Australian Open quarter-finalist Ashleigh Barty is to spearhead her nation’s Fed Cup tilt in next month’s World Group clash against the United States.

The 22-year-old, who became the first Australian woman to reach the last eight of her home grand slam for 10 years this month, teams up with Daria Gavrilova, Priscilla Hon, Kimberly Birrell and Astra Sharma for the first-round tie at the US Cellular Center, Asheville, North Carolina on February 9-10.

The Americans, who won their last meeting against Australia in the 2016 World Group playoff, have named Madison Keys, Sofia Kenin, Nicole Melichar and world No.23 Danielle Collins, who recently reached her first grand slam semifinal at Melbourne before losing to Petra Kvitova.

The winner of the tie, to be played on a hard court, will face Germany or Belarus in the semi-finals on April 20-21.