Lorenzo Musetti, Taylor Fritz, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alex De Minaur are among the top players who will compete in the final stage of the Davis Cup. The tournament will start on the 22nd of November in Malaga and is organized as a knockout stage. The organisation calls the event the ‘World Cup of tennis’.

Match format

The knockout stage has 8 teams that will start in the quarterfinals. Each tie will be played on the same day and will include two singles matches and one doubles match played with a best-of-three format.

The Schedules, draw and teams

This stage will start on the 22nd of November and end on Sunday the 27th. These are the teams in the draw.

1. Australia
2. Netherlands
3. Croatia
4. Spain
5. Italy
6. United States
7. Germany
8. Canada

This is the draw.

Lorenzo Musetti in 2022

Now ranked no.23 (career-high), the Italian played his last match on the 10^th of November when he lost to world no.42 Jack Draper 4-1 4-0 4-3(3)

in the round robin in the Next Gen ATP Finals (draw).

At present, during this year the Italian has managed to achieve a compiled 44-28 record. Lorenzo has won 3 titles in 2022 in the Forli 6 Challenger, Hamburg and Naples.

Taylor Fritz in 2022

Now ranked no.9, Taylor played his last match on the 19^th of November when he was overcome by world no.5 Novak Djokovic 7-6(5) 7-6(6) in the semifinal in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw)

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Presently, during this year Fritz has managed to achieve a compiled 45-21 record. Taylor clinched 3 titles in 2022 in Indian Wells, Eastbourne and Tokyo.

Lorenzo Musetti and Taylor Fritz clashed against each other just once. Their current record is 1-0 for Fritz. When they played, Taylor Fritz won 6-4 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in London (Wimbledon) on the 28^th of June 2022.

Felix Auger-Aliassime in 2022

At the moment ranked no.6 (career-high), Felix played his last match on the 17^th of November when he was defeated by world no.9 Taylor Fritz 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-2 in the round robin in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).

This year Auger-Aliassime has a 57-27 match record. Felix conquered 4 titles in 2022 in Rotterdam, Florence, Antwerp and Basel. Felix was the finalist in Marseille.

Alex De Minaur in 2022

Now the world no.24, the Australian played his last match on the 3^rd of November when he lost to world no.19 Francis Tiafoe 6-3 7-6(5) in the 3^rd round in Paris (draw).

Until now, during this year De Minaur has a 45-24 win-loss record. This year, De Minaur conquered 1 tournament in Atlanta.

Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alex De Minaur played each other 3 times. The head to head is 2-1 for Auger-Aliassime. The last time they played, Felix Auger-Aliassime won 6-3 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open) on the 17^th of August 2022.