2020 Billie Jean King Cup qualifying round

Main article: 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup

The 2020 Billie Jean King Cup qualifying round was played on 7–8 February 2020. The eight winners of this round qualified for the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Budapest.[1]

Teams

Sixteen teams played for eight spots in the Finals, in series decided on a home and away basis.

These sixteen teams were:[2]

• 2 losing semifinalists of the previous edition,
• 7 winners & losers of World Group play-offs of previous edition, and
• 4 winners of World Group II play-offs of previous edition, and
• 3 losers of World Group II play-offs of previous edition, based on rankings

The 8 losing teams from the qualifying round played at the Group I of the corresponding continental zone the following February.

Seeded teams  United States  Belarus  Romania  Germany  Spain   Switzerland  Belgium  Great Britain

Unseeded teams:  Brazil  Canada  Japan  Kazakhstan  Latvia  Netherlands  Russia  Slovakia

Summary of results

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface
United States [1]	3–2	Latvia	Everett	Angel of the Winds Arena	Hard (i)
Netherlands	2–3	Belarus [2]	The Hague	Sportcampus Zuiderpark	Clay (i)
Romania [3]	2–3	Russia	Cluj-Napoca	BT Arena	Hard (i)
Brazil	0–4	Germany [4]	Florianópolis	Costão do Santinho Resort	Clay
Spain [5]	3–1	Japan	Cartagena	Centro de Tenis La Manga Club	Clay
Switzerland [6]	3–1	Canada	Biel/Bienne	Swiss Tennis Arena	Hard (i)
Belgium [7]	3–1	Kazakhstan	Kortrijk	SC Lange Munte	Hard (i)
Slovakia	3–1	Great Britain [8]	Bratislava	AXA Aréna NTC	Clay (i)

Detailed results

United States vs. Latvia

United States 3	Angel of the Winds Arena, Everett, United States[3] 7–8 February Hard (i)		Latvia 2
1 2 3 1 Sofia Kenin Anastasija Sevastova 6 2 6 2     2 Serena Williams Jeļena Ostapenko 7^7 6^4 7^7 6^3     3 Sofia Kenin Jeļena Ostapenko 3 6 6 2 2 6   4 Serena Williams Anastasija Sevastova 6^5 7^7 6 3 6^4 7^7   5 Sofia Kenin / Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jeļena Ostapenko / Anastasija Sevastova 6 4 6 0

Team nominations:[3]
 United States: Sofia Kenin, Serena Williams, Alison Riske, Coco Gauff, Bethanie Mattek-Sands
 Latvia: Jeļena Ostapenko, Anastasija Sevastova, Diāna Marcinkēviča, Daniela Vismane

Netherlands vs. Belarus

Netherlands 2	Sportcampus Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands[4] 7–8 February Clay (i)		Belarus 3
1 2 3 1 Kiki Bertens Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6^5 7^7 6 2 6 1   2 Arantxa Rus Aryna Sabalenka 2 6 3 6     3 Kiki Bertens Aryna Sabalenka 6 4 6 4     4 Arantxa Rus Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6 0 5 7 2 6   5 Kiki Bertens / Demi Schuurs Aryna Sabalenka / Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6 4 3 6 6^8 7^10

Team nominations:[4]
 Netherlands: Kiki Bertens, Arantxa Rus, Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, Indy de Vroome, Demi Schuurs
 Belarus: Aryna Sabalenka, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Olga Govortsova, Anna Kubareva, Lidziya Marozava

Romania vs. Russia

Romania 2	BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca, Romania[5] 7–8 February Hard (i)		Russia 3
1 2 3 1 Elena-Gabriela Ruse Ekaterina Alexandrova 1 6 4 6     2 Ana Bogdan Veronika Kudermetova 6 3 6^5 7^7 6 1   3 Ana Bogdan Ekaterina Alexandrova 5 7 6 3 5 7   4 Jaqueline Cristian Veronika Kudermetova 7 5 6 3     5 Jaqueline Cristian / Elena-Gabriela Ruse Anna Blinkova / Anna Kalinskaya 3 6 2 6

Team nominations:[5]
 Romania: Ana Bogdan, Irina Bara, Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Jaqueline Cristian, Raluca Olaru
 Russia: Ekaterina Alexandrova, Veronika Kudermetova, Anna Blinkova, Anna Kalinskaya

Brazil vs. Germany

Brazil 0	Costão do Santinho Resort, Florianópolis, Brazil[6] 7–8 February Clay		Germany 4
1 2 3 1 Teliana Pereira Laura Siegemund 3 6 3 6     2 Gabriela Cé Tatjana Maria 3 6 6^5 7^7     3 Gabriela Cé Laura Siegemund 1 6 2 6     4 Teliana Pereira Tatjana Maria       not played 5 Laura Pigossi / Luisa Stefani Anna-Lena Friedsam / Antonia Lottner 1 6 4 6

Team nominations:[6]
 Brazil: Gabriela Cé, Teliana Pereira, Laura Pigossi, Carolina Alves, Luisa Stefani
 Germany: Laura Siegemund, Tatjana Maria, Anna-Lena Friedsam, Antonia Lottner

Spain vs. Japan

Spain 3	Centro de Tenis La Manga Club, Cartagena, Spain[7] 7–8 February Clay		Japan 1
1 2 3 1 Sara Sorribes Tormo Naomi Osaka 6 0 6 3     2 Carla Suárez Navarro Misaki Doi 6 3 6 4     3 Carla Suárez Navarro Kurumi Nara 6 1 6 3     4 Sara Sorribes Tormo Misaki Doi       not played 5 Lara Arruabarrena / Aliona Bolsova Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara 2 6 3 6

Team nominations:[7]
 Spain: Carla Suárez Navarro, Sara Sorribes Tormo, Aliona Bolsova, Lara Arruabarrena, Georgina García Pérez
 Japan: Naomi Osaka, Misaki Doi, Kurumi Nara, Ena Shibahara, Shuko Aoyama

Switzerland vs. Canada

Switzerland 3	Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[8] 7–8 February Hard (i)		Canada 1
1 2 3 1 Jil Teichmann Leylah Annie Fernandez 7^7 6^4 6 4     2 Belinda Bencic Gabriela Dabrowski 6 1 6 2     3 Belinda Bencic Leylah Annie Fernandez 2 6 6^3 7^7     4 Jil Teichmann Gabriela Dabrowski 6 3 6 4     5 Viktorija Golubic / Stefanie Vögele Bianca Andreescu / Gabriela Dabrowski       not played

Team nominations:[8]
  Switzerland: Belinda Bencic, Jil Teichmann, Viktorija Golubic, Stefanie Vögele, Timea Bacsinszky
 Canada: Bianca Andreescu, Leylah Annie Fernandez, Eugenie Bouchard, Gabriela Dabrowski

Belgium vs. Kazakhstan

Belgium 3	SC Lange Munte, Kortrijk, Belgium[9] 7–8 February Hard (i)		Kazakhstan 1
1 2 3 1 Elise Mertens Zarina Diyas 1 6 6 2 6 1   2 Ysaline Bonaventure Yulia Putintseva 6 3 6^2 7^7 2 6   3 Elise Mertens Yulia Putintseva 6 1 7^7 6^1     4 Kirsten Flipkens Zarina Diyas 6 3 6 4     5 Kirsten Flipkens / Greet Minnen Anna Danilina / Yaroslava Shvedova       not played

Team nominations:[9]
 Belgium: Elise Mertens, Kirsten Flipkens, Greet Minnen, Ysaline Bonaventure
 Kazakhstan: Yulia Putintseva, Zarina Diyas, Anna Danilina, Yaroslava Shvedova

Slovakia vs. Great Britain

Slovakia 3	AXA Aréna NTC, Bratislava, Slovakia[10] 7–8 February Clay (i)		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 1 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Heather Watson 6 2 6 3     2 Viktória Kužmová Harriet Dart 6^3 7^7 6 3 7 5   3 Rebecca Šramková Heather Watson 0 6 5 7     4 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Harriet Dart 7 5 6 3     5 Viktória Kužmová / Magdaléna Rybáriková Naiktha Bains / Emma Raducanu       not played

Team nominations:[10]
 Slovakia: Viktória Kužmová, Jana Čepelová, Magdaléna Rybáriková, Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Rebecca Šramková
 Great Britain: Heather Watson, Harriet Dart, Naiktha Bains, Katie Swan, Emma Raducanu

References

1. "ITF Launches Fed Cup Finals in Budapest". billiejeankingcup.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
2. "ITF Launches Fed Cup Finals in Budapest". billiejeankingcup.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
3. "United States v Latvia". billiejeankingcup.com.
4. "Netherlands v Belarus". billiejeankingcup.com.
5. "Romania v Russia". billiejeankingcup.com.
6. "Brazil v Germany". billiejeankingcup.com.
7. "Spain v Japan". billiejeankingcup.com.
8. "Switzerland v Canada". billiejeankingcup.com.
9. "Belgium v Kazakhstan". billiejeankingcup.com.
10. "Slovakia v Great Britain". billiejeankingcup.com.