.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the United States crew celebrate Street to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Phase match between Germany and also the USA at Hengqin International Ping Pong Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Picture through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will resume a valued custom upcoming year.
The 2025 Davis Cup layout will definitely go back to the standard home-and-away ties in the September phase moving away from the existing four-group stage activities, the International Tennis Federation announced today.
Starting following September, seven home-or-away ties will certainly be actually organized over 2 days. The seven winning teams from those connections will sign up with the host country in the Davis Mug Final 8 set for Nov of 2025.
Furthermore, the Billie Jean King Mug Finals will definitely transform coming from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team event starting following year in an initiative to line up Davis Mug as well as Billie Jean Master Mug.
" Today's headlines is actually yet another favorable step forward for both the Billie Jean King Mug by Gainbridge and the Davis Cup, as well as I am actually delighted for the future of both competitions," ITF Head of state David Haggerty stated. "The layout amendments intend to build on the results our team have found throughout both events over the last few years as well as contributes towards our lasting ambition to deliver them a lot more in sync under the Globe Cup of Ping pong banner.
" In Billie Jean Master Cup, the move to an eight-team Finals lines up along with the Davis Mug Final 8 format, which has actually verified to become such an excellence. Moving the Davis Mug September stage from six-day group stage activities, to 2 time home or even away ties will reduce gamers' routines instantly observing the United States Open, while sustaining the strength of the competition that they all love.".
Davis Mug changed its layout in 2019, making the finals a team function along with a host area, removing best-of-five matches, as well as creating associations best-of-three collections along with functions as a decider.
That 2019 program pioneered through ITF president David Haggerty as well as expenditure group Kosmos, led by former FC Barcelona soccer superstar Gerard Pique, changed Davis Cup winding up with week-long Davis Cup finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF ended its own 25-year pact along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was actually intended to push money into Davis Cup and tennis globally.
Those changes, especially heading to September team phase play instead of the traditional home-and-away connections incensed some critics, featuring Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and also Stan Wawrinka.