2020–21 Fed Cup

The 2020–21 Fed Cup is the 58th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis.

2020–21 Fed Cup
Details
Edition58th
Achievements (singles)
2019
2022

For this edition, the format of the cup has changed.[1] The main modification is the World Group taking place at one location and in one week, with twelve teams divided in four round-robin groups of three teams each, with the winners of each group advancing to the semi-finals. The series between the teams in this stage will feature two singles matches and one doubles match. As the World Group will now take place as one single tournament, the event has been named the Fed Cup Finals. The lower zone groups I, II and III will be composed of round-robin group play deciding promotion or relegation.

Fed Cup Finals

Date: 13-18 April 2021
Venue: Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary
Surface: Clay court[1]

12 nations will take part in the Finals, formerly known as World Group. The qualification is as follows:

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

Australia

Belarus

Belgium

Czech Republic (WC)

France (TH)

Germany

Hungary (H)

Russia

Slovakia

Spain

Switzerland

United States

Qualifying round

Date: 7–8 February 2020

Sixteen teams will play for eight spots in the Finals, in series decided on a home and away basis.[1]

These sixteen teams are:

  • 2 losing semifinalists of the previous edition,
  • 7 winners & losers of World Group Play-offs of previous edition, and
  • 4 winners of World Group II Play-offs of previous edition, and
  • 3 losers of World Group II Play-offs of previous edition, based on rankings

The 8 losing teams from the qualifying round will play the new Play-offs, which will rank the 8 nations that were promoted from the Regional Group I from Americas, Europe/Africa and Asia/Oceania, to see who will play the 2021 Qualifiers and who will stay in the Regional Group I in 2021.

#: Nations Ranking as of 29 June 2019.

  1.  United States (2019 Quarterfinalist, #2)
  2.  Belarus (2019 Semifinalist, #5)
  3.  Romania (2019 Semifinalist, #6)
  4.  Germany (2019 Quarterfinalist, #7)
  5.  Spain (2019 WG Play-off winner, #8)
  6.   Switzerland (2019 WG Play-off loser, #9)
  7.  Belgium (2019 Quarterfinalist, #10)
  8.  Great Britain (2019 WG II Play-off winner, #11)
  9.  Latvia (2019 WG Play-off loser, #12)
  10.  Canada (2019 WG Play-off loser, #13)
  11.  Japan (2019 WG II Play-off winner, #14)
  12.  Slovakia (2019 WG II Play-off winner, #15)
  13.  Russia (2019 WG II Play-off winner, #16)
  14.  Kazakhstan (best ranked WG II Play-off loser, #17)
  15.  Brazil (2nd best ranked WG II Play-off loser, #18)
  16.  Netherlands (3rd best ranked WG II Play-off loser, #19)
Home teamScoreAway teamLocationVenueSurfaceRef.
 United States [1]3–2 LatviaEverettAngel of the Winds ArenaHard (i)
 Netherlands2–3 Belarus [2]The HagueSportcampus ZuiderparkClay (i)
 Romania [3]2–3 RussiaCluj-NapocaBT ArenaHard (i)
 Brazil0–4 Germany [4]FlorianópolisCostão do Santinho ResortClay
 Spain [5]3–1 JapanCartagenaCentro de Tenis La Manga ClubClay
  Switzerland [6]3–1 CanadaBiel/BienneSwiss Tennis ArenaHard (i)
 Belgium [7]3–1 KazakhstanKortrijkSC Lange MunteHard (i)
 Slovakia3–1 Great Britain [8]BratislavaAXA Aréna NTCClay (i)[3]

Group stage

Qualified for the Knockout stage

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group Winners Runners-up Third
NationTMS NationTMS NationTMS
A  France  Russia  Hungary
B  Australia  Belarus  Belgium
C  United States  Spain  Slovakia
D  Czech Republic  Germany   Switzerland

Knockout stage

  Semifinals
Final
                 
  TBD
     
        TBD
     
  TBD    
   
     

Final

Play-offs

Date: 5–6 February 2021

Sixteen teams will play for eight spots in the 2021 Qualifying Round, in series decided on a home and away basis.[1]

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.

Home teamScoreAway teamLocationVenueSurfaceRef.
 Poland Brazil
 Mexico Great Britain
 Serbia Canada
 Latvia IndiaRigaArena RigaHard
 Japan UkraineOsakaUtsubo Tennis CenterHard
 Romania Italy
 Argentina Kazakhstan
 Netherlands Chinas-HertogenboschMaaspoort Sports & Events

Americas Zone

Group I

Venue: Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile (clay)

Dates: 5–8 February 2020

Participating teams

Play-offs

Group II

Venue 1: Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia (clay)
Venue 2: Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama (clay)

Dates: 2021

Participating teams

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Venue: Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (hard)

Dates: 3–7 March 2020

Participating teams
Pool A


Group II

Venue 1: Renouf Tennis Centre, Wellington, New Zealand (hard)
Venue 2: National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (hard)

Dates: 4–8 February 2020 (Wellington) and 2021 (Kuala Lumpur)

Participating teams

Play-offs

  •  New Zealand and TBD were promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in 2022.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Venue 1: Tallinn Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
Venue 2: Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

Dates: 5–8 February 2020

Participating teams

Play-offs

Group II

Venue: Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)

Dates: 4–7 February 2020

Participating teams

Play-offs

  •  Georgia and  Denmark were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2022.
  •  Moldova and  Portugal were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2022.

Group III

Venue: SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania (hard)

Dates: 2021

Participating teams
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