.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the USA staff celebrate Roadway to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Team Phase suit between Germany and also the United States at Hengqin International Ping Pong Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Picture through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug will resume a valued custom following year.
The 2025 Davis Cup layout will certainly come back to the typical home-and-away ties in the September phase moving out of the current four-group stage events, the International Tennis Federation announced today.
Beginning upcoming September, seven home-or-away associations are going to be organized over 2 days. The 7 winning crews coming from those associations will certainly join the range nation in the Davis Mug Final 8 established for Nov of 2025.
Moreover, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals will improve from a 12-team event to an eight-team celebration starting upcoming year in an effort to line up Davis Mug and also Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's news is another favorable step forward for both the Billie Jean Master Mug by Gainbridge and the Davis Cup, and I am actually delighted for the future of both competitions," ITF Head of state David Haggerty said. "The style changes target to build on the success our experts have observed across both activities recently as well as contributes in the direction of our long-term aspiration to carry them extra in sync under the World Mug of Tennis ensign.
" In Billie Jean King Cup, the transfer to an eight-team Finals aligns along with the Davis Mug Final 8 layout, which has confirmed to become such an effectiveness. Moving the Davis Mug September stage from six-day group phase events, to two day home or away connections will definitely reduce players' timetables immediately following the United States Open, while sustaining the strength of the competitors that they all love.".
Davis Mug transformed its own layout in 2019, creating the finals a team gathering with a bunch city, removing best-of-five matches, and making ties best-of-three sets along with functions as a decider.
That 2019 planning led by ITF president David Haggerty as well as financial investment group Kosmos, led through past FC Barcelona soccer celebrity Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Mug culminating along with week-long Davis Mug finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF ended its 25-year pact along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was supposed to push loan into Davis Mug and ping pong globally.
Those improvements, especially visiting September group stage play as opposed to the conventional home-and-away ties incensed some doubters, including Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and also Stan Wawrinka.