Nominations announced for Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and Zone Group ties
The ITF has announced the official team nominations for the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group quarterfinals and Zone Group ties taking place on 4-6 April. A total of 27 ties are taking place next week, while the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II play-off between Indonesia and Hong Kong, China has been rescheduled to take place on 25-27 April.
The eight winners of the Zone Group I second round ties will qualify for the World Group play-offs on 12-14 September, with the draw due to be held at the ITF offices in Roehampton on Tuesday 8 April at 10am GMT.
Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the World Cup of Tennis. It is the largest annual international team competition in sport, with 122 nations taking part in 2014. The competition is 114 years old having been founded in 1900. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official Bank of Davis Cup. International sponsors are Rolex (Official Timekeeper)
WORLD GROUP QUARTERFINALS
JAPAN v CZECH REPUBLIC
Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, JPN (hard – indoor)
Japan
Kei Nishikori
Go Soeda
Tatsuma Ito
Yasutaka Uchiyama
Captain: Minoru Ueda
Czech Republic
Lukas Rosol
Radek Stepanek
Jiri Vesely
Jan Hajek
Captain: Jaroslav Navratil
FRANCE v GERMANY
Venue: Palais Des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy, FRA (hard – indoor)
France
Richard Gasquet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Gael Monfils
Julien Benneteau
Captain: Arnaud Clement
Germany
Tobias Kamke
Jan-Lennard Struff
Peter Gojowczyk
Andre Begemann
Captain: Carsten Arriens
ITALY v GREAT BRITAIN
Venue: Tennis Club Napoli, Naples, ITA (clay – outdoor)
Italy
Fabio Fognini
Andreas Seppi
Paolo Lorenzi
Simone Bolelli
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
Great Britain
Andy Murray
Dan Evans
James Ward
Colin Fleming
Captain: Leon Smith
SWITZERLAND v KAZAKHSTAN
Venue: Palexpo, Geneva, SUI (hard – indoor)
Switzerland
Stanislas Wawrinka
Roger Federer
Marco Chiudinelli
Henri Laaksonen
Captain: Severin Luthi
Kazakhstan
Mikhail Kukushkin
Andrey Golubev
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Evgeny Korolev
Captain: Dias Doskarayev
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND
ECUADOR v BRAZIL
Venue: Francisco Segura Cano, Guayaquil, ECU (clay – outdoor)
Ecuador
Emilio Gomez
Julio-Cesar Campozano
Giovanni Lapentti
Gonzalo Escobar
Captain: Raul Viver
Brazil
Rogerio Dutra Silva
Guilherme Clezar
Bruno Soares
Marcelo Melo
Captain: Joao Zwetsch
COLOMBIA v DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Venue: Estadio de Tenis “Alvaro Carlos Jordan”, Cali, COL (clay – outdoor)
Colombia
Santiago Giraldo
Alejandro Falla
Juan-Sebastian Cabal
Robert Farah
Captain: Mauricio Hadad
Dominican Republic
Victor Estrella
Jose Hernandez
Roberto Cid
Peter Bertran
Captain: Rafael Moreno
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND
CHINA, P.R. v UZBEKISTAN
Venue: Tianjin Tennis Center, Tianjin, CHN (hard – outdoor)
China, P.R.
Wu Di
Zhang Ze
Li Zhe
Gong Maoxin
Captain: Jiang Wei
Uzbekistan
Denis Istomin
Farrukh Dustov
Temur Ismailov
Sanjar Fayziev
Captain: Petr Lebed
KOREA, REPUBLIC v INDIA
Venue: Spo1 Tennis Courts, Busan, KOR (hard – outdoor)
Korea, Republic
Lim Yong-Kyu
Chung Hyeon
Jeong Suk-Young
Lee Hyung-Taik
Playing captain: Lee Hyung-Taik
India
Somdev Devvarman
Yuki Bhambri
Saketh Myneni
Rohan Bopanna
Captain: Anand Amritraj
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND
POLAND v CROATIA
Venue: Torwar Hall, Warsaw, POL (hard – indoor)
Poland
Jerzy Janowicz
Michal Przysiezny
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
Captain: Radoslaw Szymanik
Croatia
Marin Cilic
Borna Coric
Mate Pavic
Marin Draganja
Captain: Zeljko Krajan
SLOVENIA v ISRAEL
Venue: SRC Marina Portoroz, SLO (clay – outdoor)
Slovenia
Blaz Kavcic
Blaz Rola
Grega Zemlja
Janez Semrajc
Captain: Blaz Trupej
Israel
Dudi Sela
Amir Weintraub
Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram
Captain: Eyal Ran
SWEDEN v UKRAINE
Venue: Baltiska Hallen, Malmo, SWE (hard – indoor)
Sweden
Markus Eriksson
Isak Arvidsson
Robert Lindstedt
Johan Brunstrom
Captain: Fredrik Rosengren
Ukraine
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Denys Molchanov
Artem Smirnov
Sergei Bubka
Captain: Mikhail Filima
SLOVAK REPUBLIC v AUSTRIA
Venue: Aegon Arena, National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoor)
Slovak Republic
Martin Klizan
Lukas Lacko
Andrej Martin
Michal Mertinak
Captain: Miloslav Mecir
Austria
Dominic Thiem
Andreas Haider-Maurer
Gerald Melzer
Alexander Peya
Captain: Clemens Trimmel
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II SECOND ROUND
BARBADOS v EL SALVADOR
Venue: National Tennis Centre, St Michael, BAR (hard – outdoor)
Barbados
Darian King
Haydn Lewis
Seanon Williams
Russell Moseley
Captain: Kevin Yarde
El Salvador
Marcelo Arevalo
Rafael Arevalo
Salvador Bolanos
Juan Diego Telles
Captain: Roberto Salazar
MEXICO v PERU
Venue: Club Britania Zavaleta, Puebla, MEX (hard – outdoor)
Mexico
Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela
Miguel Gallardo-Valles
Cesar Ramirez
Santiago Gonzalez
Captain: Jorge Lozano
Peru
Duilio Beretta
Mauricio Echazu
Sergio Galdos
Rodrigo Sanchez
Captain: Luis Horna
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II PLAY-OFF
CHILE v PARAGUAY
Venue: Club Palestino, Santiago, CHI (clay – outdoor)
Chile
Paul Capdeville
Gonzalo Lama
Christian Garin
Jorge Aguilar
Captain: Nicolas Massu
Paraguay
Ramon Delgado
Gustavo Ramirez
Juan-Carlos Ramirez
Juan Borba
Captain: Paulo Carvallo
BOLIVIA v GUATEMALA
Venue: Country Club Cochabamba, Cochabamba, BOL (clay – outdoor)
Bolivia
TBC
Guatemala
Christopher Diaz-Figueroa
Stefan Emilio Gonzalez
Andres Bucaro
Captain: Anthony Vasquez
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II SECOND ROUND
PHILIPPINES v PAKISTAN
Venue: Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, PHI (clay – indoor)
Philippines
Ruben Gonzales
Treat Huey
Johnny Arcilla
Patrick-John Tierro
Captain: Roland Kraut
Pakistan
Aisam Qureshi
Aqeel Khan
Yasir Khan
Muhammad Abid
Captain: Mohammed Khalid
THAILAND v KUWAIT
Venue: The National Tennis Development Centre, Nonthaburi, THA (hard – outdoor)
Thailand
Pruchya Isarow
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
Warit Sornbutnark
Nuttanon Kadchapanan
Captain: Graipetch Worasombat
Kuwait
Abdullah Maqdes
Mohammad Ghareeb
Abdulhameed Alshatti
Hasan Al Mousa
Captain: Khaled Al Foudari
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II PLAY-OFF
VIETNAM v SRI LANKA
Venue: The 198 Tennis Club, Da Lat City, VIE (hard – outdoor)
Vietnam
Thien Nguyen Hoang
Minh-Quan Do
Quoc-Khanh Le
Linh Giang Trinh
Playing captain: Minh-Quan Do
Sri Lanka
Harshana Godamanna
Dineshkanthan Thangarajah
Sharmal Dissanayake
Amresh Jayawickrema
Captain: Rohan De Silva
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II SECOND ROUND
SOUTH AFRICA v LITHUANIA
Venue: Irene Country Club, Centurion, RSA (hard – outdoor)
South Africa
Rik De Voest
Dean O’Brien
Ruan Roelofse
Raven Klaasen
Captain: John-Laffnie De Jager
Lithuania
Ricardas Berankis
Laurynas Grigelis
Lukas Mugevicius
Mantas Bugailiskis
Captain: Rimvydas Mugevicius
FINLAND v BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA
Venue: Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, FIN (hard – indoor)
Finland
Jarkko Nieminen
Henrik Sillanpaa
Juho Paukku
Henri Kontinen
Captain: Kim Tiilikainen
Bosnia/Herzegovina
Damir Dzumhur
Mirza Basic
Aldin Setkic
Tomislav Brkic
Captain: Aljosa Piric
MOLDOVA v BELARUS
Venue: Manejul de Atletica Usoara, Chisinau, MDA (clay – indoor)
Moldova
Radu Albot
Maxim Dubarenco
Andrei Ciumac
Andrei Gorban
Captain: Iurie Gorban
Belarus
Egor Gerasimov
Uladzimir Ignatik
Dzmitry Zhyrmont
Max Mirnyi
Captain: Vladimir Voltchkov
DENMARK v LUXEMBOURG
Venue: Hillerod Tennis Klub, DEN (hard – indoor)
Denmark
Frederik Nielsen
Martin Pedersen
Mikael Torpegaard
Thomas Kromann
Captain: Kenneth Carlsen
Luxembourg
Ugo Nastasi
Mike Scheidweiler
Gilles Kremer
Christophe Tholl
Captain: Johny Goudenbour
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II PLAY-OFFS
NORWAY v MONACO
Venue: Oslo Tennis Arena, Oslo, NOR (hard – indoor)
Norway
Joachim Bjerke
Viktor Durasovic
Stian Boretti
Erling Tveit
Captain: Anders Haseth
Monaco
Benjamin Balleret
Romain Arneodo
Thomas Oger
Guillaume Couillard
Captain: Christophe Boggetti
GREECE v BULGARIA
Venue: Ilioupoli Tennis Club, Athens, GRE (clay – outdoor)
Greece
Theodoros Angelinos
Alexandros Jakupovic
Markos Kalovelonis
Charalampos Kapogiannis
Captain: George Kalovelonis
Bulgaria
Grigor Dimitrov
Dimitar Kutrovsky
Tihomir Grozdanov
Dinko Halachev
Captain: Todor Enev
IRELAND v EGYPT
Venue: Castleknock Tennis Club, Dublin, IRL (hard – indoor)
Ireland
James McGee
Sam Barry
Daniel Glancy
James Cluskey
Captain: Garry Cahill
Egypt
Mohamed Safwat
Karim Hossam
Sherif Sabry
Mazen Osama
Captain: Khaled Baligh
MOROCCO v CYPRUS
Venue: Complexe Sportif Al Amal, Casablanca, MAR (clay – outdoor)
Morocco
Lamine Ouahab
Hicham Khaddari
Mehdi Ziadi
Ayoub Chakrouni
Captain: Mehdi Tahiri
Cyprus
Sergis Kyratzis
Petros Chrysochos
Constantinos Ioannides
Soteris Hadjistyllis
Captain: Demetris Herodotou
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