DAVIS CUP BY RAKUTENQUALIFIERS 2022

4-5 MARCH – TIE PREVIEW NOTES France (s) (c)* v Ecuador Venue: Palais des Sports, Pau Surface: hard, indoors Head-to-head: first meeting Spain (s) (c) v Romania Venue: Puente Romano Club de Tenis, Marbella Surface: clay, indoors Head-to-head: Spain lead 3-1 Finland (c) v Belgium (s) Venue: Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Surface: hard, indoors Head-to-head: Belgium lead 2-1 USA (s) (c) v Colombia Venue: Reno Events Center, Reno Surface: hard, indoors Head-to-head: tied 2-2 Netherlands (c) v Canada (s) Venue: Sportcampus Zuiderpark, The Hague Surface: clay, indoors Head-to-head: Canada lead 3-1 Brazil (c) v Germany (s) Venue: Parque Olímpico Arena Tenis, Rio de Janeiro Surface: clay, outdoors Head-to-head: Germany lead 4-2 Slovakia (c) v Italy (s) Venue: NTC Arena, Bratislava Surface: hard, indoors Head-to-head: Italy lead 1-0 Australia (s) (c) v Hungary Venue: Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney Surface: hard, outdoors Head-to-head: tied 1-1 Norway (c)* v Kazakhstan (s) Venue: Oslo Tennis Arena, Oslo Surface: hard, indoors Head-to-head: first meeting Sweden (s) (c) v Japan Venue: Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Surface: hard, indoors Head-to-head: Sweden lead 1-0 Argentina (s) (c) v Czech Republic Venue: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires Surface: clay, outdoors Head-to-head: Czech Republic lead 5-1 Korea, Rep. (c)* v Austria (s) Venue: Olympic Park Tennis Court, Seoul Surface: hard, indoors Head-to-head: first meeting (s) = seed (c) = choice of ground * = choice of ground was decided by lot WHAT’S AT STAKE THIS WEEKEND? The 24 nations contesting the Qualifiers this weekend are competing for a place at the 2022 Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals (*). The 12 winning nations will secure a place in the Davis Cup Finals group stage in September. This weekend’s ties will be played as best-of-5-matches. On Friday, the home nation’s No. 1 player will play the away nation’s No. 2 player and vice versa. On Saturday, the doubles match will be played first, followed by the home nation’s No. 1 player against the away nation’s No. 1 player, then home nation’s No. 2 player against the away nation’s No. 2 player. All live matches are played as best-of-3 tiebreak sets. At the Davis Cup Finals group stage on 14-18 September, 16 nations will compete in 4 groups of 4 teams, with the winner and runner-up in each group advancing to the Davis Cup Finals knock-out stage on 23-27 November. The 12 losing nations in the Qualifiers this weekend will compete in World Group I on 16-17 September alongside the winning nations in this weekend’s World Group I Play-Offs. (*) Croatia (2021 runners-up), Great Britain and Serbia (wild cards) have already qualified for the 2022 Davis Cup Finals. Following the suspension of the Russian Tennis Federation from ITF membership and international team competitions, the Davis Cup Committee will meet during the week commencing 7 March to make a

decision on the Finals line-up and other related matters.