.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the USA crew commemorate Street to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Team Phase suit between Germany and 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 definitely return to a valued heritage next year.
The 2025 Davis Mug layout are going to go back to the typical home-and-away ties in the September stage moving far from the current four-group stage celebrations, the International Ping pong Alliance declared today.
Starting upcoming September, seven home-or-away associations are going to be actually presented over 2 days. The 7 winning staffs from those connections will definitely sign up with the host nation in the Davis Cup Final 8 put for Nov of 2025.
Furthermore, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals are going to transform from a 12-team occasion to an eight-team activity beginning next year in an attempt to straighten Davis Cup and Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's headlines is actually another good advance for both the Billie Jean King Mug through Gainbridge and the Davis Mug, as well as I am thrilled for the future of both competitors," ITF President David Haggerty pointed out. "The layout modifications intend to improve the excellence our experts have actually found across both occasions recently and also adds in the direction of our lasting aspiration to take them much more in sync under the Planet Mug of Ping pong ensign.
" In Billie Jean King Mug, the transfer to an eight-team Finals straightens along with the Davis Mug Final 8 layout, which has actually verified to become such an effectiveness. Moving the Davis Mug September phase coming from six-day team phase events, to two time home or even away ties will certainly relieve gamers' routines right away complying with the US Open, while keeping the magnitude of the competitors that they all adore.".
Davis Cup changed its format in 2019, making the finals a group affair with a multitude urban area, eliminating best-of-five suits, as well as making connections best-of-three sets with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 program headed through ITF head of state David Haggerty and also investment team Kosmos, led through past FC Barcelona soccer celebrity Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Mug finishing 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 actually meant to pump money right into Davis Mug as well as tennis internationally.
Those adjustments, particularly mosting likely to September group stage play as opposed to the standard home-and-away ties incensed some critics, featuring Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.