Updated 12 November 2026. This page is updated as the squads change, through to the final on Sunday, 29 November.
Denis Shapovalov was ahead 3-6, 7-6(6), 4-1 against Karen Khachanov in the first round of the Paris Masters on 2 November when he stopped. Ten days later, the injury from that match has taken him out of the Davis Cup Final 8.
Shapovalov and Gabriel Diallo have both withdrawn from Canada’s team for the Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna, which runs from 24 to 29 November at BolognaFiere. Alexis Galarneau, from Laval, Quebec, and Keegan Rice, from Regina, replace them. Canada plays Czechia in the opening quarterfinal on Tuesday 24 November at 4 p.m. local time, 10 a.m. ET.
Withdrawals tracker. Every player who leaves one of the eight nominated squads, before the Final 8 or during it, and who replaces him, updated daily until the final.
Davis Cup Final 8 withdrawals
The injuries. “During my match against Khachanov in Paris, I sustained an adductor injury,” Shapovalov said. He said he had not “had enough time to heal to be fully ready to compete in the Davis Cup Finals” and that he is “working very hard to get healthy again for the 2027 season”.
Diallo hurt his leg at the National Bank Open in August. He came back in October, then withdrew from his most recent tournament, in Brest, France, on 26 October. “I did everything I could to be ready in time for the Davis Cup,” Diallo said. “I was not cleared to compete by my doctor.”
Canada’s team. Canada now goes to Bologna with Felix Auger-Aliassime, Liam Draxl, Duncan Chan, Galarneau and Rice. It nominated Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov, Diallo, Draxl and Chan on 26 October, after it beat France in the qualifiers to reach the Final 8.
The rules. After the 26 October nomination deadline, a nation can change up to three of its nominated players until 11 a.m. local time on Monday 23 November, the day before play starts, and it needs no medical reason to do so. Canada has used two of those three changes. Once play begins, a Finals squad can be changed only if the referee rules that three or more players cannot play through illness or injury. The full procedure is in Davis Cup team nomination rules explained.
Czechia. Czechia nominated Jakub Mensik, Jiri Lehecka, Patrick Rikl and Adam Pavlasek. A Final 8 tie is two singles and a doubles on one day, and the first nation to win two matches goes through; how the Davis Cup works covers the format. In the quarterfinals the doubles is still played after one side has won both singles, unless both nations and the referee agree otherwise, as explained in dead rubbers in tennis. Neither withdrawal costs ranking points: the Davis Cup has not counted for ATP rankings since 2016.
The rest of the field. No other Final 8 nation had announced a withdrawal by 12 November. Germany added Yannick Hanfmann as a fifth player on 11 November. Italy, champions in each of the last three editions, named its team without Jannik Sinner, whose season is over. Italy plays Korea on Wednesday 25 November, and Great Britain v Germany and Austria v Spain follow on Thursday 26 November.
