The International Tennis Federation (ITF) plans a new format for the 2025 edition of the Davis Cupin which the elimination of the group stage would stand out and it seems that, little by little, it will return to how it was before, after the failed and criticized experiment of the Kosmos Group of Gerard Pique.
According to the British newspaper The Times, the current format of the qualifications for the Finals, which will consist of five-point series to the best of three sets, will be maintained at the beginning of the season.
The main change is in the Finals, which currently consist of four groups of four teams, in four different cities – one of which is local – where the two best teams from each advance to the quarter-finals, to be played two months after the groups.
But from 2025, this would change to a round of 16 series in September that would be the best of five matches, the best of three sets and with the home and away format, as it has been historically.
Finally, the Final 8 will be played in November, which will be the same as in the current format with elimination series starting from the quarter-finals, with three matches to the best of three sets.
For the Final 8, the same English media reports that in 2025 it will be played again in Malaga (Spain), but that the ITF is currently negotiating to take it to Zhuhai (China).
Piqué’s experiment that ended badly
This news is a big step towards restoring the Davis Cup to its former glory, making it one of the most important tournaments on the tennis calendar.
Until 2018, the tournament was played in a knockout format starting in the round of 16, with five best-of-five-set matches.
But in 2019 all this changed, as the Kosmos Group of then footballer Gerard Piqué partnered with the ITF and changed this format to impose the one currently used.
This resulted in a Davis Cup that lost all interest from tennis fans and went from full and colorful stadiums in each tie to increasingly empty ones.
Source: Ambito
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