.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the USA crew commemorate Roadway to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Team Phase match in between Germany and also the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Picture through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will definitely resume a valued tradition next year.
The 2025 Davis Cup format will go back to the traditional home-and-away ties in the September stage relocating away from the present four-group stage events, the International Ping pong Alliance announced today.
Beginning next September, seven home-or-away associations will be presented over pair of times. The 7 winning groups from those ties are going to join the hold nation in the Davis Cup Final 8 established for Nov of 2025.
Furthermore, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals will definitely change coming from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team celebration starting next year in an initiative to straighten Davis Mug and also Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's updates is actually yet another positive step forward for both the Billie Jean King Cup through Gainbridge as well as the Davis Mug, and also I am actually excited for the future of both competitors," ITF Head of state David Haggerty stated. "The layout changes aim to build on the excellence our company have actually seen around both events in recent times as well as contributes towards our long-term ambition to deliver them much more in sync under the World Mug of Tennis ensign.
" In Billie Jean King Mug, the relocate to an eight-team Finals lines up with the Davis Mug Final 8 style, which has proven to become such an effectiveness. Moving the Davis Mug September stage coming from six-day team phase occasions, to two day home or even away ties will relieve players' routines right away following the US Open, while maintaining the intensity of the competitors that they all really love.".
Davis Mug transformed its layout in 2019, creating the finals a group function along with a multitude urban area, getting rid of best-of-five suits, and also making connections best-of-three collections with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 strategy headed through ITF head of state David Haggerty and also assets group Kosmos, led through previous FC Barcelona football star Gerard Pique, changed Davis Mug finishing along with week-long Davis Mug finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF terminated its 25-year contract along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was actually expected to pump cash right into Davis Mug and tennis internationally.
Those adjustments, particularly heading to September team stage play rather than the traditional home-and-away ties incensed some doubters, consisting of Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and also Stan Wawrinka.