.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the United States crew celebrate Street to Malaga in the last the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Group Stage match in between Germany as well as the USA at Hengqin International Tennis Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug will certainly resume a valued tradition next year.
The 2025 Davis Cup format will come back to the standard home-and-away incorporate the September stage relocating out of the existing four-group stage activities, the International Ping pong Alliance introduced today.
Starting next September, seven home-or-away connections will certainly be presented over pair of times. The seven succeeding groups coming from those associations will certainly join the host country in the Davis Mug Final 8 established for November of 2025.
Furthermore, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals are going to change from a 12-team event to an eight-team activity beginning next year in an effort to straighten Davis Cup and Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's information is actually yet another favorable step forward for both the Billie Jean King Cup through Gainbridge and also the Davis Mug, as well as I am thrilled for the future of both competitions," ITF Head of state David Haggerty claimed. "The format amendments intend to improve the success our team have actually observed throughout each activities in recent years and adds towards our long-lasting aspiration to deliver them extra in sync under the Planet Mug of Tennis banner.
" In Billie Jean King Mug, the transfer to an eight-team Finals aligns with the Davis Mug Final 8 layout, which has actually confirmed to be such an excellence. Relocating the Davis Cup September stage coming from six-day team stage celebrations, to pair of time home or away associations will relieve players' timetables right away adhering to the US Open, while sustaining the strength of the competition that they all adore.".
Davis Cup altered its style in 2019, making the finals a team occasion along with a lot metropolitan area, doing away with best-of-five suits, and creating associations best-of-three collections along with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 program headed through ITF president David Haggerty as well as financial investment group Kosmos, led through previous FC Barcelona football superstar 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 contract along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was actually expected to push cash right into Davis Mug and ping pong worldwide.
Those changes, especially mosting likely to September group phase play instead of the standard home-and-away ties incensed some doubters, consisting of Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and Stan Wawrinka.