The 2024 Davis Cup Juniors Finals get underway at the Megasaray Tennis Academy in Antalya, Turkiye on Monday and here are some stats and facts to whet the appetite.

The Davis Cup Juniors Finals are the culmination of a season-long competition which sees nations navigate qualifying events across five regions – Asia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, South America and North/Central America and the Caribbean.

Sixteen teams will now compete at the Finals in a bid to be crowned the world’s best in the 16-and-under age category. The Billie Jean King Cup Juniors Finals are taking place at the same venue at the same time.

Previous Davis Cup Juniors and Billie Jean King Cup Juniors winning teams have featured the likes of Rafael Nadal, Ashleigh Barty, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov, Iga Swiatek, Carlos Alcaraz, Marketa Vondrousova and Coco Gauff, underlining the importance of the event in terms of player development.

Here are some stats and facts on the 16 nations involved at the 2024 Davis Cup Juniors Finals:

Brazil

Team: Pedro Albuquerque Dietrich, Thomas Miranda, Leonardo Storck Franca

Captain: Rodrigo Ferreiro

Champions: 1

Highest-placed finish: 1st (2022)

Finals appearances: 28

Last Finals appearance: 2023

 

Chinese Taipei

Team: Chen Kuan-Shou, Hao-Yu Lin, Wang Yen-Chun

Captain: Cheng Wei-Yang

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 3rd (2007)

Finals appearances: 14

Last Finals appearance: 2017

 

Egypt

Team: Mohamed Sherif Eyad Reda Ezzat, Seifelden Mostafa Samih, Marwan Ehab

Captain: Yehia Sallay

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 11th (2001, 2006)

Finals appearances: 12

Last Finals appearance: 2017

 

France

Team: Moise Kouame, Daniel Jade, Ferdinand Livet Novkirichka

Captain: Stephane Huet

Champions: 4

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1992, 1993,1996, 2005)

Finals appearances: 28

Last Finals appearance: 2022

 

Germany: 

Team: Diego Dedura-Palomero, Christopher Thies, Oliver Majdandzic

Captain: Philipp Petzschner

Champions: 3

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1989 *while competing as West Germany, 1997, 2017)

Finals appearances: 20

Last Finals appearance: 2023

 

Hong Kong

Team: Jack Cheng, Siu Chi Nicholas Cheng, Sin Hang Tam

Captain: Jose Maria Blasi Riazuelo

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 8th (2019)

Finals appearances: 7

Last Finals appearance: 2021

 

Japan

Team: Ryo Tabata, Kawanishi Hyu, Ren Matsumura

Captain: Ko Iwamoto

Champions: 2

Highest-placed finish: 1st (2010, 2019)

Finals appearances: 29

Last Finals appearance: 2023

 

Kazakhstan

Team: Zangar Nurlanuly, Damir Zhalgasbay, Daniel Tazabekov

Captain: Sergey Kvak

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 10th (2023)

Finals appearances: 1

Last Finals appearance: 2023

 

Mexico

Team: Andres Guillermo Narcio Vazquez, Luis Andres Flores Avila, Mauricio Schtulmann Gasca

Captain: Carlos Palencia

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 3rd (2021)

Finals appearances: 21

Last Finals appearance: 2022

 

Paraguay

Team: Cayo Narvaez Espinola, Alvaro Frutos, Hady Hammoud

Captain: Paulo Carvallo

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 7th (2019)

Finals appearances: 3

Last Finals appearance: 2022

 

Poland

Team: Jan Sadzik, Jan Chlodnicki, Antoni Kasperski

Captain: Mateusz Czyzewski

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 4th (2000)

Finals appearances: 3

Last Finals appearance: 2015

 

Portugal

Team: Goncalo da Rosa Castro, Salvador Monteiro, Rodrigo Leal

Captain: Vitor Ferreira

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 4th (2001)

Finals appearances: 1

Last Finals appearance: 2001

 

Romania

Team: Yannick Theodor Alexandrescu, Alejandro Mateo Berge Nourescu, Cezar Stefan Bentzel

Captain: Radu Popescu 

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: N/A

Finals appearances: 0

Last Finals appearance: N/A

 

South Africa

Team: Connor Doig, John Bothma, Jayden Summers

Captain: Allan Karam

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 4th (2011)

Finals appearances: 15

Last Finals appearance: 2015

 

Turkiye

Team: Kaan Isik Kosaner, Aren Baybars, Doruk Calikoglu

Captain: Umut Gercek Alptekin

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 11th (2021)

Finals appearances: 2

Last Finals appearance: 2022

 

USA

Team: Jack Kennedy, Jack Secord, Keaton Hance

Captain: Jose Caballero

Champions: 3

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1999, 2008, 2014)

Finals appearances: 34

Last Finals appearance: 2023