.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and Bob Bryan of the United States crew celebrate Roadway to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Team Phase match between Germany and also the USA at Hengqin International Ping Pong Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will return to a valued custom following year.
The 2025 Davis Mug layout will come back to the traditional home-and-away ties in the September stage relocating away from the existing four-group stage events, the International Ping pong Alliance announced today.
Starting next September, 7 home-or-away associations will be presented over 2 days. The seven winning teams coming from those connections are going to participate in the host nation in the Davis Cup Final 8 set for Nov of 2025.
In addition, the Billie Jean King Cup Finals will improve from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team occasion starting next year in an attempt to align Davis Mug and Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's headlines is actually yet another beneficial step forward for both the Billie Jean King Cup through Gainbridge and also the Davis Cup, and I am thrilled for the future of both competitors," ITF Head of state David Haggerty pointed out. "The style amendments target to improve the results our team have observed throughout each events lately and adds in the direction of our lasting passion to carry all of them much more in sync under the World Cup of Tennis streamer.
" In Billie Jean Master Cup, the move to an eight-team Finals aligns with the Davis Mug Final 8 style, which has proven to be such an excellence. Moving the Davis Cup September phase coming from six-day team stage celebrations, to two time home or even away ties will definitely ease players' timetables quickly observing the United States Open, while maintaining the strength of the competition that they all like.".
Davis Cup transformed its format in 2019, making the finals a group function with a bunch urban area, getting rid of best-of-five suits, and also creating connections best-of-three sets along with functions as a decider.
That 2019 planning initiated by ITF president David Haggerty and financial investment team Kosmos, led by past FC Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique, changed Davis Mug winding up with week-long Davis Mug finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF cancelled its 25-year deal along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was supposed to pump loan right into Davis Mug and also tennis around the globe.
Those changes, significantly going to September team stage play rather than the standard home-and-away connections incensed some critics, consisting of Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.