.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the United States team commemorate Roadway to Malaga in the last the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Stage match between Germany as well as the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Picture by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will certainly resume a valued tradition next year.
The 2025 Davis Cup style will certainly go back to the traditional home-and-away incorporate the September phase relocating out of the present four-group stage celebrations, the International Tennis Alliance announced today.
Starting following September, seven home-or-away connections are going to be actually staged over pair of times. The seven winning groups coming from those ties will certainly participate in the host country in the Davis Mug Final 8 set for November of 2025.
Moreover, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals will certainly change coming from a 12-team occasion to an eight-team occasion starting next year in an effort to align Davis Cup and also Billie Jean Master Mug.
" Today's headlines is another good step forward for both the Billie Jean Master Mug through Gainbridge and the Davis Mug, as well as I am actually thrilled for the future of both competitors," ITF Head of state David Haggerty pointed out. "The format changes aim to build on the results our company have observed throughout both occasions in recent years and also provides towards our long-term aspiration to deliver them extra in sync under the Globe Cup of Ping pong banner.
" In Billie Jean Master Cup, the move to an eight-team Finals aligns with the Davis Cup Final 8 style, which has shown to become such an effectiveness. Moving the Davis Mug September stage coming from six-day group phase events, to pair of time home or even away connections will certainly ease players' schedules instantly adhering to the United States Open, while keeping the intensity of the competitors that they all like.".
Davis Mug altered its own style in 2019, creating the finals a group gathering with a bunch urban area, dealing with best-of-five suits, as well as making ties best-of-three collections along with functions as a decider.
That 2019 planning led through ITF head of state David Haggerty and financial investment team Kosmos, led through past FC Barcelona football celebrity Gerard Pique, changed Davis Cup culminating along with week-long Davis Mug finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF ended its own 25-year treaty along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was actually meant to pump funds right into Davis Cup and also tennis around the globe.
Those improvements, particularly heading to September team stage play rather than the traditional home-and-away connections incensed some doubters, featuring Australian leader Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.