ATP Tour

Alcaraz, Fritz, Shelton headline rosters for Davis Cup Qualifiers R2

Nations competing in the 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers 2nd Round have announced their squads, with Top 10 stars Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Alex de Minaur and Holger Rune all looking to guide their teams into the 2025 Davis Cup Final 8 in November.

Alcaraz and Rune are set to face off in a blockbuster clash between Spain and Denmark in Marbella, while De Minaur leads an Australian team which takes on Belgium in Sydney.

Fritz and Shelton are joined in the American squad by Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe, with all four men ranked inside the Top 20 of the PIF ATP Rankings. USA will play against a Czechia team that is also at full strength, including Miami champion Jakub Mensik, Jiri Lehecka and Tomas Machac.

Among the other players selected for their nations are: Zizou Bergs (Belgium), Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina), Marin Cilic (Croatia), Borna Coric (Croatia), Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spain), Ugo Humbert (France), Kei Nishikori (Japan) and Alexei Popyrin (Australia).

Five ties will take place on 12-13 September. Australia’s clash with Belgium and Spain’s match-up with Denmark will be played on 13-14 September.

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 tie-break sets.

The seven winning nations in the Qualifiers 2nd Round will join last year’s world champions Italy at the 2025 Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna, held from 18-23 November. The seven losing nations will compete in the 2026 Qualifiers 1st Round.

Furthermore, 26 home-and-away Davis Cup ties are also taking place in September, with 13 ties in the World Group I and 13 ties in the World Group II. Team announcements for the World Group I and World Group II ties will be made on Tuesday 2 September.

Netherlands v Argentina
Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September
Venue: Martiniplaza, Groningen (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Argentina lead 1-0

Netherlands
Jesper de Jong
Botic van de Zandschulp
Guy Den Ouden
Sander Arends
Sem Verbeek
Captain: Paul Haarhuis

Argentina
Francisco Cerundolo
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Francisco Comesana
Horacio Zeballos
Andres Molteni
Captain: Javier Frana

Australia v Belgium
Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September
Venue: Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney (hard, outdoors)
Head-to-head: Australia lead 4-3

Australia
Alex de Minaur
Alexei Popyrin
Jordan Thompson
Matthew Ebden
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt

Belgium
Zizou Bergs
Raphael Collignon
Alexander Blockx
Sander Gille
Joran Vliegen
Captain: Steve Darcis

Hungary v Austria
Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September
Venue: Fonix Arena, Debrecen (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Hungary lead 2-0

Hungary
Fabian Marozsan
Marton Fucsovics
Zsombor Piros
Peter Fajta
Captain: Kornel Bardoczky

Austria
Filip Misolic
Sebastian Ofner
Jurij Rodionov
Lucas Miedler
Alexander Erler
Captain: Jurgen Melzer

Japan v Germany
Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September
Venue: Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Japan lead 1-0

Japan
Kei Nishikori
Shintaro Mochizuki
Yoshihito Nishioka
Yosuke Watanuki
Takeru Yuzuki
Captain: Go Soeda

Germany
Daniel Altmaier
Yannick Hanfmann
Jan-Lennard Struff
Kevin Krawietz
Tim Puetz
Captain: Michael Kohlmann

USA v Czechia
Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September
Venue: Delray Beach Tennis Center, Delray Beach, FL (hard, outdoors)
Head-to-head: USA lead 5-1

USA
Taylor Fritz
Ben Shelton
Frances Tiafoe
Tommy Paul
Captain: Bob Bryan

Czechia
Jakub Mensik
Tomas Machac
Jiri Lehecka
Petr Brunclik
Adam Pavlasek
Captain: Tomas Berdych

Spain v Denmark
Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September
Venue: Club de Tenis Puente Romano, Marbella (clay, outdoors)
Head-to-head: Spain lead 3-2

Spain
Carlos Alcaraz
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Pedro Martinez
Marcel Granollers
Captain: David Ferrer

Denmark
Holger Rune
Elmer Moller
August Holmgren
Christian Sigsgaard
Johannes Ingildsen
Captain: Frederik Nielsen

Croatia v France
Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September
Venue: Dvorana Gradski Vrt, Osijek (clay, indoors)
Head-to-head: Croatia lead 2-1

Croatia
Marin Cilic
Borna Coric
Dino Prizmic
Mate Pavic
Nikola Mektic
Captain: Ivan Dodig

France
Ugo Humbert
Benjamin Bonzi
Arthur Rinderknech
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Captain: Paul-Henri Mathieu