2021 Davis Cup Finals Explained

Date:25 November–5 December 2021
Edition:2nd
Draw:18 teams
Surface:Hard indoor
Location:Innsbruck, Austria
Madrid, Spain
Turin, Italy
Venue:Olympiahalle
Madrid Arena
Pala Alpitour
Main Name:Davis Cup
Before Year:2019

See main article: 2020–21 Davis Cup. The Finals, formerly known as World Group, was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2021. It was held on indoor hard courts at three venues in Innsbruck, Austria, Madrid, Spain and Turin, Italy. The 2020 edition was originally scheduled to take place from 23 until 29 November 2020. However, on 26 June 2020, ITF announced that 2020 Finals would take place from 22 until 28 November 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic and be named 2021 Davis Cup Finals.[1] On 18 January 2021, ITF announced that the Finals would be expanded over 11 days, from 25 November to 5 December 2021.[2] The ties were contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and played on one day. There were two singles followed by a doubles.[3] Spain were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round-robin stage. The Russian Tennis Federation won the title, defeating Croatia in the final. Andrey Rublev was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament after going 6–1 in both singles and doubles.[4] [5]

Participating teams

18 nations take part in the Finals.[6] The qualification was as follows:

Overview

H = Host nation, TH = Title holder, 2019F = Finalist from the 2019 tournament, 2019SF = Semi-finalists from the 2019 tournament, WC = Wild card

Participating teams
width=17%width=17% (H)width=17% (2019F)width=17%width=17%width=17%
width=17%width=17% (WC)width=17%width=17% (2019SF)width=17%width=17% (H)
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RTF (2019SF) 		width=17% (WC)width=17% (H, TH)width=17%width=17%

Seeds

The seedings were based on the Davis Cup Ranking of 9 March.[6] Spain, as 2019 champions, are seeded No. 1 and were drawn into Pool A. Canada, as 2019 runners-up, are seeded No. 2 and were drawn into Pool B. The four other highest-ranked nations (France, Croatia, USA and Serbia) are seeded 3–6. The nations in pot 2 were drawn randomly into position 2 and the nations in pot 3 were drawn randomly into position 3.[8]

  1. (Round robin)
  2. (Round robin)
  3. (Round robin)
  4. (Final)
  5. (Round robin)
  6. (Semifinals)
  7. (Semifinals)
  8. (Quarterfinals)
  9. (Quarterfinals)
  10. (Round robin)
  11. (Quarterfinals)
  12. RTF (Champion)
  13. (Quarterfinals)
  14. (Round robin)
  15. (Round robin)
  16. (Round robin)
  17. (Round robin)
  18. (Round robin)

Team nominations

SR = Singles ranking, DR = Doubles ranking. Rankings are as of 22 November 2021.[9] [10]

width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
34 133
61 336
72 197
135 743
13
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
118731
139 408
287 476
45
52
Captain: Stefan Koubek
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
133 154
234 280
264 548
277 159
Captain: Frank Dancevic
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
111 577
275 415
442 214
10
10
Captain: Alejandro Falla
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
30 419
242 233
276 449
1
2
Captain: Vedran Martić
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
82 334
138 232
140 120
143 472
Captain: Jaroslav Navrátil
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
149 363
291 182
581 166
701 552
823 39
Captain: Raúl Viver
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
58 131
71 162
86
110 8
400 5
Captain: Sébastien Grosjean
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
51 68
54 105
85 525
852 14
1196 18
Captain: Michael Kohlmann
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
12 148
25 59
128 243
3
20
Captain: Leon Smith
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
40 311
131 900
282 1432
359 566
765 508
Captain: Gábor Köves
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
10 130
27 139
37 107
59 366
885 25
Captain: Filippo Volandri
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
36 48
178 444
183 128
534 72
937 28
Captain: Yuri Schukin
RTF
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
2 275
5 74
18 90
29 168
173 646
Captain: Shamil Tarpishchev
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
1 251
33 205
42 290
68 274
1540 36
Captain: Viktor Troicki
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
20 196
45
60 88
106 125
312 7
Captain: Sergi Bruguera
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
93 1449
171 391
511 822
64
184
Captain: Robin Söderling
width=140 Playerwidth=30 SR !width=30 DR
24 203
26 146
38 161
147 150
4
Captain: Mardy Fish

Format

The 18 teams were divided in six round robin groups of three teams each. The six group winners plus the two second-placed teams with the best records based on percentage of matches won (followed by percentage of sets won and then percentage of games won), qualified for the quarterfinals.[11]

Date Round Number of teams
25 November – 28 November Round robin 18 (6 groups of 3 teams)
29 November – 2 December Quarterfinals 8 (6 group winners + 2 best second place)
3 December – 4 December Semifinals 4
5 December Final 2 (automatically qualified for 2022 Davis Cup Finals)

Group stage

Qualified for the Knockout stage
Eliminated

Overview

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

GroupWinnerRunner-upThird
width=150Nation!width=40T!width=40M!width=40Swidth=150Nation!width=40T!width=40M!width=40Swidth=150Nation!width=40T!width=40M!width=40S
Astyle=text-align:left bgcolor=ccffcc2–0 5–1 11–5style=text-align:left bgcolor=ffcccc1–1 4–2 9–7style=text-align:left bgcolor=ffcccc0–2 0–6 4–12
Bstyle=text-align:left bgcolor=ccffcc2–0 5–1 10–5style=text-align:left bgcolor=ccffcc1–1 4–2 9–4style=text-align:left bgcolor=ffcccc0–2 0–6 2–12
Cstyle=text-align:left bgcolor=ccffcc2–0 4–2 8–5style=text-align:left bgcolor=ffcccc1–1 3–3 6–8style=text-align:left bgcolor=ffcccc0–2 2–4 7–8
Dstyle=text-align:left bgcolor=ccffcc2–0 5–1 11–3style=text-align:left bgcolor=ffcccc1–1 2–4 6–10style=text-align:left bgcolor=ffcccc0–2 2–4 6–10
Estyle=text-align:left bgcolor=ccffcc2–0 4–2 9–5style=text-align:left bgcolor=ffcccc1–1 3–3 8–8style=text-align:left bgcolor=ffcccc0–2 2–4 5–9
Fstyle=text-align:left bgcolor=ccffcc2–0 4–2 8–5style=text-align:left bgcolor=ccffcc1–1 4–2 9–6style=text-align:left bgcolor=ffcccc0–2 1–5 4–10

Group A

Pos.width=150Countrywidth=75Tieswidth=75Matcheswidth=75Setswidth=70Sets %width=75Games width=70Games %
1 RTF2–05–111–569%86–6059%
21–14–29–756%83–8151%
30–20–64–1225%65–9341%

Spain vs. RTF

Group B

Pos.width=150Countrywidth=75Tieswidth=75Matcheswidth=75Setswidth=70Sets %width=75Games width=70Games %
12–05–110–567%86–6457%
21–14–29–469%66–6052%
30–20–62–1214%59–8740%

Canada vs. Kazakhstan

Group C

Pos.width=150Countrywidth=75Tieswidth=75Matcheswidth=75Setswidth=70Sets %width=75Games width=70Games %
12–04–28–562%64–5653%
21–13–36–843%70–7050%
30–22–47–847%66–7447%

Great Britain vs. Czech Republic

Group D

Pos.width=150Countrywidth=75Tieswidth=75Matcheswidth=75Setswidth=70Sets %width=75Games width=70Games %
12–05–111–379%83–6058%
21–12–46–1038%74–8945%
30–22–46–1038%79–8748%

Croatia vs. Hungary

Group E

Pos.width=150Countrywidth=75Tieswidth=75Matcheswidth=75Setswidth=70Sets %width=75Games width=70Games %
12–04–29–564%79–6057%
21–13–38–850%79–7850%
30–22–45–936%56–7642%

United States vs. Colombia

Note: Cabal/Farah's retirement victory over Opelka/Sock counted as a 6–0, 6–0 win.

Group F

Pos.width=150Countrywidth=75Tieswidth=75Matcheswidth=75Setswidth=70Sets %width=75Games width=70Games %
12–04–28–562%67–6949%
21–14–29–660%86–7354%
30–21–54–1029%66–7746%

Germany vs. Austria

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

RTF vs. Sweden

Semifinals

RTF vs. Germany

Final

RTF vs. Croatia

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 Davis Cup Finals to be postponed until 2021. Daviscup.com. 26 June 2020.
  2. News: Davis Cup Finals: 2021 event expanded to 11 days to 'ease burden on players'. BBC Sport. 18 January 2021. 18 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Davis Cup Format. Daviscup.com. 4 February 2019.
  4. Web site: Davis Cup: Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev secure title for Russian Tennis Federation over Croatia in Madrid. 6 December 2021. Sky Sports. 5 January 2022.
  5. Web site: Russia win Davis Cup to seal international team double. 5 December 2021. RTE Sport. 5 January 2022.
  6. News: Line-up confirmed for 2020 Davis Cup Finals. Daviscup.com. 8 March 2020.
  7. News: Wild cards announced for 2020 Finals. Daviscup.com. 23 November 2019.
  8. News: Seeds announced for Davis Cup Finals 2020. Daviscup.com. 9 March 2020.
  9. Web site: Djokovic, Medvedev headline team nominations for Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals. Daviscupfinals.com. 25 October 2021. 25 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211025202730/https://www.daviscupfinals.com/news/follow-live-team-nominations-for-the-davis-cup-by. dead.
  10. Web site: Davis Cup – Draw & Results. Daviscup.com. 25 November 2021.
  11. Web site: 2020 ITF Davis Cup Regulations. International Tennis Federation. 10 March 2020.

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