Spain names Alcaraz, Jódar and Davidovich for Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna

The squad

Spain's Davis Cup team for the Final 8 in Bologna, Italy, has been named. Captain David Ferrer read out the list on Monday, 26 October, at the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD) in Madrid, flanked by CSD president José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) president Miguel Díaz Román and Generali's Chief Marketing & Customer Officer María Babé. The five players are Carlos Alcaraz, Rafa Jódar, Alejandro Davidovich, Pedro Martínez and Marcel Granollers. The tournament runs from 24 to 29 November, and Spain will be aiming for a seventh Davis Cup title. According to El Periódico, no other team in the field has as many players among the top places of the ATP rankings.

Roles are split by discipline. Alcaraz, 23, and Jódar, 20, are selected for singles, while Granollers, 40, and Martínez, 29, form the doubles pair. Davidovich, 27, completes the group as the fifth player.

Carlos Alcaraz3

Rafa Jódar11

Alejandro Davidovich13

Carlos Alcaraz

3 ranking position (lower is better)

Rafa Jódar

11 ranking position (lower is better)

Alejandro Davidovich

13 ranking position (lower is better)

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A late call-up for Davidovich

Davidovich was the last name to be settled. He ends a season that included an ATP 250 title in Chengdu and a Masters 1000 title in Shanghai, where he beat Jódar in the final. ABC counts three straight titles this season, in Mallorca, Chengdu and Shanghai. Ferrer chose him over Jaume Munar, Daniel Mérida and Martín Landaluce, the other options El Periódico names. Davidovich has not played Davis Cup since September 2023, when he lost in Valencia to Czech player Jiri Lehecka, and his Spain record stands at one win and two defeats. A year ago he had turned down a place as fifth man after being left out of the top four for the 2025 finals.

“I said from the very first moment that I respected David's decision.”

Ferrer's final squad

Ferrer has said he will leave the captaincy after the 2026 competition, which makes this his last squad in charge. Marc López, who was already part of the technical staff, is set to succeed him, a continuity pick that ABC says keeps the same approach. Ferrer also complained that team lists in sport often leak before they are announced, and he hoped that would not happen in future. At the start of the event, Díaz Román addressed Ferrer's departure directly.

“Unfortunately in the world of sport the lists always leak, and hopefully that will not happen in the future.”

“David Ferrer says he wants to leave, but I hope that when we win the Davis Cup he will reconsider.”

Path to the title in Bologna

Spain was runners-up in 2025, also in Bologna against Italy, and has six Davis Cup titles, the last of them won in 2019 in Madrid. Eight teams contest the Final 8: Czech Republic, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Austria and Spain. Spain opens against Austria on 26 November. The other quarter-final ties are Czech Republic against Canada and Italy against South Korea.