2023 Davis Cup Finals

2023 Davis Cup Finals
Date	12 September – 26 November 2023
Edition	4th
Draw	16 teams
Surface	Hard indoor
Location	Bologna, Italy Manchester, Great Britain Valencia, Spain Split, Croatia Málaga, Spain
Venue	Unipol Arena Manchester Arena Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís Arena Gripe Martin Carpena Arena
Champions
Italy
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Main article: 2023 Davis Cup

Italy defeated Australia 2-0 in the tennis final of the 2023 Davis Cup. It was Italy's second Davis Cup title, having previously won in 1976. ^[1]

The Finals, formerly known as World Group, is the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2023. It took place from 12 to 17 September and from 21 to 26 November 2023. The ties are contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and played on one day. There are two singles followed by a doubles. ^[2] Canada was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Finland.

Knockout stage

Bracket

All knockout stage matches took place on indoor hard courts at the Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga, Spain.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

21 November

Canada

1

24 November

Finland

2

Finland

0

22 November

Australia

2

Czech Republic

1

26 November

Australia

2

Australia

0

23 November

Italy

2

Italy

2

25 November

Netherlands

1

Italy

2

23 November

Serbia

1

Serbia

2

Great Britain

0

Team nominations

Rankings are as of 20 November 2023. ^[3]

Australia Player SR DR de Minaur 12 176 Popyrin 40 258 Purcell 45 35 Thompson 56 105 Ebden – 4 Captain: Hewitt

Canada Player SR DR Auger-Aliassime 29 163 Diallo 139 382 Galarneau 203 548 Raonic 318 – Pospisil 434 570 Captain: Dancevic

Czech Republic Player SR DR Lehečka 31 147 Macháč 78 – Menšík 147 546 Pavlásek – 56 Captain: Navrátil

Finland Player SR DR Ruusuvuori 69 419 Virtanen 171 389 Kaukovalta 782 715 Heliövaara – 29 Niklas-Salminen – 123 Captain: Nieminen

Great Britain Player SR DR Norrie 18 193 Draper 60 – Broady 103 236 Salisbury – 7 Skupski – 9 Captain: Smith

Italy Player SR DR Sinner 4 500 Musetti 27 280 Arnaldi 44 570 Sonego 47 243 Bolelli – 55 Captain: Volandri

Netherlands Player SR DR Griekspoor 23 109 van de Zandschulp 51 83 Brouwer 164 444 Koolhof – 8 Rojer – 18 Captain: Haarhuis

Serbia Player SR DR Djokovic 1 – Djere 33 570 Lajović 46 851 Kecmanović 55 158 Medjedovic 111 1358 Captain: Troicki

Knockout stage results

Quarterfinals

Canada vs. Finland

Canada 1	Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga 21 November 2023 [4]		Finland 2
1 2 3 1 Milos Raonic Patrick Kaukovalta 6 3 7 5     2 Gabriel Diallo Otto Virtanen 4 6 5 7     3 Alexis Galarneau  /  Vasek Pospisil Harri Heliövaara  /  Otto Virtanen 5 7 3 6

Czech Republic vs. Australia

Czech Republic 1	Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga 22 November 2023 [5]		Australia 2
1 2 3 1 Tomáš Macháč Jordan Thompson 6 4 7 5     2 Jiří Lehečka Alex de Minaur 6 4 62 77 5 7   3 Jiří Lehečka  /  Adam Pavlásek Matthew Ebden  /  Max Purcell 4 6 5 7

Italy vs. Netherlands

Italy 2	Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga 23 November 2023 [6]		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 1 Matteo Arnaldi Botic van de Zandschulp 78 66 3 6 67 79   2 Jannik Sinner Tallon Griekspoor 77 63 6 1     3 Jannik Sinner  /  Lorenzo Sonego Tallon Griekspoor  /  Wesley Koolhof 6 3 6 4

Serbia vs. Great Britain

Serbia 2	Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga 23 November 2023 [7]		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 1 Miomir Kecmanović Jack Draper 77 62 78 66     2 Novak Djokovic Cameron Norrie 6 4 6 4     3 Novak Djokovic  /  Dušan Lajović Joe Salisbury  /  Neal Skupski       not played

Semifinals

Finland vs. Australia

Finland 0	Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga 24 November 2023 [8]		Australia 2
1 2 3 1 Otto Virtanen Alexei Popyrin 65 77 2 6     2 Emil Ruusuvuori Alex de Minaur 4 6 3 6     3 Harri Heliövaara  /  Patrik Niklas-Salminen Matthew Ebden  /  Max Purcell       not played

Italy vs. Serbia

Italy 2	Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga 25 November 2023 [9]		Serbia 1
1 2 3 1 Lorenzo Musetti Miomir Kecmanović 79 67 2 6 1 6   2 Jannik Sinner Novak Djokovic 6 2 2 6 7 5   3 Jannik Sinner  /  Lorenzo Sonego Novak Djokovic  /  Miomir Kecmanović 6 3 6 4

Final

Australia vs. Italy

Australia 0	Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga 26 November 2023 [10]		Italy 2
1 2 3 1 Alexei Popyrin Matteo Arnaldi 5 7 6 2 4 6   2 Alex de Minaur Jannik Sinner 3 6 0 6     3 Matthew Ebden  /  Max Purcell Simone Bolelli  /  Lorenzo Sonego       not played

Group stage

Participating teams

16 nations took part in the group stage of the finals. The qualification was as follows:

• 2 finalists of the 2022 Finals (Australia and Canada)
• 2 wild card teams (Italy and Spain)
• 12 winners of the qualifying round, in February 2023

TH = Title holder, 2022F = Finalist from the 2022 tournament, WC = Wild card, H = Host

Participating teams
Australia (2022F)	Canada (TH)	Chile	Croatia (H)
Czech Republic	Finland	France	Great Britain (H)
Italy (WC) (H)	Netherlands	Serbia	South Korea
Spain (WC) (H)	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

Seeds

The seedings were based on the Davis Cup Ranking of 6 February 2023. The winner of the 2022 Finals Canada were seeded No. 1 and Australia, as runners-up in 2022, were seeded No. 2, with Spain and Croatia also seeded based on the latest Davis Cup nations ranking.

1.   Canada
2.   Australia
3.   Spain
4.   Croatia

The remaining 12 nations were distributed in Pots 2–4 according to the latest Davis Cup nations ranking. Four host nations, Croatia, Great Britain, Italy and Spain were placed in different groups. ^[11]

Format

The 16 teams were divided in four round robin groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group qualified for the quarterfinals. ^[2] Group A was hosted in Bologna, Group B was hosted in Manchester, Group C was hosted in Valencia, and Group D was hosted in Split. ^{[12] [13]}

Team nominations

SR = Singles ranking, DR = Doubles ranking.

Rankings are as of 11 September 2023. ^{[14] [15]}

Group A

Canada Player SR DR Shapovalov 31 202 Diallo 158 453 Pospisil 187 575 Galarneau 200 422 Stevenson 1248 247 Captain: Dancevic

Chile Player SR DR Jarry 22 332 Garín 103 – Barrios Vera 114 735 Tabilo 124 865 Lama 424 990 Captain: Massú

Italy Player SR DR Musetti 18 284 Sonego 38 183 Arnaldi 47 579 Vavassori 139 42 Bolelli – 43 Captain: Volandri

Sweden Player SR DR Ymer 175 – Borg 334 1314 Friberg 391 1007 Bergevi 1103 175 Göransson – 71 Captain: Hedsberg

Group B

Australia Player SR DR de Minaur 12 285 Purcell 43 45 Thompson 55 111 Kokkinakis 74 148 Ebden – 8 Captain: Hewitt

France Player SR DR Mannarino 34 147 Humbert 36 – Fils 44 491 Roger-Vasselin – 11 Mahut – 32 Captain: Grosjean

Great Britain Player SR DR Norrie 17 – Evans 27 115 Murray 41 573 Draper 106 – Skupski – 3 Captain: Smith

Switzerland Player SR DR Wawrinka 40 217 Stricker 90 259 Hüsler 101 227 Riedi 152 231 Ritschard 211 853 Captain: Lüthi

Group C

Czech Republic Player SR DR Lehečka 30 149 Macháč 119 – Menšík 151 514 Pavlásek – 57 Captain: Navrátil

Serbia Player SR DR Djokovic 1 – Djere 37 575 Kecmanović 48 184 Lajović 52 865 Ćaćić – 62 Captain: Troicki

South Korea Player SR DR Kwon 112 503 Hong 194 642 Chung 316 144 Nam 640 126 Song – 185 Captain: Kim

Spain Player SR DR Davidovich Fokina 25 583 Bautista Agut 42 – Zapata Miralles 75 405 Ramos Viñolas 95 – Granollers – 15 Captain: Ferrer

Group D

Croatia Player SR DR Gojo 77 – Prižmić 168 1727 Ajduković 206 1330 Dodig – 2 Pavić – 22 Captain: Martić

Finland Player SR DR Ruusuvuori 57 402 Virtanen 125 343 Kaukovalta 988 796 Heliövaara – 30 Niklas-Salminen – 110 Captain: Nieminen

Netherlands Player SR DR Griekspoor 24 87 van de Zandschulp 68 64 Brouwer 172 599 Koolhof – 4 Middelkoop – 34 Captain: Haarhuis

United States Player SR DR Tiafoe 11 205 Paul 13 333 McDonald 39 50 Krajicek – 1 Ram – 5 Captain: Bryan

Group stage results

	Qualified for the Knockout stage
	Eliminated

Overview

G = Group, T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

G	Winner				Runner-up				Third				Fourth
	Nation	T	M	S	Nation	T	M	S	Nation	T	M	S	Nation	T	M	S
A	Canada	3–0	8–1	16–4	Italy	2–1	5–4	12–11	Chile	1–2	4–5	11–11	Sweden	0–3	1–8	4–17
B	Great Britain	3–0	6–3	13–11	Australia	2–1	6–3	14–6	France	1–2	5–4	12–10	Switzerland	0–3	1–8	4–16
C	Czech Republic	3–0	9–0	18–4	Serbia	2–1	6–3	13–8	Spain	1–2	2–7	6–14	South Korea	0–3	1–8	6–17
D	Netherlands	2–1	5–4	13–11	Finland	2–1	6–3	13–9	United States	1–2	3–6	9–14	Croatia	1–2	4–5	11–12

Group A

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Canada	3–0	8–1	16–4	80%	123–100	55%
2	Italy	2–1	5–4	12–11	52%	121–116	51%
3	Chile	1–2	4–5	11–11	50%	116–115	50%
4	Sweden	0–3	1–8	4–17	19%	93–122	43%

Sweden vs. Chile

Sweden 0	Unipol Arena, Bologna 12 September 2023 [16]		Chile 3
1 2 3 1 Leo Borg Cristian Garín 66 78 6 3 5 7   2 Elias Ymer Nicolás Jarry 2 6 4 6     3 Filip Bergevi  /  André Göransson Tomás Barrios Vera  /  Alejandro Tabilo 4 6 5 7

Canada vs. Italy

Canada 3	Unipol Arena, Bologna 13 September 2023 [17]		Italy 0
1 2 3 1 Alexis Galarneau Lorenzo Sonego 710 68 6 4     2 Gabriel Diallo Lorenzo Musetti 7 5 6 4     3 Alexis Galarneau  /  Vasek Pospisil Matteo Arnaldi  /  Simone Bolelli 64 77 6 4 77 63

Canada vs. Sweden

Canada 3	Unipol Arena, Bologna 14 September 2023 [18]		Sweden 0
1 2 3 1 Vasek Pospisil Leo Borg 77 65 5 7 6 2   2 Gabriel Diallo Elias Ymer 6 4 6 3     3 Alexis Galarneau  /  Vasek Pospisil Filip Bergevi  /  André Göransson 711 69 77 63

Italy vs. Chile

Italy 3	Unipol Arena, Bologna 15 September 2023 [19]		Chile 0
1 2 3 1 Matteo Arnaldi Cristian Garín 2 6 6 4 6 3   2 Lorenzo Sonego Nicolás Jarry 3 6 7 5 6 4   3 Lorenzo Musetti  /  Lorenzo Sonego Tomás Barrios Vera  /  Alejandro Tabilo 63 77 6 3 77 62

Canada vs. Chile

Canada 2	Unipol Arena, Bologna 16 September 2023 [20]		Chile 1
1 2 3 1 Alexis Galarneau Alejandro Tabilo 6 3 77 65     2 Gabriel Diallo Nicolás Jarry 4 6 4 6     3 Alexis Galarneau  /  Vasek Pospisil Tomás Barrios Vera  /  Alejandro Tabilo 6 3 79 67

Italy vs. Sweden

Italy 2	Unipol Arena, Bologna 17 September 2023 [21]		Sweden 1
1 2 3 1 Matteo Arnaldi Leo Borg 6 4 6 3     2 Lorenzo Sonego Elias Ymer 6 4 6 4     3 Simone Bolelli  /  Lorenzo Musetti Filip Bergevi  /  André Göransson 6 4 64 77 [8] [10]

Group B

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Great Britain	3–0	6–3	13–11	54%	129–122	51%
2	Australia	2–1	6–3	14–6	70%	113–94	55%
3	France	1–2	5–4	12–10	55%	117–106	52%
4	Switzerland	0–3	1–8	4–16	20%	78–115	40%

France vs. Switzerland

France 3	Manchester Arena, Manchester 12 September 2023 [22]		Switzerland 0
1 2 3 1 Adrian Mannarino Dominic Stricker 3 6 6 1 6 4   2 Ugo Humbert Stan Wawrinka 6 4 6 4     3 Nicolas Mahut  /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin Marc-Andrea Hüsler  /  Stan Wawrinka 6 2 6 2

Australia vs. Great Britain

Australia 1	Manchester Arena, Manchester 13 September 2023 [23]		Great Britain 2
1 2 3 1 Thanasi Kokkinakis Jack Draper 78 66 3 6 64 77   2 Alex de Minaur Dan Evans 1 6 6 2 4 6   3 Matthew Ebden  /  Max Purcell Dan Evans  /  Neal Skupski 77 65 6 4

Australia vs. France

Australia 2	Manchester Arena, Manchester 14 September 2023 [24]		France 1
1 2 3 1 Max Purcell Adrian Mannarino 64 77 4 6     2 Alex de Minaur Ugo Humbert 77 62 6 3     3 Matthew Ebden  /  Max Purcell Nicolas Mahut  /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin 7 5 6 3

Great Britain vs. Switzerland

Great Britain 2	Manchester Arena, Manchester 15 September 2023 [25]		Switzerland 1
1 2 3 1 Andy Murray Leandro Riedi 67 79 6 4 6 4   2 Cameron Norrie Stan Wawrinka 5 7 4 6     3 Dan Evans  /  Neal Skupski Dominic Stricker  /  Stan Wawrinka 6 3 6 3

Australia vs. Switzerland

Australia 3	Manchester Arena, Manchester 16 September 2023 [26]		Switzerland 0
1 2 3 1 Thanasi Kokkinakis Dominic Stricker 6 3 7 5     2 Alex de Minaur Marc-Andrea Hüsler 6 4 6 3     3 Matthew Ebden  /  Max Purcell Marc-Andrea Hüsler  /  Dominic Stricker 6 2 6 4

Great Britain vs. France

Great Britain 2	Manchester Arena, Manchester 17 September 2023 [27]		France 1
1 2 3 1 Daniel Evans Arthur Fils 3 6 6 3 6 4   2 Cameron Norrie Ugo Humbert 65 77 6 3 5 7   3 Daniel Evans  /  Neal Skupski Nicolas Mahut  /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin 1 6 77 64 78 66

Group C

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Czech Republic	3–0	9–0	18–4	82%	130–100	57%
2	Serbia	2–1	6–3	13–8	62%	110–101	52%
3	Spain	1–2	2–7	6–14	30%	99–112	47%
4	South Korea	0–3	1–8	6–17	26%	103–129	44%

Serbia vs. South Korea

Serbia 3	Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia 12 September 2023 [28]		South Korea 0
1 2 3 1 Dušan Lajović Hong Seong-chan 6 4 77 63     2 Laslo Djere Kwon Soon-woo 4 6 6 2 6 2   3 Nikola Ćaćić  /  Miomir Kecmanović Nam Ji-sung  /  Song Min-kyu 3 6 6 4 77 65

Spain vs. Czech Republic

Spain 0	Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia 13 September 2023 [29]		Czech Republic 3
1 2 3 1 Bernabé Zapata Miralles Tomáš Macháč 4 6 4 6     2 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Jiří Lehečka 65 77 5 7     3 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina  /  Marcel Granollers Jakub Menšík  /  Adam Pavlásek 7 5 66 78 4 6

Czech Republic vs. South Korea

Czech Republic 3	Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia 14 September 2023 [30]		South Korea 0
1 2 3 1 Tomáš Macháč Hong Seong-chan 710 68 4 6 6 2   2 Jiří Lehečka Kwon Soon-woo 6 1 7 5     3 Jakub Menšík  /  Adam Pavlásek Nam Ji-sung  /  Song Min-kyu 3 6 77 65 6 4

Spain vs. Serbia

Spain 0	Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia 15 September 2023 [31]		Serbia 3
1 2 3 1 Albert Ramos Viñolas Laslo Djere 4 6 4 6     2 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Novak Djokovic 3 6 4 6     3 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina  /  Marcel Granollers Nikola Ćaćić  /  Miomir Kecmanović 4 6 613 715

Serbia vs. Czech Republic

Serbia 0	Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia 16 September 2023 [32]		Czech Republic 3
1 2 3 1 Dušan Lajović Jakub Menšík 3 6 2 6     2 Laslo Djere Jiří Lehečka 67 79 5 7     3 Nikola Ćaćić  /  Novak Djokovic Tomáš Macháč  /  Adam Pavlásek 5 7 79 67 [3] [10]

Spain vs. South Korea

Spain 2	Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia 17 September 2023 [33]		South Korea 1
1 2 3 1 Bernabé Zapata Miralles Hong Seong-chan 6 4 7 5     2 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Kwon Soon-woo 6 4 6 4     3 Marcel Granollers  /  Albert Ramos-Viñolas Nam Ji-sung  /  Song Min-kyu 77 62 66 78 [8] [10]

Group D

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Netherlands	2–1	5–4	13–11	54%	131–120	52%
2	Finland	2–1	6–3	13–9	59%	116–118	50%
3	United States	1–2	3–6	9–14	39%	125–124	50%
4	Croatia	1–2	4–5	11–12	48%	111–121	48%

Netherlands vs. Finland

Netherlands 2	Arena Gripe, Split 12 September 2023 [34]		Finland 1
1 2 3 1 Botic van de Zandschulp Otto Virtanen 60 77 4 6     2 Tallon Griekspoor Emil Ruusuvuori 79 67 6 3     3 Wesley Koolhof  /  Matwé Middelkoop Harri Heliövaara  /  Patrik Niklas-Salminen 6 4 65 77 6 3

Croatia vs. United States

Croatia 1	Arena Gripe, Split 13 September 2023 [35]		United States 2
1 2 3 1 Dino Prižmić Mackenzie McDonald 4 6 2 6     2 Borna Gojo Frances Tiafoe 6 4 78 66     3 Ivan Dodig  /  Mate Pavić Austin Krajicek  /  Rajeev Ram 65 77 77 63 2 6

Netherlands vs. United States

Netherlands 2	Arena Gripe, Split 14 September 2023 [36]		United States 1
1 2 3 1 Botic van de Zandschulp Tommy Paul 77 62 6 2     2 Tallon Griekspoor Frances Tiafoe 6 3 67 79 77 63   3 Wesley Koolhof  /  Matwé Middelkoop Austin Krajicek  /  Rajeev Ram 77 65 63 77 3 6

Croatia vs. Finland

Croatia 1	Arena Gripe, Split 15 September 2023 [37]		Finland 2
1 2 3 1 Dino Prižmić Otto Virtanen 4 6 6 3 3 6   2 Borna Gojo Emil Ruusuvuori 63 77 4 6     3 Ivan Dodig  /  Mate Pavić Harri Heliövaara  /  Patrik Niklas-Salminen 6 4 77 61

United States vs. Finland

United States 0	Arena Gripe, Split 16 September 2023 [38]		Finland 3
1 2 3 1 Mackenzie McDonald Otto Virtanen 65 77 6 1 67 79   2 Tommy Paul Emil Ruusuvuori 61 77 4 6     3 Austin Krajicek  /  Rajeev Ram Harri Heliövaara  /  Patrick Kaukovalta 78 66 65 77 [8] [10]

Croatia vs. Netherlands

Croatia 2	Arena Gripe, Split 17 September 2023 [39]		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 1 Duje Ajduković Botic van de Zandschulp 3 6 6 3 5 7   2 Borna Gojo Tallon Griekspoor 4 6 77 62 6 4   3 Duje Ajduković  /  Mate Pavić Wesley Koolhof  /  Matwé Middelkoop 3 6 6 4 [10] [8]

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