The 2025 Davis Cup Finals will return this November along with the world’s best national teams in a weeklong showdown that will put and end to the international tennis season. This year, the competition takes place in Bologna, Italy, so American tennis fans should bealready preparing for early morning starts, tight matchups, and a knockout stage that leaves no room for mistakes.
Over the following five days, the game’s leading lights, including Spain’s six-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz and World No. 3 Alexander Zverev from Germany, will battle it out for the right to be crowned 2025 Davis Cup champions. Jannik Sinner is absent from team Italy.
Dates and venue
According to the event’s official information, the 2025 Davis Cup Final 8 will run from November 18 to 23, 2025, at the Bologna Fiere exhibition center in Bologna, Italy, on indoor hard courts. This will be Italy’s second consecutive year hosting the final stage, after earning automatic qualification as the home nation.
Format and structure
The Davis Cup Final 8 maintains its straightforward knockout format:
- 8 national teams
- Quarterfinals, semifinals, final
- Each tie consists of two singles matches followed, if necessary, by a deciding doubles match
The official draw has not yet been published on the Davis Cup website, but Italy and seven qualified nations will compete for the sport’s most prestigious team trophy.
Who has qualified?
As said before, Italy secured its spot as host, while seven additional teams advanced through earlier rounds. Here are the full list of participating countries with their representatives:
Italy
- Matteo Berrettini
- Simone Bolelli
- Flavio Cobolli
- Lorenzo Musetti
- Andrea Vavassori
Argentina
- Francisco Cerundolo
- Tomas Etcheverry
- Francisco Comesana
- Horacio Zeballos
- Andres Molteni
Austria
- Filip Misolic
- Jurij Rodionov
- Lukas Neumayer
- Alexander Erler
- Lucas Miedler
Spain
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Jaume Munar
- Pedro Martínez
- Marcel Granollers
- Pablo Carreño
Germany
- Alexander Zverev
- Jan-Lennard Struff
- Yannick Hanfmann
- Kevin Krawietz
- Tim Pütz
Belgium
- Zizou Bergs
- Raphael Collignon
- Sander Gille
- Joran Vliegen
Czechia
- Vit Kopriva
- Jiri Lehecka
- Tomas Machac
- Jakub Mensik
- Adam Pavlasek
France
- Benjamin Bonzi
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert
- Corentin Moutet
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Arthur Rinderknech
Schedule and U.S. viewing times
As the tournament takes place in Central European Time (CET), American audiences can expect most matches to begin during early to late morning hours in the U.S.
- Morning to early afternoon (ET)
- Very early morning start times (PT)
Daily sessions generally begin around midday in Bologna, aligning with typical Davis Cup scheduling from previous editions.
Where to watch in the United States
For American viewers, coverage will be available exclusively through Tennis Channel, according to the Davis Cup’s broadcast listings. The network will carry all matches live and offer streaming access through its digital platforms.
Fans without Tennis Channel can follow the event via:
- FuboTV
- Sling TV
- Cable or satellite provider apps that include the network
The official Davis Cup website will also provide updates, highlights, and match results throughout the week.
As the competition is about to start, fans in the United States can prepare for an early-morning marathon of world-class tennis this November, streamed straight from Bologna to American screens.
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