Félix Auger-Aliassime, Gabriel Diallo, Liam Draxl, and Duncan Chan are set to represent Team Canada at the Davis Cup Qualifiers 2nd Round.
Canada will face France at Centre Vidéotron in Quebec City, Quebec, in a best-of-five tie. The winner will advance to the 2026 Davis Cup Finals in November, while the losing nation will compete in the 2027 Davis Cup Qualifiers 1st Round. Competition begins on Friday, September 18 at 5 p.m. ET, and concludes on Saturday, September 19 at 2 p.m.
“The upcoming Davis Cup tie in Quebec City is going to be a special one – we haven’t played here since the 1970s, and you can already feel how excited the city is to have the Davis Cup back in town,” said team captain Frank Dancevic. “We’re excited to be bringing such a competitive team to this tie. We’ve been determined to get back to the Davis Cup Finals after falling short the past couple of years following our title in 2022, but we know it won’t be easy. France is an outstanding team, so we’ll need to be at our very best to give ourselves the opportunity to reach that goal.”
Canada vs. France
- Canada (No. 12) advanced to the Qualifiers 2nd Round following a 3-2 victory over Brazil in February at UBC’s Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver.
- France (No. 6) qualified by defeating Slovakia 3-1 in the Qualifiers 1st Round.
- France leads the head-to-head with Canada 3-0, with their most recent meeting ending in a 5-0 French victory in Guadeloupe in 2016.
- The Canadian team was crowned world champions in 2022, defeating Australia 2-0 in the final.
- France last won the Davis Cup in 2017, claiming its 10th world title.
Félix Auger-Aliassime
- Auger-Aliassime has 31 wins this season, reaching the quarter-finals at Roland-Garros and Wimbledon and winning the ATP 250 Open Occitanie title.
- The 26-year-old is currently world No. 4, a career-high ranking.
- He owns a 13-4 Davis Cup record and enters the tie on a 12-match winning streak. He’ll also make his Davis Cup home-court debut.
Gabriel Diallo
- Diallo has had a strong summer, reaching the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 Lexus Eastbourne Open and the second round of Wimbledon and the National Bank Open presented by Rogers, where he retired due to injury.
- The 24-year-old will be making his 11th Davis Cup appearance, with a 7-7 record. His most recent win came in Vancouver in the Qualifiers 1st Round.
- Diallo is currently ranked No. 104 in the world.
Liam Draxl
- Draxl started the year strong, qualifying for his first Grand Slam main draw at the Australian Open.
- In July, the 24-year-old reached the final of the Winnipeg National Bank Challenger.
- Ranked No. 215, Draxl played the hero in Vancouver, winning the decisive tie against Brazil. He’ll be making his fifth Davis Cup appearance and boasts a 5-1 record.
Duncan Chan
- Chan currently plays college tennis at TCU.
- Last fall, he reached the final of the Drummondville National Bank Challenger.
- Chan is at a career-high ranking of No. 481 and recently teamed with compatriot Alexis Galarneau to reach the NBO doubles quarter-finals.
- The 21-year-old will make his Davis Cup debut.
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