Tennis/ITF: Italy to host the Davis Cup Final 8 from 2025 to 2027

Italy has been chosen as the host country for the "Final 8" (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) of the 2025, 2026 and 2027 editions of the Davis Cup as part of a partnership between the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation (FITP) and the International Tennis Federation, announced the ITF, organiser of the competition, on 02/12/2024.

The 2025 Davis Cup will be held in Bologna (Emilia Romagna) in November 2025, while the other two host cities will be announced at a later date.

As part of its partnership with the Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) and the events and marketing agency Tennium, the ITF had organised the final phase of the "Men's Tennis World Cup" in Malaga (Andalusia, ESP) for three years (2022-2024). "65,000 spectators, 43% of whom travelled from overseas" attended the 2024 edition, won for the second time in a row by the Italian team led by world number 1 Jannik Sinner.

The competition, created in 1900, has changed format since the ITF entrusted the organisation of the tournament to the Spanish investment fund Kosmos in 2019. In particular, Kosmos abandoned a…