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.

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 Poland
Brazil
Magdalena Fręch
Carolina Meligeni Alves
6
4
6
3
   
2 Poland
Brazil
Urszula Radwańska
Laura Pigossi
69
711
6
3
2
6
 
3 Poland
Brazil
Magdalena Fręch
Laura Pigossi
4
6
6
3
77
64
 
4 Poland
Brazil
Katarzyna Kawa
Carolina Meligeni Alves
3
6
5
7
   
5 Poland
Brazil
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 United Kingdom
Mexico
Katie Boulter
Marcela Zacarías
7
5
6
0
   
2 United Kingdom
Mexico
Heather Watson
Giuliana Olmos
7
5
6
1
   
3 United Kingdom
Mexico
Heather Watson
Marcela Zacarías
3
6
61
77
   
4 United Kingdom
Mexico
Katie Boulter
Giuliana Olmos
6
4
6
1
   
5 United Kingdom
Mexico
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 Serbia
Canada
Olga Danilović
Leylah Annie Fernandez
5
7
6
4
4
6
 
2 Serbia
Canada
Nina Stojanović
Rebecca Marino
4
6
66
78
   
3 Serbia
Canada
Nina Stojanović
Leylah Annie Fernandez
6
3
3
6
4
6
 
4 Serbia
Canada
Olga Danilović
Rebecca Marino
      not
played
5 Serbia
Canada
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 Latvia
India
Jeļena Ostapenko
Ankita Raina
6
2
5
7
7
5
 
2 Latvia
India
Anastasija Sevastova
Karman Thandi
6
4
6
0
   
3 Latvia
India
Anastasija Sevastova
Ankita Raina
6
0
77
64
   
4 Latvia
India
Jeļena Ostapenko
Karman Thandi
      not
played
5 Latvia
India
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 Ukraine
Japan
Elina Svitolina
Chihiro Muramatsu
6
3
6
2
   
2 Ukraine
Japan
Marta Kostyuk
Yuki Naito
6
3
6
3
   
3 Ukraine
Japan
Elina Svitolina
Yuki Naito
6
2
4
6
77
63
 
4 Ukraine
Japan
Marta Kostyuk
Chihiro Muramatsu
      not
played
5 Ukraine
Japan
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 Romania
Italy
Irina Bara
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
1
6
4
6
   
2 Romania
Italy
Mihaela Buzărnescu
Martina Trevisan
2
6
6
2
65
77
 
3 Romania
Italy
Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Jasmine Paolini
1
6
6
3
6
4
 
4 Romania
Italy
Mihaela Buzărnescu
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
5
7
65
77
   
5 Romania
Italy
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 Argentina
Kazakhstan
Nadia Podoroska
Yulia Putintseva
6
2
4
6
0
6
 
2 Argentina
Kazakhstan
María Lourdes Carlé
Elena Rybakina
6
4
3
6
6
0
 
3 Argentina
Kazakhstan
Nadia Podoroska
Elena Rybakina
4
6
4
6
   
4 Argentina
Kazakhstan
María Lourdes Carlé
Yulia Putintseva
63
77
77
63
   
retired
5 Argentina
Kazakhstan
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 Netherlands
China
Kiki Bertens
Wang Xinyu
6
2
6
0
   
2 Netherlands
China
Arantxa Rus
Wang Xiyu
1
6
6
3
2
6
 
3 Netherlands
China
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
Wang Xiyu
3
6
7
5
4
6
 
4 Netherlands
China
Arantxa Rus
Wang Xinyu
6
4
4
3
   
retired
5 Netherlands
China
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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