Factbox on Spain and the Czech Republic, who will contest the Davis Cup final in Barcelona from Saturday to Monday.
Venue: Palau Sant Jordi
Surface: Indoor clay
Spain
Team: (singles world ranking in brackets)
Rafael Nadal (2)
Fernando Verdasco (9)
David Ferrer (18)
Feliciano Lopez (47)
Captain: Albert Costa
Best result: Winners 2000, 2004, 2008
First year played: 1921
Years played: 74
Ties played: (W-L) 182 (113-69)
Years in world group (1981 onwards): 26 (28-21)
Most total wins: Manuel Santana (92-28)
Most singles wins: Manuel Santana (69-17)
Most doubles wins: Manuel Santana (23-11)
Best doubles team: Jose-Luis Arilla & Manuel Santana (15-7)
Most ties played: Manuel Santana (46)
Most years played: Manuel Santana, Manuel Orantes, Sergio Casal (14)
2009 results:
First round: Beat Serbia 4-1
Quarter-final: Beat Germany 3-2
Semi-final: Beat Israel 4-1
Czech republic
Team:
Radek Stepanek (12)
Tomas Berdych (20)
Jan Hajek (102)
Lukas Dlouhy (465)
Captain: Jaroslav Navratil
Best result: Winners 1980 (as Czechoslovakia)
First year played: 1921
Years played: 76
Ties played: (W-L) 185 (112-73)
Years in world group (1981 onwards): 29 (24-27)
Most total wins: Jan Kodes (60-34)
Most singles wins: Roderich Menzel (40-12)
Most doubles wins: Jan Kodes (21-15)
Best doubles team: Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik (11-2)
Most ties played: Jan Kodes (39)
Most years played: Jan Kodes (15)
2009 results:
First round: Beat France 3-2
Quarter-final: Beat Argentina 3-2
Semi-final: Beat Croatia 4-1
This is the sixth meeting between the two countries, with Spain leading 3-2. Their last meeting was in the first round in 2004 when visitors Spain ran out narrow winners.
