| David Haggerty, ITF President, said: “This is an exciting day and I am delighted to see the world’s best players putting themselves forward to represent their countries in this fantastic competition. The fact that so many of the game’s big names have been nominated speaks volumes of how important this event is to players across the world, and the anticipation is building as we get closer to the Group Stage.”
Feliciano Lopez, 2023 Davis Cup Finals Tournament Director, said: “As I said when the ITF gave me this role, the opportunity to represent your country is the greatest honour for any tennis player. The quality of the nominations we have seen today is proof of that and shows how much this competition means to the game’s top players from across the world. The Group Stage is going to be a very exciting week of team tennis played in front of passionate supporters, and I can’t wait for it to start.”
The full list of team nominations for the 2023 Davis Cup Finals Group Stage are as follows.
Group A
Bologna, Italy
Canada
Denis Shapovalov
Vasek Pospisil
Gabriel Diallo
Alexis Galarneau
Captain: Frank Dancevic
Italy
Jannik Sinner
Lorenzo Musetti
Matteo Berrettini
Simone Bolelli
Fabio Fognini
Captain: Filippo Volandri
Sweden
Elias Ymer
Dragos Nicolae Madaras
Leo Borg
Filip Bergevi
Andre Goransson
Captain: Johan Hedsberg
Chile
Nicolas Jarry
Cristian Garin
Alejandro Tabilo
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera
Gonzalo Lama
Captain: Nicolas Massu
Group B
Manchester, Great Britain
Australia
Alex de Minaur
Jordan Thompson
Max Purcell
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Matthew Ebden
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt
Great Britain
Cameron Norrie
Daniel Evans
Andy Murray
Neal Skupski
Captain: Leon Smith
France
Adrian Mannarino
Ugo Humbert
Arthur Fils
Edouard Roger-Vasselin
Nicolas Mahut
Captain: Sebastien Grosjean
Switzerland
Stan Wawrinka
Marc-Andrea Hüsler
Dominic Stricker
Leandro Riedi
Alexander Ritschard
Captain: Severin Luthi
Group C
Valencia, Spain
Spain
Carlos Alcaraz
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Roberto Bautista Agut
Marcel Granollers
Captain: David Ferrer
Serbia
Novak Djokovic
Laslo Djere
Miomir Kecmanovic
Dusan Lajovic
Hamad Medjedovic
Captain: Viktor Troicki
Czechia
Jiri Lehecka
Tomas Machac
Jakub Mensik
Adam Pavlasek
Captain: Jaroslav Navratil
Korea, Rep.
Soonwoo Kwon
Seongchan Hong
Yun Seong Chung
Jisung Nam
Minkyu Song
Captain: Park Seung-Kyu
Group D
Split, Croatia
Croatia
Borna Coric
Borna Gojo
Dino Prizmic
Ivan Dodig
Mate Pavic
Captain: Vedran Martic
Netherlands
Tallon Griekspoor
Botic van de Zandschulp
Gijs Brouwer
Wesley Koolhof
Matwe Middelkoop
Captain: Paul Haarhuis
USA
Frances Tiafoe
Tommy Paul
Mackenzie McDonald
Austin Krajicek
Rajeev Ram
Captain: Bob Bryan
Finland
Emil Ruusuvuori
Otto Virtanen
Patrick Kaukovalta
Harri Heliövaara
Patrik Niklas-Salminen
Captain: Jarkko Nieminen
The Davis Cup Finals and Qualifiers are an official part of the ATP Tour calendar, after the ITF and ATP established a new strategic collaboration on the competition’s governance in 2022.
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About Davis Cup
Davis Cup began in 1900 as a competition between USA and Great Britain. It is now the world’s largest annual international team competition in sport, with a record 155 nations entered in 2023.
About the ITF
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