.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and Bob Bryan of the United States staff celebrate Roadway to Malaga in the last the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Phase match in between Germany as well as the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photograph by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug will return to a valued heritage next year.
The 2025 Davis Mug layout will return to the traditional home-and-away incorporate the September stage moving out of the existing four-group phase celebrations, the International Tennis Federation introduced today.
Beginning next September, 7 home-or-away connections will definitely be actually presented over two times. The 7 gaining staffs coming from those ties will sign up with the host country in the Davis Mug Final 8 set for Nov of 2025.
On top of that, the Billie Jean King Cup Finals will certainly completely transform coming from a 12-team event to an eight-team activity beginning next year in an initiative to line up Davis Cup and also Billie Jean King Cup.
" Today's information is another beneficial step forward for both the Billie Jean King Cup through Gainbridge as well as the Davis Mug, as well as I am delighted for the future of both competitions," ITF President David Haggerty stated. "The layout modifications aim to build on the excellence our experts have observed around both activities in recent years as well as provides towards our long-term aspiration to bring all of them more in sync under the World Cup of Tennis banner.
" In Billie Jean King Cup, the transfer to an eight-team Finals straightens along with the Davis Mug Final 8 style, which has confirmed to become such an effectiveness. Moving the Davis Mug September stage from six-day group stage events, to pair of time home or away ties are going to alleviate players' schedules instantly adhering to the US Open, while keeping the magnitude of the competition that they all like.".
Davis Mug altered its own layout in 2019, making the finals a team function along with a host metropolitan area, eliminating best-of-five matches, and also making ties best-of-three sets with functions as a decider.
That 2019 planning directed by ITF head of state David Haggerty and also investment team Kosmos, led through former FC Barcelona soccer celebrity Gerard Pique, changed Davis Mug winding up along with week-long Davis Mug finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF ended its 25-year pact along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was supposed to push loan in to Davis Cup and tennis worldwide.
Those adjustments, particularly heading to September team phase play rather than the typical home-and-away associations incensed some critics, consisting of Australian leader Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.