2024 Davis Cup Qualifiers GB vs ? - on either 2-3 or 3-4 Feb

wolf · Tennis legend

2024 Davis Cup Qualifiers GB vs ? - on either 2-3 or 3-4 Feb

Smudge226 · Strong Club Player

Away tie looks odds on here. South America in February would be clay Id guess and tricky but Norrie did win this year on clay so perhaps ok for us.

wolf · Tennis legend

Wild cards to Spain and GREAT BRITAIN so maybe I will delete this thread.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Wild cards to Spain and GREAT BRITAIN so maybe I will delete this thread.

Really ? wow! Why Would we get one?!

wolf · Tennis legend

Because we are a Grand Slam nation with seats at the table and other bollocks I guess?

wolf · Tennis legend

So we go straight into the group stage which we are due to partly host for another three years.

9vicman · Satellite level

JonH comes home wrote:
wolf wrote:
Wild cards to Spain and GREAT BRITAIN so maybe I will delete this thread.
Really ? wow! Why Would we get one?!

They are awarding wild cards to two of the host nations for the group stage of the 2024 Davis Cup Finals. Another host Italy, will also secure automatic qualification. If Britain had lost to Colombia in the 2023 Qualifiers, they wouldn't have been able to host the group stage. It's by no means a given, but you can see why organisers would want to ensure that the hosts qualify.

-- Edited by 9vicman on Sunday 26th of November 2023 01:57:52 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

9vicman wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
wolf wrote:
Wild cards to Spain and GREAT BRITAIN so maybe I will delete this thread.
Really ? wow! Why Would we get one?!
They are awarding wild cards to two of the host nations for the group stage of the 2024 Davis Cup Finals. Another host Italy, will also secure automatic qualification. If Britain had lost to Colombia in the 2023 Qualifiers, they wouldn't have been able to host the group stage. It's by no means a given, but you can see why organisers would want to ensure that the hosts qualify.

-- Edited by 9vicman on Sunday 26th of November 2023 01:57:52 PM

Ah, j thought it was for the last 8 stage! Still cool, we get to play at home again

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Will it be Manchester again? Or tbd?

Id love it if Leeds got it one time!

Smudge226 · Strong Club Player

This wild card award garbage is simply protecting profit or even credibility, it is anti competitive and didn't happen under the old rules. Basically host nations are being protected so that the stadiums won't be empty, its a shambles really.

wolf · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Will it be Manchester again? Or tbd?

Id love it if Leeds got it one time!

TBD, as far as I am aware. The year before it was in Glasgow.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Will it be Manchester again? Or tbd?

Id love it if Leeds got it one time!
TBD, as far as I am aware. The year before it was in Glasgow.

Yep, I remember that. Id hope they move it around the country.

Mahonio · Newbie

I remember the LTA saying that they hope to or plan to take the Davis Cup experience around the UK so I'd imagine Manchester and Glasgow will be ruled out so Leeds a possibility JonH; ).

I keep checking The Daily Mail to see if anything has been mentioned but nothing yet, not even venues saying that they are interested.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Mahonio wrote:
I remember the LTA saying that they hope to or plan to take the Davis Cup experience around the UK so I'd imagine Manchester and Glasgow will be ruled out so Leeds a possibility JonH; ).

I keep checking The Daily Mail to see if anything has been mentioned but nothing yet, not even venues saying that they are interested.

Thanks Shaun. Leeds Arena was built with one of the avowed aims to host Davis Cup and other tennis events. It can hold 14000 for concerts, maybe less for tennis.

lets see - probably Birmingham more likely Id guess.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Would be nice for Dan if it was Birmingham. Always put a good shift in on Davis Cup duty be nice if he could play near home.