.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the USA staff celebrate Street to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Team Phase suit between Germany and the USA at Hengqin International Ping Pong Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photograph by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will definitely resume a valued heritage upcoming year.
The 2025 Davis Cup layout will definitely go back to the traditional home-and-away ties in the September stage moving out of the present four-group phase activities, the International Ping pong Federation introduced today.
Beginning next September, seven home-or-away associations are going to be staged over two times. The seven winning crews from those connections are going to participate in the host country in the Davis Mug Final 8 established for Nov of 2025.
Additionally, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals will certainly transform from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team activity starting upcoming year in an effort to straighten Davis Mug and Billie Jean King Cup.
" Today's updates is actually another favorable progression for both the Billie Jean Master Mug through Gainbridge and the Davis Mug, as well as I am excited for the future of both competitions," ITF Head of state David Haggerty mentioned. "The layout modifications aim to improve the success our team have actually seen all over both occasions in recent years and also adds towards our lasting aspiration to bring them even more in sync under the World Mug of Ping pong streamer.
" In Billie Jean Master Mug, the relocate to an eight-team Finals aligns with the Davis Cup Final 8 format, which has actually confirmed to be such a results. Relocating the Davis Mug September stage from six-day group phase celebrations, to two day home or even away connections will certainly relieve players' schedules promptly observing the United States Open, while keeping the intensity of the competitors that they all love.".
Davis Cup transformed its own format in 2019, making the finals a group occasion along with a multitude city, removing best-of-five matches, and creating ties best-of-three collections with functions as a decider.
That 2019 planning spearheaded by ITF president David Haggerty and investment group Kosmos, led through past FC Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique, changed Davis Mug winding up along with week-long Davis Cup finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF terminated its own 25-year pact with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was meant to pump money into Davis Mug as well as ping pong internationally.
Those modifications, especially going to September team phase play instead of the standard home-and-away associations incensed some movie critics, consisting of Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.