Davis Cup: What you need to know to follow the matches this weekend (12-14 September)
The Final 8 of the 2025 Davis Cup will be known on Sunday night.
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What is the 2025 Davis Cup formula?
The Davis Cup in 2025 has shifted to a “Final 8” knockout format. Seven teams will join host Italy for the November finals in Bologna. These seven teams will have three-day ties from September 12–14 across host nations with the home/away. Each tie features five matches: four singles, one doubles, and the team that wins three advances.
What are the matches this weekend?
- Netherlands vs. Argentina (Groningen)
- Australia vs. Belgium (Sydney)
- Hungary vs. Austria (Debrecen)
- Japan vs. Germany (Tokyo)
- United States vs. Czechia (Delray Beach)
- Spain vs. Denmark (Marbella)
- Croatia vs. France (Osijek)
What are the players selected for these matches?
Here are the updated Davis Cup rosters with each player’s ATP singles ranking.
- Netherlands vs. Argentina (Groningen)
- Netherlands: Jesper de Jong (ATP rank 83), Botic van de Zandschulp (ATP rank 73), Guy den Ouden (ATP rank 161), Sander Arends (Doubles rank 24), Sem Verbeek (Doubles rank 43).
- Argentina: Francisco Cerundolo (ATP rank 21), Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ATP rank 59), Francisco Comesana (ATP rank 54), Horacio Zeballos (Doubles rank 11), Andres Molteni (Doubles rank 20).
- Australia vs. Belgium (Sydney)
- Australia: Alex de Minaur (ATP rank 8), Alexei Popyrin (ATP rank 40), Jordan Thompson (ATP rank 44), Matthew Ebden (Doubles rank 1).
- Belgium: Zizou Bergs (ATP rank 46), Raphael Collignon (ATP rank 91), Alexander Blockx, Sander Gille (Doubles rank 24), Joran Vliegen (Doubles rank 24).
- Hungary vs. Austria (Debrecen)
- Hungary: Fabian Marozsan (ATP rank 39), Marton Fucsovics (ATP rank 59), Zsombor Piros (ATP rank 154), Peter Fajta (ATP rank 535).
- Austria: Filip Misolic (ATP rank 94), Sebastian Ofner (ATP rank 139), Jurij Rodionov (ATP rank 158), Lucas Miedler (Doubles rank 45), Alexander Erler (Doubles rank 45).
- Japan vs. Germany (Tokyo)
- Japan: Shintaro Mochizuki (ATP rank 104), Yoshihito Nishioka (ATP rank 153), Yosuke Watanuki (ATP rank 151), Rei Sakamoto (ATP rank 189), Takeru Yuzuki (ATP rank 114).
- Germany: Jan-Lennard Struff (ATP rank 24), Yannick Hanfmann (ATP rank 49), Justin Engel (ATP rank 219), Kevin Krawietz (Doubles rank 17), Tim Puetz (Doubles rank 18).
- United States vs. Czechia (Delray Beach)
- United States: Taylor Fritz (ATP rank 5), Ben Shelton (ATP rank 6), Frances Tiafoe (ATP rank 29), Tommy Paul (ATP rank 15).
- Czechia: Jakub Mensik (ATP rank 17), Tomas Machac (ATP rank 22), Jiri Lehecka (ATP rank 16), Petr Brunclik (ATP rank 438), Adam Pavlasek (doubles ranking 33).
- Spain vs. Denmark (Marbella)
- Spain: Jaume Munar (ATP rank 37), Roberto Carballés (ATP rank 109), Pablo Carreño Busta. (ATP ranking 123)
- Denmark: Holger Rune (ATP rank 11), Elmer Moller (ATP rank 113), August Holmgren (ATP rank 173), Christian Sigsgaard (ATP rank 509), Johannes Ingildsen (ATP doubles 125).
- Croatia vs. France (Osijek)
- Croatia: Marin Cilic (ATP rank 60), Borna Coric (ATP 107), Dino Prizmic (ATP rank 119), Mate Pavic (Doubles rank 3), Nikola Mektic (Doubles rank 10).
- France: Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (ATP rank 36), Corentin Moutet (ATP rank 39), Benjamin Bonzi (ATP rank 45), Arthur Rinderknech (ATP rank 57), Pierre-Hugues Herbert (ATP rankk 36).
Where and when the 2025 Davis Cup finals will take place?
The Davis Cup Finals in November 2025 will be held at the BolognaFiere exhibition centre in Bologna, Italy. The event will take place from Tuesday, November 18 to Sunday, November 23, 2025. The Finals feature the Final 8 teams competing in a knockout format on a hard indoor surface. This marks the fourth consecutive year Bologna is hosting major Davis Cup action, with the Super Tennis Arena at BolognaFiere as the venue for the tournament climax. Italy will participate as the host nation, joined by seven winners from the September qualifiers.
How did these 14 teams qualify in February?
- Argentina defeated Norway 3-2.
- Australia defeated Sweden 3-1.
- Belgium defeated Chile 3-1.
- Hungary defeated Canada 3-2.
- Austria defeated Finland 4-0.
- Germany defeated Israel 3-1.
- Japan defeated Great Britain 3-2.
- United States defeated Chinese Taipei 4-0.
- Czechia defeated South Korea 4-0.
- Denmark defeated Serbia 3-2.
- Spain defeated Switzerland 3-1.
- Croatia defeated Slovakia 3-1.
- France defeated Brazil 4-0.
The final spot in the Qualifiers Second Round was filled by Netherlands, promoted to this second round after finishing as the runners-up in the 2024 Davis Cup Finals. The 2024 champions, Italy, automatically qualified for the Final 8 as the host nation.
