Tennis/Davis Cup: final phase in Madrid, Turin and Innsbruck from 25/11 to 05/12/2021

The 2021 Davis Cup finals will take place over 11 days, from 25/11 to 05/12/2021, with Madrid (ESP), Turin (ITA) and Innsbruck (AUT) as the host cities, each hosting two of the six groups. Madrid (Madrid Arena) will also host two quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final, with Turin (Pala Alpitour Arena) and Innsbruck (Olympia Hall) each hosting a quarter-final.

France face the Czech Republic and Great Britain in the group stage in Austria, behind closed doors, after the country once again imposed a lockdown for three weeks from 22/11/2021.

The 2020 Davis Cup by Rakuten finals, scheduled to be played in Madrid (ESP) from 23-29/11/2020, were postponed due to the pandemic.

The ITF signed a 25-year, $3bn (€2.4bn) partnership agreement with investment group Kosmos to change the Davis Cup format from 2019 on 26/02/2018.

"This reform of the Davis Cup was done supposedly for the sport, but mostly for the money. And the money is not there. €15m had been promised to the players and, given the current finances of Kosmos, the allocation has been lowered to €9m in 2021," declared Gilles…