2020 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs

The play-offs of the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from the Europe/Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the thirteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top four teams advanced to the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs, while the bottom two teams were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2022.

Pool results edit

Placing	Pool A (Tallinn)	Pool B (Tallinn)	Pool A (Esch-sur-Alzette)	Pool B (Esch-sur-Alzette)
1	Ukraine	Italy	Serbia	Poland
2	Croatia	Estonia	Sweden	Slovenia
3	—	Austria	—
4	Bulgaria	Greece	Luxembourg	Turkey

Promotional play-offs edit

The first-placed and second-placed teams of each pool played against one another in a head-to-head round. The winners of each round advanced to the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs.

Ukraine vs. Estonia edit

Ukraine
2

Tallink Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia^[1]
8 February 2020
Hard (indoors)

Estonia
1

		1	2	3
1	Dayana Yastremska Elena Malõgina	6 3	6 1
2	Elina Svitolina Anett Kontaveit	3 6	7⁷ 6⁵	2 6
3	Marta Kostyuk / Dayana Yastremska Anett Kontaveit / Elena Malõgina	6 2	6 0

Croatia vs. Italy edit

Croatia
0

Tallink Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia^[2]
8 February 2020
Hard (indoors)

Italy
2

		1	2
1	Lea Bošković Elisabetta Cocciaretto	3 6	3 6
2	Jana Fett Camila Giorgi	6⁴ 7⁷	4 6
3	Jana Fett / Darija Jurak Jasmine Paolini / Martina Trevisan			not played

Serbia vs. Slovenia edit

Serbia
2

Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg^[3]
8 February 2020
Hard (indoors)

Slovenia
1

		1	2
1	Olga Danilović Kaja Juvan	2 6	2 6
2	Nina Stojanović Tamara Zidanšek	6 4	7 5
3	Aleksandra Krunić / Nina Stojanović Kaja Juvan / Tamara Zidanšek	6 4	6 4

Poland vs. Sweden edit

Poland
2

Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg^[4]
8 February 2020
Hard (indoors)

Sweden
0

		1	2	3
1	Iga Świątek Mirjam Björklund	7 5	4 6	6 3
2	Magda Linette Johanna Larsson	7 5	6 4
3	Maja Chwalińska / Alicja Rosolska Johanna Larsson / Cornelia Lister				not played

Relegation play-offs edit

The last-placed teams of each pool played against one another in a head-to-head round. The losers of each tie were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2022.

Bulgaria vs. Greece edit

Bulgaria
2

Tallink Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia^[5]
8 February 2020
Hard (indoors)

Greece
0

		1	2
1	Isabella Shinikova Valentini Grammatikopoulou	6 3	6 1
2	Viktoriya Tomova Despina Papamichail	6 2	6 4
3	Isabella Shinikova / Viktoriya Tomova Valentini Grammatikopoulou / Despina Papamichail			not played

Luxembourg vs. Turkey edit

Luxembourg
0

Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg^[6]
8 February 2020
Hard (indoors)

Turkey
2

		1	2
1	Tiffany Cornelius Berfu Cengiz	2 6	2 6
2	Eléonora Molinaro Pemra Özgen	3 6	4 6
3	Tiffany Cornelius / Eléonora Molinaro Ayla Aksu / İpek Öz			not played

Final placements edit

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Ukraine	Italy	Serbia	Poland
Fifth	Estonia	Croatia	Slovenia	Sweden
Ninth	Austria
Tenth	Bulgaria		Turkey
Twelfth/Relegated	Greece		Luxembourg

Ukraine, Italy, Serbia and Poland were promoted to the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs.
Greece and Luxembourg were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2021.

References edit

^ "Ukraine v Estonia". fedcup.com.
^ "Croatia v Italy". fedcup.com.
^ "Serbia v Slovenia". fedcup.com.
^ "Poland v Sweden". fedcup.com.
^ "Bulgaria v Greece". fedcup.com.
^ "Luxembourg v Turkey". fedcup.com.

External links edit

Fed Cup website

[1] "Ukraine v Estonia". fedcup.com.

[2] "Croatia v Italy". fedcup.com.

[3] "Serbia v Slovenia". fedcup.com.

[4] "Poland v Sweden". fedcup.com.

[5] "Bulgaria v Greece". fedcup.com.

[6] "Luxembourg v Turkey". fedcup.com.

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