.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the USA staff commemorate Street to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Group Stage match between Germany and also the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photograph through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup are going to return to a valued heritage next year.
The 2025 Davis Cup layout will definitely return to the typical home-and-away incorporate the September stage relocating away from the current four-group stage activities, the International Tennis Alliance declared today.
Starting upcoming September, seven home-or-away associations will certainly be staged over pair of days. The 7 succeeding teams coming from those associations are going to sign up with the hold nation in the Davis Mug Final 8 established for Nov of 2025.
On top of that, the Billie Jean King Mug Finals will definitely completely transform coming from a 12-team event to an eight-team activity starting following year in an attempt to straighten Davis Mug and Billie Jean King Cup.
" Today's updates is yet another beneficial breakthrough for both the Billie Jean King Mug through Gainbridge and the Davis Mug, and also I am actually thrilled for the future of both competitions," ITF President David Haggerty said. "The style amendments intend to build on the excellence our company have seen around each occasions recently as well as contributes in the direction of our long-term aspiration to take them extra in sync under the Planet Cup of Ping pong banner.
" In Billie Jean King Mug, the move to an eight-team Finals lines up along with the Davis Cup Final 8 layout, which has actually proven to become such a results. Moving the Davis Mug September phase from six-day team phase occasions, to pair of time home or even away connections are going to reduce gamers' routines immediately complying with the United States Open, while maintaining the magnitude of the competitors that they all like.".
Davis Mug transformed its own style in 2019, making the finals a group occasion along with a multitude metropolitan area, dealing with best-of-five suits, as well as making ties best-of-three sets with functions as a decider.
That 2019 plan directed by ITF president David Haggerty as well as financial investment group Kosmos, led through past FC Barcelona football star Gerard Pique, changed Davis Mug finishing along with week-long Davis Mug finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF cancelled its own 25-year contract with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was expected to push loan into Davis Mug as well as ping pong around the globe.
Those modifications, particularly heading to September group stage play as opposed to the standard home-and-away connections incensed some doubters, featuring Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.