TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR 2019 DAVIS CUP BY BNP PARIBAS QUALIFIERS

(January 22, 2019) The ITF has today announced the official team nominations (below) for the 24 nations competing in the 2019 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Qualifiers on 1-2 February.

The Davis Cup Qualifiers, taking place across 12 different cities on a home-and-away basis, launch the 2019 Davis Cup season, with nations bidding for 12 places in the inaugural Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Finals at La Caja Magica in Madrid, Spain on 18-24 November.

Qualifier ties will consist of four singles rubbers and one doubles rubber with all matches played over the best of three tiebreak sets. Two singles rubbers will be played on Friday 1 February, with the doubles followed by the two reverse singles rubbers on Saturday 2 February. The draws will take place on Thursday 31 January.

The 12 winning nations will join the 2018 semifinalists (Croatia, France, Spain and USA) plus two wild card nations (Argentina and Great Britain) in the Davis Cup season finale. The 12 losing nations will compete in their respective 2019 Zone Group competition.

TEAM NOMINATIONS

BELGIUM v BRAZIL
Venue: Sabiazinho – Ginasio Presidente Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia, BRA (clay – indoor)

Belgium
Arthur De Greef
Kimmer Coppejans
Sander Gille
Joran Vliegen
Captain: Johan Van Herck

Brazil
Thiago Monteiro
Rogerio Dutra Silva
Thiago Seyboth Wild
Marcelo Melo
Bruno Soares
Captain: Joao Zwetsch

AUSTRIA v CHILE
Venue: Salzburg Arena/Messezentrum Salzburg, Salzburg, AUT (clay – indoor)

Austria
Dominic Thiem
Dennis Novak
Jurgen Melzer
Oliver Marach
Philipp Oswald
Captain: Stefan Koubek

Chile
Nicolas Jarry
Christian Garin
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera
Julio Peralta
Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
Captain: Nicolas Massu

SLOVAKIA v CANADA
Venue: NTC Arena, Bratislava, SVK (clay – indoor)

Slovakia
Martin Klizan
Filip Horansky
Norbert Gombos
Igor Zelenay
Filip Polasek
Captain: Dominik Hrbaty

Canada
Denis Shapovalov
Peter Polansky
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Captain: Frank Dancevic

CHINA, P.R. v JAPAN
Venue: Guangdong Olympic Sports Center Tennis Center, Guangzhou, CHN (hard – outdoor)

China, P.R.
Ze Zhang
Zhe Li
Di Wu
Yibing Wu
Mao-Xin Gong
Captain: Wei Jiang

Japan
Yoshihito Nishioka
Taro Daniel
Yasutaka Uchiyama
Yosuke Watanuki
Ben Mclachlan
Captain: Satoshi Iwabuchi

UZBEKISTAN v SERBIA
Venue: Saxovat Sport Servis Sport Complex, Tashkent, UZB (hard – indoor)

Uzbekistan
Denis Istomin
Khumoyun Sultanov
Sergey Fomin
Sanjar Fayziev
Jurabek Karimov
Captain: Farrukh Dustov

Serbia
Dusan Lajovic
Filip Krajinovic
Laslo Djere
Nikola Milojevic
Viktor Troicki
Captain: Nenad Zimonjic

AUSTRALIA v BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA
Venue: Memorial Drive Tennis Club, Adelaide, AUS (hard – outdoor)

Australia
Alex de Minaur
John Millman
Jordan Thompson
John Peers
Alexei Popyrin
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt

Bosnia/Herzegovina
Damir Dzumhur
Mirza Basic
Tomislav Brkic
Nerman Fatic
Captain: Amer Delic

INDIA v ITALY
Venue: Calcutta South Club, Kolkata, IND (grass – outdoor)

India
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Saketh Myneni
Rohan Bopanna
Divij Sharan
Captain: Mahesh Bhupathi

Italy
Marco Cecchinato
Andreas Seppi
Matteo Berrettini
Thomas Fabbiano
Simone Bolelli
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

GERMANY v HUNGARY
Venue: Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, GER (hard – indoor)

Germany
Alexander Zverev
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Jan-Lennard Struff
Peter Gojowczyk
Tim Puetz
Captain: Michael Kohlmann

Hungary
Attila Balazs
Zsombor Piros
Peter Nagy
Gabor Borsos
David Szintai
Captain: Gabor Koves

SWITZERLAND v RUSSIA
Venue: Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel, SUI (hard – indoor)

Switzerland
Henri Laaksonen
Marc-Andrea Huesler
Jakub Paul
Sandro Ehrat
Jerome Kym
Captain: Severin Luthi

Russia
Karen Khachanov
Daniil Medvedev
Andrey Rublev
Evgeny Donskoy
Konstantin Zhzhenov
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev

KAZAKHSTAN v PORTUGAL
Venue: National Tennis Center, Astana, KAZ (hard – indoor)

Kazakhstan
Mikhail Kukushkin
Alexander Bublik
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Denis Yevseyev
Timur Khabibulin
Captain: Dias Doskarayev

Portugal
Joao Sousa
Pedro Sousa
Joao Domingues
Gastao Elias
Captain: Nuno Marques

CZECH REPUBLIC v NETHERLANDS
Venue: Ostravar Arena, Ostrava, CZE (hard – indoor)

Czech Republic
Jiri Vesely
Lukas Rosol
Adam Pavlasek
Tomas Machac
Jiri Lehecka
Captain: Jaroslav Navratil

Netherlands
Robin Haase
Tallon Griekspoor
Scott Griekspoor
Jean-Julien Rojer
Matwe Middelkoop
Captain: Paul Haarhuis

SWEDEN v COLOMBIA
Venue: Palacio de los Deportes, Bogotá, COL (clay – indoor)

Colombia
Daniel Elahi Galan
Santiago Giraldo
Alejandro Gonzalez
Juan-Sebastian Cabal
Robert Farah
Captain: Pablo Gonzalez

Sweden
Elias Ymer
Mikael Ymer
Markus Eriksson
Jonathan Mridha
Robert Lindstedt
Captain: Johan Hedsberg