With Alexander Zverev (number 3 in the world rankings), Daniel Altmaier (49) and Jan-Lennard Struff (97), only three German tennis players are currently among the top 100 in the world. Only five other representatives of the German Tennis Association follow in the top 300 – and yet the DTB now has a historical high flight.
The German Davis Cup team has moved to third place in the nation ranking introduced by the World Association ITF 2001 and is therefore better noted than ever before. The DTB displaced the Netherlands to fourth place, it leads Davis Cup title defender Italy off Australia.
The decisive factor for German advances was the recent 4-0 away win against Japan in Tokyo and the associated renewed qualification for the Davis Cup finals in Bologna.
“In the past five years we have shown with two quarter-finals and two semi-finals that we are part of the absolute top of the world,” said the German Davis Cup team boss Michael Kohlmann: “The fact that we are now one of the best three nations is a significant success-he not only recognizes our achievements, but we also pay a direct duel with a direct duel with the defending championship.”
DTB won the Davis Cup three times
In addition to hosts Italy and Germany, Argentina, Austria, France, Czech Republic, Belgium and Spain passed the leap to the final 8.
The draw for the Davis Cup final round from November 18 to 23 will take place on Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. in Bologna on Piazza Maggiore.
In 2024, Germany in Malaga in Spanish only failed in the semi -finals on the Netherlands, which were subject to Italy 2-0 in the final.
Germany was last won the Davis Cup in 1993. In addition, the title was secured in 1988 and 1989. 1970 and 1985 were defeated in the final. At that time it was played in a single place in the old format without an end tournament.