.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and Bob Bryan of the USA staff celebrate Street to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Team Stage suit between Germany as well as the USA at Hengqin International Tennis Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photograph through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will definitely return to a valued heritage next year.
The 2025 Davis Cup style will certainly come back to the standard home-and-away incorporate the September stage relocating off of the current four-group stage activities, the International Ping pong Federation announced today.
Beginning upcoming September, seven home-or-away connections will be presented over two times. The 7 succeeding staffs from those associations will certainly participate in the hold nation in the Davis Mug Final 8 put for Nov of 2025.
Furthermore, the Billie Jean Master Cup Finals will definitely completely transform from a 12-team activity to an eight-team celebration beginning following year in an effort to line up Davis Cup and also Billie Jean King Cup.
" Today's news is actually one more positive step forward for both the Billie Jean King Mug by Gainbridge and the Davis Cup, as well as I am excited for the future of both competitions," ITF President David Haggerty pointed out. "The style modifications aim to improve the results our experts have found all over both activities in recent times as well as provides in the direction of our lasting passion to carry them a lot more in sync under the Planet Cup of Tennis ensign.
" In Billie Jean Master Cup, the transfer to an eight-team Finals straightens along with the Davis Mug Final 8 format, which has proven to be such an effectiveness. Moving the Davis Mug September stage coming from six-day group stage occasions, to two time home or away associations will definitely soothe gamers' schedules instantly adhering to the United States Open, while preserving the strength of the competition that they all like.".
Davis Mug modified its layout in 2019, creating the finals a team function along with a bunch urban area, eliminating best-of-five suits, and also making ties best-of-three sets along with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 strategy initiated by ITF president David Haggerty and financial investment group Kosmos, led through former FC Barcelona soccer celebrity Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Mug culminating with week-long Davis Mug finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF terminated its 25-year pact along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was expected to push money right into Davis Cup and also tennis around the globe.
Those adjustments, notably heading to September team phase play as opposed to the standard home-and-away connections incensed some critics, consisting of Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and also Stan Wawrinka.