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Madrid To Host Davis Cup Finals


The transformed Davis Cup final will be set on a magic stage.

Madrid's Magic Box, which hosts the Mutua Madrid Open, will host the 2019 Davis Cup final, the International Tennis Federation announced.

More: ITF Issues Davis Cup Final Qualifying Draw

The week-long, World Cup-style Davis Cup final is set for November 18-24th, 2019.

In 2020, either the Magic Box or Madrid’s WiZink Center will host the week-long final.

Madrid beat out Lille for the 2019-2020 hosting rights. Lille will host the Davis Cup final for the second straight year when defending-champion France takes on Croatia in November.  

“We are delighted to be bringing the 2019 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas finals to Madrid.," ITF president David Haggerty said in a statement.  "The city is a fitting location to stage the highest quality tennis and great entertainment for thousands of fans from all over the world. We look forward to working with the city to realise our ambitions of elevating the Davis Cup to a new level.

"On behalf of the Steering Committee we thank the Ayuntamiento de Madrid and the Comunidad de Madrid, as well as Lille for their excellent proposals and professionalism during the selection process.”

The first edition of the new Davis Cup final format will be staged November 18-24th, 2019.

February's Davis Cup final qualifying ties are the only remnants of the traditional home-and-away ties that formed the foundation of Davis Cup's 118-year history.

The ITF says the 25-year, $3 billion deal it signed with Kosmos will create a new player prize fund of $20 million, "elevating Davis Cup to Grand Slam prize money levels" and touts the partnership as creating "historic levels of investment into the global development of tennis through the ITF and its 210-member National Associations."

Photo credit: Davis Cup Facebook


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