Tennis: Davis cup qualifiers 2nd round list announced
Shelton, Auger-Aliassime and Zverev headline Qualifiers 2nd Round fieldQualifiers nominations – Ben Shelton
Top-10 quartet Alexander Zverev, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz are all set to represent their nations in September’s Davis Cup Qualifiers 2nd Round – with Final 8 places on the line across the world.
Zverev spearheads the Germany team who take on Croatia in Halle, and is joined in the squad by Yannick Hanfmann, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz. Croatia are led by veteran Marin Cilic, with Dino Prizmic, Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic completing the line-up.
Auger-Aliassime, the world No. 4, will head up Canada’s bid to reach the Final 8, alongside Gabriel Diallo, Liam Draxl and debutant Duncan Chan. Their opponents in Quebec City, France, have also named a strong team, which includes Arthur Fils and Arthur Rinderknech.
Arthur Rinderknech
France’s Arthur Rinderknech
Shelton and Fritz will travel to Prague alongside Tommy Paul and Christian Harrison, with the USA facing Czechia in a rematch of a 2025 Qualifiers 2nd Round tie. The Czechs won that tie in Delray Beach and are at full strength again with Jiri Lehecka, Jakub Mensik and Tomas Machac all included in Tomas Berdych’s squad.
Among the other players selected for their nations are Wimbledon semi-finalist Arthur Fery, who is part of Great Britain’s team for their tie at home to Ecuador, and world No. 11 Rafael Jodar, who will be Spain’s top player for an away clash against Chile.
What is at stake?
The seven winning teams in the Qualifiers 2nd Round will join last year’s world champions Italy at the Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna in November, where they will compete for the chance to lift the coveted trophy for their countries. The seven losing nations will compete in the 2027 Qualifiers 1st Round.
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.
A further 26 home-and-away Davis Cup ties are also taking place on 18-20 September – 13 ties in World Group I and 13 ties in World Group II. Team announcements for the World Group I and World Group II ties will be made on Tuesday 8 September.
2026 Davis Cup Qualifiers 2nd Round
Chile v Spain
Dates: Saturday 19-Sunday 20 September
Venue: Parque Deportivo Estadio Nacional, Santiago (clay, outdoors)
Head-to-head: Spain lead 2-0
Chile
Alejandro Tabilo
Cristian Garin
Tomas Barrios Vera
Matias Soto
Captain: Nicolas Massu
Spain
Rafael Jodar
Daniel Merida
Jaume Munar
Martín Landaluce
Pedro Martinez
Captain: David Ferrer
Germany v Croatia
Dates: Saturday 19-Sunday 20 September
Venue: Heristo Arena, Halle (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Germany lead 3-1
Germany
Alexander Zverev
Yannick Hanfmann
Kevin Krawietz
Tim Puetz
Captain: Michael Kohlmann
Croatia
Marin Cilic
Dino Prizmic
Mate Pavic
Nikola Mektic
Captain: Ivan Dodig
Great Britain v Ecuador
Dates: Saturday 19-Sunday 20 September
Venue: Copper Box Arena, London (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: tied 1-1
Great Britain
Cameron Norrie
Arthur Fery
Henry Patten
Lloyd Glasspool
Captain: Leon Smith
Ecuador
Andres Andrade
Alvaro Guillen Meza
Angel Veliz
Gonzalo Escobar
Diego Hidalgo
Captain: Raul Viver
Austria v Belgium
Dates: Friday 18-Saturday 19 September
Venue: Wiener Athletic Club, Vienna (clay, outdoors)
Head-to-head: Austria lead 5-0
Austria
Jurij Rodionov
Joel Schwaerzler
Lukas Neumayer
Lucas Miedler
Captain: Jurgen Melzer
Belgium
Alexander Blockx
Zizou Bergs
Raphael Collignon
Sander Gille
Joran Vliegen
Captain: Steve Darcis
Korea, Rep. v India
Dates: Friday 18-Saturday 19 September
Venue: Olympic Park Tennis Center Seoul (hard, outdoors)
Head-to-head: Korea, Rep. lead 6-5
Korea, Rep.
Kwon Soonwoo
Chung Hyeon
Park Uisung
Nam Jisung
Hong Seongchan
Captain: Chung Jongsam
India
Sumit Nagal
Manas Dhamne
Dhakshineswar Suresh
Yuki Bhambri
N. Sriram Balaji
Captain: Rohit Rajpal
Czechia v USA
Dates: Friday 18-Saturday 19 September
Venue: O2 Arena, Prague (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: USA lead 5-2
Czechia
Jiri Lehecka
Jakub Mensik
Tomas Machac
Vit Kopriva
Patrik Rikl
Captain: Tomas Berdych
USA
Ben Shelton
Taylor Fritz
Tommy Paul
Christian Harrison
Captain: Bob Bryan
Canada v France
Dates: Friday 18-Saturday 19 September
Venue: Videotron Center, Quebec City (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: France lead 3-0
Canada
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Gabriel Diallo
Liam Draxl
Duncan Chan
Captain: Frank Dancevic
France
Arthur Fils
Arthur Rinderknech
Quentin Halys
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Captain: Paul-Henri Mathieu
