2020–21 Davis Cup

The 2020–21 Davis Cup was the 109th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by Rakuten. For this edition, the format of the cup was changed. The new format saw the creation of a Davis Cup World Group I and World Group II which was played on a worldwide basis and replaced the regional Group I and Group II. As a result, the Davis Cup nations ranking was no longer used to determine which group a nation was played in. Previous the 2019, and the 2021 finals host Spain were the defending champions. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 26 June 2020 the ITF announced that the 2020 finals would take place from 22 until 28 November 2021. In addition, 24 World Group I and World Group II ties were postponed to March and September 2021, and the 2020 regional Group III and Group IV events were also postponed to 2021. The 18 nations that qualified for the finals kept their standing for the next year.

Davis Cup Finals

Date: 25 November–5 December 2021
Venue: Madrid Arena, Madrid, Spain
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck, Austria
Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy
Surface: Hard court
18 nations took part in the finals, formerly known as World Group. The qualification was as follows:

4 semifinalists of the previous edition
2 wild card teams
12 winners of a qualifier round, in March 2020

H = Host nation, TH = Title holder, WC = Wild card

Seeds

The seedings were based on the Nations ranking of 9 March.
''#: Nations ranking as of 9 March 2020.''

Qualifying round

Date: 6–7 March 2020
Twenty-six eligible teams were:

14 teams ranked 5th-18th in the Finals.
12 winning teams from their Group I zone.

Two wild cards for the Finals were selected from these 26 nations. and were announced prior to the Qualifiers draw. The remaining 24 nations competed in head-to-head matches, with the 12 winning teams to play at the Finals and the 12 losing teams to play at the World Group I in 2022.
The Davis Cup Qualifiers draw took place on 24 November 2019 at La Caja Mágica.
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams:

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface
	3–1		Zagreb	Dom Sportova	Hard
'	3–2		Debrecen	Főnix Hall	Clay
'	3–1		Bogotá	Palacio de los Deportes	Clay
	4–0		Honolulu	Neal S. Blaisdell Center	Hard
	3–1		Adelaide	Memorial Drive Tennis Centre	Hard
	4–0		Cagliari	Circolo Tennis Cagliari	Clay
	4–1		Düsseldorf	Castello Düsseldorf	Hard
	3–1		Nur-Sultan	Daulet National Tennis Centre	Hard
	1–3		Bratislava	AXA Aréna NTC	Clay
	3–1		Premstätten	Steiermarkhalle Schwarzlsee	Hard
	0–3		Miki	Bourbon Beans Dome	Hard
	3–1		Stockholm	Kungliga tennishallen	Hard

Group stage

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

World Group I

Date: 5–6 March 2021 or 17–19 September 2021
Twenty-four teams participated in the World Group I, in series decided on a home and away basis. The seedings are based on the Nations ranking of 9 March.
These twenty-four teams were:

12 losing teams from the qualifying round
12 winning teams from World Group I play-offs

The eight highest-ranked winners of the World Group I ties will automatically progress to the 2022 qualifiers. The four lowest-ranked winners took part in an additional knock-out tie in November 2021, with the two winners progressing to the 2022 qualifiers and two losers contesting the 2022 World Group I play-offs. The losing nations from the World Group I ties will compete in the World Group I Play-Offs in 2022.
#: Nations ranking as of 9 March 2020.
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface
	2–3	'	Asunción	Rakiura Resort	Clay
'	4–1		Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club	Clay
	0–4	'	Islamabad	Pakistan Sports Complex	Grass
	0–4	'	Montevideo	Carrasco Lawn Tenis Club	Clay
'	3–1		Bratislava	NTC Arena	Hard
'	3–1		Espoo	Espoo Metro Areena	Hard
'	3–1		Oslo	Oslo Tennis Arena	Hard
	0–4	'	Jounieh	Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon	Clay
	1–3	'	Newport	International Tennis Hall of Fame	Grass
'	3–1		Cluj-Napoca	Horia Demian Sports Hall	Hard
'	3–2		Lima	Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	Clay
'	3–2		Kyiv	Marina Tennis Club	Hard

Qualifying round

Date: 6–9 March 2020
Twenty-four teams played for the twelve spots in the World Group I, in series decided on a home and away basis.
These twenty-four teams were:

12 losing teams from their Group I zone.
12 winning teams from their Group II zone.

The 12 winning teams from the play-offs played at the World Group I and the 12 losing teams played at the World Group II.
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface
'	3–2		Zaporizhia	Palace of Sports	Hard
'	3–0		Islamabad	Pakistan Sports Complex	Grass
'	3–1		Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Club de Tenis Santa Cruz	Clay
	1–3	'	Antalya	Club Megasaray Tennis Centre	Clay
'	3–1		Zenica	Arena Zenica	Hard
	2–3	'	Metepec	Club Deportivo La Asunción	Clay
'	3–1		Jounieh	Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon	Clay
'	3–1		Auckland	ASB Tennis Centre	Hard
'	3–1		Lima	Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	Clay
'	4–0		Oslo	Oslo Tennis Arena	Hard
	0–4	'	Šiauliai	Šiauliai Tennis Academy	Hard
'	w/o		Piatra Neamț	Polyvalent Hall	Hard

Knock-out round

Date: 26–28 November 2021
Four teams played in this round, in series decided on a home and away basis.
These four teams were the four lowest-ranked winners of World Group I.
The two winning teams will play at the Qualifiers and the two losing teams will play at the World Group I Play-Offs in 2022.
#: Nations ranking as of 20 September 2021.
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface
'	3–1		Oslo	Oslo Tennis Arena	Hard
'	4–0		Cluj-Napoca	Horia Demian Sports Hall	Hard

World Group II

Date: 5–6 March 2021 or 17–19 September 2021
Twenty-four teams participated in the World Group II, in series decided on a home and away basis. The seedings are based on the Nations ranking of 9 March.
These twenty-four teams were:

12 losing teams from World Group I play-offs
12 winning teams from World Group II play-offs

The eight highest-ranked winners of the World Group II ties will automatically progress to the 2022 World Group I play-offs. The four lowest-ranked teams took part in an additional knock-out tie in November, with the two winners progressing to the 2022 World Group I play-offs and two losers contesting the 2022 World Group II play-offs. The losing nations from the World Group II ties will compete in the World Group II Play-Offs in 2022.
#: Nations ranking as of 9 March 2020.
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface
'	w/o		Harare	Harare Sports Club	Hard
	1–3	'	Sofia	Sport Hall Sofia	Hard
'	5–0		Biel	Swiss Tennis Arena	Hard
'	3–2		Tunis	Cité Nationale Sportive El Menzah	Hard
	1–3	'	Heraklion	Lyttos Beach Tennis Academy	Hard
'	4–1		Kolding	Sydbank Arena	Hard
'	3–1		Kalisz	Arena Kalisz	Hard
'	3–1		Portorož	Tennis Centre Portoroz	Clay
'	4–0		Istanbul	Enka Spor Kulubu	Hard
'	4–0		New York	Forest Hills Stadium	Hard
	w/o	'
'	3–1		Saint Michael	National Tennis Centre	Hard

Qualifying round

Date: 6–7 March 2020
Twenty-four teams played for the twelve spots in the World Group II, in series decided on a home and away basis.
These twenty-four teams are:

12 losing teams from their Group II zone:
12 teams from their Group III zone:
* 4 from Europe
* 3 from Asia/Oceania,
* 3 from Americas, and
* 2 from Africa.

The 12 winning teams from the play-offs will play at the World Group II and the 12 losing teams will play at the Group III of the corresponding continental zone.
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface
'	4–1		Jūrmala	National Tennis Centre Lielupe	Hard
'	4–0		Asunción	Club Internacional de Tenis	Clay
'	4–0		Marrakesh	Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech	Clay
'	4–0		Jakarta	Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex	Hard
	1–3	'	Guatemala City	Federación Nacional De Tenis	Hard
	1–4	'	San José	Costa Rica Country Club	Hard
'	4–0		Kalisz	Arena Kalisz	Hard
'	3–1		Harare	Harare Sports Club	Hard
	1–4	'	Metro Manila	Philippine Columbian Association	Clay
'	5–0		Holbæk	Holbæk Sportsby	Hard
'	3–1		San Salvador	Polideportivo de Ciudad Merliot	Hard
	1–4	'	Tbilisi	Alex Metreveli Tennis Club	Hard

Knock-out round

Date: 26–28 November 2021
Four teams played in this round, in series decided on a home and away basis.
These four teams were the four lowest-ranked winners of World Group II.
The two winning teams will play at the World Group I play-offs and the two losing teams will play at the World Group II Play-Offs in 2022.
#: Nations ranking as of 20 September 2021.
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface
'	4–0		Tunis	Tennis Club de Tunis	Clay
	1–3	'	Marrakesh	Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech	Clay

Americas Zone

Group III

Dates: 30 June–3 July 2021
Location: Centro de Alto Rendimineto Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama
The first two nations qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs
Teams'

Inactive Teams
Promotions' and ' qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group III

Dates: 15–18 September 2021
Location: Jordan Tennis Federation, Amman, Jordan
The first three nations qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs
Teams''Pacific Oceania

Promotions/Relegations', ' and Pacific Oceania qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs

', ' and ' are relegated to 2022 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

Group IV

Dates: 18–23 October 2021
Location: Bahrain Tennis Federation Courts, Isa Town, Bahrain
The first three nations qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
Teams'

Inactive Teams
Promotions

', ' and ' are promoted to 2022 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

Europe Zone

Group III

Dates: 16–19 June 2021
Location: Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus
The first three nations qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs
The last two nations are relegated to 2022 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group IV
Teams' '

Promotions/Relegations

', ' and ' qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs' and ' are relegated to 2022 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group IV

Group IV

Dates: 22–26 June 2021
Location: Tennis Club Jug, Skopje, North Macedonia
The first four nations qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
Teams'

Promotions', ', ' and ' are promoted to the 2022 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III.

Africa Zone

Group III

Dates: 11–14 August 2021
Location: Smash Academy, Cairo, Egypt
The first two nations qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs
Teams'

Promotions/Relegations' and ' qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs.' and ' were relegated to 2022 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group IV.

Group IV

Dates: 21–26 June 2021
Location: Complexe Sportif La Concorde, Brazzaville, Congo
The first two nations qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III
Teams'

Inactive Teams
Promotions' and ' are promoted to the 2022 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III.