
The 2025 Davis Cup Finals will take place in Bologna, Italy, with the hosts aiming to win their third title in a row.
They will have to do it without Jannik Sinner, who announced in October that he would end his season early to prepare for the Australian Open in January.
Carlos Alcaraz, whom Sinner beat in the final of the ATP Finals in Turin on Sunday, is set to represent Spain despite suffering a hamstring injury last week.
Play begins on Tuesday, 18th November, with the final taking place on Sunday, 23rd November.
Ten-time Davis Cup winners France open their campaign against the team they beat to win their most recent title in 2017, Belgium.
France are favourites in this matchup, but this Belgium side looks more than capable, especially on indoor hard courts.
Raphael Collignon beat Aleksander Vukic and Alex de Minaur in singles matches to help his team reach the Finals. With an excellent indoor record in Challenger events, the 23-year-old carried that form into the ATP 250 in Brussels last month, progressing to the semi-finals before losing to Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Zizou Bergs finished the year well, too. A matchup against, for example, Arthur Rinderknech looks favourable for Bergs in these conditions.
With a specialist doubles pair in Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen at their disposal too, Belgium look worth a bet to cause an upset.
Tip: Belgium to win at 7/4 with Betway.
Even without Sinner, Italy are serious contenders to win on home soil, and they face Austria, one of the weaker outfits, in the quarter-finals. Austria have a competitive doubles pair in Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler, but there is a lack of singles firepower in their ranks.
Unfortunately for Austria, the area where they are strong is one where Italy are even better. Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli have reached three Grand Slam finals since the start of 2024, and they arrive sharp after getting to the semis of the ATP Finals.
Flavio Cobolli is the highest-ranked Italian singles player in the squad, with Lorenzo Musetti also absent, but Lorenzo Sonego might be their most effective player here. He won the Moselle Open on an indoor hardcourt three years ago and reached the semi-finals of the same event this season, following a decent run in Paris where he beat Musetti in round two.
With Matteo Berrettini also finding form, Italy look to have too much for the Austrians, and their price reflects that. It’s too short to back as a single, but is worth considering for multiples.
Prediction: Italy win
There are several talking points around Spain heading into this tournament, one being the fitness of Alcaraz. He already had an ankle issue going into the ATP Finals and has since picked up a hamstring injury. How much he plays, and how close he will be to full throttle, is unclear.
There is also the exclusion of world number 14 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, whom captain David Ferrer chose not to select due to concerns he might withdraw at the last minute, as he has done in previous rounds.
That decision leaves Spain somewhat vulnerable. They do have the best doubles player in the Finals in Marcel Granollers, but while he holds two of the four doubles Grand Slam titles alongside Argentine Horacio Zeballos, he does not have the same level of chemistry with any of his Spanish teammates.
The Czech Republic team features three top-32 singles players in Jiri Lehecka, Jakub Mensik and Tomas Machac. The latter is also expected to feature in doubles alongside Adam Pavlasek, with the pair finishing fourth at the 2024 Olympics.
Even if Alcaraz plays and is close to 100 per cent, there is enough quality in this Czech side to win the other matches, and they look a good bet at the odds.
Tip: Czech Republic to win at 7/4 with Betway.
Germany have not reached a Davis Cup final since 1993, when they beat Australia to win their third title in six years. They made the semi-finals in 2024 without Alexander Zverev, and this time they have a great chance to go at least one better with their best player available.
The world number three has not represented his country in this competition since February 2023, but playing in Bologna gives him the chance to finish a relatively disappointing season on a positive note.
Germany’s other singles players, Jan-Lennard Struff and Yannick Hanfmann, are ranked 84 and 104, respectively, but their doubles pairing of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz makes them a tough out. The pair won the ATP Finals in 2024 and also picked up titles in Halle and at the Shanghai Masters this season.
Argentina have a solid and balanced team themselves, but Germany are preferred here. Like Italy, they are a bit short to back as a single, but they look a reasonable option for an accumulator.
Prediction: Germany win
Spain were initially priced as favourites on tennis betting sites to win the title, but money has come for Italy, which is understandable given the uncertainty around Alcaraz. Opposing Spain looks the right call, but Italy, while formidable, now look short enough in the market.
The Germans appeal more at a bigger price. Zverev gives them a huge chance of taking any tie to the doubles, where they have a clear edge through Krawietz and Putz, who have played each of Germany’s last 12 Davis Cup doubles matches together and won 11 of them.
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