Davis Cup 2021: Everything to know about the Teams, Groups and Fixtures
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The 2021 season is about to finish and the Davis Cup Finals is around the corner. The prestigious team championship was called off last year due to the Coronavirus pandemic but is set to return this year with a revised format. Spain are the defending champions and enter this year as the top seeds.
The Round Robin matches will be played at Madrid, Turin and Innsbruck this year with all the knockout matches(semifinals and final) to be played in Madrid.
Most of the top players in the world including World No.1 Novak Djokovic and World No.2 Daniil Medvedev will compete for their respective nations. Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev are amongst the big players who won’t be seen at the Davis Cup this year.
The 18 qualified teams (seeding wise)
- Spain
- Canada
- France
- Croatia
- USA
- Serbia
- Germany
- Italy
- Great Britain
- Australia
- Kazakhstan
- Russia
- Sweden
- Austria
- Czech Republic
- Colombia
- Hungary
- Ecuador
The 18 teams are divided into 6 groups of 3 teams each. They will compete in a Round Robin format with the winner of each group moving into the quarterfinal along with two second-placed teams with the best records based on the percentage of matches won.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F |
| Spain | Canada | France | Croatia | USA | Serbia |
| Russia | Kazakhstan | Great Britain | Australia | Italy | Germany |
| Ecuador | Sweden | Czech Republic | Hungary | Colombia | Austria |
Lineups of the 18 qualified teams
Team Spain
| Pablo Carreno Busta |
| Roberto Bautista Agut |
| Carlos Alcaraz |
| Feliciano Lopez |
| Marcel Granollers |
Team Canada
| Félix Auger-Aliassime |
| Denis Shapovalov |
| Vasek Pospisil |
| Brayden Schnur |
| Peter Polansky |
Team France
| Ugo Humbert |
| Arthur Rinderknech |
| Richard Gasquet |
| Pierre-Hugues Herbert |
| Nicolas Mahut |
Team Croatia
| Marin Cilic |
| Borna Coric |
| Borna Gojo |
| Nikola Mektic |
| Mate Pavic |
Team USA
| John Isner |
| Reilly Opelka |
| Taylor Fritz |
| Jack Sock |
| Rajeev Ram |
Team Serbia
| Novak Djokovic |
| Dusan Lajovic |
| Filip Krajinovic |
| Laslo Djere |
| Miomir Kecmanovic |
Team Russia
| Daniil Medvedev |
| Andrey Rublev |
| Aslan Karatsev |
| Karen Khachanov |
| Evgeny Donskoy |
Team Kazakhstan
| Alexander Bublik |
| Mikhail Kukushkin |
| Dmitry Popko |
| Aleksandr Nedovyesov |
| Andrey Golubev |
Team Great Britain
| Cameron Norrie |
| Dan Evans |
| Joe Salisbury |
| Neal Skupski |
Team Australia
| Alex de Minaur |
| John Millman |
| Jordan Thompson |
| Alexei Popyrin |
| John Peers |
Team Italy
| Matteo Berrettini |
| Jannik Sinner |
| Lorenzo Sonego |
| Fabio Fognini |
| Lorenzo Musetti |
Team Germany
| Jan-Lennard Struff |
| Dominik Koepfer |
| Peter Gojowczyk |
| Kevin Krawietz |
| Tim Putz |
Team Ecuador
| Emilio Gomez |
| Roberto Quiroz |
| Diego Hidalgo |
| Gonzalo Escobar |
| Cayetano March |
Team Sweden
| Mikael Ymer |
| Elias Ymer |
| Jonathan Mridha |
| Andre Goransson |
Team Czech Republic
| Jiri Vesely |
| Tomas Machac |
| Zdenek Kolar |
| Jiri Lehecka |
| Lukas Rosol |
Team Hungary
| Marton Fucsovics |
| Attila Balázs |
| Zsombor Piros |
| Fabian Marozsan |
| Mate Valkusz |
Team Colombia
| Daniel Elahi Galan |
| Nicolas Mejia |
| Robert Farah |
| Juan Sebastián Cabal |
Team Austria
| Dennis Novak |
| Jurij Rodionov |
| Gerald Melzer |
| Oliver Marach |
| Philipp Oswald |
Davis Cup 2021 Finals Fixtures
Round Robin Matches
November 25:
- Canada vs Sweden
- France vs Czech Republic
- Croatia vs Australia
November 26:
- Spain vs Ecuador
- USA vs Italy
- Serbia vs Austria
November 27:
- Russia vs Ecuador
- Kazakhstan vs Sweden
- France vs Great Britain
- Australia vs Hungary
- Italy vs Colombia
- Serbia vs Germany
November 28:
- Spain vs Russia
- Canada vs Kazakhstan
- Great Britain vs Czech Republic
- Croatia vs Hungary
- USA vs Colombia
- Germany vs Austria
Quarterfinals
- Group A winner vs best/2nd best runner-up (December 2)
- Group C winner vs Group F winner (November 30)
- Group E winner vs Group D winner (November 29)
- Group B winner vs best/2nd best runner-up (December 1)
Semifinals
- QF1 winner vs QF2 winner (December 4)
- QF3 winner vs QF4 winner (December 3)
Final
- SF1 winner vs SF2 winner (December 5)
Also read: Davis Cup 2021: Schedule, Timings, Important Dates, Prize Money, Live Stream and more
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