2021 Davis Cup Finals

2021 Davis Cup Finals
Date	25 November–5 December 2021
Edition	2nd
Surface	Hard indoor
Location	Innsbruck, Austria Madrid, Spain Turin, Italy
Venue	Olympiahalle Madrid Arena Pala Alpitour

Main article: 2020–21 Davis Cup

The Finals, formerly known as World Group, will be the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2021. It will be 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 will take place from 22 until 28 November 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic and will be named 2021 Davis Cup Finals. On 18 January 2021, ITF announced that the Finals would be expanded over 11 days, from 25 November to 5 December 2021. On 12 April 2021, ITF announced that Innsbruck, Austria and Turin, Italy had been selected to host the Finals alongside Madrid, Spain. The ties will be contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and will be played on one day. There will be two singles followed by a doubles.

Spain are the defending champions.

Participating teams

18 nations will take part in the Finals.

The qualification is as follows:

• 4 semifinalists of the previous edition
• 2 wild card teams (announced by ITF on 23 November 2019 as France and Serbia)
• 12 winners of the Qualifying Round, in March 2020

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
Australia	Austria (H)	Canada (2019F)	Colombia	Croatia	Czech Republic
Ecuador	France (WC)	Germany	Great Britain (2019SF)	Hungary	Italy (H)
Kazakhstan	RTF (2019SF)	Serbia (WC)	Spain (H, TH)	Sweden	United States

Seeds

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

1. Spain
2. Canada
3. France
4. Croatia
5. United States
6. Serbia
7. Germany
8. Italy
9. Great Britain
10. Australia
11. Kazakhstan
12. RTF
13. Sweden
14. Austria
15. Czech Republic
16. Colombia
17. Hungary
18. Ecuador

Team nominations

SR = Singles ranking, DR = Doubles ranking. Rankings are as of 25 October 2021.

Australia Player SR DR Alex de Minaur 32 133 John Millman 57 197 Jordan Thompson 71 186 Alexei Popyrin 77 341 John Peers – 16 Captain: Lleyton Hewitt

Austria Player SR DR Dennis Novak 116 730 Jurij Rodionov 131 366 Gerald Melzer 297 474 Oliver Marach – 46 Philipp Oswald – 53 Captain: Stefan Koubek

Canada Player SR DR Vasek Pospisil 85 149 Brayden Schnur 226 282 Steven Diez 267 550 Peter Polansky 284 152 Captain: Frank Dancevic

Colombia Player SR DR Daniel Elahi Galán 106 517 Nicolás Mejía 274 472 Cristian Rodríguez 425 223 Robert Farah – 11 Juan Sebastián Cabal – 14 Captain: Alejandro Falla

Croatia Player SR DR Marin Čilić 35 248 Borna Ćorić 66 – Borna Gojo 282 482 Nikola Mektić – 1 Mate Pavić – 2 Captain: Vedran Martić

Czech Republic Player SR DR Jiří Veselý 78 339 Tomáš Macháč 136 667 Zdeněk Kolář 138 126 Jiří Lehečka 167 285 Lukáš Rosol 272 311 Captain: Jaroslav Navrátil

Ecuador Player SR DR Emilio Gómez 149 374 Roberto Quiroz 289 184 Diego Hidalgo 563 173 Gonzalo Escobar 653 43 Cayetano March 704 561 Captain: Raúl Viver

France Player SR DR Adrian Mannarino 50 162 Arthur Rinderknech 65 150 Richard Gasquet 76 – Pierre-Hugues Herbert 104 6 Nicolas Mahut 403 5 Captain: Sébastien Grosjean

Germany Player SR DR Jan-Lennard Struff 53 69 Dominik Koepfer 62 125 Peter Gojowczyk 86 522 Kevin Krawietz 861 12 Tim Pütz 1193 25 Captain: Michael Kohlmann

Great Britain Player SR DR Cameron Norrie 14 146 Dan Evans 24 68 Liam Broady 124 246 Joe Salisbury – 3 Neal Skupski – 20 Captain: Leon Smith

Hungary Player SR DR Márton Fucsovics 39 323 Attila Balázs 130 910 Zsombor Piros 347 1355 Fábián Marozsán 417 518 Máté Valkusz 431 1044 Captain: Gábor Köves

Italy Player SR DR Matteo Berrettini 7 270 Jannik Sinner 11 130 Lorenzo Sonego 23 136 Fabio Fognini 36 110 Captain: Filippo Volandri

Kazakhstan Player SR DR Alexander Bublik 34 51 Mikhail Kukushkin 159 131 Dmitry Popko 162 333 Aleksandr Nedovyesov 540 76 Andrey Golubev 940 35 Captain: Yuri Schukin

RTF Player SR DR Daniil Medvedev 2 276 Andrey Rublev 6 55 Aslan Karatsev 19 93 Karen Khachanov 30 88 Evgeny Donskoy 171 750 Captain: Shamil Tarpishchev

Serbia Player SR DR Novak Djokovic 1 315 Dušan Lajović 33 205 Filip Krajinović 40 415 Laslo Đere 52 355 Miomir Kecmanović 73 272 Captain: Viktor Troicki

Spain Player SR DR Pablo Carreño Busta 18 195 Roberto Bautista Agut 20 – Carlos Alcaraz 42 – Feliciano López 109 139 Marcel Granollers 312 8 Captain: Sergi Bruguera

Sweden Player SR DR Mikael Ymer 101 1438 Elias Ymer 168 687 Jonathan Mridha 511 724 André Göransson – 66 Captain: Robin Söderling

United States Player SR DR John Isner 26 204 Reilly Opelka 27 144 Taylor Fritz 28 189 Jack Sock 152 148 Rajeev Ram – 4 Captain: Mardy Fish

Format

The 18 teams are 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), will qualify for the quarterfinals.

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 (automatically qualified for 2022 Davis Cup Finals)
5 December	Final	2

Group stage

Qualified for the Knockout stage

Overview

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group	First seed				Second seed				Third seed
	Nation	T	M	S	Nation	T	M	S	Nation	T	M	S
A	Spain	–	–	–	RTF	–	–	–	Ecuador	–	–	–
B	Canada	–	–	–	Kazakhstan	–	–	–	Sweden	–	–	–
C	France	–	–	–	Great Britain	–	–	–	Czech Republic	–	–	–
D	Croatia	–	–	–	Australia	–	–	–	Hungary	–	–	–
E	United States	–	–	–	Italy	–	–	–	Colombia	–	–	–
F	Serbia	–	–	–	Germany	–	–	–	Austria	–	–	–

Group A

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Spain	–	–	–	%	–	%
2	RTF	–	–	–	%	–	%
3	Ecuador	–	–	–	%	–	%

Spain vs. Ecuador

Spain	Madrid 26 November 2021		Ecuador
1 2 3 1           2           3

RTF vs. Ecuador

Russia	Madrid 27 November 2021		Ecuador
1 2 3 1           2           3

Spain vs. RTF

Spain	Madrid 28 November 2021		Russia
1 2 3 1           2           3

Group B

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Canada	–	–	–	%	–	%
2	Kazakhstan	–	–	–	%	–	%
3	Sweden	–	–	–	%	–	%

Canada vs. Sweden

Canada	Madrid 25 November 2021		Sweden
1 2 3 1           2           3

Kazakhstan vs. Sweden

Kazakhstan	Madrid 27 November 2021		Sweden
1 2 3 1           2           3

Canada vs. Kazakhstan

Canada	Madrid 28 November 2021		Kazakhstan
1 2 3 1           2           3

Group C

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	France	–	–	–	%	–	%
2	Great Britain	–	–	–	%	–	%
3	Czech Republic	–	–	–	%	–	%

France vs. Czech Republic

France	Innsbruck 25 November 2021		Czech Republic
1 2 3 1           2           3

France vs. Great Britain

France	Innsbruck 27 November 2021		Great Britain
1 2 3 1           2           3

Great Britain vs. Czech Republic

Great Britain	Innsbruck 28 November 2021		Czech Republic
1 2 3 1           2           3

Group D

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Croatia	–	–	–	%	–	%
2	Australia	–	–	–	%	–	%
3	Hungary	–	–	–	%	–	%

Croatia vs. Australia

Croatia	Turin 25 November 2021		Australia
1 2 3 1           2           3

Australia vs. Hungary

Australia	Turin 27 November 2021		Hungary
1 2 3 1           2           3

Croatia vs. Hungary

Croatia	Turin 28 November 2021		Hungary
1 2 3 1           2           3

Group E

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	United States	–	–	–	%	–	%
2	Italy	–	–	–	%	–	%
3	Colombia	–	–	–	%	–	%

United States vs. Italy

United States	Turin 26 November 2021		Italy
1 2 3 1           2           3

Italy vs. Colombia

Italy	Turin 27 November 2021		Colombia
1 2 3 1           2           3

United States vs. Colombia

United States	Turin 28 November 2021		Colombia
1 2 3 1           2           3

Group F

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Serbia	–	–	–	%	–	%
2	Germany	–	–	–	%	–	%
3	Austria	–	–	–	%	–	%

Serbia vs. Austria

Serbia	Innsbruck 26 November 2021		Austria
1 2 3 1           2           3

Serbia vs. Germany

Serbia	Innsbruck 27 November 2021		Germany
1 2 3 1           2           3

Germany vs. Austria

Germany	Innsbruck 28 November 2021		Austria
1 2 3 1           2           3

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

2 December, Madrid

Winner Group A

Best or 2nd best runner-up

4 December, Madrid

30 November, Innsbruck

Winner Group C

Winner Group F

5 December, Madrid

29 November, Turin

Winner Group E

Winner Group D

3 December, Madrid

1 December, Madrid

Best or 2nd best runner-up

Winner Group B

External links

• Official website