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Davis Cup 2024: Schedule, results, teams, captains and players at Rafael Nadal’s final tennis tournament | Sporting News Canada

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Davis Cup 2024: Schedule, results, teams, captains and players at Rafael Nadal’s final tennis tournament | Sporting News Canada

Rafael Nadal, one of the greatest men’s tennis players of all time, will retire from the sport after participating in the upcoming 2024 Davis Cup Finals.

The event takes place in Malaga in Nadal’s native Spain, and he and his compatriots will be gunning for the nation’s seventh Davis Cup title.

2023 winners Italy are also in the running as they bid for a successful defence with the tournament now involving just the final eight remaining countries.

Here’s everything you need to know.

When are the 2024 Davis Cup Finals?

The Finals begin on Tuesday, November 19 with the final taking place on Sunday, November 24.

Which countries are in the 2024 Davis Cup Finals?

At this stage, we are now down to eight nations:

Italy (defending champions)
Spain (hosts)
United States
Canada
Netherlands
Australia
Germany
Argentina

2024 Davis Cup Finals format: how it works

The eight countries have been drawn into knockout brackets, with four quarterfinals set to determine two semifinals and, lastly, the 2024 final.

The quarter-finals are as follows:

Spain vs. Netherlands
Canada vs. Germany
United States vs. Australia
Italy vs. Argentina

All QF, SF and final matches will take place on indoor hard courts at the Martin Carpena Arena in Malaga.

Each match will be decided by the best of three “rubbers”, with “rubber” meaning an individual tennis contest between either two singles competitors or two doubles pairs.

Within each match there will be two singles rubbers and one doubles rubber.

2024 Davis Cup Finals schedule, confirmed rubber match-ups

Nov. 19: Netherlands vs. Spain (quarterfinal)

Van de Zandschulp vs. Nadal
Griekspoor vs. Alcaraz
Griekspoor/Koolhof vs. Granollers/Martinez

Nov. 20: Germany vs. Canada (quarterfinal)

Altmaier vs. Raonic
Struff vs. Strapovalov
Krawietz/Putz vs. Galarneau/Pospisil

Nov. 21: United States vs. Australia (quarterfinal)

Paul vs. Thompson
Fritz vs. Popyrin
Ram/Krajicek vs. Purcell/Ebden

Nov. 21: Italy vs. Argentina (quarterfinal)

Musetti vs. Cerundolo
Sinner vs. Baez
Bolelli/Vavassori vs. Gonzalez/Molteni

Nov. 22: Netherlands/Spain vs. Germany/Canada (semifinal)

Participating nations and rubbers TBC

Nov. 23: USA/Australia vs. Italy/Argentina (semifinal)

Participating nations and rubbers TBC

Nov. 24: SF1 winner vs. SF2 winner (final)

Participating nations and rubbers TBC

Which players are at the 2024 Davis Cup Finals? Full roster list

Nation	Players*	Captain**
Italy	Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Musetti, Flavio Cobolli, Andrea Vavassori, Simeone Bolelli	Filippo Volandri
Spain	Carlos Alcarez, Pedro Martinez, Roberto Bautista Agut, Rafael Nadal, Marcel Granollers	David Ferrer
United States	Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek	Bob Bryan
Canada	Denis Shapovalov, Gabriel Diallo, Alexis Galarneau, Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil	Frank Dancevic
Netherlands	Tallon Griekspoor, Botic van de Zandschulp, Jesper de Jong, Wesley Koolhof	Paul Haarhuis
Australia	Alexei Popyrin, Jordan Thompson, Thanasi Kolkkinakis, Max Purcell, Matthew Ebden	Lleyton Hewitt
Germany	Jan-Lennard Struff, Daniel Altmaier, Yannick Hanfmann, Kevin Krawietz, Tim Putz	Michael Kohlmann
Argentina	Sebastian Baez, Francisco Cerundolo, Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Andres Molteni, Maximo Gonzalez	Guillermo Coria

*Each nation selects a squad of players for the Finals, usually consisting of five men’s players. However, as demonstrated by the Netherlands this year, they may also select only four.

**Each squad is skippered by a non-competing captain, who is usually a retired former player. Notable names such as Lleyton Hewitt and Bob Bryan are among this year’s Finals captains.