.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and Bob Bryan of the United States crew commemorate Roadway to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Team Phase suit between Germany and also the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Image by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug will definitely return to a valued custom upcoming year.
The 2025 Davis Mug format are going to go back to the typical home-and-away incorporate the September stage moving off of the existing four-group stage events, the International Tennis Federation announced today.
Beginning following September, seven home-or-away associations are going to be staged over pair of days. The 7 succeeding staffs coming from those connections will certainly join the hold country in the Davis Cup Final 8 established for Nov of 2025.
On top of that, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals are going to change from a 12-team activity to an eight-team event starting upcoming year in an initiative to line up Davis Cup and Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's information is one more positive breakthrough for both the Billie Jean King Mug through Gainbridge and also the Davis Cup, as well as I am thrilled for the future of both competitions," ITF President David Haggerty said. "The layout amendments strive to improve the excellence our company have seen throughout both activities in the last few years and provides towards our long-term ambition to deliver all of them a lot more in sync under the Globe Mug of Tennis banner.
" In Billie Jean Master Cup, the relocate to an eight-team Finals lines up along with the Davis Cup Final 8 style, which has actually shown to be such an effectiveness. Relocating the Davis Cup September phase coming from six-day group stage celebrations, to 2 day home or even away associations will definitely alleviate gamers' timetables promptly adhering to the US Open, while preserving the intensity of the competitors that they all enjoy.".
Davis Cup transformed its own style in 2019, creating the finals a group gathering along with a lot metropolitan area, removing best-of-five matches, and creating ties best-of-three collections with functions as a decider.
That 2019 plan led through ITF president David Haggerty as well as assets group Kosmos, led by former FC Barcelona soccer celebrity Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Mug finishing along with week-long Davis Mug finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF cancelled its own 25-year deal along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was actually supposed to pump loan in to Davis Mug and ping pong internationally.
Those changes, significantly visiting September group phase play rather than the conventional home-and-away associations incensed some doubters, featuring Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and Stan Wawrinka.