Tickets for Davis Cup tennis at Sears Centre go on sale Thursday

Tickets go on sale Thursday for the United States vs. Slovakia matches in the 2014 Davis Cup, an international men's team tennis event.

The best-of-five match series begins Friday, Sept. 12, with two singles matches featuring each country's No. 1 player against the other country's No. 2 player. Saturday's schedule features a doubles match, and the final day of play on Sunday includes two "reverse singles" matches, where the No. 1 players square off followed by the No. 2 players going head to head. All matches are best-of-five sets until one country wins three matches (then they are best-of-three sets).

The U.S. Davis Cup team has made just one previous appearance in Illinois, sweeping Japan in the America Zone final in 1928 at the Town & Fitness Club in Chicago.

The U.S. team, seeded No. 5, holds a 2-0 record all-time over Slovakia in the Davis Cup. The Americans last faced the Slovaks in the 2003 World Group Playoff in Bratislava, Slovakia, where the U.S. won 3-2, behind a team led by Andy Roddick. The U.S. also played Slovakia in the 2002 World Group First Round in Oklahoma City, with the U.S. winning 5-0.

All session ticket packages range from $90 to $498. For tickets or more information, visit the Sears Centre website at searscentre.com.