Overview
- Matteo Berrettini beat Pablo Carreño Busta 6-3, 6-4 in the opener, serving 13 aces and facing no break points.
- Flavio Cobolli rallied past Jaume Munar 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 to clinch the tie in Bologna’s Unipol Arena.
- Berrettini and Cobolli went a combined 6-0 in singles during the Finals, delivering Italy’s fourth Davis Cup and the first three-peat since the U.S. run from 1968–72.
- A ceremony mishap saw the trophy briefly separate before being fixed, and Carreño Busta received a code violation late in his match.
- Italy’s champions will split $2 million, down from last year’s payout, as debate over the Finals’ format, timing and star participation persists.