.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the USA staff celebrate Road to Malaga in the last the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Group Phase suit in between Germany and the USA at Hengqin International Tennis Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug are going to return to a valued heritage next year.
The 2025 Davis Mug layout are going to go back to the typical home-and-away incorporate the September phase moving out of the existing four-group stage events, the International Tennis Alliance announced today.
Starting upcoming September, seven home-or-away associations will be actually presented over 2 days. The seven winning teams from those connections will join the hold country in the Davis Cup Final 8 established for Nov of 2025.
Moreover, the Billie Jean King Cup Finals are going to change from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team celebration beginning following year in an initiative to align Davis Mug and Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's updates is yet another good breakthrough for both the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge and the Davis Cup, and also I am thrilled for the future of both competitors," ITF President David Haggerty pointed out. "The format amendments aim to build on the excellence our experts have viewed all over each occasions in recent times as well as provides towards our lasting passion to carry them more in sync under the World Cup of Tennis banner.
" In Billie Jean Master Mug, the transfer to an eight-team Finals aligns with the Davis Cup Final 8 format, which has actually proven to be such an effectiveness. Moving the Davis Mug September stage coming from six-day team phase occasions, to 2 day home or even away associations will certainly ease players' routines immediately adhering to the United States Open, while keeping the strength of the competitors that they all enjoy.".
Davis Mug changed its layout in 2019, making the finals a team affair with a lot urban area, dealing with best-of-five suits, as well as creating connections best-of-three sets with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 program headed through ITF president David Haggerty as well as financial investment team Kosmos, led by former FC Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Cup finishing along 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 supposed to push money into Davis Cup and also ping pong worldwide.
Those modifications, significantly mosting likely to September group phase play as opposed to the traditional home-and-away ties incensed some movie critics, consisting of Australian leader Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.