The 2016 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group draw has taken place at the ITF AGM in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday.
Serbia will face Kazakhstan in a home tie in the first round on 4-6 March 2016.
Potential quarter-final rival is this year’s finalist Great Britain (1).
According to the Davis Cup regulations, the two finalist nations are seeded no.1 and no.2 in the World Group for the following year, and are drawn in opposite halves.
The full draw:
(1) Great Britain – Japan
Serbia (7) – Kazakhstan
Italy – Switzerland (4)
Poland – Argentina (6)
France (5) – Canada
Germany – Czech Republic (3)
Australia (8) – USA
Belgium (2) – Croatia
* Hosts are on the left side
Serbia – SINGLES: Novak Djokovic (1), Viktor Troicki (22), Janko Tipsarevic (392), Dusan Lajovic (86), Filip Krajinovic (97)
Serbia – DOUBLES: Nenad Zimonjic (11), Novak Djokovic (137), Dusan Lajovic (159), Ilija Bozoljac (185)
Kazakhstan – SINGLES: Mikhail Kukushkin (48), Aleksandr Nedovyesov (114), Andrey Golubev (154)
Kazakhstan – DOUBLES: Aleksandr Nedovyesov (123), Andrey Golubev (173)