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Billie Jean King Cup: Date, location, schedule, format, teams and more

Jaquob Crooke Updated: 11 Nov 24 17:21

Known as the "World Cup of Tennis", the Billie Jean King Cup is the leading international team event in women's tennis with over 100 nations competing to be crowned champions.

Originally known as the Federation Cup when launched in 1963, the tournament was renamed to the Billie Jean King Cup in September 2020 in honour of the 39-time Grand Slam champion, Billie Jean King.

12 nations qualify for the Finals, which is held annually in November.

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Billie Jean King Cup dates

The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup started on 12th April and concludes with the Finals, which takes place over a week from the 13th November.

Billie Jean King Cup location

The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals will take place in Malaga, Spain.

A purpose-built stadium has been erected next to the Martín Carpena Arena, which will hold over 4,000 spectators.

Billie Jean King Cup format

A total of 12 nations will participate in the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals.

The finalists from the previous year are granted automatic entry (Canada and Italy), along with the host nation (Spain). One nation receives automatic qualification via a wild card (Czech Republic). The other eight teams qualified for the tournament through a Qualifying round.

In the Finals, the top four seeded teams receive a bye into the quarter-finals, with the other eight nations competing in the first round.

Each tie consists of three matches and each match is a best-of-three sets. There are two singles match and one doubles match, which takes place on one day.

If one nation wins both of their singles matches, the doubles match is cancelled as the result of the tie has already been determined.

Billie Jean King Cup schedule

The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals commence on Wednesday 13th November and conclude on Wednesday 20th November.

The schedule is as follows:

First Round: 13th-15th November
Quarter-Finals: 16th-17th November
Semi-Finals: 18th-19th November
Final: 20th November

Billie Jean King Cup teams

Australia

Olivia Gadecki
Daria Saville
Ajla Tomljanovic
Ellen Perez
Captain: Samantha Stosur

Canada

Leylah Fernandez
Marina Stakusic
Rebecca Marino
Bianca Andreescu
Gabriela Dabrowski
Captain: Heidi El Tabakh

Czech Republic

Linda Noskova
Katerina Siniakova
Marie Bouzkova
Karolina Muchova
Captain: Petr Pala

Great Britain

Katie Boulter
Emma Raducanu
Harriet Dart
Heather Watson
Olivia Nicholls
Captain: Anne Keothavong

Germany

Tatjana Maria
Jule Niemeier
Laura Siegemund
Eva Lys
Captain: Rainer Schüttler

Italy

Jasmine Paolini
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Martina Trevisan
Lucia Bronzetti
Sara Errani
Captain: Tathiana Garbin

Japan

Moyuka Uchijima
Naomi Osaka
Nao Hibino
Eri Hozumi
Shuko Aoyama
Captain: Ai Sugiyama

Poland

Magdalena Fręch
Magda Linette
Maja Chwalińska
Katarzyna Kawa
Captain: Dawid Celt

Romania

Jaqueline Cristian
Ana Bogdan
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Anca Todoni
Monica Niculescu
Captain: Horia Tecau

Slovakia

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
Rebecca Sramkova
Viktoria Hruncakova
Renata Jamrichova
Tereza Mihalikova
Captain: Matej Liptak

Spain

Paula Badosa
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Cristina Bucsa
Nuria Parrizas Diaz
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Captain: Anabel Medina Garrigues

USA

Jessica Pegula
Danielle Collins
Caroline Dolehide
Taylor Townsend
Peyton Stearns
Captain: Lindsay Davenport

Billie Jean King Cup history

Initially launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to mark the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the tournament underwent a name change to the Fed Cup in 1995 before being relaunched as the Billie Jean King Cup in 2020.

The United States are the most successful nation in the history of the competition with 18 titles, though only two have come in the 21st century. The Czech Republic have won more titles than any other nation since the tournament was altered in 1995, winning six titles between 2011 and 2018.

A total of 13 different countries have won the competition, with Canada the latest to add their name to the honours list in 2023.