Canada become Davis Cup Champions for the first time
28 November 2022 – Canada won the 2022 Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals after a 2-0 clean sweep against Australia.
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov defeated Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-2, 6-4 and Félix Auger-Aliassime beat Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-4. The third rubber was not played.
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Australia v Canada in the Final
26 November, 2022 – Canada is through to Sunday’s Davis Cup Final against Australia, who won over Netherlands in their Quarter Final.
Hewitt was a star of the team when Australia last won the Davis Cup or even made the final, in 2003, 19 years ago. That was the country’s 28th triumph in the competition, and now it has a chance to go after number 29 and the $3 million in prize money.
Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson beat the Olympic champion pair of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic from Croatia in the deciding doubles to earn a 2-1 team victory. Purcell and Thompson won 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 6-4 victory.
Australian Alex de Minaur beat Marin Cilic 6-2 6-2. Coatian Borna Coric won over Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in the first rubber.
Canada triumphed over Italy with a 2-1 win, earning their place in the 2022 Davis Cup Final. This comes after a shocking turn of events from Italy, when Matteo Berrettini, who has little experience in doubles and originally withdrew from play due to injury, took to the court for the deciding match.
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Davis Cup by Rakuten Final 8 Quarter Finals in Malaga, Spain from 22-27 November, 2022
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men’s tennis and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format.
The Davis Cup is the “World Cup of Tennis” and the winners are referred to as the World Champion team. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)
Quarter Finals draw
Netherlands v. Australia Tuesday 22 November 4:00 pm CET
Spain v. Croatia in the on Wednesday 23 November 4:00 pm CET
United States v. Italy Thursday 24 November 10:00am CET
Germany v. Canada Thursday 24 November 4:00pm CET
Australia plays Netherlands on Tuesday 22 November 4:00pm CET
| AUSTRALIA 1. Alex de Minaur 2. Thanasi Kokkinakis 3. Max Purcell 4. Matthew Ebden Captain: Lleyton Hewitt | NETHERLANDS 1. Botic van de Zandschulp 2. Tallon Griekspoor 3. Tim van Rijthoven 4. Wesley Koolhof 5. Matwe Middelkoop Captain: Paul Haarhuis |
Croatia plays Spain in the quarter-finals on Wednesday 23 November 4:00pm CET
| CROATIA 1. Marin Cilic 2. Borna Coric 3. Borna Gojo 4. Mate Pavic 5. Nikola Mektic Captain: Vedran Martic | SPAIN 1. Carlos Alcaraz 2. Pablo Carreño 3. Roberto Bautista Agut 4. Marcel Granollers 5. Fifth player to be announced Captain: Sergi Bruguera |
Italy will face USA in the quarter-finals on Thursday 24 November 10:00am CET
| ITALY 1. Jannick Sinner 2. Matteo Berrettini 3. Lorenzo Musetti 4. Fabio Fognini 5. Simone Bolelli Captain: Filippo Volandri | UNITED STATES 1. Taylor Fritz 2. Frances Tiafoe 3. Tommy Paul 4. Jack Sock Captain: Mardy Fish |
Canada plays Germany in the quarter-finals on Thursday 24 November 4:00 pm CET.
| CANADA 1. Felix Auger-Aliassime 2. Denis Shapovalov 3. Vasek Pospisil 4. Alexis Galarneau 5. Gabriel Diallo Captain: Frank Dancevic | GERMANY 1. Oscar Otte 2. Jan-Lennard Struff 3. Yannick Hanfmann 4. Tim Puetz 5. Kevin Krawietz Captain: Michael Kohlmann |
Full Davis Cup by Rakuten Final 8 schedule from 22-27 November
The history of the Davis Cup
The Davis Cup competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. By 2016, 135 nations entered teams into the competition.
As of September 2022, reigning champion Russia and Belarus were suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In the annual World Group competition, 16 nations compete in eight first-round ties; the eight winners compete in four quarterfinal ties; the four winners compete in two semifinal ties; and the two winners compete in the final tie.
As in other cup competitions tie is used in the Davis Cup to mean an elimination round. In the Davis Cup, the word rubber means an individual match. Each tie consists of five rubbers, which are played in three days. The winner of the tie is the nation which wins three or more of the five rubbers in the tie.
