The LTA has confirmed Manchester’s AO Arena will again host a Davis Cup Finals Group Stage later this year.
The event, a key stage of the men’s ‘World Cup of Tennis’, will enable fans up and down the country to see some of the world’s best players, with Britain to take on three other nations from September 10-15, 2024, with three other nations hosting the three other Group Stage events.
The format will remain the same as last year. Britain will join Spain, the 2023 finalists Italy and Australia, as well as 12 other nations, each split into four groups of four countries to be decided by a draw next week. Each nation will play three times over the six-day competition. The top two nations from each of the four groups will advance to a quarterfinal ‘Final 8’ knock-out competition held in Malaga between November 19-24.
Last year Britain emerged from a very competitive group to make the Final 8, saving four match points against France to win 1-6 7-6(4) 7-6(6) in one of the most memorable Davis Cup doubles matches in history, staged before a record GB crowd of 13,000 spectators.
LTA Director of Major Events and Digital, Chris Pollard said:
“We are delighted to bring the Davis Cup Finals Group Stage back to Manchester again this September since we saw first-hand how the fans embraced the event and how their support helped our team win their group in 2023. We are looking forward to working with our partners at Manchester City Council, Marketing Manchester to make the Davis Cup even bigger and better this year, helping open up our sport to many more people.”
The draw for the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals will takes place in London on Tuesday, 19 March at 14:00 local time and will be streamed live on the Davis Cup website.
An announcement of when tickets will go on sale for Manchester will be released in due course.
