.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the USA crew celebrate Roadway to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Team Stage suit in between Germany as well as the United States at Hengqin International Ping Pong Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Picture through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will definitely resume a valued custom next year.
The 2025 Davis Cup style will definitely return to the conventional home-and-away ties in the September stage relocating off of the current four-group phase celebrations, the International Tennis Alliance declared today.
Beginning next September, 7 home-or-away associations are going to be actually organized over pair of times. The seven succeeding groups coming from those associations will sign up with the hold country in the Davis Mug Final 8 put for November of 2025.
In addition, the Billie Jean King Cup Finals are going to completely transform from a 12-team activity to an eight-team occasion starting next year in an initiative to align Davis Cup and also Billie Jean Master Mug.
" Today's updates is yet another positive step forward for both the Billie Jean Master Mug by Gainbridge and also the Davis Cup, as well as I am excited for the future of both competitions," ITF Head of state David Haggerty claimed. "The layout amendments aim to improve the success our company have actually observed around both celebrations in recent times and provides towards our lasting ambition to deliver them more in sync under the Globe Cup of Ping pong banner.
" In Billie Jean King Cup, the relocate to an eight-team Finals aligns with the Davis Cup Final 8 layout, which has actually confirmed to become such a results. Relocating the Davis Cup September phase from six-day team stage celebrations, to 2 time home or even away connections will certainly alleviate gamers' routines quickly following the United States Open, while keeping the strength of the competition that they all like.".
Davis Mug transformed its own layout in 2019, creating the finals a team affair with a bunch area, removing best-of-five suits, and making connections best-of-three sets with functions as a decider.
That 2019 plan headed through ITF president David Haggerty and financial investment team Kosmos, led by past FC Barcelona football celebrity Gerard Pique, changed Davis Mug winding up with week-long Davis Mug finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF cancelled its 25-year treaty with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was actually intended to pump cash right into Davis Mug as well as tennis internationally.
Those changes, particularly going to September group stage play as opposed to the conventional home-and-away connections incensed some critics, featuring Australian leader Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and Stan Wawrinka.