Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton headline rosters for Davis Cup Qualifiers R2

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Alcaraz, Fritz, Shelton headline rosters for Davis Cup Qualifiers R2

Davis Cup Qualifiers second round takes place in September

Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Carlos Alcaraz will represent Spain in Davis Cup action in September. By ATP Staff

Nations competing in the 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers 2nd Round have announced their squads, with Top 10 stars Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Alex de Minaur and Holger Rune all looking to guide their teams into the 2025 Davis Cup Final 8 in November.

Alcaraz and Rune are set to face off in a blockbuster clash between Spain and Denmark in Marbella, while De Minaur leads an Australian team which takes on Belgium in Sydney.

Fritz and Shelton are joined in the American squad by Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe, with all four men ranked inside the Top 20 of the PIF ATP Rankings. USA will play against a Czechia team that is also at full strength, including Miami champion Jakub Mensik, Jiri Lehecka and Tomas Machac.

Among the other players selected for their nations are: Zizou Bergs (Belgium), Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina), Marin Cilic (Croatia), Borna Coric (Croatia), Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spain), Ugo Humbert (France), Kei Nishikori (Japan) and Alexei Popyrin (Australia).

Five ties will take place on 12-13 September. Australia’s clash with Belgium and Spain’s match-up with Denmark will be played on 13-14 September.

Ties will be played as best-of-five matches, with two singles matches on day one, followed by the doubles match and the two reverse singles matches on day two. All matches are played as best-of-three tie-break sets.

The seven winning nations in the Qualifiers 2nd Round will join last year’s world champions Italy at the 2025 Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna, held from 18-23 November. The seven losing nations will compete in the 2026 Qualifiers 1st Round.

Furthermore, 26 home-and-away Davis Cup ties are also taking place in September, with 13 ties in the World Group I and 13 ties in the World Group II. Team announcements for the World Group I and World Group II ties will be made on Tuesday 2 September.

Netherlands v Argentina

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Martiniplaza, Groningen (hard, indoors)

Head-to-head: Argentina lead 1-0

Netherlands

Jesper de Jong

Botic van de Zandschulp

Guy Den Ouden

Sander Arends

Sem Verbeek

Captain: Paul Haarhuis

Argentina

Francisco Cerundolo

Tomas Martin Etcheverry

Francisco Comesana

Horacio Zeballos

Andres Molteni

Captain: Javier Frana

Australia v Belgium

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney (hard, outdoors)

Head-to-head: Australia lead 4-3

Australia

Alex de Minaur

Alexei Popyrin

Jordan Thompson

Matthew Ebden

Captain: Lleyton Hewitt

Belgium

Zizou Bergs

Raphael Collignon

Alexander Blockx

Sander Gille

Joran Vliegen

Captain: Steve Darcis

Hungary v Austria

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Fonix Arena, Debrecen (hard, indoors)

Head-to-head: Hungary lead 2-0

Hungary

Fabian Marozsan

Marton Fucsovics

Zsombor Piros

Peter Fajta

Captain: Kornel Bardoczky

Austria

Filip Misolic

Sebastian Ofner

Jurij Rodionov

Lucas Miedler

Alexander Erler

Captain: Jurgen Melzer

Japan v Germany

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo (hard, indoors)

Head-to-head: Japan lead 1-0

Japan

Kei Nishikori

Shintaro Mochizuki

Yoshihito Nishioka

Yosuke Watanuki

Takeru Yuzuki

Captain: Go Soeda

Germany

Daniel Altmaier

Yannick Hanfmann

Jan-Lennard Struff

Kevin Krawietz

Tim Puetz

Captain: Michael Kohlmann

USA v Czechia

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Delray Beach Tennis Center, Delray Beach, FL (hard, outdoors)

Head-to-head: USA lead 5-1

USA

Taylor Fritz

Ben Shelton

Frances Tiafoe

Tommy Paul

Captain: Bob Bryan

Czechia

Jakub Mensik

Tomas Machac

Jiri Lehecka

Petr Brunclik

Adam Pavlasek

Captain: Tomas Berdych

Spain v Denmark

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: Club de Tenis Puente Romano, Marbella (clay, outdoors)

Head-to-head: Spain lead 3-2

Spain

Carlos Alcaraz

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Pedro Martinez

Marcel Granollers

Captain: David Ferrer

Denmark

Holger Rune

Elmer Moller

August Holmgren

Christian Sigsgaard

Johannes Ingildsen

Captain: Frederik Nielsen

Croatia v France

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Dvorana Gradski Vrt, Osijek (clay, indoors)

Head-to-head: Croatia lead 2-1

Croatia

Marin Cilic

Borna Coric

Dino Prizmic

Mate Pavic

Nikola Mektic

Captain: Ivan Dodig

France

Ugo Humbert

Benjamin Bonzi

Arthur Rinderknech

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Captain: Paul-Henri Mathieu

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