.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and Bob Bryan of the USA staff commemorate Roadway to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Team Stage match in between Germany and the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will definitely resume a valued heritage next year.
The 2025 Davis Mug layout are going to go back to the conventional home-and-away incorporate the September stage relocating away from the current four-group phase events, the International Tennis Federation announced today.
Starting following September, seven home-or-away associations will definitely be actually organized over pair of days. The 7 winning groups from those ties will definitely participate in the host nation in the Davis Mug Final 8 put for Nov of 2025.
Additionally, the Billie Jean Master Cup Finals are going to improve from a 12-team event to an eight-team event beginning next year in an initiative to align Davis Mug as well as Billie Jean King Mug.
" Today's news is actually another beneficial breakthrough for both the Billie Jean Master Mug through Gainbridge and the Davis Mug, as well as I am delighted for the future of both competitors," ITF Head of state David Haggerty said. "The format changes intend to build on the success our company have actually viewed across both celebrations recently and provides towards our long-lasting passion to take all of them even more in sync under the Globe Cup of Tennis streamer.
" In Billie Jean Master Mug, the transfer to an eight-team Finals lines up with the Davis Mug Final 8 layout, which has actually confirmed to be such an effectiveness. Relocating the Davis Mug September phase coming from six-day group phase activities, to 2 day home or away ties will definitely soothe players' timetables immediately observing the United States Open, while keeping the strength of the competitors that they all enjoy.".
Davis Mug changed its own format in 2019, creating the finals a team occasion with a lot metropolitan area, doing away with best-of-five suits, and creating associations best-of-three collections with functions as a decider.
That 2019 program pioneered by ITF head of state David Haggerty as well as investment group Kosmos, led by former FC Barcelona soccer superstar Gerard Pique, changed Davis Cup finishing along with week-long Davis Cup finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF ended its 25-year contract along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was supposed to push amount of money in to Davis Mug and also ping pong around the globe.
Those changes, especially going to September team stage play as opposed to the conventional home-and-away associations incensed some critics, consisting of Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.