.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and Bob Bryan of the United States team commemorate Roadway to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Stage suit in between Germany as well as the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup are going to return to a valued practice following year.
The 2025 Davis Mug format will certainly go back to the standard home-and-away incorporate the September phase relocating out of the present four-group stage occasions, the International Tennis Federation introduced today.
Beginning next September, seven home-or-away connections are going to be actually presented over 2 days. The seven gaining crews from those associations will definitely sign up with the host country in the Davis Cup Final 8 set for Nov of 2025.
Additionally, the Billie Jean Master Cup Finals will enhance from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team celebration beginning following year in an initiative to straighten Davis Cup as well as Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's updates is actually one more beneficial advance for both the Billie Jean Master Cup through Gainbridge as well as the Davis Mug, as well as I am actually delighted for the future of both competitors," ITF Head of state David Haggerty mentioned. "The style modifications aim to build on the results we have actually viewed around both occasions over the last few years as well as provides in the direction of our long-term aspiration to take them extra in sync under the Globe Cup of Ping pong streamer.
" In Billie Jean King Mug, the transfer to an eight-team Finals aligns along with the Davis Mug Final 8 layout, which has actually shown to become such a results. Moving the Davis Cup September stage coming from six-day team phase celebrations, to pair of time home or away ties will alleviate gamers' schedules immediately adhering to the United States Open, while keeping the magnitude of the competition that they all adore.".
Davis Cup modified its own style in 2019, making the finals a group function with a multitude metropolitan area, doing away with best-of-five matches, and creating associations best-of-three collections with functions as a decider.
That 2019 strategy directed through ITF president David Haggerty and also assets team Kosmos, led by former FC Barcelona football superstar Gerard Pique, changed Davis Mug finishing with week-long Davis Cup finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF terminated its own 25-year contract with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was supposed to push cash into Davis Mug and also tennis globally.
Those improvements, especially going to September team stage play rather than the conventional home-and-away ties incensed some doubters, featuring Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.