Nations competing in the 2026 Davis Cup Qualifiers 1st Round have announced their teams, with Great Britain’s Jack Draper and Norway’s Casper Ruud among those set to represent their countries in February.
Norway’s tie against Great Britain will take place on Thursday 5-Friday 6 February, with the other 12 Qualifiers 1st Round ties taking place on either Friday 6-Saturday 7 February or Saturday 7-Sunday 8 February.
Photo credit: ATP Tour. Above: Casper Ruud.
Three-time Grand Slam runner-up Ruud will lead the Norwegian team in their home tie against the Brits, for whom world No. 10 Draper will aim to make his comeback from injury.
Among the other players selected for their nations are: Zizou Bergs (Belgium), Marin Cilic (Croatia), Gabriel Diallo (Canada), Jiri Lehecka and Jakub Mensik (Czechia), Kei Nishikori (Japan), Cameron Norrie (Great Britain) and Arthur Rinderknech (France).
Photo credit:
ITF. Above: Jakub Mensik.
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.
The 13 winning nations in the Qualifiers 1st Round will advance to the Qualifiers 2nd Round in September, where they will join 2025 runners-up Spain in seven home-or-away ties. The seven winners from the Qualifiers 2nd Round will then join 2025 world champions Italy at the 2026 Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna in November.
The 13 losing nations in the Qualifiers 1st Round will compete in World Group I ties in September.
A further 26 home-and-away Davis Cup ties are also taking place in February, with 13 ties in the World Group I Play-offs and 13 ties in the World Group II Play-offs. Team announcements for the World Group I and World Group II Play-offs will be made on Tuesday 27 January.
2026 Davis Cup Qualifiers
Chile v Serbia
Dates: Friday 6-Saturday 7 February
Venue: Parque Deportivo Estadio Nacional, Santiago (clay, outdoors)
Head-to-head: Chile lead 1-0
Chile
Cristian Garin
Alejandro Tabilo
Tomas Barrios Vera
Nicolas Jarry
Matias Soto
Captain: Nicolas Massu
Serbia
Hamad Medjedovic
Dusan Lajovic
Ognjen Milic
Ivan Sabanov
Matej Sabanov
Captain: Viktor Troicki
Germany v Peru
Dates: Friday 6-Saturday 7 February
Venue: Castello Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: first Davis Cup meeting
Germany
Jan-Lennard Struff
Yannick Hanfmann
Tim Puetz
Kevin Krawietz
Captain: Michael Kohlmann
Peru
Ignacio Buse
Gonzalo Bueno
Juan Pablo Varillas
Arklon Huertas del Pino
Captain: Luis Horna
Croatia v Denmark
Dates: Friday 6-Saturday 7 February
Venue: Arena Varazdin, Varazdin (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Denmark lead 1-0
Croatia
Marin Cilic
Dino Prizmic
Mate Pavic
Nikola Mektic
Captain: Ivan Dodig
Denmark
Elmer Moeller
August Holmgren
Carl Emil Overbeck
Johannes Ingildsen
Oskar Brostrom Poulsen
Captain: Frederik Nielsen
Ecuador v Australia
Dates: Saturday 7-Sunday 8 February
Venue: Quito Tenis y Golf Club, Quito (clay, outdoors)
Head-to-head: Australia lead 1-0
Ecuador
Alvaro Guillen Meza
Andres Andrade
Gonzalo Escobar
Diego Hidalgo
Emilio Camacho
Captain: Raul Viver
Australia
James Duckworth
Aleksandar Vukic
Rinky Hijikata
Jordan Thompson
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt
Norway v Great Britain
Dates: Thursday 5-Friday 6 February
Venue: Nadderud Arena, Oslo (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Great Britain lead 2-0
Norway
Casper Ruud
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
Viktor Durasovic
Andreja Petrovic
Lukas Hellum Lilleengen
Captain: Anders Haseth
Great Britain
Jack Draper
Cameron Norrie
Jacob Fearnley
Lloyd Glasspool
Julian Cash
Captain: Leon Smith
Bulgaria v Belgium
Dates: Saturday 7-Sunday 8 February
Venue: Multifunctional Sports Venue Kolodrum Plovdiv, Plovdiv (clay, indoors)
Head-to-head: Belgium lead 3-1
Bulgaria
Petr Nesterov
Iliyan Radulov
Alexander Donski
Ivan Ivanov
Alexander Vasilev
Captain: Valentin Dimov
Belgium
Zizou Bergs
Raphael Collignon
Alexander Blockx
Sander Gille
Joran Vliegen
Captain: Steve Darcis
Japan v Austria
Dates: Friday 6-Saturday 7 February
Venue: Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: first Davis Cup meeting
Japan
Shintaro Mochizuki
Yoshihito Nishioka
Yosuke Watanuki
Kei Nishikori
Takeru Yuzuki
Captain: Go Soeda
Austria
Filip Misolic
Sebastian Ofner
Jurij Rodionov
Lucas Miedler
Alexander Erler
Captain: Jurgen Melzer
India v Netherlands
Dates: Saturday 7-Sunday 8 February
Venue: S M Krishna Tennis Stadium, Bengaluru (hard, outdoors)
Head-to-head: Tied 2-2
India
Sumit Nagal
Karan Singh
Dhakshineswar Suresh Ekambaram
Yuki Bhambri
Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Captain: Rohit Rajpal
Netherlands
Jesper de Jong
Guy den Ouden
David Pel
Sander Arends
Captain: Paul Haarhuis
Korea, Rep. v Argentina
Dates: Saturday 7-Sunday 8 February
Venue: Gijang Stadium, Busan (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: first Davis Cup meeting
Korea, Rep.
Shin Sanhui
Chung Hyeon
Kwon Soonwoo
Park Uisung
Nam Ji-Sung
Captain: Chung Jong-Sam
Argentina
Thiago Agustin Tirante
Marco Trungelliti
Federico Agustin Gomez
Guido Andreozzi
Andres Molteni
Captain: Javier Frana
Hungary v USA
Dates: Saturday 7-Sunday 8 February
Venue: Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok, Tatabánya (clay, indoors)
Head-to-head: first Davis Cup meeting
Hungary
Fabian Marozsan
Zsombor Piros
Peter Fajta
Mate Valkusz
Matyas Fuele
Captain: Kornel Bardoczky
USA
Ethan Quinn
Emilio Nava
Rajeev Ram
Austin Krajicek
Captain: Bob Bryan
Czechia v Sweden
Dates: Saturday 7-Sunday 8 February
Venue: Horacka Arena, Jihlava (hard, indoors)
Head-to-head: Sweden lead 8-6
Czechia
Jakub Mensik
Jiri Lehecka
Petr Nouza
Patrik Rikl
Captain: Tomas Berdych
Sweden
Olle Wallin
Leo Borg
Erik Grevelius
Andre Goransson
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ITF.
