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.
Eight nations qualify for the Finals, which is held annually in November.
Billie Jean King Cup dates
The 2025 Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers will take place from 10th-13th April.
A date for the Finals is yet to be confirmed but is likely to be scheduled for November.
Billie Jean King Cup location
The 2025 Billie Jean King Cup Finals will take place in Shenzhen, China.
The qualifiers are to be staged at six different venues across the globe, including:
- Sportcampus Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands
- Radomskie Centrum Sportu, Radom, Poland
- Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, Australia
- Peugeot Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia
- RT TORAX Arena, Ostrava, Czechia
- Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan
Billie Jean King Cup format
A total of eight nations will participate in the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup Finals.
The champions from the previous year are granted automatic entry (Italy), along with the host nation (China).
The other six teams for the tournament are determined by a qualifying round, where 18 nations are split into six groups of three. The winners of each group progress to the Finals.
In the Finals, 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 teams
With Italy and China's place in the Finals secured, there are 18 nations vying for six spots in the Finals.
The groups for the qualifiers are as follows:
Group A
- Japan
- Canada
- Romania
Group B
- Czechia
- Spain
- Brazil
Group C
- Slovakia
- Denmark
- USA
Group D
- Australia
- Colombia
- Kazakhstan
Group E
- Poland
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
Group F
- Netherlands
- Germany
- Great Britain
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 Italy securing their fifth BJKC success in 2024.
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