Halifax will host a Davis Cup World Group I tie between Canada and Israel on Sept. 12-13, Tennis Canada introduced Thursday.
The tie at Scotiabank Centre will decide which nation advances to the 2026 Davis Cup Qualifiers.
Canada was relegated to World Group I after a 3-2 loss to Hungary in February’s first-round qualifier in Montreal.
“We’re excited to take our Davis Cup tie to the East Coast and to Halifax this September,” mentioned Canadian captain Frank Dancevic. “I personally have fond reminiscences of taking part in there, having been a part of the final tie we hosted within the metropolis. We all know how particular it’s to play in entrance of a house crowd, and we’re wanting ahead to seeing the world rocking.”
The final time Canada hosted a Davis Cup tie in Halifax was in 2016, when it swept Chile 5-0. That workforce featured Dancevic, Vasek Pospisil, Denis Shapovalov, and Adil Shamasdin, who’s now a part of the teaching workers.
Canada, ranked No. 6 on this planet, has received 9 of its final 11 house ties and captured its first Davis Cup title in 2022.
The Canadians edged Israel 3-2 of their most up-to-date assembly, a 2011 tie performed in Ramat Hasharon.
The lineup for Staff Canada can be confirmed within the coming months.
