Se coexistence of two competitions that repeated the format ended. La ATP Cupwhich was born at the end of 2019 and was baptized as the World Cup for teams, in direct competition with the Davis Cup, the historic tournament for countries, disappears from the tennis calendar in January 2023.
Instead, and as a prelude to the Australian Open, the downworld tour will include a mixed competition, similar to the previous Hopman Cup, but with a new name: United Cup.
Points will also be distributed that can attract the participation of the numbers one from each country in men and women.
The Davis Cup will become part of the men’s circuit calendar (it will occupy three weeks) and its executives will have a voice in the Salad Bowl tournament.
Coinciding with the birth of the ATP Cup, Novak Djokovicat that time the president of the players’ council and leader of the PTPA union association, asked “a single competition for national teams“.
Spain, two times finalist
There will be from next season. The ATP Cup, which began the course after the Davis Cup finals, goes down in history with three champions in three editions: Serbia, Russia and Canadawith Spain as a finalist in 2020 and 2022.
