Russia will face a tough match against Austria in the opening match at the 2022 ATP Cup at the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney on 2 January 2022.
World Number 2 Danil Medvedev will meet Dominic Thiem in a Number 1 seed match. Thiem and Medvedev won the past two editions of the US Open respectively in 2020 and 2021. Medvedev contributed to the Russian double at the ATP Cup and the Davis Cup in 2021 and won his fourth ATP Masters 1000 title in Toronto before his first Grand Slam triumph at Flushing Meadows in New York.
Thiem leads 3-2 in his head-to-head matches against Medvedev, but he has been sidelined by an injury problem which sidelined him for most of the 2021 season.
Russia and Austria have been drawn with Italy and home team Australia in a very tough Group B. Russia will face Italy in a re-match of the 2021 ATP Cup Final. Four of the top ten players in the ATP Ranking will play in this group: Danil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev for Russia, 2021 Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner for Italy.
Serbia has been drawn in Group against Spain, Norway and Chile. Serbia will play against Spain in a re-match of the 2020 ATP Cup Final on 5 January at the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney. The strong Spanish team will feature Roberto Bautista Agut and Bautista Agut.
On the opening day on 1 January Serbia will make its debut against Norway. Novak Djokovic is set to play against Casper Ruud in the Ken Rosewall Arena in a re-match of the recent head-to-head clash at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin.
Germany will take on Canada in the last match of Group C on 6 January at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. This year’s ATP Finals champion Alexander Zverev leads the German team. Longtime friends Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger Aliassime will represent the Canadian team.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will meet Hubert Hurkacz in the match between Greece and Poland in Group D on 1 January at the Qudos Bank Arena.
The winner of Group A will face the winner of Group D in the first semifinal on 7 January. The winner of Group B will meet the winner of GroupC on 8 January. The final will be held on the evening of 9 January. The Ken Rosewall Arena will host the semifinals and the final.
