.( L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the United States crew celebrate Roadway to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Phase suit between Germany as well as the United States at Hengqin International Ping Pong Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Image through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Davis Mug will certainly resume a valued heritage next year.
The 2025 Davis Mug format will definitely return to the typical home-and-away ties in the September stage moving out of the current four-group phase celebrations, the International Tennis Federation declared today.
Beginning upcoming September, seven home-or-away connections will certainly be staged over two days. The 7 winning crews from those ties will definitely participate in the range nation in the Davis Mug Final 8 set for November of 2025.
Furthermore, the Billie Jean King Mug Finals will completely transform coming from a 12-team celebration to an eight-team celebration starting next year in an effort to line up Davis Mug and also Billie Jean Master Mug.
" Today's headlines is an additional favorable progression for both the Billie Jean King Mug by Gainbridge and also the Davis Mug, as well as I am actually delighted for the future of both competitors," ITF President David Haggerty stated. "The layout amendments aim to build on the success we have observed across both activities in the last few years and also contributes towards our long-term aspiration to take all of them extra in sync under the Planet Cup of Ping pong banner.
" In Billie Jean King Cup, the move to an eight-team Finals straightens along with the Davis Cup Final 8 layout, which has verified to become such a success. Moving the Davis Cup September phase from six-day group phase activities, to two day home or away ties will ease gamers' schedules promptly adhering to the US Open, while maintaining the intensity of the competition that they all love.".
Davis Mug modified its own layout in 2019, making the finals a team function along with a host area, eliminating best-of-five suits, and also creating connections best-of-three sets with functions as a decider.
That 2019 planning spearheaded by ITF head of state David Haggerty as well as expenditure team Kosmos, led through previous FC Barcelona soccer superstar Gerard Pique, changed Davis Cup culminating along with week-long Davis Mug finale each November. In January of 2023, the ITF ended its 25-year deal along with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was actually expected to push funds into Davis Mug and ping pong globally.
Those improvements, particularly visiting September team phase play as opposed to the standard home-and-away connections incensed some critics, consisting of Australian leader Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe as well as Stan Wawrinka.