Davis Cup will resume a valued custom subsequent 12 months.
The 2025 Davis Cup format will return to the standard home-and-away ties within the September stage shifting away from the present four-group stage occasions, the Worldwide Tennis Federation introduced as we speak.
Beginning subsequent September, seven home-or-away ties shall be staged over two days. The seven profitable groups from these ties will be part of the host nation within the Davis Cup Ultimate 8 set for November of 2025.
As well as, the Billie Jean King Cup Finals will rework from a 12-team occasion to an eight-team occasion beginning subsequent 12 months in an effort to align Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup.
“Immediately’s information is one other constructive step ahead for each the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge and the Davis Cup, and I’m excited for the way forward for each competitions,” ITF President David Haggerty mentioned. “The format amendments purpose to construct on the success we now have seen throughout each occasions in recent times and contributes in direction of our long-term ambition to deliver them extra in sync below the World Cup of Tennis banner.
“In Billie Jean King Cup, the transfer to an eight-team Finals aligns with the Davis Cup Ultimate 8 format, which has confirmed to be so successful. Transferring the Davis Cup September stage from six-day group stage occasions, to 2 day dwelling or away ties will ease gamers’ schedules instantly following the US Open, whereas sustaining the depth of the competitors that all of them love.”
Davis Cup modified its format in 2019, making the finals a gaggle affair with a number metropolis, eliminating best-of-five matches, and making ties best-of-three units with doubles as a decider.
That 2019 plan spearheaded by ITF president David Haggerty and funding group Kosmos, led by former FC Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique, reformed Davis Cup culminating with week-long Davis Cup finale every November. In January of 2023, the ITF terminated its 25-year pact with the Pique-led Kosmos, which was presupposed to pump cash into Davis Cup and tennis internationally.
These adjustments, notably going to September group stage play slightly than the standard home-and-away ties incensed some critics, together with Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe and Stan Wawrinka.
