.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and Bob Bryan of the USA staff commemorate Street to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Group Phase suit in between Germany and also the United States at Hengqin International Ping Pong Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Image by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug are going to return to a valued custom following year.
The 2025 Davis Mug format will go back to the standard home-and-away ties in the September stage moving out of the existing four-group stage activities, the International Ping pong Alliance announced today.
Beginning following September, 7 home-or-away associations are going to be actually organized over pair of days. The seven winning teams coming from those associations will certainly participate in the hold nation in the Davis Cup Final 8 put for November of 2025.
In addition, the Billie Jean King Mug Finals will certainly completely transform from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team celebration starting next year in an attempt to straighten Davis Cup as well as Billie Jean King Cup.
" Today's headlines is an additional beneficial breakthrough for both the Billie Jean Master Cup by Gainbridge and also the Davis Cup, and I am actually delighted for the future of both competitions," ITF Head of state David Haggerty pointed out. "The layout changes intend to build on the excellence we have actually viewed throughout each celebrations over the last few years and provides towards our long-term ambition to carry all of them even more in sync under the Globe Cup of Tennis ensign.
" In Billie Jean Master Cup, the move to an eight-team Finals aligns along with the Davis Mug Final 8 layout, which has proven to become such a results. Relocating the Davis Mug September phase from six-day group stage celebrations, to two time home or even away ties are going to reduce gamers' timetables right away following the United States Open, while keeping the intensity of the competition that they all really love.".
Davis Cup modified its own style in 2019, making the finals a team occasion along with a multitude city, eliminating best-of-five suits, and making ties best-of-three collections with functions as a decider.
That 2019 strategy initiated by ITF president David Haggerty as well as expenditure group Kosmos, led through previous FC Barcelona football celebrity Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Cup culminating along with week-long Davis Cup finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF ended its 25-year deal with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was meant to push loan in to Davis Mug and also tennis globally.
Those changes, notably going to September team stage play rather than the traditional home-and-away associations incensed some critics, featuring Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and Stan Wawrinka.