.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and Bob Bryan of the USA staff celebrate Roadway to Malaga in the last the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Team Phase match between Germany and also the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will certainly return to a valued practice next year.
The 2025 Davis Cup layout will definitely come back to the typical home-and-away ties in the September stage moving off of the current four-group phase celebrations, the International Tennis Federation revealed today.
Beginning upcoming September, 7 home-or-away connections will certainly be actually organized over 2 times. The 7 winning crews coming from those associations will certainly join the host country in the Davis Mug Final 8 set for November of 2025.
In addition, the Billie Jean King Cup Finals will definitely transform from a 12-team event to an eight-team celebration beginning next year in an effort to align Davis Mug and Billie Jean Master Mug.
" Today's news is actually another favorable advance for both the Billie Jean Master Mug through Gainbridge and the Davis Mug, and I am thrilled for the future of both competitors," ITF Head of state David Haggerty said. "The layout modifications intend to build on the results our team have seen across both activities over the last few years as well as adds in the direction of our long-lasting ambition to carry all of them extra in sync under the Globe Cup of Ping pong ensign.
" In Billie Jean King Mug, the move to an eight-team Finals aligns along with the Davis Mug Final 8 layout, which has actually proven to become such a results. Relocating the Davis Cup September stage from six-day group phase activities, to pair of time home or away associations will definitely alleviate players' routines immediately following the United States Open, while keeping the strength of the competition that they all adore.".
Davis Cup transformed its layout in 2019, creating the finals a team occasion along with a multitude city, doing away with best-of-five matches, and creating ties best-of-three collections along with functions as a decider.
That 2019 strategy spearheaded through ITF head of state David Haggerty and assets group Kosmos, led through past FC Barcelona soccer superstar Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Cup culminating with week-long Davis Mug finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF ended its 25-year pact along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was expected to push amount of money right into Davis Mug and tennis worldwide.
Those modifications, notably mosting likely to September group phase play as opposed to the standard home-and-away ties incensed some movie critics, including Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.