The 2025 Davis Cup Junior Finals get underway in Santiago, Chile on Monday and here are some stats and facts to whet the appetite. 

The Davis Cup Junior Finals are the culmination of a season-long competition which sees nations navigate qualifying events across five regions – Asia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, South America and North/Central America and the Caribbean.

Sixteen teams will now compete at the Finals, which are being staged at Estadio Nacional and alongside the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Junior Finals, from 3-9 November in a bid to be crowned the world’s best in the 16-and-under age category.

Across Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Juniors, previous winning teams have featured Rafael Nadal, Ashleigh Barty, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek, Joao Fonseca, Coco Gauff, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov and Marketa Vondrousova, underlining the importance of the events in terms of player development.

Here are some stats and facts on the 16 nations that have qualified for the 2025 Davis Cup Junior Finals. 

 

Brazil

Team: Leonardo Storck Franca, Livas Eduardo de Carvalho Damazio, Carlos Eduardo Lino

Captain: Fernando Valle

Champions: 1

Highest-placed finish: 1st (2022)

Finals appearances: 29

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

Canada

Team: Joshua Adamson, Caden Colburne, Antoine Genereux

Captain: Hugo di Feo

Champions: 1

Highest-placed finish: 1st (2015)

Finals appearances: 18

Last Finals appearance: 2023

 

Chile

Team: Benjamin Perez, Simon Ignacio Flores Leyton, Antonio Blanco Epple

Captain: Guillermo Hormazabal

Champions: 1

Highest-placed finish: 1st (2001)

Finals appearances: 16

Last Finals appearance: 2021

 

China, P.R.

Team: Qiu Mingwei, Gao Ruochen, Wu Junze

Captain: Xin Yuan

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 8th (1999)

Finals appearances: 10

Last Finals appearance: 2017

 

Chinese Taipei

Team: Mao Kuan-Huai, Ou Zi Yi, Huang Weibo

Captain: Hung Chien-Chieh

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 3rd (2007)

Finals appearances: 15

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

Czechia

Team: Jakub Kusy, Dominik Dujka, Filip Ladman

Captain: Josef Cihak

 Champions: 4

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1988 *while competing as Czechoslovakia, 1997, 2017, 2023)

Finals appearances: 21

Last Finals appearance: 2023

 

Ecuador

Team: Emilio Camacho, Jaime Robles, Sergio Castro Loedel

Captain: Diego Velastegui

 Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 3rd (2005)

Finals appearances: 6

Last Finals appearance: 2011

 

Egypt

Team: Omar Kandil, Hassan Shoaib, Mohamed Genidy

Captain: Emad Ramadan

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 11th (2001, 2006)

Finals appearances: 13

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

France

Team: Daniel Jade, Andrea Baudel, Amaury Abbas

Captain: Tarik Benhabiles

Champions: 4

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1992, 1993,1996, 2005)

Finals appearances: 29

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

Germany

Team: Eric Dylan Mueller, Jakob Joggerst, Jannik Soetebier

Captain: Niklas Gerdes

Champions: 3

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1989 *while competing as West Germany, 1997, 2017)

Finals appearances: 21

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

Japan

Team: Kanta Watanabe, Takahiro Kawaguchi, Motoharu Abe

Captain: Ko Iwamoto

Champions: 2

Highest-placed finish: 1st (2010, 2019)

Finals appearances: 30

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

Korea, Rep.

Team: Cho Min Hyuk, Kim Wonmin, Kim Dongjae

Captain: Yoon Yong Il

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 2nd (2013, 2014)

Finals appearances: 16

Last Finals appearance: 2023

 

Slovakia

Team: Leon Sloboda, Richard Krizan, Andrej Adamovic

Captain: Miloslav Mecir

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 3rd (1996) *Slovak players previously represented Czechoslovakia

Finals appearances: 4

Last Finals appearance: 2009

 

Spain

Team: Toni Escarda Pineiro, Alberto Pulido Moreno, Adolfo Abascal

Captain: Alex Aranega

Champions: 6

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1991, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2013, 2018)

Finals appearances: 22

Last Finals appearance: 2023

 

Turkiye

Team: Kaan Isik Kosaner, Samim Flliz, Ziya Ayberk Aydin

Captain: Umut Gercek Alptekin

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 11th (2021, 2024)

Finals appearances: 3

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

USA

Team: Michael Antonius, Andrew Johnson, Jordan Lee

Captain: Sylvain Guichard

Champions: 4

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1999, 2008, 2014, 2024)

Finals appearances: 35

Last Finals appearance: 2024