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42 ITFWorld // WINTER 2019/20 LOOKING ahead JANUARY Australian Open 20 January – 2 February The first Grand Slam of the year provides the opportunity for elite players across singles, doubles and mixed doubles, as well as junior and wheelchair competitors, to begin their season with major silverware. FEBRUARY Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Group I ASIA/OCEANIA 4-8 February Dongguan, China, P.R. Participating nations: China, P.R., Chinese Taipei, India, Indonesia, Korea, Rep., Uzbekistan AMERICAS 5-8 February Santiago, Chile Participating nations: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela EUROPE/AFRICA 5-8 February Event A: Tallinn, Estonia Participating nations: Ukraine, Italy, Croatia, Austria, Estonia, Bulgaria, Greece Event B: Esch/Alzette Participating nations: Serbia, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, Luxembourg, Slovenia Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Qualifiers 7-8 February The eight winning nations in the Qualifiers will compete at the 2020 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals in Budapest on 14-19 April. They will join the two finalists from the 2019 competition – champions France and Australia – as well as hosts Hungary and Czech Republic. The eight losing nations will compete in the 2020 Fed Cup play-offs, which will be held during the same week as the Finals. C A L E N D A R Follow the action at www.itftennis.com InternationalTennisFederation @ITF_Tennis Ties: USA (s) (c*) v Latvia; Netherlands (c) v Belarus (s); Romania (s) (c*) v Russia; Brazil (c*) v Germany (s); Spain (s) (c) v Japan; Switzerland (s) (c) v Canada; Belgium (s) (c*) v Kazakhstan; Slovakia (c*) v Great Britain (s) MARCH Davis Cup by Rakuten Qualifiers 6-7 March The 12 winners of the Qualifiers will contest the 2020 Davis Cup by Rakuten Madrid Finals and compete alongside the six nations that have automatically qualified for the competition – champions Spain, Canada, Great Britain and Russia as well as the two 2020 wild cards France and Serbia. The 12 losing nations will compete in World Group I ties in September 2020. Ties: Croatia (s) (c) v India; Hungary (c) v Belgium (s); Colombia (c) v Argentina (s); USA (s) (c) v Uzbekistan; Australia (s) (c) v Brazil; Italy (s) (c) v Korea, Rep.; Germany (s) (c) v Belarus; Kazakhstan (s) (c*) v Netherlands; Slovakia (c*) v Czech Republic (s), Austria (s) (c) v Uruguay; Japan (s) (c*) v Ecuador; Sweden (s) (c) v Chile Davis Cup Group I and Group II Play-offs 6-7 March It promises to be the biggest weekend in global tennis – a true Davis cup extravaganza – as the Group I and Group II Play-offs will take place on the same dates as the Qualifiers. The 12 winning nations from the World Group I Play-offs will compete in World Group I ties in September 2020 along with the losing nations from the Qualifiers. The losing nations from the World Group I Play-offs will compete in World Group II ties in September 2020, along with the winning nations from the World Group II Play-offs. Losing nations in the World Group II Play-offs will compete in regional Group III events in either June, July or September 2020. Group I Play-off ties: Ukraine (c*) v Chinese Taipei; Pakistan (c*) v Slovenia; Dominican Republic v Bolivia (c); Israel v Turkey (c); Bosnia and Herzegovina (c*) v South Africa; Finland v Mexico (c*); Lebanon (c) v Thailand; Venezuela (c*) v New Zealand; Switzerland v Peru (c*); Barbados v Norway (c*); Portugal v Lithuania (c); China, P.R. v Romania (c*) Group II Play-off ties: Egypt v Latvia (c); Paraguay (c*) v Sri Lanka; Morocco (c*) v Vietnam; Indonesia (c*) v Kenya; Guatemala (c*) v Tunisia; Bulgaria v Costa Rica (c*); Hong Kong, China v Poland (c*); Zimbabwe v Syria (c*); Philippines (c*) v Greece; Denmark (c*) v Puerto Rico; El Salvador (c*) v Jamaica; Georgia (c*) v Estonia APRIL Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals 14-19 April Twelve nations will compete at the Fed Cup Finals in Budapest, Hungary for the title of world champions. The Finals will be staged at the Laszlo Papp Budapest Sports Arena. Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Play-offs 17-18 April With the expansion of the elite level of the competition, the number of nations qualifying from the regional Group I events for the Fed Cup Play-offs has doubled from four to eight. These nations will face the eight losing nations from the Fed Cup Qualifiers to earn a place in next year's Qualifiers. FEBRUARY MARCH (s) denotes seeded nation; (c) denotes choice of ground; (*) denotes choice of ground determined by lot

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