{"id":83955,"date":"2025-08-15T05:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T05:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/83955\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T05:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T05:08:10","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-taylor-fritz-ben-shelton-headline-rosters-for-davis-cup-qualifiers-r2-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/83955\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton headline rosters for Davis Cup Qualifiers R2 | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Davis Cup
\n Alcaraz, Fritz, Shelton headline rosters for Davis Cup Qualifiers R2<\/p>\n

Davis Cup Qualifiers second round takes place in September<\/p>\n

August 14, 2025<\/p>\n

\"Carlos<\/p>\n

Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz will represent Spain in Davis Cup action in September.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n

Nations competing in the 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers 2nd Round have announced their squads, with Top 10 stars Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, Taylor Fritz<\/a>, Ben Shelton<\/a>, Alex de Minaur<\/a> and Holger Rune<\/a> all looking to guide their teams into the 2025 Davis Cup Final 8 in November.<\/p>\n

\nAlcaraz and Rune are set to face off in a blockbuster clash between Spain and Denmark in Marbella, while De Minaur leads an Australian team which takes on Belgium in Sydney.<\/p>\n

\nFritz and Shelton are joined in the American squad by Tommy Paul<\/a> and Frances Tiafoe<\/a>, with all four men ranked inside the Top 20 of the PIF ATP Rankings. USA will play against a Czechia team that is also at full strength, including Miami champion Jakub Mensik<\/a>, Jiri Lehecka<\/a> and Tomas Machac<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nAmong the other players selected for their nations are: Zizou Bergs<\/a> (Belgium), Francisco Cerundolo<\/a> (Argentina), Marin Cilic<\/a> (Croatia), Borna Coric<\/a> (Croatia), Alejandro Davidovich Fokina<\/a> (Spain), Ugo Humbert<\/a> (France), Kei Nishikori<\/a> (Japan) and Alexei Popyrin<\/a> (Australia).<\/p>\n

\nFive ties will take place on 12-13 September. Australia\u2019s clash with Belgium and Spain\u2019s match-up with Denmark will be played on 13-14 September.<\/p>\n

\nTies 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 tie-break sets.<\/p>\n

\nThe seven winning nations in the Qualifiers 2nd Round will join last year\u2019s world champions Italy at the 2025 Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna, held from 18-23 November. The seven losing nations will compete in the 2026 Qualifiers 1st Round.<\/p>\n

\nFurthermore, 26 home-and-away Davis Cup ties are also taking place in September, with 13 ties in the World Group I and 13 ties in the World Group II. Team announcements for the World Group I and World Group II ties will be made on Tuesday 2 September.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Netherlands v Argentina
Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September
Venue: Martiniplaza, Groningen (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Argentina lead 1-0<\/p>\n

Netherlands
Jesper de Jong<\/a>
Botic van de Zandschulp<\/a>
Guy Den Ouden<\/a>
Sander Arends<\/a>
Sem Verbeek<\/a>
Captain: Paul Haarhuis<\/a><\/p>\n

\nArgentina
Francisco Cerundolo<\/a>
Tomas Martin Etcheverry<\/a>
Francisco Comesana<\/a>
Horacio Zeballos<\/a>
Andres Molteni<\/a>
Captain: Javier Frana<\/a><\/p>\n

\nAustralia v Belgium
Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September
Venue: Ken Rosewall<\/a> Arena, Sydney (hard, outdoors)
Head-to-head: Australia lead 4-3<\/p>\n

Australia
Alex de Minaur<\/a>
Alexei Popyrin<\/a>
Jordan Thompson<\/a>
Matthew Ebden<\/a>
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt<\/a><\/p>\n

\nBelgium
Zizou Bergs<\/a>
Raphael Collignon<\/a>
Alexander Blockx<\/a>
Sander Gille<\/a>
Joran Vliegen<\/a>
Captain: Steve Darcis<\/a><\/p>\n

\nHungary v Austria
Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September
Venue: Fonix Arena, Debrecen (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Hungary lead 2-0<\/p>\n

Hungary
Fabian Marozsan<\/a>
Marton Fucsovics<\/a>
Zsombor Piros<\/a>
Peter Fajta<\/a>
Captain: Kornel Bardoczky<\/a><\/p>\n

\nAustria
Filip Misolic<\/a>
Sebastian Ofner<\/a>
Jurij Rodionov<\/a>
Lucas Miedler<\/a>
Alexander Erler<\/a>
Captain: Jurgen Melzer<\/a><\/p>\n

\nJapan v Germany
Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September
Venue: Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Japan lead 1-0<\/p>\n

Japan
Kei Nishikori<\/a>
Shintaro Mochizuki<\/a>
Yoshihito Nishioka<\/a>
Yosuke Watanuki<\/a>
Takeru Yuzuki<\/a>
Captain: Go Soeda<\/a><\/p>\n

\nGermany
Daniel Altmaier<\/a>
Yannick Hanfmann<\/a>
Jan-Lennard Struff<\/a>
Kevin Krawietz<\/a>
Tim Puetz<\/a>
Captain: Michael Kohlmann<\/a><\/p>\n

\nUSA v Czechia
Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September
Venue: Delray Beach Tennis Center, Delray Beach, FL (hard, outdoors)
Head-to-head: USA lead 5-1<\/p>\n

USA
Taylor Fritz<\/a>
Ben Shelton<\/a>
Frances Tiafoe<\/a>
Tommy Paul<\/a>
Captain: Bob Bryan<\/a><\/p>\n

\nCzechia
Jakub Mensik<\/a>
Tomas Machac<\/a>
Jiri Lehecka<\/a>
Petr Brunclik<\/a>
Adam Pavlasek<\/a>
Captain: Tomas Berdych<\/a><\/p>\n

\nSpain v Denmark
Dates: Saturday 13-Sunday 14 September
Venue: Club de Tenis Puente Romano, Marbella (clay, outdoors)
Head-to-head: Spain lead 3-2<\/p>\n

Spain
Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina<\/a>
Pedro Martinez<\/a>
Marcel Granollers<\/a>
Captain: David Ferrer<\/a><\/p>\n

\nDenmark
Holger Rune<\/a>
Elmer Moller<\/a>
August Holmgren<\/a>
Christian Sigsgaard<\/a>
Johannes Ingildsen<\/a>
Captain: Frederik Nielsen<\/a><\/p>\n

\nCroatia v France
Dates: Friday 12-Saturday 13 September
Venue: Dvorana Gradski Vrt, Osijek (clay, indoors)
Head-to-head: Croatia lead 2-1<\/p>\n

Croatia
Marin Cilic<\/a>
Borna Coric<\/a>
Dino Prizmic<\/a>
Mate Pavic<\/a>
Nikola Mektic<\/a>
Captain: Ivan Dodig<\/a><\/p>\n

\nFrance
Ugo Humbert<\/a>
Benjamin Bonzi<\/a>
Arthur Rinderknech<\/a>
Pierre-Hugues Herbert<\/a>
Captain: Paul-Henri Mathieu<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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