.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the USA team celebrate Street to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Group Phase suit in between Germany and also the United States at Hengqin International Ping Pong Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will definitely return to a valued heritage following year.
The 2025 Davis Cup style are going to go back to the traditional home-and-away incorporate the September phase moving far from the current four-group stage celebrations, the International Tennis Federation introduced today.
Beginning following September, seven home-or-away connections will certainly be organized over two days. The seven succeeding crews from those ties will definitely sign up with the host country in the Davis Cup Final 8 set for November of 2025.
In addition, the Billie Jean King Mug Finals are going to change from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team event starting upcoming year in an attempt to align Davis Cup as well as Billie Jean Master Mug.
" Today's headlines is yet another favorable step forward for both the Billie Jean Master Cup by Gainbridge as well as the Davis Mug, and also I am actually thrilled for the future of both competitors," ITF President David Haggerty pointed out. "The layout modifications strive to improve the effectiveness our team have actually observed throughout each activities in recent times as well as adds in the direction of our long-term aspiration to bring them more in sync under the World Mug of Ping pong banner.
" In Billie Jean Master Cup, the move to an eight-team Finals aligns with the Davis Cup Final 8 style, which has verified to become such a success. Relocating the Davis Mug September phase from six-day group stage celebrations, to 2 day home or even away ties will certainly soothe gamers' routines promptly following the US Open, while keeping the intensity of the competitors that they all really love.".
Davis Cup modified its format in 2019, making the finals a team gathering with a multitude metropolitan area, removing best-of-five suits, as well as making connections best-of-three collections along with functions as a decider.
That 2019 plan initiated by ITF president David Haggerty as well as financial investment team Kosmos, led through past FC Barcelona soccer superstar Gerard Pique, changed Davis Mug culminating with week-long Davis Mug finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF ended its own 25-year treaty with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was actually expected to push money in to Davis Mug and also ping pong around the globe.
Those improvements, significantly going to September group stage play as opposed to the traditional home-and-away connections incensed some doubters, consisting of Australian leader Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and Stan Wawrinka.