.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the USA staff commemorate Road to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Phase suit between Germany and also the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Picture through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup are going to return to a valued tradition following year.
The 2025 Davis Cup layout will return to the traditional home-and-away ties in the September phase relocating away from the current four-group phase celebrations, the International Ping pong Alliance introduced today.
Beginning following September, 7 home-or-away connections will certainly be presented over 2 times. The 7 winning groups coming from those associations will certainly participate in the hold nation in the Davis Mug Final 8 established for November of 2025.
In addition, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals are going to transform coming from a 12-team occasion to an eight-team celebration beginning upcoming year in an effort to line up Davis Mug and also Billie Jean Master Mug.
" Today's news is another positive step forward for both the Billie Jean King Cup through Gainbridge as well as the Davis Mug, and also I am excited for the future of both competitions," ITF President David Haggerty mentioned. "The format modifications aim to build on the results our team have seen across both occasions over the last few years and also adds in the direction of our lasting aspiration to deliver them extra in sync under the Globe Mug of Ping pong streamer.
" In Billie Jean Master Mug, the move to an eight-team Finals straightens along with the Davis Mug Final 8 style, which has proven to be such a success. Moving the Davis Cup September phase coming from six-day team phase activities, to 2 time home or even away ties will definitely reduce gamers' routines right away complying with the United States Open, while keeping the intensity of the competitors that they all really love.".
Davis Cup transformed its layout in 2019, creating the finals a group affair along with a lot city, getting rid of best-of-five matches, and making connections best-of-three collections with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 strategy spearheaded through ITF head of state David Haggerty and assets group Kosmos, led by past FC Barcelona football superstar Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Cup winding up with week-long Davis Cup finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF cancelled its 25-year deal along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was supposed to push funds in to Davis Cup and tennis around the globe.
Those improvements, significantly going to September team stage play instead of the standard home-and-away connections incensed some critics, featuring Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.