LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29, 2025 – Tennis Channel, its app and website will provide complete, live coverage as the United States Davis Cup team battles Taiwan in the opening-round qualifiers January 30-31. The competition will determine which nation advances to September’s second round of the yearlong event and is part of the network’s extensive Davis Cup offerings this week. The American team gets underway Thursday, Jan. 30, at 10 p.m. ET, and at same time the next evening.
Davis Cup is one of the oldest competitions in the world, first played in 1900. Throughout the year the best in men’s tennis compete for their nations in head-to-head matchups in a tournament that culminates with a cup champion in November. Tennis Channel will show this week’s contest between Serbia and Denmark in addition to its coverage of the United States and Taiwan. All matches will be live and on-demand on the network’s app and website (TennisChannel.com), as will those of first-round Davis Cup play between France-Brazil, Britain-Japan, Canada-Hungary and Australia-Sweden.
(A complete Davis Cup schedule can be found at Davis Cup.com, while Tennis Channel’s is available at TennisChannel.com/schedule.)
The United States has won 32 Davis Cups, more than any other country. This week the Americans are led by two of the sport’s top doubles stars: Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek. Both have been ranked No. 1 in doubles during their careers, and each has a doubles championship from one of the four majors on his resume. Last year the Davis Cup veterans took silver at the Summer Olympics in Paris. They will be joined by Mackenzie McDonald, who has a 3-1 Davis Cup singles record, and Marcus Giron, who won his first ATP singles crown in Newport, R.I., in July. Giron is making his Davis Cup debut, as the rising star he defeated in the final at Newport, Alex Michelson, who broke into the top 50 for the first time in 2024.
All-time doubles great Bob Brayn is Captain of the team. Bryan, who with his brother Mike won a record 119 ATP doubles championships, played on the most recent U.S. Davis Cup champion in 2007. This summer both Bryans will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Tennis Channel (www.tennischannel.com) and its sibling network T2, which are owned by Sinclair, Inc., are the only television-based multiplatform destinations dedicated to both the professional sport and tennis lifestyle. The networks have the most concentrated single-sport coverage in television in one of the world’s most voluminous sports, with multiple men’s and women’s tournaments and singles, doubles and mixed competition throughout the year. Tennis Channel and T2 have rights at the four majors – US Open, Wimbledon, Roland Garros (French Open) and Australian Open – and are the exclusive U.S. homes of all men’s ATP World Tour and women’s WTA Tour competitions, Davis Cup, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, and Laver Cup. The network’s app and website house a direct-to-consumer streaming service with the traditional television network and 10,000 hours of live and on-demand matches beside original content. Tennis Channel International brings live competition and network content to markets in Europe and Asia via digital subscription and free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels. Additional platform www.tennis.com is the largest digital outlet dedicated to the sport. Tennis Channel also oversees a network of close to 20 podcasts and is a co-owner of Pickleballtv, a joint-venture with the Professional Pickleball Association.
About Sinclair:
Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD., and The Nest. Sinclair’s content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the nation’s largest streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net.
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For further information:
Eric Abner, Tennis Channel, 310-314-9445, eabner@tennischannel.com, @TennisChannelPR
