Davis Cup Qualifiers 2025: GB squad announced to face Japan including Norrie, Fearnley, Harris & Skupski
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The Lexus Great Britain Davis Cup squad has been announced for the first round qualifier against Japan from 31 January – 1 February.
GB Davis Cup Captain and Head of Men’s Tennis at the LTA, Leon Smith, has selected a team with a blend of experience – including former top 10 star and Indian Wells champion Cam Norrie leading the line-up and a first call-up for British rising star Jacob Fearnley.
Lexus Great Britain Davis Cup squad to face Japan:
- Cam Norrie (world No.48)
- Jacob Fearnley (world No.86)
- Billy Harris (world No.125)
- Neal Skupski (doubles - world No.18)
British No.1 Jack Draper recently announced that he would be unable to play the tie to support his recovery from a hip injury.
The Brits will need to beat Japan in a best of five rubber tie away at the Bourbon Beans Dome, Miki, to reach the second round of qualifying in September – where they would face either Germany or Israel for a place in the Finals.
Find out more about the Lexus GB Davis Cup team:
Cam Norrie
- Age: 29
- Ranking: 48
- Davis Cup ties played: 12
- Davis Cup record: 7-8
Norrie has been a main stay in the Davis Cup team over recent years having held the British No.1 spot from October 2021 to June 2024.
The five-time ATP title-winner has had a mixed season plagued by injury in 2024 but showed plenty of signs of the former top 10 player that British fans have become so accustomed to seeing.
He made the fourth round at the Australian Open and third round at Wimbledon last year, as well as an ATP final in Metz, semi-final in Rio de Janeiro and quarter-final in Barcelona. Norrie has made a bright start to 2025 as well - making the Hong Kong Tennis Open quarter-final.
Norrie is no stranger to these Davis Cup qualifying ties, having won two matches to see Great Britain through against Colombia in 2023, but injury kept him out of the competition last year.
Find out more about Cam Norrie
Jacob Fearnley
- Age: 23
- Ranking: 86
- Davis Cup ties played: N/A
- Davis Cup record: N/A
Arguably one of the form British players from the 2024 season, Fearnley is set to join up with Leon Smith’s side for the first time in Japan. The Texas Christian University graduate started his season in the summer by winning his first ATP Challenger title in only his first event at the Rothesay Open Nottingham.
From there he’s only gone from strength-to-strength – winning a total of four Challenger singles titles in a year, becoming only the second Brit to ever do so after Jack Draper in 2022.
He got his first Grand Slam win at Wimbledon over the summer, before taking a set off seven-time champion Novak Djokovic on his Centre Court debut. Is results have seen him break into the ATP top 100 for the first time in his career.
Fearnley is now up to a career-high world No.86 after making the semi-final of the Canberra Challenger to kick-start his season.
Find out more about Jacob Fearnley
Billy Harris
- Age: 29
- Ranking: 125
- Davis Cup ties played: 1
- Davis Cup record: 1-0
Harris made his Davis Cup debut in Manchester this year – beating Otto Virtanen in straight sets as the Brits marched on to claim victory over Finland.
The appearance was reward for a standout season on tour, full of many firsts for the 29-year-old. He had a fantastic season on the grass this year, reaching the semi-finals at the Rothesay Open Nottingham, before making the quarter-finals at the cinch Championships and another semi-final at the Rothesay International Eastbourne – his first tour events on the surface.
His momentum continued on to the second half of the season as well – qualifying for his maiden ATP Masters 1000 event in Shanghai and making the main draw in tour events in Newport and Atlanta. Harris was also part of the GB team that made the United Cup quarter-finals this month.
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Neal Skuspki
- Age: 35
- Ranking: 18 (doubles)
- Davis Cup ties played: 14
- Davis Cup record: 9-5
Skupski Comes in as the most experienced member of the Davis Cup team having played 14 times since his debut in 2019.
The 35-year-old Briton knows what it takes to play in and win big pressure Davis Cup rubbers – a highlight being his deciding doubles victory with Dan Evans against France in 2023 to see the team through to the Final 8 in Malaga.
The former world No.1 and Wimbledon champion finished the 2024 season with two titles – both coming on home soil at the cinch Championships and Rothesay International Eastbourne. He finished the season on a high with New Zealand partner Michael Venus with a final in Vienna and semi-final at the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris.
