Australia announced their squad to take on Hungary in the 2022 Davis Cup qualifiers on Friday, with Kyrgios a notable omission. The tie will take place between 4-5 March at the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney.

Australia have opted for the services of their No. 1 and No. 3 singles players, Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin. Doubles mainstay John Peers also found a spot in the team alongside Kyrgios’ partner during his Melbourne Park exploits, Thanasi Kokkinakis. The final spot in the team went to Luke Saville, who will be making his debut at the tournament this year.

Hungary, meanwhile, will be represented by Marton Fucsovics, Zsombor Piros, Fabian Marozsan, Mate Valkusz and Peter Fajita. With an ATP ranking of 39, Fucsovics is their only player in the top 100.

The two countries met in the group stage of last year’s Davis Cup Finals, a tie that finished 2-1 in favor of Australia.

Nick Kyrgios has represented Australia at the Davis Cup in five editions

Nick Kyrgios made his debut for Australia at the Davis Cup against Poland in the World Group playoffs in 2014. While he lost the doubles match alongside Chris Guccione, he defeated Michal Przysiezny in the singles rubber. In the final stage, the 26-year-old lost both singles ties against France (vs Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet).

In the 2015 edition, the Australian won both singles rubbers against Uzbekistan (vs Denis Istomin and Sanjar Fayziev) in the playoffs. Kyrgios played only one match in the World Group, a loss against Kazakhstan’s Aleksandr Nedovyesov in the quarterfinals. Australia progressed to the last four, where they lost to Great Britain.

Kyrgios had his most success in 2017, winning five out of six singles rubbers. The Australian followed up his win over Slovakia’s Andrej Martin with victories against the Czech Replublic’s John Satral, and Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey.

In the semifinals against Belgium, the former World No. 13 defeated Steve Darcis in his first rubber but fell to David Goffin. Australia did not advance to the final.

In 2018, Kyrgios survived a stern test from Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round, but succumbed to Alexander Zverev in the reverse singles rubber. The 2019 edition saw the Australian win both of his singles rubbers, against Ecuador’s Alejandro Gonzalez and Belgium’s Darcis once again.

But he withdrew before the quarterfinals against Canada with an injury and hasn’t been called up to the Davis Cup team since then. Overall, Kyrgios has a 11-6 record in the tournament.

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