Montreal to Host Canada’s Davis Cup Qualifier with South Korea

The Davis Cup shall be returning to Montreal in 2024 for the Qualifier tie between Staff Canada introduced by Sobeys and the Republic of Korea. Held at IGA Stadium on Feb. 2 and three, the tie will decide which nation qualifies for the Group Stage of the Davis Cup Finals.

“We’re thrilled to be coming again to Canada and to get the prospect to play in entrance of a house crowd,” mentioned Staff Captain Frank Dancevic. “We all know the tie in opposition to the Republic of Korea is not going to be simple, and we’ll want all the assistance we are able to get from the Canadian crowd to push us by way of to the Group Stage.”

“It’s with nice pleasure that we announce Montreal because the host metropolis for Canada’s upcoming Davis Cup Qualifier tie,” mentioned Valérie Tetreault, Match Director of the Nationwide Financial institution Open introduced by Rogers in Montreal. “The town of Montreal has confirmed again and again its love in the direction of the sport of tennis, and we are able to’t wait to expertise that keenness and help when our nation’s star gamers take to the courtroom at IGA Stadium.”

Will probably be the primary time Canada hosts a Davis Cup tie since 2018, and the primary time since 2012 that the occasion shall be heading to Montreal, when Dancevic, Daniel Nestor, Vasek Pospisil, and Milos Raonic led Canada to a 4-1 victory over South Africa.

Canada is at the moment ranked because the No. 2 nation within the Davis Cup rankings, whereas the Republic of Korea is No. 18. Canada won its only previous meeting against the South Korean team in 2022 throughout the Group Stage in Valencia, Spain. That very same yr, the Canadian squad earned a spot within the Closing 8 and went on to win the nation’s first-ever Davis Cup title.

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Since their championship run in 2022, gamers chosen to characterize Canada’s Davis Cup staff embody Montreal’s Félix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriel Diallo, Alexis Galarneau, Pospisil, Raonic, Denis Shapovalov, and Kelsey Stevenson.

For the Qualifier tie between Canada and South Korea, the staff rosters shall be introduced in January.

In early January, the match schedule will even be confirmed, and tickets for the tie shall be obtainable for buy. To get entry to our unique ticketing pre-sale, sign up here now.