Overview
- Matteo Berrettini defeated Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-4 to put Italy ahead, delivering 13 aces and facing no break points.
- Flavio Cobolli rallied past Jaume Munar 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 to clinch the tie 2-0 and make doubles unnecessary.
- Italy’s run secured a third consecutive Davis Cup and a fourth crown overall, celebrated on home courts in Bologna.
- Berrettini and Cobolli combined for a 6-0 singles record across the Final 8, leaving Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori unused.
- Top-ranked Italians Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti and Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz were absent, and organizers set the winners’ share at $2,000,000, down from about $2.68 million last year.