Auger-Aliassime, Ruud, Tsitsipas Among Star Names To Compete In Davis World Group I And World Group II Ties

Davis Cup (photo: Brigitte Urban)

ITF Press Release, September 4, 2025

The 52 nations competing in the 2025 Davis Cup World Group I & World Group II ties this month have announced their teams. Ties will take place on either 12-13 or 13-14 September 2025.

Among the players selected for their nations are Grand Slam finalists Casper Ruud (Norway) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) as well as US Open quarter-finalist Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada).

Other stars nominated this week include: Nuno Borges (Portugal), Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan), Gabriel Diallo (Canada), Joao Fonseca (Brazil), Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia), Cameron Norrie (Great Britain) and Emil Ruusuvuori (Finland)

The World Group I and World Group II ties are taking place on the same weekend as the Qualifiers 2nd Round, which will see 14 nations competing for a place at the Davis Cup Final 8.

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 tiebreak sets.

What’s at stake

The winning nations from World Group I will play in the 2026 Qualifiers 1st Round in February, beginning next season with a chance of winning the Davis Cup title at the end of the year.

The losing nations from World Group I and the winning nations from World Group II will compete in the 2026 World Group I Play-offs in February.

The losing nations from the World Group II will compete in the 2026 World Group II Play-offs in February, alongside the best-performing nations from the 2025 regional Group III events.

2025 Davis Cup World Group I

Canada v Israel

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Canada (hard, indoors)

Canada

Felix Auger-Aliassime

Gabriel Diallo

Liam Draxl

Alexis Galarneau

Cleeve Harper

Captain: Frank Dancevic

Israel

Orel Kimhi

Daniel Cukierman

Ofek Shimanov

Jordan Hasson

Roy Stepanov

Captain: Jonathan Erlich

Bulgaria v Finland

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay, outdoors)

Bulgaria

Pyotr Nesterov

Alexander Donski

Yanaki Milev

Ivan Ivanov

Alexander Vasilev

Captain: Valentin Dimov

 

Finland

Otto Virtanen

Eero Vasa

Emil Ruusuvuori

Oskari Paldanius

Harri Heliovaara

Captain: Jarkko Nieminen

Serbia v Turkiye

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Sportski Centar Cair, Nis, Serbia (hard, indoors)

Serbia

Miomir Kecmanovic

Hamad Medjedovic

Branko Djuric

Stefan Latinovic

Matej Sabanov

Captain: Viktor Troicki

Turkiye

Ergi Kirkin

Yanki Erel

Arda Azkara

Koray Kirci

Togan Tokac

Captain: Erhan Oral

Poland v Great Britain

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Polsat Puls Arena, Gdynia, Poland (hard, indoors)

Poland

Maks Kasnikowski

Olaf Pieczkowski

Tomasz Berkieta

Karol Drzewiecki

Jan Zielinski

Captain: Mariusz Fyrstenberg

Great Britain

Cameron Norrie

Jacob Fearnley

Arthur Fery

Lloyd Glasspool

Julian Cash

Captain: Leon Smith

Chile v Luxembourg

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: Parque Deportivo Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile (clay, outdoors)

Chile

Cristian Garin

Tomas Barrios Vera

Matias Soto

Daniel Antonio Nuñez

Diego Fernandez Flores

Captain: Nicolas Massu

Luxembourg

Alex Knaff

Louis Van Herck

Aaron Gil Garcia

Raphael Calzi

Matiej Reiter

Captain: Gilles Muller

Greece v Brazil

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: O.A.K.A. – Spyros Louis – Stadio 2020, Athens, Greece (hard, outdoors)

Greece

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Sakellaridis

Aristotelis Thanos

Ioannis Xilas

Petros Tsitsipas

Captain: Apostolos Tsitsipas

Brazil

Joao Fonseca

Thiago Seyboth Wild

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Rafael Matos

Marcelo Melo

Captain: Jaime Oncins

Slovakia v Colombia

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Peugeot Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia (hard, indoors)

Slovakia

Lukas Klein

Alex Molcan

Norbert Gombos

Milos Karol

Michal Krajci

Captain: Tibor Toth

Colombia

Nicolas Mejia

Adria Soriano Barrera

Miguel Tobon

Cristian Rodriguez

Nicolas Barrientos

Captain: Alejandro Falla

Korea, Rep. v Kazakhstan

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Chuncheon Songam Sports Park Tennis Court, Chuncheon, Korea, Rep. (hard, outdoors)

Korea, Rep.

Chung Hyeon

Kwon Soonwoo

Nam Jisung

Shin Sanhui

Park Uisung

Captain: Chung Jong-Sam

Kazakhstan

Alexander Bublik

Alexander Shevchenko

Beibit Zhukayev

Timofei Skatov

Dmitry Popko

Captain: Yuriy Schukin

 

Switzerland v India

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel, Switzerland (hard, indoors)

Switzerland

Jerome Kym

Dominic Stricker

Marc-Andrea Huesler

Jakub Paul

Captain: Severin Luthi

India

Sumit Nagal

Aryan Shah

Karan Singh

N Sriram Balaji

Yuki Bhambri

Captain: Rohit Rajpal

Sweden v Tunisia

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Partille Arena, Gothenburg, Sweden (hard, indoors)

Sweden

Olle Wallin

Leo Borg

Mikael Ymer

Erik Grevelius

Andre Goransson

Captain: Simon Aspelin

Tunisia

Moez Echargui

Aziz Ouakaa

Anas Bennour Dit Sahli

Alaa Trifi

Ibrahim Snoussi

Captain: Malek Jaziri

Peru v Portugal

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposicion, Lima, Peru (clay, outdoors)

Peru

Ignacio Buse

Gonzalo Bueno

Juan Pablo Varillas

Alexander Merino

Captain: Luis Horna

Portugal

Nuno Borges

Jaime Faria

Henrique Rocha

Frederico Ferreira Silva

Francisco Cabral

Captain: Rui Machado

Chinese Taipei v Norway

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: Taipei Tennis Center, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei (hard, indoors)

Chinese Taipei

Tseng Chun Hsin

Wu Tung-Lin

Huang Tsung-Hao

Ray Ho

Jason Jung

Captain: Lu Yen-Hsun

Norway

Casper Ruud

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Viktor Durasovic

Herman Hoeyeraal

Lukas Hellum Lilleengen

Captain: Anders Haseth

Ecuador v Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: Club Rancho San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador (clay, outdoors)

Ecuador

Alvaro Guillen Meza

Andres Andrade

Gonzalo Escobar

Diego Hidalgo

Felipe Jose Rivadeneira Gallegos

Captain: Raul Viver

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Damir Dzumhur

Nerman Fatic

Andrej Nedic

Mirza Basic

Tomislav Brkic

Captain: Zoran Zrnic

2025 Davis Cup World Group II

Ukraine v Dominican Republic

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Megasaray Club Belek, Antalya, Turkiye (clay, outdoors)

Ukraine

Oleksandr Ovcharenko

Viacheslav Bielinskyi

Oleksii Krutykh

Vladyslav Orlov

Captain: Orest Tereshchuk

Dominican Republic

Roberto Cid Subervi

Peter Bertran

Enmanuel Munoz

Alejandro Jose Gandini

Captain: Juan Berrido-Fernandez

El Salvador v Romania

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: Federación Salvadoreña de Tenis, Santa Tecla, El Salvador (hard, outdoors)

El Salvador

Cesar Cruz

Diego Duran

Juan Carlos Fuentes Vasquez

Marcelo Arevalo

Donald Hall

Captain: Lluis Miralles

 

Romania

Radu David Turcanu

Gabriel Ghetu

Bogdan Pavel

Mircea-Alexandru Jecan

Captain: Adrian Marcu

Lithuania v Benin

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania (hard, indoors)

Lithuania

Vilius Gaubas

Edas Butvilas

Ricardas Berankis

Pijus Vaitiekunas

Dovas Dersonas

Captain: Sarunas Kulnys

Benin

Kalomm Agbo-Panzo

Alexis Klegou

Sodick Noudogbessi

Morgane Segodo

Pacome Kakpo

Captain: Bruno Danhouan

Togo v Egypt

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: Stade de Tennis FTT, Lome, Togo (hard, outdoors)

Togo

Isak Hod’abalo Padio

Kodjo Charles Alipoe Tchotchodji

Kwami Stanislas Roland Dussey

Noah Koffi

Captain: Alisama Agnamba

Egypt

Fares Zakaria

Mohamed Safwat

Amr Elsayed

Michael Bassem Sobhy

Akram El Sallaly

Playing Captain: Mohamed Safwat

Hong Kong, China v Uzbekistan

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: Victoria Park Tennis Stadium, Hong Kong, China (hard, outdoors)

Hong Kong, China

Coleman Wong

Siu Chi Nicholas Cheng

Wong Tsz Fu

Wong Chun Hun

Kai Thompson

Captain: Hiu-Tung Yu

Uzbekistan

Khumoyun Sultanov

Sergey Fomin

Maxim Shin

Amir Milushev

Damir Abdusamadov

Captain: Denis Istomin

Ireland v China, P.R.

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena, Dublin, Ireland (hard, indoors)

Ireland

Michael Agwi

Peter Buldorini

Conor Gannon

Ammar Elamin

David O’Hare

Captain: Conor Niland

China, P.R.

Bu Yunchaokete

Zhang Zhizhen

Sun Fajing

Cui Jie

Zhou Yi

Captain: Wu Di

Cyprus v Monaco

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: National Tennis Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus (hard, outdoors)

Cyprus

Melios Efstathiou

Andreas Timini

Stylianos Christodoulou

Nicholas Campbell

Eleftherios Neos

Captain: Demetris Herodotou

Monaco

Valentin Vacherot

Hugo Nys

Romain Arneodo

Benjamin Balleret

Guillaume Couillard

Playing Captain: Guillaume Couillard

New Zealand v Georgia

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North, New Zealand (hard, indoors)

New Zealand

Ajeet Rai

James Watt

Isaac Becroft

Jack Loutit

Finn Reynolds

Captain: Artem Sitak

Georgia

Saba Purtseladze

Aleksandre Bakshi

Zura Tkemaladze

Aleksandre Metreveli

Captain: David Kvernadze

Slovenia v Uruguay

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Tennis Academy Breskvar, Ljubljana, Slovenia (hard, outdoors)

Slovenia

Bor Artnak

Filip Jeff Planinsek

Jan Kupcic

Ziga Sesko

Luka Talan Lopatic

Captain: Grega Zemlja

Uruguay

Franco Roncadelli

Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo

Ignacio Carou

Francisco Llanes

Ariel Behar

Playing Captain: Ariel Behar

South Africa v Morocco

Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September

Venue: Groenkloof Tennis Club, Pretoria, South Africa (hard, outdoors)

South Africa

Alec Beckley

Marc Van Der Merwe

Thando Longwe-Smit

Connor Doig

Leo Matthysen

Captain: Pieter Norval

Morocco

Taha Baadi

Yassine Dlimi

Younes Lalami Laaroussi

Karim Bennani

Amine Jamji

Captain: Hicham Arazi

Lebanon v Barbados

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Palm Hills Sports Club, Cairo, Egypt (clay, outdoors)

Lebanon

Hady Habib

Benjamin Hassan

Fadi Bidan

Hasan Ibrahim

Captain: Fadi Youssef

Barbados

Stephen Slocombe

Darian King

Kaipo Marshall

Xavier Lawrence

Haydn Lewis

Captain: Damien Applewhaite

Paraguay v Pakistan

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Club Internacional de Tenis, Asuncion, Paraguay (clay, outdoors)

Paraguay

Daniel Vallejo

Hernando Jose Escurra Isnardi

Alex Santino Nunez Vera

Martin Antonio Vergara del Puerto

Captain: Paulo Carvallo

Pakistan

Huzaifa Abdul Rehman

Muzammil Murtaza

Aqeel Khan

Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi

Mikaeel Ali Baig

Captain: Haseeb Aslam

Estonia v Mexico

Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September

Venue: Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia (hard, indoors)

Estonia

Mark Lajal

Daniil Glinka

Kristjan Tamm

Markus Molder

Oliver Ojakaar

Captain: Vladimir Ivanov

Mexico

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

Alex Hernandez

Luis Carlos Alvarez Valdes

Alan Magadan

Luca Lemaitre Vilchis

Captain: Adrian Contreras