ITF President David Haggerty has announced Malaga will host the knock-out stage of this and next year’s Davis Cup Finals.
The Davis Cup Finals group stage will take place across four cities between November 14-18.
Bologna, Glasgow and Hamburg have been confirmed as three hosts for the group stage as the fourth host has yet to be announced.
When the group stage finishes, the teams that make it out of the group stage will travel to Malaga for the knock-out stage.
“The region of Andalucía has played an important role in the history of Davis Cup and Malaga is a perfect venue for the climax of this year’s men’s world cup of tennis.”
The Davis Cup Finals not taken to Abu Dhabi
Late in 2021, the rumors started to swirl around, suggesting the ITF was ready to make Abu Dhabi the Davis Cup Finals knock-out stage host for the next five years.
Many expressed their concern over the proposed move, including former world No. 1 Andy Murray.
“I think it (having the crowd behind the home team) was the thing that made the Davis Cup standout for the players and everything and it was good for the sport,” Murray said in December.
“It’s not to say that you couldn’t host it here and have very good crowds, I’m not saying the stands will be empty. But it’s just not the same when you don’t have that partisan crowd. “So year, i worry a bit for the Davis Cup and for me it’s not about that being in Abu Dhabi.
“It was a problem when it was in Spain too. I’m just sceptical about enough tennis fans travelling so like, if Spain were playing Russia in the final here, would you get enough Spanish fans travelling and enough Russian fans travelling to make it here? So I think that that’s the concern for me.”