2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Finals

The Finals, formerly known as World Group, is the highest level of Billie Jean King Cup competition in 2020–21. It was originally scheduled to be played on indoor clay courts at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary from 14 until 19 April 2020, but was postponed due to COVID-19.[1][2][3] The new venue was established to be the O2 Arena, in Prague,[4] on indoor hard (Rebound Ace) court.[5] The ties are contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and are played on one day. There are two singles matches, followed by a single doubles tie.

2021 Billie Jean King Cup Finals
DateNovember 1–6, 2021
Edition1st
SurfaceHard (Indoor)
LocationPrague, Czech Republic
VenueO2 Arena
Champions
Russian Tennis Federation
Main article: 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup

France were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round robin stage, losing both their ties.

Russian Tennis Federation won the title, defeating Switzerland in the final, 2–0.[6]

Participating teams

12 nations took part in the Finals, formerly known as World Group. The qualification was as follows:

  • 2 finalists of the previous edition
  • 1 host nation
  • 1 wild card[7]
  • 8 winners of a qualifier round, in February 2020
Participating teams

Australia
Belarus
Belgium
Canada (WC)
Czech Republic (H)
France (TH)

Germany
RTF
Slovakia
Spain
Switzerland
United States
  1. ^
    In accordance with the ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a December 2020 decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the team from RTF was not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem; it participated in the 2021 Billie Jean King Cup Finals as the team of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF), and used the flag of the RTF.

Team nominations

SR = Singles ranking, DR = Doubles ranking. Rankings are as of 1 November 2021.[8]

 Australia
Player SRDR
Ajla Tomljanović43140
Storm Sanders13133
Ellen Perez20043
Olivia Gadecki232180
Daria Gavrilova412559
Captain: Alicia Molik
 Belarus
Player SRDR
Aliaksandra Sasnovich8879
Yuliya Hatouka192495
Iryna Shymanovich263311
Vera Lapko356238
Lidziya Marozava–90
Captain: Tatiana Poutchek
 Belgium
Player SRDR
Elise Mertens181
Greet Minnen7081
Ysaline Bonaventure146395
Kirsten Flipkens160148
Captain: Johan Van Herck
 Canada
Player SRDR
Rebecca Marino148175
Carol Zhao328570
Françoise Abanda353–
Gabriela Dabrowski7105
Captain: Sylvain Bruneau
 Czech Republic
Player SRDR
Barbora Krejčíková33
Markéta Vondroušová3566
Tereza Martincová48188
Kateřina Siniaková492
Lucie Hradecká55729
Captain: Petr Pála
 France
Player SRDR
Alizé Cornet59281
Caroline Garcia75170
Clara Burel77268
Fiona Ferro105410
Captain: Julien Benneteau
 Germany
Player SRDR
Angelique Kerber9379
Andrea Petkovic76135
Jule Niemeier134–
Anna-Lena Friedsam13793
Nastasja Schunk2971319
Captain: Rainer Schüttler
RTF
Player SRDR
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova12108
Daria Kasatkina28284
Veronika Kudermetova3111
Ekaterina Alexandrova32146
Liudmila Samsonova401342
Captain: Igor Andreev
 Slovakia
Player SRDR
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová83621
Kristína Kučová111–
Rebecca Šramková172491
Viktória Kužmová17559
Tereza Mihalíková618111
Captain: Matej Lipták
 Spain
Player SRDR
Sara Sorribes Tormo3769
Nuria Párrizas Díaz66359
Aliona Bolsova16386
Rebeka Masarova167270
Carla Suárez Navarro3301103
Captain: Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Switzerland
Player SRDR
Belinda Bencic17155
Jil Teichmann39106
Viktorija Golubic45145
Stefanie Vögele116964
Captain: Heinz Günthardt
 United States
Player SRDR
Danielle Collins30492
Shelby Rogers4274
Sloane Stephens631085
CoCo Vandeweghe151156
Caroline Dolehide19728
Captain: Kathy Rinaldi

Format

The 12 teams are divided in four round robin groups of three teams each. The four group winners will qualify for the semifinals.

DayRoundNumber of teams
1–4 NovemberRound robin12 (4 groups of 3 teams)
5 NovemberSemifinals4
6 NovemberFinal2

Group stage
Qualified for the Knockout stage

Overview

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group Winners Runners-up Third
NationTMS NationTMS NationTMS
A RTF2–05–111–4  Canada1–12–45–9  France0–22–46–9
B  Australia2–04–28–7  Belgium1–13–38–7  Belarus0–22–46–8
C  United States1–13–37–6  Slovakia1–13–38–8  Spain1–13–37–8
D   Switzerland2–05–110–3  Czech Republic1–13–37–7  Germany0–21–54–11

Group A
Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets Sets % Games Games %
1 RTF 2–0 5–1 11–4 73% 82–51 62%
2  Canada 1–1 2–4 5–9 36% 59–76 44%
3  France 0–2 2–4 6–9 40% 67–81 45%

France vs. Canada

France
1		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[9]
1 November 2021
Hard (i)
Canada
2
1 2 3
1
Fiona Ferro
Françoise Abanda		 6
4		 4
6 		4
6 		 
2
Alizé Cornet
Rebecca Marino		 6
4		 77
65		    
3
Clara Burel / Alizé Cornet
Gabriela Dabrowski / Rebecca Marino		 3
6 		66
78		    

RTF vs. Canada

Russia
3		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[10]
2 November 2021
Hard (i)
Canada
0
1 2 3
1
Daria Kasatkina
Carol Zhao		 6
3		 6
1		    
2
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Rebecca Marino		 6
4		 4
6 		6
2		  
3
Veronika Kudermetova / Liudmila Samsonova
Gabriela Dabrowski / Rebecca Marino		 6
3		 6
1		    

France vs. RTF

France
1		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[11]
3 November 2021
Hard (i)
Russia
2
1 2 3
1
Clara Burel
Ekaterina Alexandrova		 3
6 		6
4		 6
3		  
2
Alizé Cornet
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova		 7
5		 4
6 		2
6 		 
3
Clara Burel / Alizé Cornet
Veronika Kudermetova / Liudmila Samsonova		 2
6 		1
6 		   

Group B
Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets Sets % Games Games %
1  Australia 2–0 4–2 8–7 63% 71–67 51%
2  Belgium 1–1 3–3 8–7 53% 73–61 54%
3  Belarus 0–2 2–4 6–8 43% 55–71 44%

Belarus vs. Belgium

Belarus
1		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[12]
1 November 2021
Hard (i)
Belgium
2
1 2 3
1
Iryna Shymanovich
Greet Minnen		 2
6 		2
6 		   
2
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Elise Mertens		 2
6 		6
4		 2
6 		 
3
Vera Lapko / Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Kirsten Flipkens / Elise Mertens		 6
4		 6
3		    

Australia vs. Belgium

Australia
2		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[13]
2 November 2021
Hard (i)
Belgium
1
1 2 3
1
Daria Gavrilova
Greet Minnen		 6
4		 1
6 		6
4		  
2
Storm Sanders
Elise Mertens		 3
6 		77
65		 6
0		  
3
Ellen Perez / Storm Sanders
Elise Mertens / Greet Minnen		 2
6 		4
6 		   

Australia vs. Belarus

Australia
2		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[14]
4 November 2021
Hard (i)
Belarus
1
1 2 3
1
Storm Sanders
Yuliya Hatouka		 6
3		 6
3		    
2
Ajla Tomljanović
Aliaksandra Sasnovich		 4
6 		6
2		 6
3		  
3
Olivia Gadecki / Ellen Perez
Lidziya Marozava / Aliaksandra Sasnovich		 4
6 		4
6 		   

Group C
Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets Sets % Games Games %
1  United States 1–1 3–3 7–6 54% 60–51 54%
2  Slovakia 1–1 3–3 8–8 50% 64–66 49%
3  Spain 1–1 3–3 7–8 47% 58–65 47%

Spain vs. Slovakia

Spain
2		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[15]
1 November 2021
Hard (i)
Slovakia
1
1 2 3
1
Carla Suárez Navarro
Viktória Kužmová		 2
6 		6
3		 3
6 		 
2
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová		 6
3		 3
6 		6
2		  
3
Sara Sorribes Tormo / Carla Suárez Navarro
Viktória Kužmová / Tereza Mihalíková		 4
6 		6
2		 [10]
[7]		  

United States vs. Slovakia

United States
1		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[16]
2 November 2021
Hard (i)
Slovakia
2
1 2 3
1
Shelby Rogers
Viktória Kužmová		 4
6 		4
6 		   
2
Danielle Collins
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová		 6
3		 6
2		    
3
Caroline Dolehide / CoCo Vandeweghe
Viktória Kužmová / Tereza Mihalíková		 2
6 		77
65		 [10]
[12]		  

United States vs. Spain

United States
2		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[17]
3 November 2021
Hard (i)
Spain
1
1 2 3
1
Sloane Stephens
Nuria Párrizas Díaz		 6
4		 6
4		    
2
Danielle Collins
Sara Sorribes Tormo		 6
1		 6
0		    
3
Caroline Dolehide / CoCo Vandeweghe
Aliona Bolsova / Rebeka Masarova		 3
6 		4
6 		   

Group D
Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets Sets % Games Games %
1   Switzerland 2–0 5–1 10–3 77% 73–51 59%
2  Czech Republic 1–1 3–3 7–7 50% 64–64 50%
3  Germany 0–2 1–5 4–11 27% 56–78 42%

Czech Republic vs. Germany

Czech Republic
2		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[18]
1 November 2021
Hard (i)
Germany
1
1 2 3
1
Markéta Vondroušová
Andrea Petkovic		 6
1		 6
3		    
2
Barbora Krejčíková
Angelique Kerber		 77
65		 0
6 		4
6 		 
3
Lucie Hradecká / Kateřina Siniaková
Anna-Lena Friedsam / Jule Niemeier		 6
4		 62
77		 [10]
[8]		  

Germany vs. Switzerland

Germany
0		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[19]
2 November 2021
Hard (i)
Switzerland
3
1 2 3
1
Andrea Petkovic
Viktorija Golubic		 4
6 		5
7 		   
2
Angelique Kerber
Belinda Bencic		 7
5		 2
6 		2
6 		 
3
Anna-Lena Friedsam / Nastasja Schunk
Viktorija Golubic / Jil Teichmann		 1
6 		2
6 		   

Czech Republic vs. Switzerland

Czech Republic
1		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[20]
4 November 2021
Hard (i)
Switzerland
2
1 2 3
1
Markéta Vondroušová
Viktorija Golubic		 6
4		 6
2		    
2
Barbora Krejčíková
Belinda Bencic		 62
77		 4
6 		   
3
Lucie Hradecká / Kateřina Siniaková
Belinda Bencic / Jil Teichmann		 3
6 		3
6 		   

Knockout stage

Bracket
Semifinals Final
    
RTF 2
 United States 1
RTF 2
  Switzerland 0
 Australia 0
  Switzerland 2

RTF vs. United States

Russia
2		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[21]
5 November 2021
Hard (i)
United States
1
1 2 3
1
Liudmila Samsonova
Sloane Stephens		 1
6 		6
4		 6
3		  
2
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Danielle Collins		 711
69		 62
77		 2
6 		 
3
Veronika Kudermetova / Liudmila Samsonova
Shelby Rogers / CoCo Vandeweghe		 6
3		 6
3		    

Australia vs. Switzerland

Australia
0		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[22]
5 November 2021
Hard (i)
Switzerland
2
1 2 3
1
Storm Sanders
Jil Teichmann		 0
6 		3
6 		   
2
Ajla Tomljanović
Belinda Bencic		 3
6 		2
6 		   
3
Ellen Perez / Storm Sanders
Viktorija Golubic / Stefanie Vögele		       not
played

RTF vs. Switzerland

Russia
2		 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic[23][6]
6 November 2021
Hard (i)
Switzerland
0
1 2 3
1
Daria Kasatkina
Jil Teichmann		 6
2		 6
4		    
2
Liudmila Samsonova
Belinda Bencic		 3
6 		6
3		 6
4		  
3
Ekaterina Alexandrova / Daria Kasatkina
Viktorija Golubic / Stefanie Vögele		       not
played

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