Stats and facts: 2026 Davis Cup Junior Finals
The 2026 Davis Cup Junior Finals get underway in Cairo, Egypt 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 the Smash Sporting Club alongside the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Junior Finals, from 2-8 November in a bid to be crowned the world’s best in the 16-and-under age category.
Davis Cup Junior Finals: Teams announced
Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Junior Finals: Teams announced
Across Davis Cup Juniors and Billie Jean King Cup, previous winning teams have featured Rafael Nadal, Ashleigh Barty, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek, Joao Fonseca, Coco Gauff, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov, underlining the importance of the events in terms of player development.
Each day in Cairo, ties will be livestreamed. In the meantime, why not catch some of the other wonderful junior tennis that has taken place this year.
Stats and facts:
Australia
Team: Taiki Takizawa, Ethan Domingo, Har Abir Sekhon
Captain: Andrew Roberts
Champions: 6
Highest-placed finish: 1st (1985, 1986, 1987, 2000, 2007, 2009)
Finals appearances: 30
Last Finals appearance: 2022
Brazil
Team: Livas Eduardo de Carvalho Damazio, Henrique Pissette Vialle, Victor Pignaton
Captain: Rodrigo Ferreiro
Champions: 1
Highest-placed finish: 1st (2022)
Finals appearances: 30
Last Finals appearance: 2025
Canada
Team: Antoine Tardif, Thomas O’Neill, Marc-Edouard Lallier
Captain: Zacharias Ohlin
Champions: 1
Highest-placed finish: 1st (2015)
Finals appearances: 19
Last Finals appearance: 2025
Czechia
Team: Matyas Marsik, Tommy Luxa, Tobias Zapsky
Captain: Josef Cihak
Champions: 4
Highest-placed finish: 1st (1988, 1997, 2017, 2023)
Finals appearances: 22
Last Finals appearance: 2025
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Egypt
Team: Mohamed Genidy, Youssef Mourid, Younis Mohamed Hussien Moawed
Captain: Yehia Elsallaly
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 11th (2001, 2006, 2025)
Finals appearances: 14
Last Finals appearance: 2025
France
Team: Pablo Pradat, Benoit Geldof, Joseph Phitoussi
Captain: Gregory Carraz
Champions: 4
Highest-placed finish: 1st (1992, 1993,1996, 2005)
Finals appearances: 30
Last Finals appearance: 2025
Hungary
Team: Istvan Damjan Mokan, Vencel Fazekas, Mark Jony
Captain: Zoltan Nagy
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 6th (1988)
Finals appearances: 7
Last Finals appearance: 2018
India
Team: Tavish Pahwa, Hruthik Katakam, Ribhav Saroha
Captain: Rana Banerjee
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 4 (2008)
Finals appearances: 14
Last Finals appearance: 2022
Italy
Team: Zeno Roveri, Daniele Longo, Giorgio Ghia
Captain: Antonio Rubino
Champions: 1
Highest-placed finish: 1st (2012)
Finals appearances: 20
Last Finals appearance: 2023
Japan
Team: Takahiro Kawaguchi, Shintaro Ogaki, Junya Kawamura
Captain: Ko Iwamoto
Champions: 2
Highest-placed finish: 1st (2010, 2019)
Finals appearances: 31
Last Finals appearance: 2025
Kazakhstan
Team: Ansar Niyetkaliyev, Akhmadi Makhanov, Rodion Traigel
Captain: Sergey Kvak
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 5th (2024)
Finals appearances: 2
Last Finals appearance: 2024
Morocco
Team: Reda El Aouni, Samy Iraqi, Mehdi Laabi
Captain: Mehdi Tahiri
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 12th (2003, 2022)
Finals appearances: 13
Last Finals appearance: 2023
Serbia
Team: Pavle Stojiljkovic, Igor Peric, Luka Kostic
Captain: Ladislav Demeter
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 3rd (2019) *Serbia have competed as an independent nation since 2007
Finals appearances: 2
Last Finals appearance: 2019
Spain
Team: Fernando Fontan Pardo de Santayana, Toni Escarda Pineiro, Ian Barroeta
Captain: Alejandro Aranega
Champions: 6
Highest-placed finish: 1st (1991, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2013, 2018)
Finals appearances: 23
Last Finals appearance: 2025
USA
Team: Teodor Davidov, Izyan Ahmad, Tomas Laukys
Captain: Sylvain Guichard
Champions: 5
Highest-placed finish: 1st (1999, 2008, 2014, 2024, 2025)
Finals appearances: 36
Last Finals appearance: 2025
Venezuela
Team: Javier Alejandro Sanchez Montoya, Santiago Josue Gonzalez Rodriguez, Andres Alfredo Sanchez Molina
Captain: Francisco Javier Lamas
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 2nd (1997)
Finals appearances: 7
Last Finals appearance: 2004