Davis Cup Final - France v Croatia

The curtain will be drawn on this tennis season with the final of the 2018 Davis Cup in France this week.

France (1) v Croatia (4)

Dates: 23-25 November 2018.

Venue: Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, France

Surface: Clay - Red Clay, Indoor

Teams

France

Captain: Yannick Noah

• Lucas Pouille - singles ranked 32, doubles ranked 215
• Jeremy Chardy - singles ranked 40, doubles ranked 138
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert - singles ranked 55, doubles ranked 12
• Nicolas Mahut - singles ranked 201, doubles ranked 11
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - singles ranked 259

Croatia 

Captain: Zeljko Krajan

• Marin Cilic - singles ranked 7
• Borna Coric - singles ranked 12, doubles ranked eq 778
• Franko Skugor - singles ranked 492, doubles ranked 28
• Mate Pavic - doubles ranked 4
• Ivan Dodig - doubles ranked 35

2017 Champion France is missing its three highest ranked singles players - Richard Gasquet, Gaël Monfils and Gilles Simon, so is starting behind the eight ball in this contest, especially with 2016 runner up Croatia having its top two players available.

However the home court advantage cannot be discounted, and Lucas Pouille is a quality player whose ranking belies his true capacity - he was in the top ten in March this year.