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The revised week-long, 18-team finals are
scheduled to be held at La Caja Magica, the current venue for
the Madrid Open, in November 2019, while the following edition
will be held at either the same location or the WiZink Center.
"We are delighted to be bringing the 2019 Davis Cup... finals to
Madrid," International Tennis Federation (ITF) President David
Haggerty said in a statement.
"The city is a fitting location to stage the highest quality
tennis... We look forward to working with the city to realize
our ambitions of elevating the Davis Cup to a new level."
The new format will see a group stage take place over the first
four days, with the participating countries split into six
groups of three.
Each tie consists of two singles and one doubles match over a
best-of-three set format, with the six group winners and two
best second-placed teams qualifying for the quarter-finals.
Teams who finish fifth to 16th in the group stages will
participate in qualifiers the following year, while the teams
who finish 17th and 18th will be relegated to their respective
Zone Groups.
The announcement comes a day after Argentina and Britain were
handed wild cards to compete in the 2019 finals.
(Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by John
O'Brien)
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