Everything you need to know about the inaugural Davis Cup Finals – teams, players, tournament schedule and more. The new-look…
Davis Cup Finals 2019 – Teams, draw, schedule and more for the inaugural Davis Cup Finals in Madrid
Croatia celebrate winning the Davis Cup in 2018. (PA Sports)
Everything you need to know about the inaugural Davis Cup Finals – teams, players, tournament schedule and more.
The new-look Davis Cup Finals take place in Madrid from 18-24 November 2019 – here’s your guide to the revamped event which now brings the tennis season to a close.
The 119-year-old competition, which began as a challenge between Great Britain and the USA in 1900, has evolved over the years into one of the world’s biggest annual international team sports events and has been dramatically reimaged for the 2019 edition, with the year-round system of home and away ties replaced by a week-long final round held at a neutral venue and featuring the top 18 teams in the world.
The 18 finalists have been split into six groups of three nations each, with the group winners, along with the two best second-placed teams advancing to the quarter finals. Group matches will be played in round-robin format, with each match featuring two singles ties and a doubles match. The new format has had its fair share of controversy, with some prominent players and fans criticizing the revamped system, but this week’s Finals still boasts a star-studded cast, spearheaded by the top two players in the world, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
The tournament will however be without 20-time Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer, and Nitto ATP Finals finalists, Dominic Thiem and Stefanos Tsitsipas as their countries did not qualify for the Finals. Germany’s Alexander Zverev opted out of the competition, choosing instead to play a series of exhibition matches with Federer in Mexico and South American around the same period.
There have been a couple of high profile late withdrawals, most notably Marin Cilic, who led Croatia to Davis Cup glory last season. The former US Open champion misses the tournament with a recurring knee problem, while former world No. 3, Milos Raonic will also be absent from the Finals after withdrawing with a back problem.
Davis Cup Finals 2019: Latest news, tournament information, schedules and live streams for the 2019 Davis Cup Finals
Davis Cup Finals Groups
Davis Cup Finals Group A
| Team | France | Japan | Serbia |
| Player 1 | Gael Monfils | Yoshihito Nishioka | Novak Djokovic |
| Player 2 | Benoit Paire | Yasutaka Uchiyama | Dusan Lajovic |
| Player 3 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Yuichi Sugita | Filip Krajinovic |
| Player 4 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Taro Daniel | Viktor Troicki |
| Player 5 | Nicolas Mahut | Ben McLachlan | Janko Tipsarevic |
| Captain | Sebastien Grosjean | Satoshi Iwabuchi | Nenad Zimonjic
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Davis Cup Finals Group B
| Team | Croatia | Russia | Spain |
| Player 1 | Borna Coric | Daniil Medvedev | Rafael Nadal |
| Player 2 | Mate Pavic | Karen Khachanov | Roberto Bautista-Agut |
| Player 3 | Nikola Metkic | Andrey Rublev | Pablo Carreno Busta |
| Player 4 | Ivan Dodig | Evgeny Donskoy | Feliciano Lopez |
| Player 5 | Marcel Granollers | ||
| Captain | Zeljko Krajan | Shamil Tarpishev | Sergi Bruguera
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Davis Cup Finals Group C
| Team | Argentina | Chile | Germany |
| Player 1 | Diego Schwartzman | Cristian Garin | Jan-Lennard Struff |
| Player 2 | Guido Pella | Nicolas Jarry | Philipp Kohlscheiber |
| Player 3 | Leonardo Mayer | Alejandro Tabilo | Dominik Koepfer |
| Player 4 | Horacio Zeballos | Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera | Kevin Krawietz |
| Player 5 | Maximo Gonzalez | Hans Podlipnik-Castillo | Andreas Mies |
| Captain | Gaston Gaudio | Nicolas Massu | Michael Kohlmann
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Davis Cup Finals Group D
| Team | Australia | Belgium | Colombia |
| Player 1 | Alex de Minaur | David Goffin | Daniel Galan |
| Player 2 | Nick Kyrgios | Kimmer Coppejans | Santiago Giraldo |
| Player 3 | John Millman | Steve Darcis | Alejandro Gonzalez |
| Player 4 | Jordan Thompson | Joran Vliegen | Juan Sebastian Cabal |
| Player 5 | John Peers | Sander Gille | Robert Farah |
| Captain | Lleyton Hewitt | Johan Van Herck | Pablo Gonzalez
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Davis Cup Finals Group E
| Team | Great Britain | Kazakhstan | Netherlands |
| Player 1 | Dan Evans | Alexander Bublik | Robin Haase |
| Player 2 | Kyle Edmund | Mikhail Kukushkin | Tallon Griekspoor |
| Player 3 | Andy Murray | Dmitry Popko | Botic Van de Zandschulp |
| Player 4 | Jamie Murray | Alexsandr Nedovyesov | Wesley Koolhof |
| Player 5 | Neal Skupski | Andrey Golubev | Jean Julien Rojer |
| Captain | Leon Smith | Dias Doskarayev | Paul Haarhuis
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Davis Cup Finals Group F
| Team | Canada | Italy | USA |
| Player 1 | Felix Auger-Aliassime | Matteo Berrettini | Taylor Fritz |
| Player 2 | Denis Shapovalov | Fabio Fognini | Reilly Opelka |
| Player 3 | Brayden Schnur | Lorenzo Sonego | Sam Querrey |
| Player 4 | Vasek Pospisil | Andreas Seppi | Frances Tiafoe |
| Player 5 | Simone Bolelli | Jack Sock | |
| Captain | Frank Dancevic | Corrado Barrazzutti | Mardy Fish
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