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• U.S. ousted from BJK Cup Finals by Slovakia
The United States was eliminated 2-1 by Slovakia in the first round of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals....2024
• Slovakia shock US to reach BJK Cup Finals last eight

Slovakia reach the last eight of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals with a 2-1 victory over 18-time champions the United States....2024
• Slovakia Eliminates USA at BJK Cup
Team USA was out its three Top-10 players, and couldn't get past Slovia in their first BJK Final tie. By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday November 14, 2024 Slovakia battled back from 1-0 down to hand Team USA and early exit at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Malaga, Spain. Slovakia advances to play Australia in the quarterfinals, while the Americans will await its draw for the...2024
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• Raducanu feeling fit as GB launch BJK Cup challenge

Emma Raducanu is expected to play for Great Britain in their Billie Jean King Cup tie against Germany on Friday....2024
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• Watch GB v Germany in BJK Cup Finals live on BBC

Great Britain will face Germany in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in November - and you can watch it live on the BBC....2024
• Spain-Poland BJK Cup tie ppd. for weather alert
The first tie of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals between Spain and Poland has been postponed because of a severe weather alert in the Malaga region....2024

• Injured Osaka to skip BJK Cup finals; season over
Japan's Naomi Osaka said she will skip next month's Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Spain as she recovers from injuries that have kept her out of key tournaments during the WTA's Asian swing....2024
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• Emma Raducanu triumphs in Billie Jean King Cup qualifier despite injury recovery

Following an intense battle on the court, Emma Raducanu emerged victorious in the Billie Jean King Cup qualifier tie for Britain, securing her team’s spot in the BJK Cup Finals. Despite facing a late scare against Diane Parry of France, the 21-year-old tennis sensation displayed resilience and determination to clinch a hard-fought victory. Raducanu’s remarkable […]...2024
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• Emma Raducanu roars back against Caroline Garcia to level BJK Cup tie

British player had been 3-6, 0-2 down against world No 23France’s Diane Parry earlier thrashed Katie Boulter 6-2, 6-0Returning to the top level of professional tennis after a lengthy injury layoff and trying to rediscover confidence and rhythm is difficult under the best circumstances. For Emma Raducanu, whose career to date has been utterly devoid of rhythm and order, it has been an even greater ...2024
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• Swiatek, Osaka, Raducanu Collins, Svitolina Provide Starpower at BJK Cup Qualifiers
Sixteen nations. Eight Ties. For the Finals! By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday April 10, 2024 The stars are coming out at Billie Jean King Cup this weekend! Big names will be in action across the globe at this weekend's Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers, which are set to take place on 12-13 April 2024 in eight different nations, with the winning nations from the Qualifiers adva...2024
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• Great Britain’s Katie Boulter battles to victory to level BJK Cup playoffs

Boulter wins 6-2, 6-1 against Caijsa HennemannJodie Burrage suffers 6-4, 6-1 defeat to Kajsa Rinaldo PerssonThe message from the first day of the Billie Jean King Cup playoffs between Great Britain and Sweden at the Copper Box Arena in London could not have been clearer: the rankings are so often not important.Great Britain had been heavily favoured to win every rubber in a match against a deplete...2023
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• Who is Marina Stakusovic?
Meet the 18-year-old Canadian that has made a massive splash at BJK Cup this weekend. By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday November 11, 2023 18-year-old Canadian Marina Stakusic (she will turn 19 on November 27, 2023) has burst onto the scene this week at Billie Jean King Cup, earning her first two Top-100 wins to help guide Team Canada to the semifinals in Seville. Scroll down to find out ...2023
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• U.S., Britain, Poland clinch spots in BJK Cup finals

Emma Raducanu led Britain into the Billie Jean King Cup Finals by taking the last six points of a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (1) win over Diane Parry of France. The United States, Japan, Australia and Slovakia also advanced to the Finals....2024
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• Swiatek Leads Poland Past Switzerland at BJK Cup
The World No.1 has dropped five games in her last three BJK Cup matches. By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday April 13, 2024 Photo Source: ITF/ BJK Cup Iga Swiatek is no stranger to winning streaks. She of the 37-match tear in 2022 is also building a nice little number for the Polish BJK Cup team – Swiatek made it seven consecutive victories in the format, defeating World No.158 Sim...2024
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• Swiatek Leads Poland to Fast Start vs Switzerland at BJK Cup
The World No.1 has dropped five games in her last three BJK Cup matches. By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday April 12, 2024 Photo Source: ITF/ BJK Cup Iga Swiatek is no stranger to winning streaks. She of the 37-match tear in 2022 is also building a nice little number for the Polish BJK Cup team – Swiatek made it six consecutive victories in the format, defeating World No.158 Simona ...2024
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• Davis Cup and BJK Cup Finals Will Stay in Spain in 2024
Draws for 2024 qualifiers were also released. By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday November 26, 2023 The Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Finals will return to Spain in 2024. The ITF has confirmed that Malaga will return as host city for the 2024 Davis Cup Final 8, which follows confirmation earlier today that Seville will host the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals. Earlier this week Nov...2023
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• US Girls Defend Junior BJK Cup Title Against Czech Republic Sunday; Svajda Starting at SMU in January; Kudla Versus Michelsen in Knoxville; Navarro Advances at Charleston $100K; All Texas Final at Austin $25K; Webb Sweeps Titles at Champaign $15K

The top seeds will meet for the Junior Billie Jean King Cup title Sunday in Cordoba Spain, with both No. 1 Czech Republic and No. 2 United States defeating their semifinal opponents today by 2-0 scores.As they have been all week, the US girls were first off the court, taking out No. 6 seed Spain. Fifteen-year-old Tyra Grant defeated Lorena Solar Donoso 7-6(5), 6-1 in the first match, at No. 2...2023
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• US Junior BJK Cup Team Rolls to Semifinals, Women's Team Falls; All American Semifinals in Knoxville Challenger; Three Longhorns and Tien Advance to Austin $25K Semis; Wake Versus Duke in $15K Semifinals

Mixed results in Spain for the United States' Billie Jean King Cup teams today, with the junior girls advancing to the semifinals with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Brazil and the women losing to the Czech Republic 2-1 to end their chance at a title for outgoing captain Kathy Rinaldi.The second-seeded girls continued to dominate this week in Cordoba, again winning every set they've played now in...2023
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• Bencic Begins Comeback with a Victory in Hamburg
The Swiss is back just six months after becoming a mom. By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday October 30, 2024 Belinda Bencic is up and running with her comeback from maternity leave. The 27-year-old former World No.4 is playing the 75K in Hamburg, Germany and she won her first-round match today against Julia Avdeeva, 6-3, 6-1. The Swiss, who welcomed her first baby girl, Bella, on April 2...2024
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• Emma Raducanu basks in ‘some of the best tennis of my career’ at BJK Cup

Wins over Garcia and Parry give Briton a springboardRaducanu ‘really enjoying’ time playing on clay courtsEmma Raducanu believes she is playing some of the best tennis of her career and wants to build on the momentum from her leading role in Great Britain’s qualification for the Billie Jean King Cup finals to re-establish herself at the top of the sport.“My last [BJK] Cup tie was in the Czech Repu...2024
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• Swiatek Leads Poland Past Switzerland at BJK Cup
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• Swiatek Leads Poland to Fast Start vs Switzerland at BJK Cup
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• Swiatek, Osaka, Raducanu Collins, Svitolina Provide Starpower at BJK Cup Qualifiers
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• Gauff, Pegula put U.S. up 2-0 in BJK Cup qualifier

Coco Gauff, playing in front of family and friends in her hometown of Daytona Beach, beat Julia Grabher 6-1, 6-3, before Jessica Pegula defeated Sinja Kraus 6-0, 7-5 to give the U.S. a 2-0 lead over Austria in their Billie Jean King Cup qualifier....2023
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• Gauff Pays Attention Not To Underestimate BJK Cup Opponents

Coco Gauff has been staying back home with her parents awaiting the USA - Austria Billie Jean King Cup tie in Atlanta. Gauff originally hails from that part of the country before she relocated further south to Florida....2023
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• Canada breaks through with historic BJK Cup title

Buoyed by the competitive spirit of Leylah Annie Fernandez, and 18-year-old Marina Stakusic’s sensational debut, Canada are again world champions in the sport, less than a year after emerging victorious in the men’s Davis Cup event....2023
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• Boulter thrashed as France take BJK Cup lead over GB

Katie Boulter suffers a chastening loss to Diane Parry as France take a 1-0 lead over Great Britain in the Billie Jean King Cup....2024
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• Billie Jean King becomes part owner of BJK Cup

The Billie Jean King Cup has a new part-owner: Billie Jean King herself....2023
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• Why Emma Raducanu may miss the Olympic Games in Paris
Following her exclusion from Britain’s BJK Cup roster for the forthcoming qualification match against France, Raducanu recently talked about her Olympic dream. The team’s captain, Anne Keothavong, had to choose the same lineup as the game in November since the world No. 72 claimed to be “unavailable.” The 20-year-old had earlier claimed that she “didn’t […...2023
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• ‘Feeling amazing’ Unheralded Stakusic leads Canada to BJK Cup semis

The way Marina Stakusic is rolling at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, the Canadian teenager’s wins might have to stop being described as “upsets.” She’ll try to keep rolling in the semifinals on Saturday....2023
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• BJK Cup tie called off after severe weather alert

A severe weather alert in southern Spain leads to the opening tie of the Billie Jean King Cup between Spain and Poland being postponed....2024
• Emma Raducanu roars back against Caroline Garcia to level BJK Cup tie
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• U.S. ousted from BJK Cup by Czech Republic

Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova sent the Czech Republic into the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup by beating American duo Danielle Collins and Taylor Townsend 6-3, 7-5 in their decisive doubles match on Friday....2023
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• Emma Raducanu faces race to be fit for BJK Cup finals after latest withdrawal

Briton has pulled out of next week’s Hong Kong OpenWorld No 55 ‘doing what I can’ to be ready for BJK CupFormer US Open champion Emma Raducanu faces a race to be available to participate for Britain in next month’s Billie Jean King Cup finals after another tournament withdrawal. The 21-year-old posted on X that she was pulling out of next week’s Hong Kong Open because of a shortage of match fitnes...2024
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• Billie Jean King Cup Finals Switching Venues to Sevilla
The BJK Cup Finals and the Davis Cup Finals will be played at the same venue in November. By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday July 17, 2024 The Billie Jean King Cup Finals will switch venues. It was announced on Wednesday that the 2024 BJK Cup Finals will relocate from Sevilla to nearby Málaga, Spain, and will take place at the same site where the men’s Davis Cup Final 8 is held. ...2024
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• BJK Cup Finals: Draws Released for 2024
The new knockout format provides some mouthwaring matchups in Seville. By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday April 30, 2024 The draws for November’s BJK Cup Finals are set, and with that the stage is set for some intriguing matchups. The Finals will feature 12 nations competing in a knockout format at La Cartuja Stadium in Seville on 12-20 November. Opening round ties between Spain a...2024
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• BJK Finals Adopt Knockout Format
ITF announces a format change for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals. By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, April 25, 2024 The Billie Jean King Cup Finals are embracing the knockout.Photo credit: Getty for ITF's Billie Jean King Cup. The International Tennis Federation announced today the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup finals will be staged over nine days and will repl...2024
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• Emma Raducanu oozes confidence after another dominant win, says she is 'more dominant' now than US Open 2021
Emma Raducanu was the star of the British team at the 2024 BJK Cup qualifiers. Fighting for a place in the Finals scheduled in November, the Britons were up against team France....2024
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• Pegula, Keys, Navarro Lead U.S. BJK Cup Squad
Caroline Dolehide and Taylor Townsend also named to Team USA, which will host Belgium, April 12-13th. By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday, March 15, 202 Experienced champions and rising stars will lead the U.S. Billie Jean King Cup quest. World No. 5 Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys, Emma Navarro, Caroline Dolehide and Taylor Townsend will lead Team USA when it host...2024
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• Great Britain’s Katie Boulter battles to victory to level BJK Cup playoffs
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• ‘Not good enough’: Keothavong joins criticism of WTA Finals before BJK Cup

‘I felt for the players,’ says GB’s Billie Jean King Cup captainGreat Britain host Sweden in BJK Cup playoff tie this weekendAnne Keothavong has joined the loud chorus of prominent figures critical of last week’s WTA Finals in Mexico. Great Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup captain expressed sympathy towards the players competing at the event in Cancún and the difficult conditions they were forced to...2023
• King lobbies for 'better calendar,' combined Cups

Billie Jean King wants the groups with a say in the tennis schedule to avoid potential conflicts such as the close timing and far distance between the WTA Finals and Billie Kean King Cup Finals. She's also in favor of combining the BJK Cup and Davis Cup....2023
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• Swiatek’s Poland Receives BJK Cup Finals Wild Card With Host City Announcement
The 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals know the final lineup and also the host city with the final announcement. Last year's winners Switzerland, as well as the runners-up Australia were granted a direct entry into the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals thanks to their last year's participation....2023