.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the United States group commemorate Road to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Team Phase suit between Germany and also the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup are going to return to a valued tradition following year.
The 2025 Davis Mug format will definitely come back to the typical home-and-away incorporate the September phase moving away from the existing four-group phase events, the International Ping pong Alliance revealed today.
Beginning upcoming September, 7 home-or-away associations will definitely be actually presented over pair of days. The seven winning groups coming from those ties will definitely join the range nation in the Davis Mug Final 8 set for Nov of 2025.
In addition, the Billie Jean King Mug Finals will definitely completely transform coming from a 12-team occasion to an eight-team event beginning upcoming year in an effort to straighten Davis Cup as well as Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's headlines is one more good advance for both the Billie Jean King Cup through Gainbridge and also the Davis Cup, as well as I am thrilled for the future of both competitors," ITF Head of state David Haggerty mentioned. "The format changes strive to build on the effectiveness our experts have actually found across both celebrations in recent years as well as contributes towards our long-lasting ambition to take all of them a lot more in sync under the World Cup of Tennis streamer.
" In Billie Jean King Mug, the transfer to an eight-team Finals straightens along with the Davis Mug Final 8 style, which has verified to be such an effectiveness. Relocating the Davis Mug September stage from six-day team stage events, to two time home or away ties will definitely alleviate gamers' timetables promptly following the US Open, while sustaining the intensity of the competition that they all love.".
Davis Mug modified its layout in 2019, making the finals a team gathering along with a lot city, getting rid of best-of-five matches, as well as creating associations best-of-three sets along with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 program directed by ITF president David Haggerty and expenditure team Kosmos, led through past FC Barcelona football superstar Gerard Pique, changed Davis Cup finishing along with week-long Davis Cup finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF terminated its 25-year treaty with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was actually supposed to pump cash in to Davis Cup and also tennis around the globe.
Those improvements, especially going to September team stage play rather than the conventional home-and-away connections incensed some movie critics, including Australian leader Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.