OVERVIEW
For the primary time in historical past, the very best ladies’s and males’s tennis groups on the planet will all come collectively to crown the world champions.
The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals and Davis Cup Finals will each be performed in Malaga, Spain in November. The ladies’s occasion will run from Nov. 13 to twenty with the boys’s occasion going down from Nov. 19 to 24.
Canada is one in all six international locations sending two groups to Malaga as each the Billie Jean King Cup staff and Davis Cup staff have certified. Canada is the one nation competing to have received each titles no less than as soon as within the final 5 years.
Billie Jean King Cup
Canada are the defending champions on the Billie Jean King Cup, having received the title in 2023. 4 of the 5 members of the championships staff are again: Leylah Annie Fernandez, Gabriela Dabrowski, Marina Stakusic, and Rebecca Marino. Heidi El Tabakh can also be again as captain.
CLICK HERE to study extra about Canada’s Billie Jean King Cup Workforce.
After a bye, Canada will play their quarter-final tie in opposition to both Nice Britain or Germany on Nov. 17 at 5:00 pm native time, 11:00 am EST. Canada is the No. 1 ranked staff within the Billie Jean King Cup competitors.
Davis Cup
Two years faraway from their victory in Malaga, the boys’s staff additionally has 4 of 5 gamers who lifted the trophy in 2022 again for this yr’s Ultimate 8. Denis Shapovalov, Gabriel Diallo, Alexis Galarneau and Vasek Pospisil will all don the pink and white as soon as once more, as they did within the Group Stage in September. Milos Raonic, who performed for Canada final yr in Malaga and was on the staff in the course of the qualifying spherical in February, rounds out the squad captained by Frank Dancevic.
Diallo, Galarneau, and Pospisil have been nominated to the Canadian squad for all three phases of the 2024 Davis Cup, together with the upcoming Ultimate 8.
CLICK HERE to study extra about Canada’s Davis Cup Workforce.
Gabriel Diallo spoke to the media on Nov. 12 forward of the Davis Cup Finals about what it means for him to symbolize his nation and his improvement in 2024. CLICK HERE to learn extra.
Canada’s bid for a second title will start the identical manner it did in 2022, with a quarter-final conflict in opposition to Germany. The tie will happen on Nov. 20 at midday native time, 6:00 am EST.
If the Billie Jean King Cup staff reaches the ultimate, they may play for the title on the identical day that the Davis Cup staff performs their quarter-final.
HOW TO WATCH
Viewers can watch Workforce Canada’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals and Davis Cup Ultimate 8 ties free of charge on CBC Gem, cbcsports.ca, the CBC Sports activities app, and CBC Sports activities’ official YouTube channel. The ties may also be accessible in French, as TVA Sports activities and TVA Sports activities Direct might be displaying Canada’s matchups, in addition to all semi-finals and finals. The schedule could be discovered under.
Billie Jean King Cup Finals
Canada vs. Germany/Nice Britain (QF) on Sunday, November 17, not earlier than 11 a.m. EST
Semi-final 1 on Monday, November 18 at 11 a.m. EST*
Semi-final 2 on Tuesday, November 19 at 6 a.m. EST*
Finals on Wednesday, November 20 at 12 p.m. EST
Davis Cup Ultimate 8
Canada vs. Germany (QF) on Wednesday, November 20 at 6 a.m. EST
Semi-final 1 on Friday, November 22 at 11 a.m. EST*
Semi-final 2 on Saturday, November 23 at 7 a.m. EST*
Finals on Sunday, November 24 at 10 a.m. EST
*Precise semifinal to be confirmed
ROAD TO MALAGA
Billie Jean King Cup
Workforce Canada had a direct path to the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Malaga as their 2023 title earned them a bye, permitting them to skip the qualifying spherical. Moreover, because the No. 1 staff within the Billie Jean King Cup rankings, Canada may have a bye straight into the quarter-finals.
Davis Cup
Qualifiers
The Canadian males kicked off their 2024 marketing campaign on dwelling soil in Montreal in February, the Davis Cup staff’s first dwelling tie in 5 years. Regardless of being with out their prime two gamers, the Canadian squad defeated the Republic of Korea 3-1 to advance to the 2024 Davis Cup Finals group stage.
Group Stage
Drawn in Group D for the Group Stage in Manchester, the full-strength Canadian squad led by Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov cruised to the highest of the group, successful all three of their ties in opposition to Argentina, Finland, and Nice Britain, going 7-2 in matches general and never dropping a set in singles all week to punch their ticket to the Ultimate 8.
REVISITING THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2023 Billie Jean King Cup
Qualifiers
Canada’s 2023 marketing campaign obtained underway on dwelling soil with a second consecutive qualifying tie held in Vancouver. Leylah Annie Fernandez put the staff on her again, scoring all three factors for the hosts as Canada took out Belgium to qualify for the Finals in Seville.
Finals
The Canadians cruised by way of what seemed to be a probably difficult Group C in Seville, successful all six matches in two ties in opposition to Spain and Poland. A gutsy alternative by captain Heidi El Tabakh to start out newcomer Marina Stakusic paid off in a giant manner as the teenager received each her singles matches to assist Canada by way of the group.
Within the semis, they shocked the superpower Czechs with an upset win within the deciding doubles earlier than Stakusic and Fernandez slammed the door on Italy within the ultimate.
2022 Davis Cup
Ultimate 8
The quarter and semifinals adopted comparable scripts, with Canada dropping the opening singles match just for Auger-Aliassime to dominate the second singles earlier than the Canadian staff snuck it out within the doubles. There was no such drama within the ultimate as each Denis Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime received in straight units to earn Canada its first title in 109 years of competing on the Davis Cup.
LISTEN: Interviews with the Members of Workforce Canada
All through 2024, the members of Workforce Canada have sat down with Match Level Canada, the official English podcast of Tennis Canada and the Nationwide Financial institution Open. Try the interviews:
WATCH: Sport. Set. Canada
Need to know extra about Canada’s current historical past on the Billie Jean King and Davis Cups? Try Sport. Set. Canada, the online documentary sequence following the exploits of Workforce Canada.
