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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. 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 team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface
Poland	3–2	Brazil	Bytom	Hala na Skarpie	Hard (i)
Great Britain	3–1	Mexico	London	National Tennis Centre	Hard (i)
Serbia	0–4	Canada	Kraljevo	Kraljevo Sports Hall	Hard (i)
Latvia	3–1	India	Jūrmala	National Tennis Centre Lielupe	Hard (i)
Ukraine	4–0	Japan	Chornomorsk	Elite Tennis Club	Clay
Romania	1–3	Italy	Cluj-Napoca	BTarena	Hard (i)
Argentina	2–3	Kazakhstan	Córdoba	Córdoba Lawn Tennis Club	Clay
Netherlands	3–2	China	's-Hertogenbosch	Maaspoort	Clay (i)

Play-offs results

Poland vs. Brazil

Poland 3	Hala na Skarpie, Bytom, Poland 16–17 April 2021 Hard (indoor)		Brazil 2
1 2 3 1 Magdalena Fręch Carolina Alves 6 4 6 3     2 Urszula Radwańska Laura Pigossi 6 7 6 3 2 6   3 Magdalena Fręch Laura Pigossi 4 6 6 3 7 6   4 Katarzyna Kawa Carolina Alves 3 6 5 7     5 Magdalena Fręch / Katarzyna Kawa Carolina Alves / Luisa Stefani 1 6 6 2 6 4

Great Britain vs. Mexico

Great Britain 3	National Tennis Centre, London, United Kingdom 16–17 April 2021 Hard (indoor)		Mexico 1
1 2 3 1 Katie Boulter Marcela Zacarías 7 5 6 0     2 Heather Watson Giuliana Olmos 7 5 6 1     3 Heather Watson Marcela Zacarías 3 6 6 7     4 Katie Boulter Giuliana Olmos 6 4 6 1     5 Harriet Dart / Heather Watson Fernanda Contreras Gómez / Giuliana Olmos       not played

Serbia vs. Canada

Serbia 0	Kraljevo Sport Hall, Kraljevo, Serbia 16–17 April 2021 Hard (indoor)		Canada 4
1 2 3 1 Olga Danilović Leylah Annie Fernandez 5 7 6 4 4 6   2 Nina Stojanović Rebecca Marino 4 6 6 7     3 Nina Stojanović Leylah Annie Fernandez 6 3 3 6 4 6   4 Olga Danilović Rebecca Marino       not played 5 Ivana Jorović / Aleksandra Krunić Rebecca Marino / Carol Zhao 7 6 3 6

Latvia vs. India

Latvia 3	National Tennis Centre Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia 16–17 April 2021 Hard (indoor)		India 1
1 2 3 1 Jeļena Ostapenko Ankita Raina 6 2 5 7 7 5   2 Anastasija Sevastova Karman Thandi 6 4 6 0     3 Anastasija Sevastova Ankita Raina 6 0 7 6     4 Jeļena Ostapenko Karman Thandi       not played 5 Patrīcija Špaka / Daniela Vismane Rutuja Bhosale / Zeel Desai 4 6 7 5

Ukraine vs. Japan

Ukraine 4	Elite Tennis Club, Chornomorsk, Ukraine 16–17 April 2021 Clay		Japan 0
1 2 3 1 Elina Svitolina Chihiro Muramatsu 6 3 6 2     2 Marta Kostyuk Yuki Naito 6 3 6 3     3 Elina Svitolina Yuki Naito 6 2 4 6 7 6   4 Marta Kostyuk Chihiro Muramatsu       not played 5 Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok Shiho Akita / Himari Sato 6 2 7 6

Romania vs. Italy

Romania 1	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 16–17 April 2021 Hard (indoor)		Italy 3
1 2 3 1 Irina Bara Elisabetta Cocciaretto 1 6 4 6     2 Mihaela Buzărnescu Martina Trevisan 2 6 6 2 6 7   3 Elena-Gabriela Ruse Jasmine Paolini 1 6 6 3 6 4   4 Mihaela Buzărnescu Elisabetta Cocciaretto 5 7 6 7     5 Monica Niculescu / Elena-Gabriela Ruse Giulia Gatto-Monticone / Jasmine Paolini       not played

Argentina vs. Kazakhstan

Argentina 2	Córdoba Lawn Tennis Club, Córdoba, Argentina 16–17 April 2021 Clay		Kazakhstan 3
1 2 3 1 Nadia Podoroska Yulia Putintseva 6 2 4 6 0 6   2 María Lourdes Carlé Elena Rybakina 6 4 3 6 6 0   3 Nadia Podoroska Elena Rybakina 4 6 4 6     4 María Lourdes Carlé Yulia Putintseva 6 7 7 6     retired 5 María Lourdes Carlé / Nadia Podoroska Anna Danilina / Yaroslava Shvedova 0 6 5 7

Netherlands vs. China

Netherlands 3	Maaspoort, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands 16–17 April 2021 Clay (indoor)		China 2
1 2 3 1 Kiki Bertens Wang Xinyu 6 2 6 0     2 Arantxa Rus Wang Xiyu 1 6 6 3 2 6   3 Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove Wang Xiyu 3 6 7 5 4 6   4 Arantxa Rus Wang Xinyu 6 4 4 3     retired 5 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.

External links

• 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup
• April 2021 sports events in Europe
• April 2021 sports events in South America