The 2017 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group draw has taken place at the BNP Paribas offices in London on Thursday.
Serbia will face Russia in a home tie in the first round on 3-5 February 2017.
Potential quarter-final rival is this year’s finalist Croatia (2).
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:
Argentina (1) – Italy
Germany – Belgium (7)
Australia – Czech Republic (4)
USA – Switzerland (5)
Japan – France (6)
Canada – Great Britain (3)
Serbia (8) – Russia
Croatia (2) – Spain
* Hosts are on the left side
Serbia – SINGLES: Novak Djokovic (1), Viktor Troicki (33), Dusan Lajovic (73), Janko Tipsarevic (227)
Serbia – DOUBLES: Nenad Zimonjic (48), Viktor Troicki (95), Ilija Bozoljac (181), Dusan Lajovic (198)
Russia – SINGLES: Andrey Kuznetsov (46), Mihkail Youzhny (53), Evgeny Donskoy (90)
Russia – DOUBLES: Mikhail Elgin (128), Konstantin Kravchuk (164), Alexander Kudryavtsev (190)
