2025 Billie Jean King Cup
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| Duration | 7 April – 16 November 2025 |
| Edition | 62nd |
| Achievements (singles) | |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 Billie Jean King Cup was the 62nd edition of the Billie Jean King Cup, a tournament between national teams in women's tennis.[1]
Defending champions Italy defeated United States 2-0 in the final.[2]
Billie Jean King Cup finals
Date: 16–21 September 2025[3]
Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, Shenzhen, China[4]
Surface: Hard indoor
Eight nations will take part in the Finals. The qualification is as follows:
- 6 qualifying round group winners
- 1 defending champion (Italy)
- 1 host nation (China)
| Participating teams | |||
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China (H) |
Great Britain |
Italy (TH) |
Japan |
Kazakhstan |
Spain |
Ukraine |
United States |
Seeds
- Italy (champions)
- Great Britain (semifinals)
- United States (finals)
- Spain (quarterfinals)
Draw
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Italy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| China | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Italy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Spain | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Italy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | United States | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | United States | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | United States | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Great Britain | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Great Britain | 2 | ||||||||||||
Qualifying round
Date: 10–13 April 2025
Venues: Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, Australia (hard, outdoors)
RT Torax Arena, Ostrava, Czechia (hard, indoors)
Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan (hard, indoors)
Sportcampus Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands (clay, indoors)
Radomskie Centrum Sportu, Radom, Poland (clay, indoors)
Peugeot Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia (hard, indoors)
Format: Round-robin - 6 groups of 3 teams
These eighteen teams were:
- 11 teams from the 2024 Finals
- 7 winning teams from the 2024 play-offs (China as a host automatically qualified for the Finals)
The six winning teams from the qualifying round will play at the Finals and losing teams will play at the 2025 play-offs.
#: Nations Ranking as of 3 December 2024.[5]
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Teams from Finals
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Teams from Play-offs
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Results
G = Group, T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets, (H) = Hosts
| G | Winner | Runner-up | Third | |||||||||
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| Country | T | M | S | Country | T | M | S | Country | T | M | S | |
| A | Japan (H) | 2–0 | 5–1 | 11–4 | Canada [1] | 1–1 | 4–2 | 9–5 | Romania | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–12 |
| B | Spain | 2–0 | 5–1 | 10–3 | Czech Republic [2] (H) | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–6 | Brazil | 0–2 | 1–5 | 3–10 |
| C | United States | 2–0 | 5–1 | 10–2 | Slovakia [3] (H) | 1–1 | 4–2 | 8–6 | Denmark | 0–2 | 0–6 | 2–12 |
| D | Kazakhstan | 2–0 | 5–1 | 10–3 | Australia [4] (H) | 1–1 | 4–2 | 8–4 | Colombia | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–12 |
| E | Ukraine | 2–0 | 5–1 | 10–3 | Poland [5] (H) | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–8 | Switzerland | 0–2 | 1–5 | 5–10 |
| F | Great Britain [6] | 2–0 | 4–2 | 8–6 | Netherlands (H) | 1–1 | 4–2 | 9–5 | Germany | 0–2 | 1–5 | 4–10 |
Billie Jean King Cup play-offs
Date: 14-16 November 2025
Venues: Club Sonoma, Monterrey, Mexico
Arena Gorzow, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Córdoba Lawn Tennis Club, Córdoba, Argentina
Arena Varazdin, Varaždin, Croatia
Domain Tennis Centre, Hobart, Australia
Tennis Club Ismaning, Ismaning, Germany
S M Krishna Tennis Stadium, Bengaluru, India
Twenty-one teams will play for seven spots in the 2026 qualifying round, in the round-robin format (7 groups of 3 teams).
These twenty-one teams are:
- Twelve losing teams from the qualifying round, in April 2025
- Nine winning teams from their Group I zone
Seven winners will advance to the 2026 qualifying round while losers will contest in their respective regional Group I event in 2026.
#: Nations Ranking as of 14 April 2025.
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Teams from qualifying round
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Teams from Group I zones
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Results
| 2026 Qualifying round | |
| 2026 Regional Group I event |
G = Group, T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets, (H) = Hosts
| G | Winner | Runner-up | Third | |||||||||
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| Country | T | M | S | Country | T | M | S | Country | T | M | S | |
| A | Canada [1] | 2–0 | 4–1 | 9–2 | Mexico (H) | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–7 | Denmark | 0–2 | 2–4 | 5–9 |
| B | Poland [2] (H) | 2–0 | 6–0 | 12–0 | Romania | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–8 | New Zealand | 0–2 | 0–6 | 2–12 |
| C | Switzerland | 2–0 | 4–2 | 8–4 | Argentina (H) | 1–1 | 4–2 | 8–5 | Slovakia [3] | 0–2 | 1–5 | 3–10 |
| D | Czech Republic [4] | 2–0 | 5–1 | 10–3 | Croatia (H) | 1–1 | 3–3 | 7–6 | Colombia | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–10 |
| E | Australia [5] (H) | 2–0 | 5–0 | 10–2 | Brazil | 1–1 | 3–2 | 8–5 | Portugal | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–12 |
| F | Belgium | 2–0 | 4–1 | 8–4 | Turkey | 1–1 | 3–3 | 7–8 | Germany [6] (H) | 0–2 | 1–4 | 5–8 |
| G | Slovenia | 2–0 | 4–2 | 9–6 | Netherlands [7] | 1–1 | 4–2 | 9–4 | India (H) | 0–2 | 1–5 | 3–11 |
For the first time since the introduction of regional group in 1992, Germany was relegated to regional group.
Americas Zone
Group I
Date: 8–12 April 2025
Venue: Mouratoglou Tennis Center, Guadalajara, Mexico (Hard)
- Participating teams
Promotions/Relegations
- Argentina and Mexico were promoted to the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs.
- Guatemala and Paraguay were relegated to Americas Zone Group II in 2026.
Group II
Date: 18–21 June 2025
Venue: Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru
- Participating teams
Promotions/Relegations
- Ecuador and Peru were promoted to Americas Zone Group I in 2026.
- Barbados and Costa Rica were relegated to Americas Zone Group III in 2026.
Group III
Date: 18–23 August 2025
Venue: Santa Tecla, El Salvador
- Participating teams
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- Withdrawn
- Inactive teams
Promotions
Asia/Oceania Zone
Group I
Date: 8–12 April 2025[6]
Venue: MSLTA School of Tennis, Pune, India (Hard)
- Participating teams
Promotions/Relegations
- India and New Zealand were promoted to the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs.
- Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong were relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2026.
Group II
Date: 16–22 June 2025
Venue: National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Hard)
- Participating teams
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Promotions/Relegations
- Indonesia and Mongolia were promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in 2026.
- Iran and Northern Mariana Islands were relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2026.
Group III
Date: Event A: 16–21 June 2025; Event B: 10–15 November 2025
Venue: Event A: Colombo, Sri Lanka; Event B: NovaWorld Tennis Gardens, Phan Thiet, Vietnam
- Participating teams
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Event A:
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Event B:
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Withdrawn
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- Inactive teams
Promotions
- Laos and Sri Lanka were promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2026.
Europe/Africa Zone
Group I
Date: 8–12 April 2025
Venue: SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania (Hard)
- Participating teams
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Promotions/Relegations
- Belgium, Croatia, Portugal and Turkey advanced to the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs, while Slovenia was later promoted as the highest ranked non-promoted team in each 2025 Regional Group I event.
- Austria and Greece were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2026.
Group II
Date: 7–12 April 2025
Venue: Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus
- Participating teams
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Promotions/Relegations
- Georgia and Norway were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2026.
- Estonia and Kosovo were relegated to Europe Zone Group III in 2026.
Group III Europe
Date: 16–22 June 2025
Venue: Chișinău Arena Tennis Club, Chișinău, Moldova
- Participating teams
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- Inactive teams
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Promotion
- Finland was promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2026.
Group III Africa
Date: 4–10 August 2025
Venue: Central Tennis Club, Windhoek, Namibia
- Participating teams
Promotion/Relegation
- Morocco was promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2026.
- Uganda was relegated to Africa Zone Group IV in 2026.
Group IV Africa
Date: 14–20 July 2025
Venue: Kicukiro Ecology Tennis Club, Kigali, Rwanda
- Participating teams
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- Withdrawn
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Promotion
- Cameroon was promoted to Africa Zone Group III in 2026.
References
- ^ "2025 Billie Jean King Cup Format". Billie Jean King Cup.
- ^ "Paolini shines as Italy outclass US to retain BJ King Cup title". Reuter. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ "2025 Finals dates announced". Billie Jean King Cup. 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Shenzhen announced as finals host". Billie Jean King Cup. 23 January 2025.
- ^ "Billie Jean King Cup - Rankings". Billie Jean King Cup. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "BJK Group I Asia Oceania". Retrieved 28 March 2025.