2020 Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs

The 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs was originally scheduled to be held from 17 to 18 April 2020 but was postponed to the following year due to COVID-19.[1] The eight winners of this round will qualify for the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Qualifying Round while the eight losers will contest their respective regional Group I event in 2022.

Main article: 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup

Teams

Sixteen teams will play for eight spots in the 2021 Qualifying Round, in series decided on a home and away basis.

These Sixteen teams are:

  • 8 losing teams from Qualifying round.
  • 8 winning teams from their Group I zone.

Eight winners will advance to the 2021 Qualifying Round and eight losers will contest their respective regional Group I event in 2021.

Results summary
Home teamScoreAway teamLocationVenueSurface
 Poland3–2 BrazilBytomHala na SkarpieHard (i)
 Great Britain3–1 MexicoLondonNational Tennis CentreHard (i)
 Serbia0–4 CanadaKraljevoKraljevo Sports HallHard (i)
 Latvia3–1 IndiaJūrmalaNational Tennis Centre LielupeHard (i)
 Ukraine4–0 JapanChornomorskElite Tennis ClubClay
 Romania1–3 ItalyCluj-NapocaBTarenaHard (i)
 Argentina2–3 KazakhstanCórdobaCórdoba Lawn Tennis ClubClay
 Netherlands3–2 China's-HertogenboschMaaspoortClay (i)

Play-offs results

Poland vs. Brazil

Poland
3		 Hala na Skarpie, Bytom, Poland[2]
16–17 April 2021
Hard (indoor)
Brazil
2
1 2 3
1
Magdalena Fręch
Carolina Meligeni Alves		 6
4		 6
3		    
2
Urszula Radwańska
Laura Pigossi		 69
711		 6
3		 2
6 		 
3
Magdalena Fręch
Laura Pigossi		 4
6 		6
3		 77
64		  
4
Katarzyna Kawa
Carolina Meligeni Alves		 3
6 		5
7 		   
5
Magdalena Fręch / Katarzyna Kawa
Carolina Meligeni Alves / Luisa Stefani		 1
6 		6
2		 6
4		  

Great Britain vs. Mexico

Great Britain
3		 National Tennis Centre, London, United Kingdom[3]
16–17 April 2021
Hard (indoor)
Mexico
1
1 2 3
1
Katie Boulter
Marcela Zacarías		 7
5		 6
0		    
2
Heather Watson
Giuliana Olmos		 7
5		 6
1		    
3
Heather Watson
Marcela Zacarías		 3
6 		61
77		    
4
Katie Boulter
Giuliana Olmos		 6
4		 6
1		    
5
Harriet Dart / Heather Watson
Fernanda Contreras / Giuliana Olmos		       not
played

Serbia vs. Canada

Serbia
0		 Kraljevo Sport Hall, Kraljevo, Serbia[4]
16–17 April 2021
Hard (indoor)
Canada
4
1 2 3
1
Olga Danilović
Leylah Annie Fernandez		 5
7 		6
4		 4
6 		 
2
Nina Stojanović
Rebecca Marino		 4
6 		66
78		    
3
Nina Stojanović
Leylah Annie Fernandez		 6
3		 3
6 		4
6 		 
4
Olga Danilović
Rebecca Marino		       not
played
5
Ivana Jorović / Aleksandra Krunić
Rebecca Marino / Carol Zhao		 77
64		 3
6 		[0]
[10]		  

Latvia vs. India

Latvia
3		 National Tennis Centre Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia[5]
16–17 April 2021
Hard (indoor)
India
1
1 2 3
1
Jeļena Ostapenko
Ankita Raina		 6
2		 5
7 		7
5		  
2
Anastasija Sevastova
Karman Thandi		 6
4		 6
0		    
3
Anastasija Sevastova
Ankita Raina		 6
0		 77
64		    
4
Jeļena Ostapenko
Karman Thandi		       not
played
5
Patrīcija Špaka / Daniela Vismane
Rutuja Bhosale / Zeel Desai		 4
6 		7
5		 [2]
[10]		  

Ukraine vs. Japan

Ukraine
4		 Elite Tennis Club, Chornomorsk, Ukraine[6]
16–17 April 2021
Clay
Japan
0
1 2 3
1
Elina Svitolina
Chihiro Muramatsu		 6
3		 6
2		    
2
Marta Kostyuk
Yuki Naito		 6
3		 6
3		    
3
Elina Svitolina
Yuki Naito		 6
2		 4
6 		77
63		  
4
Marta Kostyuk
Chihiro Muramatsu		       not
played
5
Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok
Shiho Akita / Himari Sato		 6
2		 77
62		    

Romania vs. Italy

Romania
1		 BTarena, Cluj-Napoca, Romania[7]
16–17 April 2021
Hard (indoor)
Italy
3
1 2 3
1
Irina Bara
Elisabetta Cocciaretto		 1
6 		4
6 		   
2
Mihaela Buzărnescu
Martina Trevisan		 2
6 		6
2		 65
77		  
3
Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Jasmine Paolini		 1
6 		6
3		 6
4		  
4
Mihaela Buzărnescu
Elisabetta Cocciaretto		 5
7 		65
77		    
5
Monica Niculescu / Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Giulia Gatto-Monticone / Jasmine Paolini		       not
played

Argentina vs. Kazakhstan

Argentina
2		 Córdoba Lawn Tennis Club, Córdoba, Argentina[8]
16–17 April 2021
Clay
Kazakhstan
3
1 2 3
1
Nadia Podoroska
Yulia Putintseva		 6
2		 4
6 		0
6 		 
2
María Lourdes Carlé
Elena Rybakina		 6
4		 3
6 		6
0		  
3
Nadia Podoroska
Elena Rybakina		 4
6 		4
6 		   
4
María Lourdes Carlé
Yulia Putintseva		 63
77		 77
63		    
retired
5
María Lourdes Carlé / Nadia Podoroska
Anna Danilina / Yaroslava Shvedova		 0
6 		5
7 		   

Netherlands vs. China

Netherlands
3		 Maaspoort, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands[9]
16–17 April 2021
Clay (indoor)
China
2
1 2 3
1
Kiki Bertens
Wang Xinyu		 6
2		 6
0		    
2
Arantxa Rus
Wang Xiyu		 1
6 		6
3		 2
6 		 
3
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
Wang Xiyu		 3
6 		7
5		 4
6 		 
4
Arantxa Rus
Wang Xinyu		 6
4		 4
3		    
retired
5
Arantxa Rus / Demi Schuurs
Xu Yifan / Zhang Shuai		 6
1		 6
4		    

References
  1. "Fed Cup Finals and Play-offs postponed". billiejeankingcup.com. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. "Poland v Brazil". billiejeankingcup.com.
  3. "Great Britain v Mexico". billiejeankingcup.com.
  4. "Serbia v Canada". billiejeankingcup.com.
  5. "Latvia v India". billiejeankingcup.com.
  6. "Japan v Ukraine". billiejeankingcup.com.
  7. "Romania v Italy". billiejeankingcup.com.
  8. "Argentina v Kazakhstan". billiejeankingcup.com.
  9. "Netherlands v China". billiejeankingcup.com.
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