.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and Bob Bryan of the United States staff celebrate Street to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Team Stage suit between Germany and also the USA at Hengqin International Ping Pong Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photograph by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug will definitely return to a valued custom following year.
The 2025 Davis Mug layout will go back to the traditional home-and-away ties in the September stage relocating off of the present four-group stage events, the International Ping pong Alliance declared today.
Starting following September, seven home-or-away associations are going to be actually presented over two times. The seven succeeding crews from those associations will certainly sign up with the range country in the Davis Cup Final 8 established for Nov of 2025.
In addition, the Billie Jean King Mug Finals are going to enhance from a 12-team occasion to an eight-team occasion starting next year in an initiative to line up Davis Mug and also Billie Jean Master Cup.
" Today's headlines is one more favorable advance for both the Billie Jean Master Cup through Gainbridge and also the Davis Mug, as well as I am thrilled for the future of both competitions," ITF President David Haggerty claimed. "The format amendments strive to build on the success our experts have actually observed throughout both events over the last few years and contributes towards our lasting ambition to bring all of them a lot more in sync under the Globe Mug of Ping pong ensign.
" In Billie Jean Master Cup, the relocate to an eight-team Finals lines up with the Davis Mug Final 8 style, which has actually confirmed to become such a success. Moving the Davis Mug September phase coming from six-day team phase activities, to pair of time home or away ties will definitely reduce players' routines quickly following the US Open, while preserving the strength of the competition that they all really love.".
Davis Mug modified its own style in 2019, creating the finals a team affair with a bunch urban area, eliminating best-of-five suits, and also creating ties best-of-three collections along with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 planning initiated through ITF president David Haggerty and assets team Kosmos, led through previous FC Barcelona football star Gerard Pique, changed Davis Cup winding up along with week-long Davis Cup finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF ended its 25-year contract along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was supposed to pump cash right into Davis Cup as well as tennis worldwide.
Those modifications, notably heading to September team phase play as opposed to the typical home-and-away ties incensed some movie critics, featuring Australian leader Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.