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defeated Australia 2-0 in the tennis final of the 2023 Davis Cup. It was Italy's second Davis Cup title, having previously won in

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was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to

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Knockout stage

Bracket

All knockout stage matches took place on indoor hard courts at the Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga, Spain.

Team nominations

Rankings are as of 20 November 2023.

Knockout stage results

Quarterfinals

Canada vs. Finland

Czech Republic vs. Australia

Italy vs. Netherlands

Serbia vs. Great Britain

Semifinals

Finland vs. Australia

Italy vs. Serbia

Final

Australia vs. Italy

Group stage

Participating teams

16 nations took part in the group stage of the finals. The qualification was as follows: * 2 finalists of the 2022 Finals (Australia and Canada) * 2 wild card teams (Italy and Spain) * 12 winners of the

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, in February 2023 TH = Title holder, 2022F = Finalist from the 2022 tournament, WC = Wild card, H = Host

Seeds

The seedings were based on the Davis Cup Ranking of 6 February 2023. The winner of the 2022 Finals Canada were seeded No. 1 and Australia, as runners-up in 2022, were seeded No. 2, with Spain and Croatia also seeded based on the latest Davis Cup nations ranking. # # # # The remaining 12 nations were distributed in Pots 2–4 according to the latest Davis Cup nations ranking. Four host nations, Croatia, Great Britain, Italy and Spain were placed in different groups.

Format

The 16 teams were divided in four round robin groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group qualified for the quarterfinals. Group A was hosted in Bologna, Group B was hosted in Manchester, Group C was hosted in Valencia, and Group D was hosted in Split.

Team nominations

SR = Singles ranking, DR = Doubles ranking. Rankings are as of 11 September 2023.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group stage results

Overview

G = Group, T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group A

Sweden vs. Chile

Canada vs. Italy

Canada vs. Sweden

Italy vs. Chile

Canada vs. Chile

Italy vs. Sweden

Group B

France vs. Switzerland

Australia vs. Great Britain

Australia vs. France

Great Britain vs. Switzerland

Australia vs. Switzerland

Great Britain vs. France

Group C

Serbia vs. South Korea

Spain vs. Czech Republic

Czech Republic vs. South Korea

Spain vs. Serbia

Serbia vs. Czech Republic

Spain vs. South Korea

Group D

Netherlands vs. Finland

Croatia vs. United States

Netherlands vs. United States

Croatia vs. Finland

United States vs. Finland

Croatia vs. Netherlands

References

External links

Draw
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