2020 Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs
# 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. 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) | Hala na Skarpie, Bytom, Poland 16–17 April 2021 Hard (indoor) | Brazil 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Magdalena Fręch Carolina Meligeni Alves 6 4 6 3     2 Urszula Radwańska Laura Pigossi $6^9$ $7^{11}$ 6 3 2 6   3 Magdalena Fręch Laura Pigossi 4 6 6 3 $7^7$ $6^4$   4 Katarzyna Kawa Carolina Meligeni Alves 3 6 5 7     5 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 16–17 April 2021 Hard (indoor) | 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 $6^1$ $7^7$     4 Katie Boulter Giuliana Olmos 6 4 6 1     5 Harriet Dart / Heather Watson Fernanda Contreras / Giuliana Olmos       not played ||||

### Serbia vs. Canada

| Serbia 0 | Kraljevo Sport Hall, Kraljevo, Serbia 16–17 April 2021 Hard (indoor) | 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 $6^6$ $7^8$     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 $7^7$ $6^4$ 3 6 [0] [10] ||||

### Latvia vs. India

| Latvia 3 | National Tennis Centre Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia 16–17 April 2021 Hard (indoor) | 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 $7^7$ $6^4$     4 Jeļena Ostapenko Karman Thandi       not played 5 Patrīcija Špaka / Daniela Vismane Rutuja Bhosale / Zeel Desai 4 6 7 5 [2] [10] ||||

### Ukraine vs. Japan

| Ukraine 4 | Elite Tennis Club, Chornomorsk, Ukraine 16–17 April 2021 Clay | 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 $7^7$ $6^3$   4 Marta Kostyuk Chihiro Muramatsu       not played 5 Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok Shiho Akita / Himari Sato 6 2 $7^7$ $6^2$ ||||

### Romania vs. Italy

| Romania 1 | BTarena, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 16–17 April 2021 Hard (indoor) | 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 $6^5$ $7^7$   3 Elena-Gabriela Ruse Jasmine Paolini 1 6 6 3 6 4   4 Mihaela Buzărnescu Elisabetta Cocciaretto 5 7 $6^5$ $7^7$     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 | 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 $6^3$ $7^7$ $7^7$ $6^3$    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) | 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 ||||
