The 2023 Davis Cup Juniors Finals get underway in Cordoba 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, which are being held across two sites – Open Arena, Córdoba and the Real Aeroclub de Córdoba – in a bid to be crowned the world’s best in the 16-and-under age category.

The Billie Jean King Cup Juniors Finals will take place the week after, from 6-12 November, at the same venues, with competitors at both Finals following in some illustrious footsteps.

Previous 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.

Argentina

2023 Team: Romeo Arcuschin, Valentin Garay, Mateo Carballo

Captain: Gaston Eltis

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 2 (2007, 2008)

Finals appearances: 33

Last Finals appearance: 2022

 

Brazil

2023 Team: Victor Da Cunha Winheski de Lima, Pedro De Lima Pereira Chabalgoity, Luiz Felipe Oliveira Silva

Captain: Rodrigo Ferreiro

Champions: 1

Highest-placed finish: 1st (2022)

Finals appearances: 27

Last Finals appearance: 2022

 

Canada

2023 Team: Nicolas Arseneault, Adam Farag Cao, Mikael Arseneault

Captain: Nicolas Todero 

Champions: 1

Highest-placed finish: 1st (2015)

Finals appearances: 17

Last Finals appearance: 2021

 

Czechia

2023 Team: Maxim Mrva, Jan Kumstat, Martin Doskocil

Captain: Josef Cihak

Champions: 3

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1988 *while competing as Czechoslovakia, 1997, 2017)

Finals appearances: 20

Last Finals appearance: 2022

 

Germany

2023 Team: Diego Dedura-Palomero, Justin Engel, Max Schoenhaus

Captain: Philipp Petzschner

Champions: 3

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

Finals appearances: 19

Last Finals appearance: 2021

 

Great Britain

2023 Team: Oliver Bonding, Zechariah Hamrouni, Mark Ceban

Captain: Martin Weston

Champions: 1

Highest-placed finish: 1st (2011)

Finals appearances: 9

Last Finals appearance: 2022

 

Italy

2023 Team: Federico Cina, Andrea De Marchi, Matteo Schiabasi

Captain: Nicola Fantone

Champions: 1

Highest-placed finish: 1st (2012)

Finals appearances: 19

Last Finals appearance: 2022

 

Japan

2023 Team: Ryo Tabata, Hiromasa Koyama, Ren Matsumara

Captain: Ko Iwamoto

Champions: 2

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

Finals appearances: 28

Last Finals appearance: 2022

 

Kazakhstan

2023 Team: Amir Omarkhanov, Zangar Nurlanuly, Damir Zhalgasbay

Captain: Sergey Kvak

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: N/A

Finals appearances: 0

Last Finals appearance: N/A

2023 will be Kazakhstan’s first appearance at the Davis Cup Juniors Finals

 

Korea, Rep.

2023 Team: Donghyun Hwang, Yeonsu Jeong, Moobeen Kim

Captain: Yongkyu Lim

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 2nd (2013, 2014)

Finals appearances: 15

Last Finals appearance: 2021

 

Morocco

2023 Team: Karim Bennani, Amine Jamji, Ali Missoum

Captain: Mehdi Tahiri

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 12th (2003, 2022)

Finals appearances: 12

Last Finals appearance: 2022

 

Netherlands

2023 Team: Mees Rottgering, Kaj Glaser, Sander Paradis

Captain: Jochem Mol

Champions: 2

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1994, 2006)

Finals appearances: 9

Last Finals appearance: 2013

 

Peru

2023 Team: Nicolas Baena, Jerry Brow, Diego Benitez

Captain: Sergio Barragan

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 6th (1996)

Finals appearances: 5

Last Finals appearance: 2017

 

Spain

2023 Team: Andres Santamarta Roig, Sergio Planella Hernandez, Sergi Fita Juan

Captain: Joan Perez Herrando

Champions: 6

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1991, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2013, 2018)

Finals appearances: 21

Last Finals appearance: 2022

 

Thailand

2023 Team: Penn Charusorn, Phopthum Sriwong, Teerapat Khantiweerawat

Captain: Sahathat Supakit

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 9th (2011)

Finals appearances: 5

Last Finals appearance: 2011

 

USA

2023 Team: Darwin Blanch, Maxwell Exsted, Jagger Leach

Captain: Sylvain Guichard

Champions: 3

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

Finals appearances: 33

Last Finals appearance: 2022