.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the USA group celebrate Street to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Group Stage match in between Germany and also the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Picture through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug are going to return to a valued heritage upcoming year.
The 2025 Davis Mug style will come back to the traditional home-and-away ties in the September phase relocating off of the existing four-group stage occasions, the International Tennis Federation introduced today.
Beginning next September, 7 home-or-away associations are going to be actually organized over 2 times. The 7 succeeding crews coming from those associations are going to join the hold nation in the Davis Mug Final 8 placed for Nov of 2025.
On top of that, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals will change from a 12-team event to an eight-team activity starting next year in an initiative to align Davis Cup and also Billie Jean King Mug.
" Today's headlines is actually another positive progression for both the Billie Jean King Mug through Gainbridge and also the Davis Mug, as well as I am actually thrilled for the future of both competitions," ITF Head of state David Haggerty mentioned. "The style changes intend to improve the results our team have seen across each events lately and provides in the direction of our lasting ambition to carry all of them much more in sync under the World Cup of Ping pong streamer.
" In Billie Jean Master Mug, the relocate to an eight-team Finals lines up along with the Davis Cup Final 8 format, which has actually proven to become such an excellence. Relocating the Davis Cup September stage from six-day group stage activities, to pair of time home or even away connections will definitely soothe gamers' routines instantly observing the US Open, while preserving the intensity of the competitors that they all enjoy.".
Davis Mug modified its format in 2019, creating the finals a group function with a bunch area, eliminating best-of-five suits, and also making associations best-of-three collections with functions as a decider.
That 2019 plan led through ITF president David Haggerty and also assets team Kosmos, led by past FC Barcelona football superstar Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Mug culminating with week-long Davis Mug finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF cancelled its own 25-year treaty with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was intended to pump funds in to Davis Cup and also tennis around the globe.
Those modifications, notably heading to September group phase play rather than the conventional home-and-away connections incensed some doubters, including Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and also Stan Wawrinka.