Davis Cup
Mapfre extends with Spanish tennis for Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup
Insurance company Mapfre has renewed its national team title rights sponsorship with the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET)
Tennis Australia appoints former Qantas executive Cornelis as new CCO
Tennis Australia has appointed former Qantas and DHL executive Cedric Cornelis as its new chief commercial officer
Innsbruck and Turin join Madrid as Davis Cup Finals hosts
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has today (Monday) revealed changes for the staging of the 2021 Davis Cup Finals, with Innsbruck and Turin joining Madrid as host cities
ITF, Kosmos Tennis to shake up revamped Davis Cup Finals
The 2021 Davis Cup Finals will be expanded from seven to 11 days and is likely to be staged across three European cities, the International Tennis Federation has announced
IMG Media’s Rojas to lead Kosmos Tennis
Kosmos Tennis, the investment group that backs the Davis Cup, has hired Enric Rojas, a senior media rights executive at the IMG agency, as its new chief executive
Davis Cup and Fed Cup delay finals to 2021
Both of tennis’ international team events, the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup, have announced that they are to push their finals events back to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gaudenzi: “Linear programming wasn’t a good fit for tennis”
In the latest video interview from SportBusiness, ATP chairman, Andrea Gaudenzi, speaks to Europe editor Ben Cronin about plans to resume the international tennis tour in August and his vision to centralise…
ITF streams archive content, long-serving rights executive Conroy leaves
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has become the latest sporting body to open up archive video content by streaming memorable moments from the Davis Cup and Fed Cup team competitions over the last…
Ex-Barcelona and Danone executive Carrión Puig joins Piqué’s Kosmos Group
FC Barcelona’s former head of brand, Marc Carrión Puig, has left the club to become the director of marketing and digital at Kosmos Tennis, the Davis Cup organiser founded and chaired by Barcelona footballer Ge…
Coronavirus latest: China forfeits Davis Cup match, Vietnam F1 to go ahead, ONE behind closed doors
China has forfeited its away Davis Cup tennis match against Romania next month as its team cannot travel due to the coronavirus epidemic.
The match was scheduled for March 6-7
ITF committed to Davis-ATP Cup merger
International Tennis Federation president David Haggerty said yesterday that plans for merging the Davis Cup and the ATP Cup into a single men's world team event could be in place by June
Lacoste signs 6-year FFT extension for French national team rights
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has extended its apparel deal with French sports brand Lacoste for six more years
Djokovic and Nadal suggest merger of ATP Cup and Davis Cup
Tennis stars Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have suggested that the sport's two national team competitions, the ATP Cup and the Davis Cup, should be merged
Davis Cup organizers look to add extra court, make scheduling changes in 2020
David Haggerty, the International Tennis Federation president, has hailed the revamped Davis Cup, but admits that some scheduling changes need to be made next year.
Piqué touts ‘super event’ amid Davis Cup, ATP Cup duel
Gerard Piqué, founder and chairman of Kosmos, has floated the prospect of a “super event” in association with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), reflecting on the first edition of the new-…
Davis Cup quarter-finals brought forward after late-night finishes
The start times for Friday’s Davis Cup quarter-finals matches have been brought forward by 30 minutes in an attempt to curtail the late finishes that have plagued the tournament, culminating in a 4am f…
India-Pakistan Davis Cup clash to be held in Kazakhstan
The Pakistan Tennis Federation's appeal for its upcoming Davis Cup tennis fixture against India to remain in Islamabad has failed, with the International Tennis Federation choosing to hold the fixture…
DAZN adds Davis Cup rights in Brazil
DAZN, the OTT subscription streaming service, has acquired rights in Brazil to the Davis Cup tennis tournament