Fed Cup gets revamp with 12-nation Finals in Budapest in 2020

ByReuters

Updated 27/06/2019 at 15:07 GMT

The Fed Cup's existing format will be scrapped next year when a 12-nation Finals week will be staged in Budapest in April, the International Tennis Federation confirmed on Thursday.

Team GB Katie Boulter, Katie Swan, Johanna Konta, Harriet Dart, Heather Watson and captain Anne Keothavong of Great Britain after defeating Kazakhstan during the Fed Cup World Group II Play-Off match between Great Britain and Kazakhstan at Copper Box Aren

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The move follows a revamp of the men's Davis Cup which will culminate in an 18-nation event in Madrid in November.

At a news conference held at Queen's Club it was confirmed that Budapest would host the event until 2022.

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There will be an $18 million prize fund for the Finals, which will be played on clay.

Four nations, this year's finalists France and Australia, hosts Hungary and one wildcard, will be exempted through to the Finals with the other eight coming through playoffs in February.

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