.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the United States crew commemorate Road to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Stage suit in between Germany and also the United States at Hengqin International Ping Pong Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Picture through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug will resume a valued practice upcoming year.
The 2025 Davis Cup style are going to go back to the typical home-and-away ties in the September phase relocating away from the present four-group stage celebrations, the International Tennis Federation announced today.
Beginning next September, 7 home-or-away associations are going to be actually organized over 2 days. The seven gaining crews coming from those associations will definitely sign up with the host country in the Davis Cup Final 8 placed for Nov of 2025.
On top of that, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals will certainly change from a 12-team occasion to an eight-team celebration starting upcoming year in an attempt to straighten Davis Mug as well as Billie Jean King Cup.
" Today's news is another good breakthrough for both the Billie Jean King Mug by Gainbridge and the Davis Mug, as well as I am delighted for the future of both competitors," ITF President David Haggerty pointed out. "The style amendments strive to build on the results we have found all over both celebrations in recent years and provides in the direction of our long-term passion to bring all of them more in sync under the Planet Cup of Ping pong streamer.
" In Billie Jean King Cup, the relocate to an eight-team Finals aligns along with the Davis Mug Final 8 layout, which has verified to become such an excellence. Moving the Davis Mug September phase from six-day team phase celebrations, to 2 day home or away connections will definitely relieve gamers' schedules quickly complying with the US Open, while keeping the strength of the competition that they all love.".
Davis Cup transformed its format in 2019, creating the finals a group gathering with a multitude urban area, getting rid of best-of-five matches, and also making associations best-of-three collections with functions as a decider.
That 2019 planning headed by ITF president David Haggerty as well as financial investment group Kosmos, led by former FC Barcelona football star Gerard Pique, changed Davis Mug winding up along with week-long Davis Cup finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF cancelled its 25-year pact along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was actually expected to push cash in to Davis Cup and also ping pong worldwide.
Those adjustments, significantly going to September group phase play instead of the standard home-and-away associations incensed some doubters, featuring Australian leader Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and Stan Wawrinka.