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Originally Posted by TennisCJC
I think an international 2 week competition hosted at a new country each year would have merit. Like the World Cup format with divisional round robin play to see who gets to the semi/final single elimination round. Probably need to go to 3 match tie too with 2 singles and 1 doubles. 16 teams compete with maybe top 14 teams of this year's tourney getting a return invitation for next year and 2 slots held open for qualifiers to fill. Qualifiers would play before the final tourney to win 1 of the 2 open slots.
This would be fun - I would attend especially if it draws top players and it might due to condensed time frame. Period after USO and before WTF would be the most likely fit.
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If you meant FIFA World Cup, you can't compare DC to it. One thing that makes FIFA World Cup so big compared to e.g. Davis Cup is football is a team sport. In football, it's about which team is best. In tennis, it's not about teams but about which player is best. Even if you had DC at a predetermined place, I could see more people travelling to slams than to Davis Cup, I think even WTF would have more spectators. So, I don't think a DC over two weeks is would be a good format.