The 2020-21 Billie Jean King Cup is the 58th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis, and the first to bear the name Billie Jean King Cup.

For this edition, the format of the cup has changed.^[1] 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 will feature two singles matches and one doubles match. As the World Group will now take place as one single tournament, the event has been named the Billie Jean King Cup Finals. The lower zone groups I, II and III will be composed of round-robin group play deciding promotion or relegation.

Billie Jean King Cup Finals

Date: 13-18 April 2021
Venue: Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary
Surface: Clay court^[1]

12 nations will take part in the Finals, formerly known as World Group. The qualification is as follows:

• 2 finalists of the previous edition
• 1 host nation
• 1 wild card^[2]
• 8 winners of a qualifier round, in February 2020

Participating teams
Australia	Belarus	Belgium	Czech Republic (WC)	France (TH)	Germany
Hungary (H)	Russia	Slovakia	Spain	Switzerland	United States

Qualifying round

Date: 7-8 February 2020

Sixteen teams will play for eight spots in the Finals, in series decided on a home and away basis.^[1]

These sixteen teams are:

• 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 will play the new Play-offs, which will rank the 8 nations that were promoted from the Regional Group I from Americas, Europe/Africa and Asia/Oceania, to see who will play the 2021 Qualifiers and who will stay in the Regional Group I in 2021.

#: Nations Ranking as of 29 June 2019.

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface	Ref.
United States [1]	3-2	Latvia	Everett	Angel of the Winds Arena	Hard (i)
Netherlands	2-3	Belarus [2]	The Hague	Sportcampus Zuiderpark	Clay (i)
Romania [3]	2-3	Russia	Cluj-Napoca	BT Arena	Hard (i)
Brazil	0-4	Germany [4]	Florianópolis	Costão do Santinho Resort	Clay
Spain [5]	3-1	Japan	Cartagena	Centro de Tenis La Manga Club	Clay
Switzerland [6]	3-1	Canada	Biel/Bienne	Swiss Tennis Arena	Hard (i)
Belgium [7]	3-1	Kazakhstan	Kortrijk	SC Lange Munte	Hard (i)
Slovakia	3-1	Great Britain [8]	Bratislava	AXA Aréna NTC	Clay (i)	[3]

Group stage

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Knockout stage

Final

Play-offs

Date: 16-17 April 2021

Sixteen teams will play for eight spots in the 2021 Qualifying Round, in series decided on a home and away basis.^[1]

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.

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface	Ref.
Poland	-	Brazil	Bytom	Hala na Skarpie	Hard (i)
Great Britain	-	Mexico
Serbia	-	Canada	Kraljevo	Kraljevo Sports Hall	Hard (i)
Latvia	-	India
Japan	-	Ukraine	Miki	Bourbon Beans Dome	Hard (i)
Romania	-	Italy			Hard (i)
Argentina	-	Kazakhstan	Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club	Clay
Netherlands	-	China	's-Hertogenbosch	Maaspoort	Clay (i)

Americas Zone

Group I

Venue: Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile (clay)

Dates: 5-8 February 2020

Participating teams

Play-offs

•  Mexico and  Argentina were promoted to the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs.
•  Venezuela and  Peru were relegated to Americas Zone Group II in 2022.

Group II

Venue 1: Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia (clay)
Venue 2: Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama (clay)

Dates: 16-19 June 2021 (La Paz) and 23-26 June 2021 (Panama City)

Participating teams

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Venue: Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (hard)

Dates: 3-7 March 2020

Participating teams

Pool A

•  China
•  Chinese Taipei
•  India
•  Indonesia
•  South Korea
•  Uzbekistan

•  China and  India were promoted to the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs.
•  Uzbekistan and  Chinese Taipei were relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2022.

Group II

Venue 1: Renouf Tennis Centre, Wellington, New Zealand (hard)
Venue 2: National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (hard)

Dates: 4-8 February 2020 (Wellington) and 22-26 June 2021 (Kuala Lumpur)

Participating teams

Play-offs

•  New Zealand and TBD were promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in 2022.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Venue 1: Tallinn Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
Venue 2: Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

Dates: 5-8 February 2020

Participating teams

Play-offs

•  Ukraine,  Italy,  Serbia, and  Poland were promoted to the 2020 Fed Cup Play-offs.
•  Greece and  Luxembourg were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2022.

Group II

Venue: Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)

Dates: 4-7 February 2020

Participating teams

Play-offs

•  Georgia and  Denmark were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2022.
•  Moldova and  Portugal were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2022.

Group III

Venue: SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania (hard)

Dates: 15-19 June 2021

Participating teams

References

External links

• billiejeankingcup.com