The 2015 Davis Cup draw will take place in Dubai during the ITF Annual General Meeting (AGM) which will be hosted in the northern emirate this month.
The draw, which will reveal which nations will be facing off in the opening round of Davis Cup next year, is scheduled for Thursday September 19 at 19:00.
This year’s Davis Cup World Group semi-finals (Switzerland v Italy, France v Czech Republic), World Group play-offs and Zone Group ties, will be held from September 12-14.
The winners of the two semi-finals will contest the 2014 World Group Final on November 21-23. The winners of the eight World Group play-offs will qualify for the 2015 World Group, while the losers will contest their respective Zone Group I competition in 2015.
The ITF AGM will be staged for the first time in West Asia or Middle East and will see close to 200 top officials from the world of tennis from across the world gathered at Madinat Jumeirah from September 16-18.
“For us at Tennis Emirates, the holding of the AGM in the UAE, in general, and in Dubai in particular, is a great honour for the people of the UAE and we expect huge advantages to boost the game of tennis in the country,” says Abdulrahman Falaknaz, the vice president of Tennis Emirates. “The fact that all the world tennis bosses will be congregating on Dubai, in itself, will lay the foundation of tennis seriousness and awareness amongst the organisers and directors of tennis in the area.”
Another highlight during the AGM will be an attempt to set a first-time Guinness World Record by creating a mosaic using tennis balls to depict the three-finger victory sign of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The Guinness World Record attempt will be held at the events arena of Jumeirah Beach Hotel at 17:30 on September 17.
Meanwhile, the ITF announced the team nominations for the upcoming Davis Cup semi-finals and play-off ties.
Switzerland, who host Italy in on indoor hard courts in Geneva, will be represented by Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Marco Chiudinelli and Michael Lammer, while Italy will be led by Fabio Fognini, Andreas Seppi, Paolo Lorenzi, Simone Bolelli.
Two-time defending champions, the Czech Republic, will travel to Paris, where they will take on a Jo-Wilfried Tsonga-led France squad on clay at Roland Garros.
Here are the full team nominations:
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
FRANCE v CZECH REPUBLIC
Venue: Roland Garros, Paris, FRA (clay – outdoor)
France
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet, Gael Monfils, Julien Benneteau
Captain: Arnaud Clement
Czech Republic
Tomas Berdych, Lukas Rosol, Radek Stepanek, Jiri Vesely
Captain: Jaroslav Navratil
SWITZERLAND v ITALY
Venue: Palexpo, Geneva, SUI (hard – indoor)
Switzerland
Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Marco Chiudinelli, Michael Lammer
Captain: Severin Luthi
Italy
Fabio Fognini, Andreas Seppi, Paolo Lorenzi, Simone Bolelli
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
INDIA v SERBIA
Venue: KSLTA Tennis Stadium, Bangalore, IND (hard – outdoor)
India
Somdev Devvarman, Yuki Bhambri, Saketh Myneni, Rohan Bopanna
Captain: Anand Amritraj
Serbia
Novak Djokovic, Dusan Lajovic, Filip Krajinovic, Nenad Zimonjic
Captain: Bogdan Obradovic
BRAZIL v SPAIN
Venue: Ginasio Estadual Geraldo Jose de Almeida, Sao Paulo, BRA (clay – indoor)
Brazil
Thomaz Bellucci, Rogerio Dutra Silva, Bruno Soares, Marcelo Melo
Captain: Joao Zwetsch
Spain
Roberto Bautista Agut, Marcel Granollers, Marc Lopez, David Marrero
Captain: Carlos Moya
ISRAEL v ARGENTINA
Venue: Sunrise Tennis Club, Sunrise, FL, USA (hard – outdoor)
Israel
Dudi Sela, Amir Weintraub, Jonathan Erlich, Andy Ram
Captain: Eyal Ran
Argentina
Leonardo Mayer, Carlos Berlocq, Juan Monaco, Horacio Zeballos
Captain: Martin Jaite
CANADA v COLOMBIA
Venue: Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax, Canada (hard – indoor)
Canada
Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil, Frank Dancevic, Daniel Nestor
Captain: Martin Laurendeau
Colombia
Santiago Giraldo, Alejandro Falla, Juan-Sebastian Cabal, Robert Farah
Captain: Mauricio Hadad
USA v SLOVAKIA
Venue: Sears Centre Arena, Chicago, IL, USA (hard – indoor)
USA
John Isner, Sam Querrey, Mike Bryan, Bob Bryan
Captain: Jim Courier
Slovakia
Martin Klizan, Lukas Lacko, Norbert Gombos, Michal Mertinak
Captain: Miloslav Mecir
AUSTRALIA v UZBEKISTAN
Venue: Cottesloe Tennis Club, Perth, AUS (grass – outdoor)
Australia
Lleyton Hewitt, Nick Kyrgios, Samuel Groth, Chris Guccione
Captain: Patrick Rafter
Uzbekistan
Denis Istomin, Farrukh Dustov, Temur Ismailov, Sanjar Fayziev
Captain: Petr Lebed
NETHERLANDS v CROATIA
Venue: Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, NED (clay – indoor)
Netherlands
Robin Haase, Igor Sijsling, Thiemo de Bakker, Jean-Julien Rojer
Captain: Jan Siemerink
Croatia
Marin Cilic, Borna Coric, Franko Skugor, Marin Draganja
Captain: Zeljko Krajan
UKRAINE v BELGIUM
Venue: Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, EST (hard – indoor)
Ukraine
Sergiy Stakhovsky, Illya Marchenko, Denys Molchanov, Sergei Bubka
Captain: Mikhail Filima
Belgium
David Goffin, Ruben Bemelmans, Steve Darcis, Olivier Rochus
Captain: Johan van Herck
