2021 Davis Cup Finals

2021 Davis Cup Finals
Date25 November–5 December 2021
Edition2nd
Draw18 teams
SurfaceHard indoor
LocationInnsbruck, Austria
Madrid, Spain
Turin, Italy
VenueOlympiahalle
Madrid Arena
Pala Alpitour
Champions
Russian Tennis Federation
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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]

  1. ^ "2020 Davis Cup Finals to be postponed until 2021". Daviscup.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Davis Cup Finals: 2021 event expanded to 11 days to 'ease burden on players'". BBC Sport. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Davis Cup Format". Daviscup.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Davis Cup: Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev secure title for Russian Tennis Federation over Croatia in Madrid". Sky Sports. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Russia win Davis Cup to seal international team double". RTE Sport. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.