Pat Rafter steps down as Australia Davis Cup captain with Lleyton Hewitt to fill breach

By Linda Pearce
Updated February 4 2015 - 10:13am, first published January 29 2015 - 8:00pm

Lleyton Hewitt has confirmed his probable intention to play one last Australian Open in 2016 before retiring to the Davis Cup captaincy vacated a year earlier than expected by Pat Rafter. In the meantime, former Cup coach Wally Masur will fill an interim role to facilitate the transition, starting with Australia's first-round tie against the Czech Republic in April.