2021 Billie Jean King Cup finals | |
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Date | November 1–6, 2021 |
Edition | 58th |
Surface | Hard (Indoor) |
Location | Prague, Czech Republic |
Venue | O2 Arena |
Champions | |
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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]
12 nations took part in the finals. The qualification was as follows:
Participating teams | |||||
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![]() Australia |
![]() Belarus |
![]() Belgium |
![]() Canada (WC) |
![]() Czech Republic (H) |
![]() France (TH) |
![]() Germany |
![]() RTF |
![]() Slovakia |
![]() Spain |
![]() Switzerland |
![]() United States |
SR = Singles ranking, DR = Doubles ranking. Rankings are as of 1 November 2021. [8]
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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 |
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1–4 November | Round robin | 12 (4 groups of 3 teams) |
5 November | Semifinals | 4 |
6 November | Final | 2 |
Qualified for the Knockout stage |
T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets
Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third | |||||||||
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Nation | T | M | S | Nation | T | M | S | Nation | T | M | S | |
A | ![]() |
2–0 | 5–1 | 11–4 | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–4 | 5–9 | ![]() |
0–2 | 2–4 | 6–9 |
B | ![]() |
2–0 | 4–2 | 8–7 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–3 | 8–7 | ![]() |
0–2 | 2–4 | 6–8 |
C | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–3 | 7–6 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–3 | 8–8 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–3 | 7–8 |
D | ![]() |
2–0 | 5–1 | 10–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–3 | 7–7 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–5 | 4–11 |
Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 5–1 | 11–4 | 73% | 82–51 | 62% |
2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–4 | 5–9 | 36% | 59–76 | 44% |
3 | ![]() |
0–2 | 2–4 | 6–9 | 40% | 67–81 | 45% |
![]() France 1 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[9] 1 November 2021 Hard (i) |
![]() Canada 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Russia 3 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[10] 2 November 2021 Hard (i) |
![]() Canada 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() France 1 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[11] 3 November 2021 Hard (i) |
![]() Russia 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 4–2 | 8–7 | 63% | 71–67 | 51% |
2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–3 | 8–7 | 53% | 73–61 | 54% |
3 | ![]() |
0–2 | 2–4 | 6–8 | 43% | 55–71 | 44% |
![]() Belarus 1 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[12] 1 November 2021 Hard (i) |
![]() Belgium 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Australia 2 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[13] 2 November 2021 Hard (i) |
![]() Belgium 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Australia 2 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[14] 4 November 2021 Hard (i) |
![]() Belarus 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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1 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–3 | 7–6 | 54% | 60–51 | 54% |
2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–3 | 8–8 | 50% | 64–66 | 49% |
3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–3 | 7–8 | 47% | 58–65 | 47% |
![]() Spain 2 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[15] 1 November 2021 Hard (i) |
![]() Slovakia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() United States 1 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[16] 2 November 2021 Hard (i) |
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![]() United States 2 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[17] 3 November 2021 Hard (i) |
![]() Spain 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 5–1 | 10–3 | 77% | 73–51 | 59% |
2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–3 | 7–7 | 50% | 64–64 | 50% |
3 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–5 | 4–11 | 27% | 56–78 | 42% |
![]() Czech Republic 2 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[18] 1 November 2021 Hard (i) |
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![]() Germany 0 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[19] 2 November 2021 Hard (i) |
![]() Switzerland 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Czech Republic 1 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[20] 4 November 2021 Hard (i) |
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Semifinals | Final | ||||||
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![]() Russia 2 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[21] 5 November 2021 Hard (i) |
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![]() Australia 0 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
[22] 5 November 2021 Hard (i) |
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![]() Russia 2 |
O2 Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic
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[6] 6 November 2021 Hard (i) |
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