Here is a look at the 2023 Davis Cup qualifiers draw, seeds, players and schedule
There are 12 games, and the winners advance to the September Finals group stage where they will join the defending champions Canada, the 2022 runners-up Australia, the hosts Spain, and the wildcard Italy.
This weekend also features 12 World Group I Play-offs, with the winners joining the 12 losing Qualifiers teams in September’s World Group I.
Davis Cup 2023 qualifiers schedule, draw, date, teams, matches, format
Positions in the Davis Cup Finals are up for grabs in the qualifiers, which run from February 3–5.
Stefanos Tsitsipas aims to accomplish the same feat against Ecuador as he did against Tunisia in World Group II in September. The world number three, with the aid of his brother Petros, might advance the Greeks to World Group I for the first time following his run to the Australian Open final.
Holger Rune, another top-10 player in the World Group I Play-offs, advanced to the fourth round in Melbourne. He is leading Denmark against India, who defeated them 4-0 in their previous meeting, also in the World Group I Play-offs, in New Delhi one year ago.
Davis Cup 2023 qualifiers, draw, seeds, players
Qualifiers 2023
- Croatia (1) * – Austria
- France (2) – Hungary *
- United States (3) – Uzbekistan *
- Germany (4) * – Switzerland
- Great Britain (5) – Colombia *
- Serbia (6) – Norway *
- Kazakhstan (7) – Chile *
- Belgium (8) – Korea, Rep. *
- Sweden (9) * – Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Netherlands (10) * – Slovakia
Argentina (11) – Finland * - Czech Republic (12) – Portugal *
The player with the highest ranking in the Qualifiers is Casper Ruud, who is ranked fourth in the world. He will try to help Norway beat Serbia and advance to their first Finals appearance.
With Miomir Kecmanovic as the team’s manager, the Serbs are without recent Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic.
Top seeds Croatia, who has participated in every Davis Cup Finals tournament and advanced to the semifinals last year, will face Austria. Croatia is without Marin Cilic because he had knee surgery before the Australian Open, but Borna Coric is healthy and a powerful doubles team with Olympic gold medalists Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic.
Dominic Thiem, who wants to play in his first Davis Cup match since 2019, is a fitness concern for Austria. The winner of the 2020 US Open has dropped to position 95 in the world due to several setbacks, and he is presently healing from an injury to his rib muscles that he suffered at the Australian Open.
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Second seeds Nicolas Mahut, a doubles expert who is 41 years old, will represent France in Hungary.
Tommy Paul will represent the United States when they travel to Tashkent to play Uzbekistan. Tommy Paul reached the semifinals of the Australian Open.
Following his triumphs in Melbourne, where he lost to Djokovic, Paul is now ranked 19 in the world. Jenson Brooksby, Mackenzie McDonald, and Austin Krajicek, who are making their Davis Cup debuts, are all playing.
Cam Norrie and Dan Evans will be the charge of leading Great Britain’s challenge as they head to Colombia while Andy Murray is recuperating after his Australian Open efforts.
After a seven-year absence from the Davis Cup, Stan Wawrinka, a three-time Grand Slam champion, will play for Switzerland against Germany in Trier.
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— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) January 30, 2023
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