These are all the tennis players who will play in the Davis Cup in September: Zverev, Aliassime, Jódar, Shelton
The mythical team competition returns with the qualifying rounds for the Finals... and the best players on the circuit seem set to participate. We analyze all the names.
For several seasons now, the Davis Cup 2026 has been trying to return to its origins, to its roots. The hybrid competition format, with knockout rounds in the historic home/away format and Finals held at a single venue in November, seems to be here to stay: the most nostalgic fans will have the opportunity to relive the essence of the Davis Cup in September, in the week following the US Open, with qualifying matches for the Finals that promise electrifying clashes featuring the best players in the world.
Positive surprises, big names ready to represent their country, closely matched eliminations, and room for surprises and heroes, as this competition has always left us. The truth is that the series (which correspond to the round of 16: the Finals, to be held in Bologna, start from the quarterfinals) promise a lot, with the presence of several top-10 players and some matchups that, on paper, are of the highest level. As we already reported on Puntodebreak, Spain will also don its finest attire to visit Chile, in a very tough matchup where Rafa Jódar will act as the spearhead for the first time.
Here are all the players who will compete in the qualifying rounds for the Davis Cup Finals
But Rafa Jódar won't be the only attraction in these exciting matches. The importance of the Davis Cup is demonstrated, for example, in the selection of the Czech Republic, which will face the United States: the O2 Arena in Prague, where that final took place in which Stepanek defeated Almagro to give the Salad Bowl to the Czechs, has been designated as the series home.
It will be a matchup that will generate national interest due to the presence of names like Jakub Mensik, Jiri Lehecka, Taylor Fritz, or Ben Shelton: Alexander Zverev, who for many seasons dismissed the new format promoted by Kosmos, also returns to action after playing the Finals with Germany last year... and many more surprises that we present here, with the final lists (pending that some teams might still add a fifth player to their squads).
Complete teams and dates for the qualifying rounds for the Davis Cup Finals
Chile vs Spain (Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, Santiago de Chile, clay)
Chile: Alejandro Tabilo, Cristian Garin, Tomás Barrios Vera, Matías Soto
Spain: Rafa Jódar, Dani Mérida, Jaume Munar, Martín Landaluce, Pedro Martínez
The 2025 runners-up are back in action! 🇪🇸
Spain's team to face Chile in the #DavisCup Qualifiers Second Round, 19-20 September. pic.twitter.com/F8EsRqHBab— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) August 17, 2026
Germany vs Croatia (Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, Halle, indoor hard court)
Germany: Alexander Zverev, Yannick Hanfmann, Kevin Krawietz, Tim Puetz
Croatia: Marin Cilic, Dino Prizmic, Mate Pavic, Nikola Mektic
Great Britain vs Ecuador (Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, London, indoor hard court)
Great Britain: Cameron Norrie, Arthur Fery, Henry Patten, Lloyd Glasspool
Ecuador: Andrés Andrade, Álvaro Guillen Meza, Ángel Veliz, Gonzalo Escobar, Diego Hidalgo
Austria vs Belgium (Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19, Vienna, clay)
Austria: Jurij Rodionov, Joel Schwaerzler, Lukas Neumayer, Lucas Miedler
Belgium: Alexander Blockx, Zizou Bergs, Raphael Collignon, Sander Gille, Joran Vliegen
South Korea vs India (Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19, Seoul, outdoor hard court)
South Korea: Soonwoo Kwon, Hyeon Chung, Uisung Park, Jisung Nam, Seonchan Hong
India: Sumit Nagal, Manas Dhamne, Dhakshineswar Suresh, Yuki Bhambri, N. Sriram Balaji
Czech Republic vs United States (Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19, Prague, indoor hard court)
Czech Republic: Jiri Lehecka, Jakub Mensik, Tomas Machac, Vit Kopriva, Patrik Rikl
United States: Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Christian Harrison
Canada vs France (Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19, Quebec City, indoor hard court)
Canada: Felix Auger-Aliassime, Gabriel Diallo, Liam Draxl, Duncan Chan
France: Arthur Fils, Arthur Rinderknech, Quentin Halys, Pierre-Hugues Herbert
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