2021 Davis Cup Finals
The Finals, formerly known as World Group, will be the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2021. It will be held on indoor hard courts at the Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain. The 2020 edition was originally scheduled to take place from 23 until 29 November 2020. However, on 26 June 2020, ITF announced that 2020 Finals will take place from 22 until 28 November 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic and will be named 2021 Davis Cup Finals.[1] The ties will be contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and will be played on one day. There will be two singles followed by a doubles.[2]
2021 Davis Cup Finals | |
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Date | 22–28 November 2021 |
Edition | 2nd |
Surface | Hard indoor |
Location | Madrid, Spain |
Venue | Caja Mágica |
Spain are the defending champions.
Participating teams
18 nations will take part in the Finals.[3]
The qualification is as follows:
- 4 semifinalists of the previous edition
- 2 wild card teams (announced by ITF on 23 November 2019 as France and Serbia)[4]
- 12 winners of the Qualifying Round, in March 2020
Overview
H = Host Nation, TH = Title-Holder, 2019F = Finalist from the 2019 tournament, 2019SF = Semi-Finalists from the 2019 tournament, WC = Wild Card
Participating teams | |||||
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![]() Australia |
![]() Austria |
![]() Canada (2019F) |
![]() Colombia |
![]() Croatia |
![]() Czech Republic |
![]() Ecuador |
![]() France (WC) |
![]() Germany |
![]() Great Britain (2019SF) |
![]() Hungary |
![]() Italy |
![]() Kazakhstan |
![]() Russia (2019SF) |
![]() Serbia (WC) |
![]() Spain (H, TH) |
![]() Sweden |
![]() United States |
Seeds
The seedings were based on the Davis Cup Ranking of 9 March.[3] Spain, as 2019 champions, are seeded No. 1 and will be drawn into Pool A. Canada, as 2019 runners-up, are seeded No. 2 and will be drawn into Pool B. The four other highest-ranked nations (France, Croatia, USA and Serbia) are seeded 3-6. The nations in pot 2 will be drawn randomly into position 2 and the nations in pot 3 will be drawn randomly into position 3.[5]
Team nominations
Format
The 18 teams are divided in six round robin groups of three teams each. The six group winners plus the two second-placed teams with the best records based on percentage of matches won (followed by percentage of sets won and then percentage of games won), will qualify for the quarterfinals.[6]
Day | Round | Number of teams |
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22–25 November (Monday–Thursday) | Round robin | 18 (6 groups of 3 teams) |
25–26 November (Thursday–Friday) | Quarterfinals | 8 (6 group winners + 2 best second place) |
27 November (Saturday) | Semifinals | 4 (automatically qualified for 2022 Davis Cup Finals) |
28 November (Sunday) | Final | 2 |
Group stage
Qualified for the Knockout stage | |
Overview
T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets
Group | First seed | Second seed | Third seed | |||||||||
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Nation | T | M | S | Nation | T | M | S | Nation | T | M | S | |
A | ![]() | – | – | – | ![]() | – | – | – | ![]() | – | – | – |
B | ![]() | – | – | – | ![]() | – | – | – | ![]() | – | – | – |
C | ![]() | – | – | – | ![]() | – | – | – | ![]() | – | – | – |
D | ![]() | – | – | – | ![]() | – | – | – | ![]() | – | – | – |
E | ![]() | – | – | – | ![]() | – | – | – | ![]() | – | – | – |
F | ![]() | – | – | – | ![]() | – | – | – | ![]() | – | – | – |
Group A
Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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2 | ![]() |
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3 | ![]() |
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Group B
Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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2 | ![]() |
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3 | ![]() |
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Group C
Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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Group D
Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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2 | ![]() |
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3 | ![]() |
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Group E
Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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1 | ![]() |
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2 | ![]() |
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3 | ![]() |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals |
Semifinals |
Final | |||||||||||||
25 or 26 November | |||||||||||||||
Winner Group A | |||||||||||||||
Best or 2nd best runner-up | 27 November | ||||||||||||||
25 or 26 November | |||||||||||||||
Winner Group C | |||||||||||||||
Winner Group F | 28 November | ||||||||||||||
25 or 26 November | |||||||||||||||
Winner Group E | |||||||||||||||
Winner Group D | 27 November | ||||||||||||||
25 or 26 November | |||||||||||||||
Best or 2nd best runner-up | |||||||||||||||
Winner Group B |
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
References
- "2020 Davis Cup Finals to be postponed until 2021". Daviscup.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- "Davis Cup Format". Daviscup.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- "Line-up confirmed for 2020 Davis Cup Finals". Daviscup.com. 8 March 2020.
- "Wild cards announced for 2020 Finals". Daviscup.com. 23 November 2019.
- "Seeds announced for Davis Cup Finals 2020". Daviscup.com. 9 March 2020.
- "2020 ITF Davis Cup Regulations" (PDF). International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 10 March 2020.