Jun 29th, 2009 | 10:49 am |

The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Patrick McEnroe announced today that world No. 6 Andy Roddick, No. 17 James Blake and the world’s top-ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan will represent the United States in the 2009 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas quarterfinal match against Croatia, July 10-12, on an indoor clay court at the Zatika Sports Hall in Porec, Croatia.

This will be the third meeting between the United States and Croatia in Davis Cup.  Croatia leads the series, 2-0, defeating the United States, 3-2, in its last meeting during the 2005 World Group first round in Carson, Calif. Croatia also beat the U.S. in the 2003 World Group first round, winning 4-1 in Zagreb, Croatia.  Croatia is the only country the United States has not beaten and also the only country to have a winning record against the U.S. Davis Cup team.

Tennis Channel will air live coverage each day, starting at 10 a.m. ET.

“Our guys have once again answered the call and are ready to accept the challenge of representing their country on the road under tough conditions,” said McEnroe, who has led the U.S. to a 16-7 record since taking over the team in 2001 and is now second all-time for most wins by a U.S. Davis Cup Captain trailing only Tom Gorman. “We are bringing our most experienced group to battle against a talented Croatia team and hope that can make the difference.”

This is the 12^th time in the last 13 matches that McEnroe will use the same lineup. The U.S. record of 10 consecutive Davis Cup ties with the same roster came to an end during last year’s semifinal against Spain.  McEnroe originally nominated the same four players, but Blake and Bob Bryan could not play and were replaced by Sam Querrey and Mardy Fish, respectively.

Croatia is expected to announce their team tomorrow.  The roster for their first round match included world No. 13 Marin Cilic, No. 31 Ivo Karlovic, No. 37 Mario Ancic and No. 112 Roko Karanusic, though Ancic said he would not play in the Davis Cup quarterfinals when he withdrew from Wimbledon.

The U.S. vs. Croatia winner will face either Argentina or the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup semifinals, September 18-20.  Should the United States defeat Croatia, the team would play on the road at Argentina or host the Czech Republic.

The opening day of play in the best-of-five match series features each country’s No. 1 singles player against the No. 2 player from the opposing country.  The pivotal doubles match is played Saturday, followed by Sunday’s “reverse singles,” starting with each country’s No. 1 player squaring off followed by the No. 2 players in the fifth and final match.