2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup finals

2021 Billie Jean King Cup finals
DateNovember 1–6, 2021
Edition58th
SurfaceHard (Indoor)
LocationPrague, Czech Republic
VenueO2 Arena
Champions
Russian Tennis Federation
Main article: 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup

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 were contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and are played on one day. There were two singles matches, followed by a single doubles tie.

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

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

Participating teams

12 nations took part in the finals. 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 SR DR
Ajla Tomljanović 43 140
Storm Sanders 131 33
Ellen Perez 200 43
Olivia Gadecki 232 180
Daria Gavrilova 412 559
Captain: Alicia Molik
 Belarus
Player SR DR
Aliaksandra Sasnovich 88 79
Yuliya Hatouka 192 495
Iryna Shymanovich 263 311
Vera Lapko 356 238
Lidziya Marozava – 90
Captain: Tatiana Poutchek
 Belgium
Player SR DR
Elise Mertens 18 1
Greet Minnen 70 81
Ysaline Bonaventure 146 395
Kirsten Flipkens 160 148
Captain: Johan Van Herck
 Canada
Player SR DR
Rebecca Marino 148 175
Carol Zhao 328 570
Françoise Abanda 353 –
Gabriela Dabrowski 710 5
Captain: Sylvain Bruneau
 Czech Republic
Player SR DR
Barbora Krejčíková 3 3
Markéta Vondroušová 35 66
Tereza Martincová 48 188
Kateřina Siniaková 49 2
Lucie Hradecká 557 29
Captain: Petr Pála
 France
Player SR DR
Alizé Cornet 59 281
Caroline Garcia 75 170
Clara Burel 77 268
Fiona Ferro 105 410
Captain: Julien Benneteau
 Germany
Player SR DR
Angelique Kerber 9 379
Andrea Petkovic 76 135
Jule Niemeier 134 –
Anna-Lena Friedsam 137 93
Nastasja Schunk 297 1319
Captain: Rainer Schüttler
RTF
Player SR DR
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 12 108
Daria Kasatkina 28 284
Veronika Kudermetova 31 11
Ekaterina Alexandrova 32 146
Liudmila Samsonova 40 1342
Captain: Igor Andreev
 Slovakia
Player SR DR
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 83 621
Kristína Kučová 111 –
Rebecca Šramková 172 491
Viktória Kužmová 175 59
Tereza Mihalíková 618 111
Captain: Matej Lipták
 Spain
Player SR DR
Sara Sorribes Tormo 37 69
Nuria Párrizas Díaz 66 359
Aliona Bolsova 163 86
Rebeka Masarova 167 270
Carla Suárez Navarro 330 1103
Captain: Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Switzerland
Player SR DR
Belinda Bencic 17 155
Jil Teichmann 39 106
Viktorija Golubic 45 145
Stefanie Vögele 116 964
Captain: Heinz Günthardt
 United States
Player SR DR
Danielle Collins 30 492
Shelby Rogers 42 74
Sloane Stephens 63 1085
CoCo Vandeweghe 151 156
Caroline Dolehide 197 28
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.

Day Round Number of teams
1–4 November Round robin 12 (4 groups of 3 teams)
5 November Semifinals 4
6 November Final 2

Group stage

Qualified for the Knockout stage

Overview

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group Winners Runners-up Third
Nation T M S Nation T M S Nation T M S
A RTF 2–0 5–1 11–4  Canada 1–1 2–4 5–9  France 0–2 2–4 6–9
B  Australia 2–0 4–2 8–7  Belgium 1–1 3–3 8–7  Belarus 0–2 2–4 6–8
C  United States 1–1 3–3 7–6  Slovakia 1–1 3–3 8–8  Spain 1–1 3–3 7–8
D   Switzerland 2–0 5–1 10–3  Czech Republic 1–1 3–3 7–7  Germany 0–2 1–5 4–11

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

Semifinals

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

Final

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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