2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup


The 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup was the 58th edition of the international women's tennis team's tournament and the first to be styled as the Billie [Jean King Cup] in honor of former World number 1 ranked female [tennis players|World No. 1] Billie Jean King.
For this edition, the format of the cup was changed. 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 featured two singles matches and one doubles match. As the World Group takes place as one single tournament, the event has been named the Billie Jean King Cup Finals. The lower zone groups I, II and III were composed of round-robin group play deciding promotion or relegation.
This edition was played over two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic: The Finals were originally scheduled to be held 17 to 18 April 2020 but were postponed to the following year and finally took place in November 2021.

Billie Jean King Cup finals

Date: 1–6 November 2021

Venue: O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
Surface: Hard
12 nations took part in the Finals, formerly known as World Group. The qualification was as follows:
  • 2 finalists of the previous edition
  • 1 host nation
  • 1 wild card
  • 8 winners of a qualifier round, in February 2020

    Qualifying round

Date: 7–8 February 2020
Sixteen teams played for eight spots in the Finals, in series decided on a home and away basis.
These sixteen teams were:
  • 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 played the new play-offs, which ranked the 8 nations that were promoted from the Regional Group I from Americas, Europe/Africa and Asia/Oceania, to see who had to play the 2022 Qualifiers and who stayed in the Regional Group I in 2022.
#: Nations Ranking as of 29 June 2019.
Home teamScoreAway teamLocationVenueSurface
' 3–2EverettAngel of the Winds ArenaHard
2–3' The HagueSportcampus ZuiderparkClay
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Group stage

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Knockout stage

Play-offs

Date: 16–17 April 2021
Sixteen teams played for eight spots in the 2022 qualifying round, in series decided on a home and away basis.
These Sixteen teams were:
  • 8 losing teams from Qualifying round.
  • 8 winning teams from their Group I zone.
Eight winners advanced to the 2022 qualifying round and eight losers contest regional Group I event in 2022.
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams
Home teamScoreAway teamLocationVenueSurface
'3–2BytomHala na SkarpieHard
'3–1LondonNational Tennis CentreHard
0–4'KraljevoKraljevo Sports HallHard
'3–1JūrmalaNational Tennis Centre LielupeHard
'4–0ChornomorskElite Tennis ClubClay
1–3'Cluj-NapocaBTarenaHard
2–3'CórdobaCórdoba Lawn Tennis ClubClay
'3–2's-HertogenboschMaaspoortClay

  • , and were relegated to Zonal Group I in 2022.
  • , and were promoted to Final qualifying round in 2022.

    Americas Zone

Group I

Venue: Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile
Dates: 5–8 February 2020
;Participating teams
;Pool A
;Pool B
Venue 1: Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama
Venue 2: Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia
Dates: 23–26 June 2021 and 27–30 October 2021
;Participating teams
;Pool A (Panama City)|Pool A (Panama City)]
;Pool B (Panama City)|Pool B (Panama City)]
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;Pool A (La Paz)
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;Pool B (La Paz)

  • Play-offs

  • ' and ' were promoted to Americas Zone Group I in 2022.

    Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Venue: Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dates: 3–7 March 2020
;Participating teams
;Pool A
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  • '
  • '
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Promotions
Venue 1: Renouf Tennis Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
Venue 2: Sri Lanka Tennis Association Complex, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dates: 4–8 February 2020
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the event in Sri Lanka could not be held. The Billie Jean King Cup committee decided that in light of the challenges of identifying and appointing a new host nation during the remainder of the 2021 tennis season, the event would take place in 2021. The seven competing nations, Hong Kong China, Iran, Malaysia, Oman, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Vietnam, remained in Asia/Oceania Group II, and they competed in the 2022 competition.
;Participating teams
;Pool A (Wellington)
;Pool B (Wellington)
Remaining nations
'''Remaining nations'''

Play-offs

  • was promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in 2022.

    Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Venue 1: Tallinn Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia
Venue 2: Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Dates: 5–8 February 2020
;Participating teams
;Pool A (Tallinn)
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;Pool B (Tallinn)
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;Pool A (Esch-sur-Alzette)
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;Pool B (Esch-sur-Alzette)
Venue: Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland
Dates: 4–7 February 2020
;Participating teams
;Pool A
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;Pool B
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    Play-offs

  • ' and ' were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2022.
  • ' and ' were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2022.

    Group III

Venue: SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania
Dates: 15–19 June 2021
;Participating teams
;Pool A
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;Pool B
;Pool C
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;Pool D
;Pool E
;Pool F

Play-offs

  • ' and ' were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2022.