.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the United States group celebrate Street to Malaga in the last the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Phase suit between Germany and also the USA at Hengqin International Tennis Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Image through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug will certainly return to a valued tradition following year.
The 2025 Davis Mug layout will come back to the conventional home-and-away ties in the September phase relocating out of the current four-group phase activities, the International Ping pong Alliance introduced today.
Starting upcoming September, 7 home-or-away connections will definitely be organized over pair of days. The 7 gaining crews from those ties are going to sign up with the host country in the Davis Cup Final 8 established for November of 2025.
In addition, the Billie Jean Master Mug Finals will change coming from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team celebration beginning upcoming year in an initiative to line up Davis Mug as well as Billie Jean King Mug.
" Today's news is an additional beneficial progression for both the Billie Jean Master Mug through Gainbridge and also the Davis Cup, as well as I am thrilled for the future of both competitions," ITF Head of state David Haggerty said. "The layout amendments aim to improve the excellence we have viewed throughout each events over the last few years and also contributes towards our long-lasting ambition to deliver all of them much more in sync under the World Cup of Tennis banner.
" In Billie Jean Master Mug, the relocate to an eight-team Finals straightens with the Davis Cup Final 8 format, which has confirmed to become such an effectiveness. Moving the Davis Cup September stage coming from six-day team phase events, to 2 time home or away associations will definitely alleviate gamers' timetables immediately adhering to the US Open, while maintaining the strength of the competition that they all adore.".
Davis Mug transformed its layout in 2019, making the finals a team gathering with a bunch area, removing best-of-five matches, as well as making connections best-of-three sets along with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 planning pioneered by ITF head of state David Haggerty and also investment group Kosmos, led by former 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 treaty with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was supposed to pump money into Davis Mug and ping pong globally.
Those modifications, particularly visiting September team stage play instead of the conventional home-and-away connections incensed some movie critics, featuring Australian leader Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and also Stan Wawrinka.