2021 Davis Cup Finals

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]

2021 Davis Cup Finals
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
Champions
Russian Tennis Federation

Main article: 2020–21 Davis Cup

Participating teams

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

• 4 semifinalists of the previous edition
• 2 wild card teams (announced by ITF on 23 November 2019 as France and Serbia)^[7]
• 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)[Note RUS]	Serbia (WC)	Spain (H, TH)	Sweden	United States

1. ^
   Note RUS: In accordance with the ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a December 2020 decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the team from Russia was not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem; it participated in the 2021 Davis Cup Finals as the team of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF), and used the flag of the RTF.

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

Team nominations

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

Australia Player SR DR Alex de Minaur 34 133 Alexei Popyrin 61 336 John Millman 72 197 Alex Bolt 135 743 John Peers – 13 Captain: Lleyton Hewitt

Austria Player SR DR Dennis Novak 118 731 Jurij Rodionov 139 408 Gerald Melzer 287 476 Oliver Marach – 45 Philipp Oswald – 52 Captain: Stefan Koubek

Canada Player SR DR Vasek Pospisil 133 154 Brayden Schnur 234 280 Steven Diez 264 548 Peter Polansky 277 159 Captain: Frank Dancevic

Colombia Player SR DR Daniel Elahi Galán 111 577 Nicolás Mejía 275 415 Cristian Rodríguez 442 214 Juan Sebastián Cabal – 10 Robert Farah – 10 Captain: Alejandro Falla

Croatia Player SR DR Marin Čilić 30 419 Nino Serdarušić 242 233 Borna Gojo 276 449 Mate Pavić – 1 Nikola Mektić – 2 Captain: Vedran Martić

Czech Republic Player SR DR Jiří Veselý 82 334 Jiří Lehečka 138 232 Zdeněk Kolář 140 120 Tomáš Macháč 143 472 Captain: Jaroslav Navrátil

Ecuador Player SR DR Emilio Gómez 149 363 Roberto Quiroz 291 182 Diego Hidalgo 581 166 Cayetano March 701 552 Gonzalo Escobar 823 39 Captain: Raúl Viver

France Player SR DR Arthur Rinderknech 58 131 Adrian Mannarino 71 162 Richard Gasquet 86 – Pierre-Hugues Herbert 110 8 Nicolas Mahut 400 5 Captain: Sébastien Grosjean

Germany Player SR DR Jan-Lennard Struff 51 68 Dominik Koepfer 54 105 Peter Gojowczyk 85 525 Kevin Krawietz 852 14 Tim Pütz 1196 18 Captain: Michael Kohlmann

Great Britain Player SR DR Cameron Norrie 12 148 Dan Evans 25 59 Liam Broady 128 243 Joe Salisbury – 3 Neal Skupski – 20 Captain: Leon Smith

Hungary Player SR DR Márton Fucsovics 40 311 Attila Balázs 131 900 Zsombor Piros 282 1432 Fábián Marozsán 359 566 Péter Nagy 765 508 Captain: Gábor Köves

Italy Player SR DR Jannik Sinner 10 130 Lorenzo Sonego 27 139 Fabio Fognini 37 107 Lorenzo Musetti 59 366 Simone Bolelli 885 25 Captain: Filippo Volandri

Kazakhstan Player SR DR Alexander Bublik 36 48 Dmitry Popko 178 444 Mikhail Kukushkin 183 128 Aleksandr Nedovyesov 534 72 Andrey Golubev 937 28 Captain: Yuri Schukin

RTF Player SR DR Daniil Medvedev 2 275 Andrey Rublev 5 74 Aslan Karatsev 18 90 Karen Khachanov 29 168 Evgeny Donskoy 173 646 Captain: Shamil Tarpishchev

Serbia Player SR DR Novak Djokovic 1 251 Dušan Lajović 33 205 Filip Krajinović 42 290 Miomir Kecmanović 68 274 Nikola Ćaćić 1540 36 Captain: Viktor Troicki

Spain Player SR DR Pablo Carreño Busta 20 196 Albert Ramos Viñolas 45 – Pedro Martínez 60 88 Feliciano López 106 125 Marcel Granollers 312 7 Captain: Sergi Bruguera

Sweden Player SR DR Mikael Ymer 93 1449 Elias Ymer 171 391 Jonathan Mridha 511 822 André Göransson – 64 Robert Lindstedt – 184 Captain: Robin Söderling

United States Player SR DR John Isner 24 203 Reilly Opelka 26 146 Frances Tiafoe 38 161 Jack Sock 147 150 Rajeev Ram – 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

Group	Winner				Runner-up				Third
	Nation	T	M	S	Nation	T	M	S	Nation	T	M	S
A	RTF	2–0	5–1	11–5	Spain	1–1	4–2	9–7	Ecuador	0–2	0–6	4–12
B	Kazakhstan	2–0	5–1	10–5	Sweden	1–1	4–2	9–4	Canada	0–2	0–6	2–12
C	Great Britain	2–0	4–2	8–5	France	1–1	3–3	6–8	Czech Republic	0–2	2–4	7–8
D	Croatia	2–0	5–1	11–3	Australia	1–1	2–4	6–10	Hungary	0–2	2–4	6–10
E	Italy	2–0	4–2	9–5	Colombia	1–1	3–3	8–8	United States	0–2	2–4	5–9
F	Germany	2–0	4–2	8–5	Serbia	1–1	4–2	9–6	Austria	0–2	1–5	4–10

Group A

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	RTF	2–0	5–1	11–5	69%	86–60	59%
2	Spain	1–1	4–2	9–7	56%	83–81	51%
3	Ecuador	0–2	0–6	4–12	25%	65–93	41%

Spain vs. Ecuador

Spain 3	Madrid 26 November 2021[12]		Ecuador 0
1 2 3 1 Feliciano López Roberto Quiroz 6 3 6 3     2 Pablo Carreño Busta Emilio Gómez 5 7 6 3 77 65   3 Pablo Carreño Busta / Marcel Granollers Gonzalo Escobar / Diego Hidalgo 6 4 65 77 77 62

RTF vs. Ecuador

RTF 3	Madrid 27 November 2021[13]		Ecuador 0
1 2 3 1 Andrey Rublev Roberto Quiroz 6 3 4 6 6 1   2 Daniil Medvedev Emilio Gómez 6 0 6 2     3 Aslan Karatsev / Andrey Rublev Gonzalo Escobar / Diego Hidalgo 6 4 4 6 6 4

Spain vs. RTF

Spain 1	Madrid 28 November 2021[14]		RTF 2
1 2 3 1 Feliciano López Andrey Rublev 2 6 6 3 6 4   2 Pablo Carreño Busta Daniil Medvedev 2 6 63 77     3 Marcel Granollers / Feliciano López Aslan Karatsev / Andrey Rublev 6 4 2 6 4 6

Group B

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Kazakhstan	2–0	5–1	10–5	67%	86–64	57%
2	Sweden	1–1	4–2	9–4	69%	66–60	52%
3	Canada	0–2	0–6	2–12	14%	59–87	40%

Canada vs. Sweden

Canada 0	Madrid 25 November 2021[15]		Sweden 3
1 2 3 1 Steven Diez Elias Ymer 4 6 2 6     2 Vasek Pospisil Mikael Ymer 4 6 4 6     3 Vasek Pospisil / Brayden Schnur André Göransson / Robert Lindstedt 65 77 4 6

Kazakhstan vs. Sweden

Kazakhstan 2	Madrid 27 November 2021[16]		Sweden 1
1 2 3 1 Mikhail Kukushkin Elias Ymer 3 6 64 77     2 Alexander Bublik Mikael Ymer 3 6 6 4 6 0   3 Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov André Göransson / Robert Lindstedt 6 3 6 3

Canada vs. Kazakhstan

Canada 0	Madrid 28 November 2021[17]		Kazakhstan 3
1 2 3 1 Brayden Schnur Mikhail Kukushkin 3 6 77 65 5 7   2 Vasek Pospisil Alexander Bublik 2 6 66 78     3 Peter Polansky / Brayden Schnur Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov 4 6 78 66 1 6

Group C

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Great Britain	2–0	4–2	8–5	62%	64–56	53%
2	France	1–1	3–3	6–8	43%	70–70	50%
3	Czech Republic	0–2	2–4	7–8	47%	66–74	47%

France vs. Czech Republic

France 2	Innsbruck 25 November 2021[18]		Czech Republic 1
1 2 3 1 Richard Gasquet Tomáš Macháč 63 77 2 6     2 Adrian Mannarino Jiří Veselý 61 77 6 4 6 2   3 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut Tomáš Macháč / Jiří Lehečka 3 6 6 4 6 3

France vs. Great Britain

France 1	Innsbruck 27 November 2021[19]		Great Britain 2
1 2 3 1 Adrian Mannarino Dan Evans 5 7 4 6     2 Arthur Rinderknech Cameron Norrie 2 6 68 710     3 Nicolas Mahut / Arthur Rinderknech Joe Salisbury / Neal Skupski 6 1 6 4

Great Britain vs. Czech Republic

Great Britain 2	Innsbruck 28 November 2021[20]		Czech Republic 1
1 2 3 1 Dan Evans Tomáš Macháč 2 6 5 7     2 Cameron Norrie Jiří Lehečka 6 1 2 6 6 1   3 Joe Salisbury / Neal Skupski Tomáš Macháč / Jiří Veselý 6 4 6 2

Group D

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Croatia	2–0	5–1	11–3	79%	83–60	58%
2	Australia	1–1	2–4	6–10	38%	74–89	45%
3	Hungary	0–2	2–4	6–10	38%	79–87	48%

Croatia vs. Australia

Croatia 3	Turin 25 November 2021[21]		Australia 0
1 2 3 1 Borna Gojo Alexei Popyrin 77 65 7 5     2 Marin Čilić Alex de Minaur 6 1 5 7 6 4   3 Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić Alex de Minaur / John Peers 6 3 6 1

Australia vs. Hungary

Australia 2	Turin 27 November 2021[22]		Hungary 1
1 2 3 1 John Millman Zsombor Piros 6 4 4 6 3 6   2 Alex de Minaur Márton Fucsovics 7 5 2 6 77 62   3 Alex Bolt / John Peers Fábián Marozsán / Zsombor Piros 6 3 611 713 6 3

Croatia vs. Hungary

Croatia 2	Turin 28 November 2021[23]		Hungary 1
1 2 3 1 Nino Serdarušić Fábián Marozsán 6 4 6 4     2 Marin Čilić Zsombor Piros 6 4 5 7 4 6   3 Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić Fábián Marozsán / Péter Nagy 78 66 6 2

Group E

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Italy	2–0	4–2	9–5	64%	79–60	57%
2	Colombia	1–1	3–3	8–8	50%	79–78	50%
3	United States	0–2	2–4	5–9	36%	56–76	42%

United States vs. Italy

United States 1	Turin 26 November 2021[24]		Italy 2
1 2 3 1 Reilly Opelka Lorenzo Sonego 3 6 64 77     2 John Isner Jannik Sinner 2 6 0 6     3 Rajeev Ram / Jack Sock Fabio Fognini / Lorenzo Musetti 77 65 6 2

Italy vs. Colombia

Italy 2	Turin 27 November 2021[25]		Colombia 1
1 2 3 1 Lorenzo Sonego Nicolás Mejía 65 77 6 4 6 2   2 Jannik Sinner Daniel Elahi Galán 7 5 6 0     3 Fabio Fognini / Jannik Sinner Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 2 6 7 5 66 78

United States vs. Colombia

United States 1	Turin 28 November 2021[26]		Colombia 2
1 2 3 1 Frances Tiafoe Nicolás Mejía 4 6 6 3 79 67   2 John Isner Daniel Elahi Galán 3 6 6 3 65 77   3 Reilly Opelka / Jack Sock Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 0 3     retired

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

Group F

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Germany	2–0	4–2	8–5	62%	67–69	49%
2	Serbia	1–1	4–2	9–6	60%	86–73	54%
3	Austria	0–2	1–5	4–10	29%	66–77	46%

Serbia vs. Austria

Serbia 3	Innsbruck 26 November 2021[27]		Austria 0
1 2 3 1 Dušan Lajović Gerald Melzer 77 65 3 6 7 5   2 Novak Djokovic Dennis Novak 6 3 6 2     3 Nikola Ćaćić / Filip Krajinović Oliver Marach / Philipp Oswald 77 64 4 6 6 3

Serbia vs. Germany

Serbia 1	Innsbruck 27 November 2021[28]		Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Filip Krajinović Dominik Koepfer 64 77 4 6     2 Novak Djokovic Jan-Lennard Struff 6 2 6 4     3 Nikola Ćaćić / Novak Djokovic Kevin Krawietz / Tim Pütz 65 77 6 3 65 77

Germany vs. Austria

Germany 2	Innsbruck 28 November 2021[29]		Austria 1
1 2 3 1 Dominik Koepfer Jurij Rodionov 1 6 5 7     2 Jan-Lennard Struff Dennis Novak 7 5 6 4     3 Kevin Krawietz / Tim Pütz Oliver Marach / Philipp Oswald 6 3 6 4

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	2 December, Madrid
	12	RTF	2
						4 December, Madrid
	13	Sweden	0
						12	RTF	2
	30 November, Innsbruck
						7	Germany	1
	9	Great Britain	1
											5 December, Madrid
	7	Germany	2
											12	RTF	2
	29 November, Turin
											4	Croatia	0
	8	Italy	1
						3 December, Madrid
	4	Croatia	2
						4	Croatia	2
	1 December, Madrid
						6	Serbia	1
	6	Serbia	2
	11	Kazakhstan	1

Quarterfinals

Italy vs. Croatia

Italy 1	Turin 29 November 2021[30]		Croatia 2
1 2 3 1 Lorenzo Sonego Borna Gojo 62 77 6 2 2 6   2 Jannik Sinner Marin Čilić 3 6 77 64 6 3   3 Fabio Fognini / Jannik Sinner Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić 3 6 4 6

Great Britain vs. Germany

Great Britain 1	Innsbruck 30 November 2021[31]		Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Dan Evans Peter Gojowczyk 6 2 6 1     2 Cameron Norrie Jan-Lennard Struff 66 78 6 3 2 6   3 Joe Salisbury / Neal Skupski Kevin Krawietz / Tim Pütz 610 712 65 77

Serbia vs. Kazakhstan

Serbia 2	Madrid 1 December 2021[32]		Kazakhstan 1
1 2 3 1 Miomir Kecmanović Mikhail Kukushkin 65 77 6 4 611 713   2 Novak Djokovic Alexander Bublik 6 3 6 4     3 Nikola Ćaćić / Novak Djokovic Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6 2 2 6 6 3

RTF vs. Sweden

RTF 2	Madrid 2 December 2021[33]		Sweden 0
1 2 3 1 Andrey Rublev Elias Ymer 6 2 5 7 77 63   2 Daniil Medvedev Mikael Ymer 6 4 6 4     3 Aslan Karatsev / Andrey Rublev André Göransson / Robert Lindstedt       not played

Semifinals

Croatia vs. Serbia

Croatia 2	Madrid 3 December 2021[34]		Serbia 1
1 2 3 1 Borna Gojo Dušan Lajović 4 6 6 3 6 2   2 Marin Čilić Novak Djokovic 4 6 2 6     3 Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić Novak Djokovic / Filip Krajinović 7 5 6 1

RTF vs. Germany

RTF 2	Madrid 4 December 2021[35]		Germany 1
1 2 3 1 Andrey Rublev Dominik Koepfer 6 4 6 0     2 Daniil Medvedev Jan-Lennard Struff 6 4 6 4     3 Aslan Karatsev / Karen Khachanov Kevin Krawietz / Tim Pütz 6 4 3 6 4 6

Final

RTF vs. Croatia

RTF 2	Madrid 5 December 2021[36]		Croatia 0
1 2 3 1 Andrey Rublev Borna Gojo 6 4 77 65     2 Daniil Medvedev Marin Čilić 79 67 6 2     3 Aslan Karatsev / Andrey Rublev Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić       not played