Davis Cup Finals Prediction: Spain vs Netherlands
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
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Tournament hosts Spain will play the Netherlands in the quarterfinal of the 2024 Davis Cup Finals in Malaga. The tie is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. Here's our Spain vs Netherlands Davis Cup prediction. This article will also feature a Spain vs Netherlands pick.
Spain Davis Cup Finals Team Facts
Six-time champions Spain will be among the favorites to win the Davis Cup title this year. For the second year in a row, they will have the honor of staging the men's team competition on home soil.
Spain reached the quarterfinal stage of the tournament after winning September's group-stage ties, with Carlos Alcaraz playing a starring role. However, the major headline ahead of their last-eight meeting with the Netherlands is Rafael Nadal's return to the Davis Cup competition.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion has confirmed that this will be the final tournament of his glittering career. So, will there be a fairytale chapter to add to his incredible resume?
Netherlands Davis Cup Finals Team Facts
The Netherlands is one of two countries that have made the last eight of the Davis Cup in each of the last three years. The Orange, as they are commonly known, achieved a semifinal finish back in 2002, and that remains their best result in this competition.
While the focus will be centered on Nadal, and rightly so, team captain Paul Haarhuis has already sounded a warning, even though humorously, that they want to end Nadal's career on Tuesday.
If his words are to be taken lightly, then Spain could be in for a shock.
Netherlands possesses one of the best doubles players in men's tennis in Wesley Koolhof, and the qualities of Botic van de Zandschulp are known after his stunning win over Carlos Alcaraz at this year's US Open.
Spain vs Netherlands Davis Cup Head-To-Head
• Spain leads the Netherlands 6-2 in Davis Cup meetings, although they haven't faced each other since 2004.
Spain vs Netherlands Davis Cup Prediction
Nadal has been training at an exceptionally high level, and snippets of his practice sessions have hit the internet. Team captain David Ferrer has a big decision to make. Does he pick Nadal for one of the singles matches or spare him for a potentially decisive doubles match? Nevertheless, Spain has enormous quality to win their singles matches even without the former World No. 1.