.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the United States staff commemorate Road to Malaga in the last the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Stage suit in between Germany and the United States at Hengqin International Ping Pong Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Picture by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will certainly return to a valued tradition next year.
The 2025 Davis Cup style are going to come back to the standard home-and-away incorporate the September phase moving far from the existing four-group phase occasions, the International Tennis Federation revealed today.
Beginning next September, 7 home-or-away ties will definitely be actually organized over 2 days. The 7 gaining groups from those associations are going to join the range nation in the Davis Mug Final 8 put for Nov of 2025.
Moreover, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals will transform coming from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team activity starting upcoming year in an effort to line up Davis Mug and Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's information is another favorable progression for both the Billie Jean King Mug through Gainbridge and the Davis Cup, and I am thrilled for the future of both competitions," ITF Head of state David Haggerty stated. "The format amendments target to improve the results our experts have viewed throughout each events lately and provides towards our long-term aspiration to carry them extra in sync under the World Mug of Ping pong streamer.
" In Billie Jean Master Mug, the relocate to an eight-team Finals straightens with the Davis Cup Final 8 format, which has verified to become such a results. Moving the Davis Cup September phase from six-day team stage occasions, to pair of time home or even away connections will certainly ease players' timetables right away adhering to the US Open, while keeping the magnitude of the competition that they all love.".
Davis Cup changed its own layout in 2019, creating the finals a team gathering with a multitude metropolitan area, getting rid of best-of-five suits, and also creating connections best-of-three collections with functions as a decider.
That 2019 strategy initiated through ITF president David Haggerty and also investment group Kosmos, led by former FC Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Mug finishing along with week-long Davis Mug finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF ended its 25-year treaty along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was intended to pump loan right into Davis Mug and tennis worldwide.
Those adjustments, especially mosting likely to September team stage play as opposed to the traditional home-and-away ties incensed some doubters, consisting of Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.