Fed Cup Finals 2020: Draw, schedule, format, dates, team nominations for Budapest

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A detailed look at the revamped Fed Cup competition which will take place in 2020 – includes explanations of the format which will be used in Budapest in April.

Fed Cup Finals

Venue

Laszlo Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest

Surface

Indoor clay

Schedule

The 2020 Fed Cup Finals will take place from April 14-19. The match schedule is as follows:

April 14
0930 BST, Centre Court – Czech Republic v Switzerland
1600 BST, Centre Court – USA v Slovakia

April 15
0930 BST, Centre Court – Australia v Belarus
1600 BST, Centre Court – France v Hungary

April 16
0930 BST, Centre Court – Czech Republic v Germany
0930 BST, Court One – Belarus v Belgium
1600 BST, Centre Court – Russia v Hungary
1600 BST, Court One – USA v Spain

April 17
0930 BST, Centre Court – Australia v Belarus
0930 BST, Court One – Germany v Switzerland
1600 BST, Centre Court – France v Russia
1600 BST, Court One – Spain v Slovakia

April 18
0930 BST, Centre Court – Semi-final – Winner B v Winner D
1600 BST, Centre Court – Semi-final – Winner A v Winner C

April 19
TBC (not before 1500 BST), Centre Court – Final

Draw

Group A

France
Russia
Hungary

Group B

Australia
Belarus
Belgium

Group C

USA
Spain
Slovakia

Group D

Czech Republic
Germany
Switzerland

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Semi-finals

Group A winner v Group C winner
Group D winner v Group B winner

Format

4 groups of 3 teams – winners of each advance to semi-finals

All ties made up of 2 singles (second-ranked players meet first, then top-ranked players) followed by 1 doubles. All matches are best-of-three sets.

Doubles rubbers played with no-ad scoring, with the third set a first-to-10 match tie-break. The exception comes in the final when the doubles will be the best-of-three tie-break sets, still with no-ad scoring)

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Team nominations

The deadline for player nominations by the 12 qualified teams is March 16.

2021 qualification

Teams finishing 1^st & 2^nd in 2020 qualify for the 2021 finals

Teams finishing 3^rd to 10^th in 2020 will compete in the 2021 Qualifiers

Teams finishing 11^th & 12^th will be relegated to the 2021 zonal groups (week-long round-robin format with eight teams progressing to the play-offs in April)