.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and Bob Bryan of the United States group commemorate Road to Malaga in the last the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Team Stage suit in between Germany and also the USA at Hengqin International Ping Pong Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Picture through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will return to a valued custom next year.
The 2025 Davis Mug format will definitely return to the typical home-and-away ties in the September phase moving out of the current four-group stage activities, the International Tennis Federation introduced today.
Starting following September, 7 home-or-away associations will be staged over pair of times. The 7 winning teams from those connections will participate in the range nation in the Davis Mug Final 8 put for Nov of 2025.
Moreover, the Billie Jean Master Cup Finals will enhance from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team activity starting upcoming year in an initiative to line up Davis Mug and Billie Jean Master Mug.
" Today's information is actually an additional positive step forward for both the Billie Jean King Cup through Gainbridge and also the Davis Cup, and also I am delighted for the future of both competitors," ITF President David Haggerty said. "The style amendments target to improve the excellence our team have observed across each occasions in recent times and contributes towards our lasting aspiration to take them more in sync under the Planet Cup of Ping pong banner.
" In Billie Jean King Cup, the move to an eight-team Finals lines up with the Davis Cup Final 8 style, which has shown to be such a results. Relocating the Davis Mug September stage from six-day team phase activities, to 2 day home or even away ties will relieve players' timetables right away adhering to the US Open, while sustaining the magnitude of the competitors that they all enjoy.".
Davis Mug altered its own format in 2019, making the finals a group function along with a bunch city, eliminating best-of-five matches, and creating connections best-of-three sets along with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 planning headed by ITF president David Haggerty and also expenditure team Kosmos, led through former FC Barcelona soccer superstar Gerard Pique, changed Davis Cup winding up along with week-long Davis Cup finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF cancelled its 25-year pact with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was intended to push funds in to Davis Mug and also ping pong around the globe.
Those adjustments, particularly mosting likely to September team phase play rather than the typical home-and-away ties incensed some critics, consisting of Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.