.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the USA group commemorate Roadway to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Team Phase match between Germany and also the USA at Hengqin International Tennis Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug will definitely return to a valued heritage following year.
The 2025 Davis Cup layout will certainly come back to the typical home-and-away ties in the September stage moving off of the present four-group stage activities, the International Tennis Alliance declared today.
Starting upcoming September, seven home-or-away connections will definitely be presented over 2 days. The 7 winning groups from those associations will definitely participate in the range country in the Davis Cup Final 8 established for November of 2025.
Additionally, the Billie Jean Master Cup Finals will change from a 12-team event to an eight-team event starting next year in an attempt to straighten Davis Mug as well as Billie Jean King Cup.
" Today's headlines is actually an additional positive breakthrough for both the Billie Jean Master Mug by Gainbridge and the Davis Cup, and I am thrilled for the future of both competitions," ITF Head of state David Haggerty pointed out. "The layout changes target to build on the effectiveness we have found around both activities recently and contributes towards our lasting passion to carry all of them much more in sync under the World Cup of Ping pong banner.
" In Billie Jean King Cup, the transfer to an eight-team Finals lines up along with the Davis Mug Final 8 style, which has proven to become such an effectiveness. Moving the Davis Cup September stage from six-day group phase activities, to two time home or even away ties are going to reduce gamers' schedules quickly adhering to the US Open, while maintaining the strength of the competition that they all love.".
Davis Cup altered its own style in 2019, making the finals a team function with a multitude city, removing best-of-five matches, and also making connections best-of-three collections with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 plan initiated by ITF president David Haggerty and also financial investment group Kosmos, led by former FC Barcelona football celebrity Gerard Pique, changed Davis Mug finishing along with week-long Davis Mug finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF terminated its 25-year treaty with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was expected to pump money in to Davis Cup and ping pong worldwide.
Those improvements, especially visiting September team stage play instead of the typical home-and-away associations incensed some critics, including Australian leader Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.