(February 6, 2026) USTA – TATABÁNYA, Hungary – Veteran Tommy Paul and rookie Ethan Quinn will lead the U.S. into its Davis Cup Qualifying First Round tie this weekend vs. Hungary in Tatabanya.
Paul, the world No. 22 and a veteran of 10 Davis Cup ties, takes to the indoor clay first on Saturday vs. No. 176 Zsombor Piros, beginning at 1 p.m. local time, 7 a.m. ET. Quinn, ranked No. 68 and playing in his first Davis Cup tie at 21 years old, matches up second against No. 46 Fabian Marozsan, a 26-year old playing in his 10th Davis Cup tie for Hungary.
Paul was a late addition to the team.
“I always wanted to come, but we kind of made the decision, and I reached out to Bob around the Australian Open, like the first week before the tournament started, and asked him if I could still get on the team,” Paul said during the team news conference. “He was like, “Yeah, we can make it happen.”
“So I was pumped, I’m always excited to rep the U.S., it means everything. I love playing Davis Cup. “I love playing the Olympics. I love representing the flag. So always excited to play. I’ve never been over here, never been to Hungary. Happy to represent the U.S. against Hungary in this tie. Should be a great tie. We have a lot of respect for this team. That’s why have a great doubles team, a couple of young guys that are playing some great ball.”
“It’s my first Davis Cup, so everything’s kind of new to me,” said Quinn. “I haven’t played either Fabian or Zsombor, so I’m going to be really focused on initially what I can do well. Playing my game, playing my style. I’m not trying to change exactly what I’m doing to be able to perform. Obviously I’m going to try to see what they’re doing well, and try to play tendencies, but for the most part I’m going to be focused on myself. But overall, it’s been a wonderful experience getting to be here for my first tie. Having Tommy here as well is nice. We train at home together, so having that familiarity with a team and a player that I practice a lot with is really nice.”
Neither Paul nor Quinn have ever faced off against Marozsan or Piros before.
The best-of-five-match tie continues on Sunday, beginning with the doubles that pits 2026 Australian Open doubles champion Christian Harrison and former doubles world No. 1 Austin Krajicek against Marozsan and Piros. The tie then concludes with the reverse singles matches — Paul against Marozsan and Quinn against Piros. Sunday’s schedule could be amended if either team clinches victory in the third or fourth match, and captains may make substitutions to Sunday’s lineups up to one hour prior to match time for the doubles and after the previous match for the singles.
The first nation between the USA and Hungary to win three out of five matches wins the First Round Qualifier and will advance to the Second Round of Qualifying in late September. vs. the winner of Czechia and Sweden.
Match Schedulr
Saturday, February 7 (7 a.m. ET)
Tommy Paul (USA) v. Zsombor Piros (HUN)
Ethan Quinn (USA) v. Fabian Marozsan (HUN)
Sunday, February 8 (5 a.m. ET)
Christian Harrison / Austin Krajicek (USA) v. Marozsan and Piros (HUN)
Tommy Paul (USA) v. Fabian Marozsan (HUN)
Ethan Quinn (USA) v. Zsombor Piros (HUN)
