.( 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 final the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Team Phase match in between Germany and the United States at Hengqin International Ping Pong Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Picture by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup are going to resume a valued tradition upcoming year.
The 2025 Davis Cup style will certainly come back to the typical home-and-away ties in the September phase moving out of the existing four-group phase events, the International Ping pong Alliance introduced today.
Starting next September, seven home-or-away ties will certainly be actually organized over two days. The seven winning crews from those connections will sign up with the hold country in the Davis Cup Final 8 placed for November of 2025.
In addition, the Billie Jean King Mug Finals will certainly improve from a 12-team activity to an eight-team activity starting upcoming year in an initiative to straighten Davis Mug and also Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's updates is another positive step forward for both the Billie Jean Master Cup through Gainbridge and the Davis Cup, as well as I am excited for the future of both competitions," ITF President David Haggerty claimed. "The layout modifications target to improve the excellence our experts have seen all over both celebrations in the last few years and adds towards our long-term ambition to take them more in sync under the Planet Cup of Ping pong ensign.
" In Billie Jean Master Mug, the relocate to an eight-team Finals straightens along with the Davis Cup Final 8 format, which has actually shown to become such a results. Moving the Davis Mug September phase coming from six-day group phase activities, to two time home or even away connections will ease gamers' schedules promptly following the United States Open, while sustaining the strength of the competition that they all adore.".
Davis Mug altered its format in 2019, making the finals a group occasion along with a host area, removing best-of-five matches, as well as making associations best-of-three collections along with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 planning spearheaded through ITF president David Haggerty and assets team Kosmos, led through former FC Barcelona soccer superstar Gerard Pique, changed Davis Cup winding up along with week-long Davis Cup finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF terminated its 25-year treaty with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was meant to push cash right into Davis Cup as well as tennis worldwide.
Those modifications, notably mosting likely to September group stage play as opposed to the standard home-and-away ties incensed some critics, consisting of Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and Stan Wawrinka.