The Davis Cup Finals are poised to move to Abu Dhabi on a five year deal.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is set to rubber-stamp the choice of its investment partners Kosmos at a board meeting in Madrid next week.
But the move has not been well received by players, with some warning they will not be prepared to travel to the Middle East so late in the year.
A 2022 Davis Cup Finals in Abu Dhabi would be played at multiple venues and could stretch to 12 days.
The event would not finish until early December, and next year would clash with football's World Cup in nearby Qatar.