Sinner, Alcaraz and Nadal confirmed in teams for Davis Cup Final 8 in Malaga
· Jannik Sinner set to lead an Italian team bidding to retain title they won in 2023 and become the first nation to successfully defend the Davis Cup title since 2012-13
· Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal both in Spanish team as Spain aim to win their 7th Davis Cup title and first since 2019
· Schedule for the Final 8 in Malaga to be confirmed later this week
· Tickets for the Davis Cup Final 8 in Malaga on sale now
The eight nations who will vie for the 2024 Davis Cup title have announced their teams for the Final 8 in Malaga, Spain in November, with some of the game’s biggest stars set to do battle for the right to be named 2024 world champions.
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner will lead an Italian team which is aiming to become the first nation to successfully defend a Davis Cup title since Czechia in 2012-13.
Meanwhile, Spain boast an all-star line-up for the Final 8, with Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal both included – and potentially able to reprise their doubles partnership from this summer’s Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event.
Italy’s quarter-final opponents in Malaga, Argentina, are at full-strength, with Sebastian Baez, Francisco Cerundolo and Tomas Martin Etcheverry all offering captain Guillermo Coria multiple options in the singles matches.
In the other tie in the top half of the draw, the two most-successful nations in Davis Cup history, USA and Australia, will go head-to-head. The Americans will field three Top 20 singles players in Malaga – US Open runner-up Taylor Fritz alongside Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton – while Australia are led by Montreal champion Alexei Popyrin.
In the bottom half of the draw, Germany take on Canada, with the Germans’ quest for a fourth Davis Cup title spearheaded by Jan-Lennard Struff, while Canada have selected the same team that won the 2022 title, with Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov leading the line.
Spain, who have also named veterans Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreno Busta and Marcel Granollers in their team, are up against Netherlands in the quarter-finals, with the Dutch team led by Tallon Griekspoor and Botic van de Zandschulp – the latter of whom earned a victory against Alcaraz at the US Open this year.
The Davis Cup quarter-finals will take place on Tuesday 19-Thursday 21 November, with the semi-finals on Friday 22-Saturday 23 November and the 2024 Davis Cup final on Sunday 24 November. The full schedule for the Davis Cup Final 8 will be published in the coming days.
For more information about the Final 8 in Malaga, including ticket details, visit the Davis Cup website.
2024 Davis Cup Final 8 draw
Winner Group A v Runner-up Group D
Italy v Argentina
Winner Group C v Runner-up Group B
USA v Australia
Runner-up Group C v Winner Group D
Germany v Canada
Runner-up Group A v Winner Group B
Netherlands v Spain
2024 Davis Cup Final 8 teams
Italy
Jannik Sinner
Lorenzo Musetti
Flavio Cobolli
Andrea Vavassori
Simone Bolleli
Captain: Filippo Volandri
Argentina
Sebastian Baez
Francisco Cerundulo
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Maximo Gonzalez
Andres Molteni
Captain: Guillermo Coria
USA
Taylor Fritz
Tommy Paul
Ben Shelton
Rajeev Ram
Austin Krajicek
Captain: Bob Bryan
Australia
Alexei Popyrin
Jordan Thompson
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Max Purcell
Matthew Ebden
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt
Germany
Jan-Lennard Struff
Yannick Hanfmann
Kevin Krawietz
Tim Puetz
Captain: Michael Kohlmann
Canada
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Denis Shapovalov
Gabriel Diallo
Alexis Galarneau
Vasek Pospisil
Captain: Frank Dancevic
Netherlands
Tallon Griekspoor
Botic van de Zandschulp
Jesper de Jong
Wesley Koolhof
Captain: Paul Haarhuis
Spain
Carlos Alcaraz
Roberto Bautista Agut
Rafael Nadal
Pablo Carreno Busta
Marcel Granollers
Captain: David Ferrer
For the first time ever, this year’s Davis Cup Final 8 is taking place in the same venue as the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals (13-20 November). Both events are taking place in Malaga as part of a wider partnership between the ITF and the Region of Andalucia.
