.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the United States staff commemorate Street to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Group Stage suit in between Germany and also the USA at Hengqin International Ping Pong Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Cup will resume a valued custom following year.
The 2025 Davis Cup style will definitely return to the standard home-and-away ties in the September stage relocating away from the present four-group stage activities, the International Ping pong Alliance declared today.
Beginning upcoming September, 7 home-or-away connections will certainly be actually organized over 2 times. The seven winning teams from those associations are going to sign up with the host country in the Davis Cup Final 8 placed for Nov of 2025.
On top of that, the Billie Jean King Mug Finals are going to enhance coming from a 12-team event to an eight-team event starting next year in an initiative to straighten Davis Cup as well as Billie Jean King Cup.
" Today's headlines is actually another favorable progression for both the Billie Jean Master Mug by Gainbridge and the Davis Mug, as well as I am delighted for the future of both competitors," ITF Head of state David Haggerty claimed. "The style modifications strive to build on the excellence our team have seen across both events in recent years and provides in the direction of our long-term aspiration to take them a lot more in sync under the Globe Cup of Ping pong ensign.
" In Billie Jean Master Cup, the relocate to an eight-team Finals straightens along with the Davis Mug Final 8 layout, which has proven to become such a success. Moving the Davis Mug September phase coming from six-day team stage celebrations, to pair of day home or away ties are going to reduce gamers' timetables instantly adhering to the US Open, while sustaining the strength of the competition that they all adore.".
Davis Mug changed its own style in 2019, creating the finals a group occasion along with a bunch area, getting rid of best-of-five suits, as well as making connections best-of-three sets with functions as a decider.
That 2019 program led by ITF president David Haggerty and financial investment team Kosmos, led by previous FC Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Cup winding up along with week-long Davis Cup finale each Nov. In January of 2023, the ITF terminated its 25-year deal with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was expected to push cash right into Davis Cup and also ping pong globally.
Those modifications, significantly going to September team phase play instead of the traditional home-and-away ties incensed some doubters, including Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.