.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and Bob Bryan of the United States crew celebrate Road to Malaga in the last the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Team Stage suit between Germany as well as the USA at Hengqin International Tennis Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug will definitely return to a valued custom next year.
The 2025 Davis Cup format are going to go back to the traditional home-and-away incorporate the September stage moving out of the present four-group phase occasions, the International Ping pong Federation revealed today.
Starting upcoming September, seven home-or-away associations are going to be organized over 2 days. The 7 gaining groups from those ties are going to sign up with the hold country in the Davis Mug Final 8 placed for November of 2025.
Additionally, the Billie Jean King Mug Finals are going to change coming from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team event starting upcoming year in an initiative to straighten Davis Mug and also Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's updates is one more positive advance for both the Billie Jean King Mug by Gainbridge and the Davis Cup, and also I am thrilled for the future of both competitors," ITF Head of state David Haggerty mentioned. "The layout changes strive to build on the results our experts have viewed around each occasions over the last few years and also adds towards our long-term ambition to bring them more in sync under the World Mug of Ping pong streamer.
" In Billie Jean King Cup, the transfer to an eight-team Finals aligns along with the Davis Cup Final 8 format, which has proven to be such an effectiveness. Relocating the Davis Mug September stage from six-day team phase celebrations, to 2 day home or even away associations are going to alleviate gamers' routines immediately following the US Open, while maintaining the strength of the competition that they all enjoy.".
Davis Mug altered its layout in 2019, creating the finals a team affair with a lot city, getting rid of best-of-five suits, and also creating associations best-of-three collections with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 planning directed by ITF president David Haggerty as well as investment team Kosmos, led by past FC Barcelona football superstar Gerard Pique, changed Davis Mug finishing with week-long Davis Cup finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF ended its own 25-year treaty with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was actually intended to push loan into Davis Cup and also tennis globally.
Those changes, notably heading to September team stage play as opposed to the typical home-and-away ties incensed some doubters, consisting of Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.