Even in a divided sport with a surplus of governing bodies, there is finally genuine consensus that Davis Cup needs to change.
The very prickly question, as the International Tennis Federation gathers in Orlando, Fla., this week for its annual general meeting, is just how much change the sport is prepared to accept.
The 118-year-old men’s national team event was long ago a pillar of tennis. It is now a sideshow: good for boosting a few hotbed countries’ morale but not for routinely attracting tennis’s biggest stars or generating consistent global interest and major 21st century revenue.