Preparations for the upcoming Davis Cup campaign have already begun ahead of this year’s Qualifiers and Play-offs getting underway at the end of January. With that in mind, we’ve put together a beginner’s guide to all the must-know information surrounding this year's tournament, the teams, how it works and Great Britain’s history at the event.

What is the structure of the 2025 Davis Cup?

The Davis Cup will adopt a new format for the 2025 season. The tournament will kick off between 31 January-2 February with the first rounds of the Qualifiers and Play-offs taking place.

Qualifiers First Round: 26 nations, made up of the 14 nations from the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Stages and 12 winners from World Group I, will compete in 13 home-or-away ties across two days. The 13 winning nations will then progress to the Qualifiers second round which takes place later in the year.

World Group I Play-offs: The 12 losing nations from the 2024 World Group I, 12 winning World Group II nations and the two highest ranked World Group II losers from 2024 will go head-to-head in home-or-away ties to reach the second round of the Play-offs in September.

World Group II Play-offs: Consisting of the lowest ranked World Group II losers from 2024, promoted teams in 2024 Regional Group III events and the highest ranked non-promoted teams in the Regional Group III events.

Qualifiers Second Round: The winning nations of the Qualifiers second round will then progress to the Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna, Italy in November.

Key Davis Cup 2025 dates

What is the scoring format at the Davis Cup?

Ties in the Davis Cup Qualifiers consist of five matches played over two days: two singles on day one, followed by the doubles and two reverse singles on day two. All matches are the best of three tie-break sets.

Each Davis Cup tie consists of five rubbers – with the winner being the country which wins three or more of the five matches.

The Finals follow a different format – with ties played as a best of three rubbers; two singles and one doubles.

Who won the Davis Cup in 2024?

Italy became world champions for the second consecutive year and third time in their history after they eased past the Netherlands in a 2-0 victory.

Matteo Berrettini got the Italians off to a winning start after defeating Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-2 before world No.1 Jannik Sinner recorded a 7-6(2), 6-2 win over Tallon Griekspoor to seal the title.

Great Britain lost out in the Davis Cup Group Stages in Manchester.

Which teams are competing at the Davis Cup 2025?

26 nations are set to compete at the 2025 Qualifiers first round:

• Great Britain
• Norway
• Argentina
• Belgium
• Chile
• Austria
• Finland
• Japan
• Czechia
• Korea Rep.
• Switzerland
• Spain
• Sweden
• Austraia
• Canada
• Hungary
• Israel
• Germany
• Chinese Taipei
• USA
• Denmark
• Serbia
• Croatia
• Slovakia
• France
• Brazil

The 13 winning teams will then advance to the Qualifiers second round at the beginning of September where they'll bid to reach the Finals.

How many players are in each team?

Each nation assembles a team of four or five players, with the country captain deciding which players will compete in the singles and doubles matches.

Who is representing Great Britain at the Davis Cup?

Leon Smith has selected a four-strong team to face Japan in the Brits first round qualifying tie.

British No.2 Cam Norrie, Billy Harris and Neal Skupski will be joined by Davis Cup debutant Jacob Fearnley who has received his first call up for his country.

Find out more about the 2025 Lexus GB Davis Cup team

Great Britain’s history in the Davis Cup

Great Britain are the only nation to have competed in all editions of the tournament since its creation and have lifted the trophy a total of ten times, most recently in 2015.

Where to watch the Davis Cup

Broadcast information for the 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers will be available soon.