.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the United States crew commemorate Road to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Group Phase match between Germany and also the USA at Hengqin International Ping Pong Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will return to a valued practice upcoming year.
The 2025 Davis Mug format will definitely go back to the traditional home-and-away incorporate the September stage moving out of the existing four-group stage events, the International Tennis Alliance announced today.
Beginning next September, 7 home-or-away connections will definitely be actually staged over two days. The 7 winning teams coming from those ties are going to participate in the range nation in the Davis Mug Final 8 placed for November of 2025.
Moreover, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals will certainly improve coming from a 12-team occasion to an eight-team celebration starting next year in an attempt to align Davis Mug and also Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's updates is actually yet another favorable breakthrough for both the Billie Jean King Cup through Gainbridge as well as the Davis Cup, and also I am delighted for the future of both competitions," ITF Head of state David Haggerty claimed. "The style changes target to build on the effectiveness our experts have actually observed around each occasions in the last few years and also provides in the direction of our lasting passion to bring all of them much more in sync under the Globe Cup of Tennis banner.
" In Billie Jean King Mug, the transfer to an eight-team Finals aligns along with the Davis Mug Final 8 layout, which has actually proven to be such an excellence. Relocating the Davis Mug September stage from six-day team phase celebrations, to two time home or even away connections will definitely alleviate players' routines instantly complying with the US Open, while maintaining the strength of the competitors that they all love.".
Davis Cup changed its own layout in 2019, making the finals a group gathering along with a host metropolitan area, removing best-of-five matches, and also creating connections best-of-three collections with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 strategy initiated by ITF president David Haggerty and assets team Kosmos, led through past FC Barcelona soccer celebrity Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Mug culminating with week-long Davis Cup finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF cancelled its 25-year contract along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was expected to push cash right into Davis Mug and ping pong worldwide.
Those modifications, especially heading to September team stage play as opposed to the standard home-and-away associations incensed some movie critics, including Australian leader Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.