Fritz, Shelton, Tiafoe & Paul Set for Davis Cup Showdown vs. Czechia in Delray Beach
Aug 14, 2025
The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Bob Bryan today announced that all four of the top American men’s singles players – No. 4 Taylor Fritz, No. 6 Ben Shelton, No. 14 Frances Tiafoe and No. 16 Tommy Paul – have been named to compete for the U.S. in its Davis Cup Qualifying Second Round tie vs. Czechia September 12-13 at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Fla.
The Czech team will feature singles No. 17 Jakub Mensik, No. 24 Tomas Machac, No. 26 Jiri Lehecka, doubles No. 36 Adam Pavlasek and 19-year old Petr Brunclik.
This Second Round Qualifying competition is a best-of-five match series that will begin with two singles matches starting at 6 p.m. on Friday, September 12, then continue with a doubles match and two more singles matches beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 13. The first nation between the USA and Czechia to win three out of those five matches wins the Qualifier and will advance to the eight-nation Davis Cup Final 8 to compete for this year’s championship November 18-23 in Bologna, Italy.
Two-day and single-day ticket packages are available via Ticketmaster.com. Tennis Channel will carry coverage in the U.S.
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Fritz, 27, is the top-ranked American man at No. 4 in the world in singles. He has a 7-3 record in Davis Cup singles over 10 ties played since making his debut in 2019. He’s logged a 36-14 record in singles on tour this year with two titles, and is a reigning US Open men’s singles finalist.
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Shelton, 22, is ranked No. 6 in singles on the heels of winning his first career ATP Masters 1000 singles title last week at the National Bank Open in Toronto. He’s gone 32-16 in singles on tour this year, including runs to the Australian Open semifinals and Wimbledon quarterfinals, and is set to compete in his second Davis Cup tie.
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Tiafoe, 27, is ranked No. 14 in singles and will be making his sixth Davis Cup appearance since debuting in 2018. He’s reached the US Open singles semifinals two out of the last three years and was a 2025 French Open quarterfinalist.
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Paul, 28, is ranked No. 16 in singles and has played in 10 Davis Cup ties, logging a 5-3 singles record since debuting in 2020. He reached the quarterfinals at both the Australian Open and the French Open in 2025.
Captains may make up to three combined substitutions / additions to their rosters up until the day prior to the competition starting.
Delray Beach has historically provided a veritable home-court advantage for the USA in international team tennis competition. The U.S. Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams are 5-0 all-time when competing at the Delray Beach Tennis Center. The U.S. Davis Cup Team last played in Delray in 2004 and defeated Sweden with Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish, and Bob and Mike Bryan. The U.S. Billie Jean King Cup Team played a Qualifier at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in 2023 and swept Austria behind local native Coco Gauff—an event that generated nearly $1 million for the local economy.
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Courtesy of USTA. Top photo credit: ATP Tour, Delray Beach Open.