The top five highest-ranked players at the 2025 Davis Cup following Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s withdrawals

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Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, the world’s top two players, will be absent from this year’s Davis Cup Finals in Bologna, Italy.

Earlier this year, Sinner confirmed his withdrawal from the Davis Cup Finals, choosing instead to rest up ahead of his Australian Open title defence in 2026.

His rival, on the other hand, was planning to compete until recently, when Alcaraz withdrew due to injury.

Losing the world number one and two is undoubtedly bad news for the Davis Cup, and viewership figures are expected to drop as a result.

But in their absence, who are the highest-ranked players set to compete at this year’s finals?

The top five highest-ranked players at the 2025 Davis Cup Finals

Alexander Zverev – ATP #3

Germany’s Alexander Zverev will be the star attraction in Bologna, turning up as the highest-ranked player.

The 28-year-old has previously expressed his dislike for the current Davis Cup format, describing it as an ‘exhibition’ event, but chose to compete in 2025.

Having last played at the event in 2023, Zverev ‘truly believes’ Germany can win the Davis Cup this year, as he searches for his 10th singles win in the competition.

Jiri Lehecka – ATP #17

The second-highest-ranked player at the Davis Cup Finals will be Czechia’s Jiri Lehecka.

Lehecka has yet to make his top 10 debut, but has beaten the very best in men’s tennis on several occasions.

In 2025 alone, Lehecka has won four matches against top-10 players, including a victory over Alcaraz in Qatar.

• 1. 2025 Brisbane International SF [WIN] vs (10) Grigor Dimitrov
• 2. 2025 Qatar Open QF [WIN] vs (3) Carlos Alcaraz
• 3. 2025 Queen’s Club Championships SF [WIN] vs (6) Jack Draper
• 4. 2025 Davis Cup Q2 [WIN] vs (5) Taylor Fritz

Lehecka stunned world number five Taylor Fritz to help Czechia qualify for the Davis Cup Finals and will be on the hunt for another big win when his side takes on Spain in the quarterfinals.

Jakub Mensik – ATP #19

Joining Lehecka on Team Czechia is teenager Jakub Mensik, the 2025 Miami Open champion.

Mensik hasn’t quite enjoyed the success on tour that many expected this year, but he’s definitely one to look out for in Bologna.

Facing an Alcaraz-less Spain in the last eight, Mensik could play a major role in sending his team through to the semifinals.

Francisco Cerundolo – ATP #21

Leading Argentina into battle in Bologna, Francisco Cerundolo will be one to look out for at this year’s Davis Cup.

The world number 21 enjoyed a strong clay-court season, but now is the time for him to prove himself indoors.

Argentina will play Germany in their first match, as Cerundolo may face Zverev (whom he leads 3-1 in the H2H) in a crucial tie.

Flavio Cobolli – ATP #22

With Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti out, Italy have turned to the talented Flavio Cobolli to help them defend their title in 2025.

Cobolli won two titles this year and has established himself as a top player on tour, but he hasn’t dealt with this kind of pressure before.

Whether he can step up to the challenge remains to be seen, but you certainly won’t want to miss any of the action.

What happened on Day One of the 2025 Davis Cup Finals?

This year’s competition kicked off with a quarterfinal tie between France and Belgium.

Corentin Moutet took on Raphael Collignon in the opener and looked on course to give France a 1-0 lead before making a bizarre decision.

Going for a ‘tweener’ during the latter stages of the second set, Moutet surrendered his advantage to Collignon, as the Belgian fought back to win in three, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5.

In the second match of the day, Shanghai Masters finalist Arthur Rinderknech met rising star Zizou Bergs.

Winning in straight sets, Bergs defeated Rinderknech to seal Belgium’s place in the last four.

Defending champions Italy will play their quarterfinal next against an Austrian team that has never won the competition.

The winner of that quarterfinal will take on Belgium on Friday.

Italy will first play Argentina on Wednesday, November 19.