski
- Captain: Leon Smith