Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team

Billie Jean King Cup team representing the UK

Great Britain

Captain	Anne Keothavong
ITF ranking	15 (08 November 2021)
Colors	blue & white

First year	1963
Years played	58
Ties played (W–L)	212 (138–74)
Years in World Group	14 (17-14)
Runners-up	4 (1967, 1971, 1972, 1981)

Most total wins	Virginia Wade (66–33)
Most singles wins	Virginia Wade (36–20)
Most doubles wins	Virginia Wade (30–13)
Best doubles team	Virginia Wade / Sue Barker (13–2)
Most ties played	Virginia Wade (57)
Most years played	Virginia Wade (17)

The Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team represents the United Kingdom in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Lawn Tennis Association. In 2020, they lost out on a chance to secure a place at the inaugural Billie Jean King Cup finals, losing to Slovakia 3-1. However, in 2021 they won their play-off against Mexico and will play for another chance to enter the finals in 2022.

History

Great Britain competed in the first Fed Cup in 1963. They have reached the finals on five occasions, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1981 and 2022. Great Britain is one of only four nations to have participated every year since the tournament's inception.

Inaugural team

Ann Jones
Christine Truman Janes
Deidre Catt

Players

Current squad

Rankings as of 11 November 2022

Team representing Great Britain in 2022 Billie Jean King Cup qualifying round
Name	Born	First	Last		Ties	Win/Loss			Ranks
Name	Born	First	Year	Tie	Ties	Sin	Dou	Tot	Sin	Dou
Harriet Dart	(1996-07-28)28 July 1996	2019	2022	Spain	4	2–4	2–1	3–4	98	120
Heather Watson	(1992-05-19)19 May 1992	2011	2022	Spain	33	23–11	8–3	31–14	133	115
Katie Boulter	(1996-08-01)1 August 1996	2018	2022	Spain	8	7–2	2–0	9–2	124	—
Olivia Nicholls	26 October 1994	2022	2022	Spain	2	0–0	2–0	2–0	—	63
Alicia Barnett	18 October 1993	2022	2022	Spain	2	0–0	2–0	2–0	817	60

Recent call-ups

Rankings as of April 2022

The following players have been called up in the previous two years
Name	Born	First	Last		Ties	Win/Loss			Ranks
Name	Born	First	Year	Tie	Ties	Sin	Dou	Tot	Sin	Dou
Emma Raducanu	(2002-11-13)13 November 2002	2020	2022	Czech Republic	1	1–1	0–0	1–1	12	—
Sonay Kartal	(2001-10-28)28 October 2001	2022	2022	Czech Republic	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	197	561
Jodie Anna Burrage	(1999-05-28)28 May 1999	2021	2021	Mexico	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	262	391
Katie Swan	(1999-03-24)24 March 1999	2016	2022	Czech Republic	6	2–1	2–1	4–2	221	484

Team performances

2020s

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2020-2021	Qualifying round	7–8 February 20	Clay (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	1–3	Loss
2020-2021	Play-offs	16–17 April 21	Hard (i)	London (GBR)	Mexico	3–1	Win
2022	Qualifying round	15–16 April 22	Clay	Prague (CZE)	Czech Republic	2–3	Loss
	Finals	10 November 22	Hard (i)	Glasgow (GBR)	Kazakhstan	1–2	Loss
		11 November 22			Spain	3–0	Win
		12 November 22			Australia	1-2	Loss
2023	Qualifying round	14-15 April 2023	Hard (i)	Coventry (GBR)	France	1-3	Loss
2023	Play-offs	10-11 November 2023	Hard (i)	London (GBR)	Sweden	3-1	Win
2024	Qualifying round	12-13 April 2024	Clay (i)	Le Portel (FRA)	France	3-1	Win

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	3 Feb	Hard (i)	Lisbon (POR)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Win
		4 Feb			Austria	0–3	Loss
		5 Feb			Belarus	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 5th–8th play-off	6 Feb			Netherlands	1–2	Loss
2011	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	2 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)	Switzerland	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 Feb			Denmark	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 5th–8th play-off	5 Feb			Croatia	2–0	Win
2012	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)	Portugal	3–0	Win
		2 Feb			Netherlands	2–1	Win
		3 Feb			Israel	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	4 Feb			Austria	2–0	Win
	World Group II play-offs	21–22 Apr	Hard (i)	Borås (SWE)	Sweden	1–4	Loss
2013	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	7 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Win
		8 Feb			Portugal	2–1	Win
		9 Feb			Hungary	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	10 Feb			Bulgaria	2–0	Win
	World Group II play-offs	20–21 Apr	Clay	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Argentina	1–3	Loss
2014	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	5 Feb	Hard (i)	Budapest (HUN)	Latvia	2–1	Win
		7 Feb			Romania	1–2	Loss
		8 Feb			Hungary	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 9th–12th play-off	9 Feb			Austria	2–0	Win
2015	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 Feb	Hard (i)	Budapest (HUN)	Liechtenstein	3–0	Win
		5 Feb			Turkey	1–2	Loss
		6 Feb			Ukraine	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	7 Feb			Belarus	0–2	Loss
2016	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)	South Africa	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	5 Feb			Georgia	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	6 Feb			Belgium	0–2	Loss
2017	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	8 Feb	Hard (i)	Tallinn (EST)	Portugal	3–0	Win
		9 Feb			Latvia	3–0	Win
		10 Feb			Turkey	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	11 Feb			Croatia	2–1	Win
	World Group II play-offs	22–23 Apr	Clay	Constanța (ROU)	Romania	2–3	Loss
2018	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	7 Feb	Hard (i)	Tallinn (EST)	Portugal	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	9 Feb			Estonia	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	10 Feb			Hungary	2–0	Win
	World Group II play-offs	21-22 Apr	Hard (i)	Miki (JPN)	Japan	2–3	Loss
2019	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	6 Feb	Hard (i)	Bath (GBR)	Slovenia	3–0	Win
		7 Feb			Greece	3–0	Win
		8 Feb			Hungary	2–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	9 Feb			Serbia	2–0	Win
	World Group II play-offs	20-21 Apr	Hard (i)	London (GBR)	Kazakhstan	3–1	Win

Earlier Years

Legend
World Group
World Group Play-off
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group

1963–1969

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	Knockout	17-20 June	London, (ENG)	First	Canada	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Austria	3–0	Won
				Semifinal	United States	0–3	Lost
1964	Knockout	17-20 June	Philadelphia, (USA)	Second	Norway	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	South Africa	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	United States	0–3	Lost
1965	Knockout	15-18 January	Melbourne, (AUS)	Quarterfinal	South Africa	2–1	Won
1965	Knockout	15-18 January	Melbourne, (AUS)	Semifinal	United States	0–3	Lost
1966	Knockout	10-16 May	Turin, (ITA)	Second	Canada	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Czech Republic	3–0	Won
				Semifinal	United States	1–2	Lost
1967	Knockout	6-11 June	Berlin, (GER)	Second	Sweden	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Italy	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	3–0	Won
				Final	United States	0–3	Lost
1968	Knockout	21-26 May	Paris, (FRA)	First	Sweden	3–0	Won
				Second	Czech Republic	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal	Soviet Union	3–0	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	0–3	Lost
1969	Knockout	19-25 May	Athens, (GRE)	Second	Belgium	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Germany	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	0–3	Lost

1970–1979

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	Knockout	19-24 May	Freiburg, (GER)	First	New Zealand	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Netherlands	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	0–3	Lost
1971	Knockout	26-29 December	Perth, (AUS)	Quarterfinal	New Zealand	3–0	Won
				Semifinal	United States	3–0	Won
				Final	Australia	0–3	Lost
1972	Knockout	20-25 March	Johannesburg, (SA)	First	Japan	3–0	Won
				Second	Argentina	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal	Germany	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	2–1	Won
				Final	South Africa	1–2	Lost
1973	Knockout	30 April- 6 May	Bad Homburg, (GER)	Second	Mexico	3–0	Won
1973	Knockout	30 April- 6 May	Bad Homburg, (GER)	Quarterfinal	Romania	1–2	Lost
1974	Knockout	13-19 May	Naples, (ITA)	First	Ireland	3–0	Won
				Second	Norway	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	South Africa	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	0–3	Lost
1975	Knockout	5-11 May	Aix-en-Provence, (FRA)	First	Austria	3–0	Won
				Second	Spain	2–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	France	1–2	Lost
1976	Knockout	22-29 August	Philadelphia, (USA)	First	France	3–0	Won
				Second	Hungary	w/o	Won
				Quarterfinal	South Africa	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	0–3	Lost
1977	Knockout	13-18 June	Eastbourne, (ENG)	First	Denmark	3–0	Won
				Second	South Korea	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Sweden	3–0	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	1–2	Lost
1978	Knockout	27 November - 3 December	Melbourne, (AUS)	First	Spain	3–0	Won
				Second	Germany	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal	Czech Republic	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	United States	0–3	Lost
1979	Knockout	30 April - 6 May	Madrid, (ESP)	First	New Zealand	3–0	Won
				Second	Belgium	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Czech Republic	1–2	Lost

1980–1989

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Knockout	19-25 May	Berlin, (GER)	First	Israel	3–0	Won
				Second	Argentina	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal	Australia	0–3	Lost
1981	Knockout	9-15 November	Tokyo, (JPN)	First	Belgium	3–0	Won
				Second	France	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Soviet Union	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	2–1	Won
				Final	United States	0–3	Lost
1982	Knockout	19-25 July	Santa Clara, California, (USA)	First	Italy	2–1	Won
				Second	Israel	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Czech Republic	1–2	Lost
1983	Knockout	17-24 July	Zürich, (CHE)	First	Luxembourg	3–0	Won
				Second	Brazil	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Germany	1–2	Lost
1984	Knockout	15-22 July	São Paulo, (BRA)	First	Bulgaria	0–3	Lost
	Consolation Knockout			Second Con.	Hungary	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal Con.	Canada	2–1	Won
				Semifinal Con.	Brazil	1–2	Lost
1985	Knockout	6-14 October	Nagoya, (JPN)	First	Germany	3–0	Won
				Second	Japan	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal	Bulgaria	1–2	Lost
1986	Knockout	20-27 July	Prague, (CZE)	First	Denmark	0–3	Lost
	Consolation Knockout			Second Con.	Finland	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal Con.	Indonesia	3–0	Won
				Semifinal Con.	Hungary	3–0	Won
				Final Con.	Soviet Union	2–1	Won
1987	Knockout	26 July- 2 August	Vancouver, (CAN)	First	Chile	3–0	Won
				Second	Italy	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal	United States	0–3	Lost
1988	Knockout	4-11 December	Melbourne, (AUS)	First	Indonesia	1–2	Lost
	Consolation Knockout			Second Con.	Switzerland	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal Con.	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Won
				Semifinal Con.	Belgium	2–1	Won
				Final Con.	Netherlands	1–2	Lost
1989	Knockout	1-9 October	Tokyo, (JPN)	First	Indonesia	3–0	Won
1989	Knockout	1-9 October	Tokyo, (JPN)	Second	Austria	1–2	Lost

1990–1999

Qualifying rounds were introduced from 1992, World Group II and World Group II play-offs were introduced from 1995

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Knockout	22-28 July	Norcross, Georgia, (USA)	Dominican Republic	3–0	Won
				Italy	2–1	Won
				Austria	1–2	Lost
1991	World Group	22-28 July	Nottingham, (ENG)	New Zealand	2–0	Won
1991	World Group	22-28 July	Nottingham, (ENG)	Italy	0–2	Lost
1992	World Group	13-19 July	Frankfurt, (GER)	United States	0–3	Lost
	World Group play-offs			Chile	3–0	Won
	World Group play-offs			Finland	1–2	Lost
1993	Europe/Africa Group I	10-15 May	Nottingham, (ENG)	Luxembourg	3–0	Won
				Lithuania	3–0	Won
				Russia	3–0	Won
				Ukraine	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group I play-offs			Luxembourg	3–0	Won
	World Group	19-20 July	Frankfurt, (GER)	Spain	0–3	Lost
1994	Europe/Africa Group I	19-23 April	Murcia, (ESP)	Luxembourg	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group I			Russia	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Group I Knockout			Israel	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group I Knockout			Belgium	0–2	Lost
1995	Europe/Africa Group I	17-21 April	Murcia, (ESP)	Slovenia	1–2	Lost
				Czech Republic	0–3	Lost
				Poland	2–1	Won
1996	Europe/Africa Group I	22-24 April	Murcia, (ESP)	Russia	0–3	Lost
				Belarus	1–2	Lost
				Slovenia	2–1	Won
1997	Europe/Africa Group II	5-11 May	Manavgat, (TUR)	Portugal	2–1	Won
				Estonia	3–0	Won
				Armenia	3–0	Won
				Lithuania	3–0	Won
				Egypt	3–0	Won
1998	Europe/Africa Group I	14-16 April	Murcia, (ESP)	Portugal	1–2	Lost
				Poland	1–2	Lost
				Madagascar	3–0	Won
1999	Europe/Africa Group I	19-23 April	Murcia, (ESP)	Finland	3–0	Won
				YUG	3–0	Won
				Bulgaria	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Group I Knockout			Luxembourg	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group I Knockout			Romania	0–2	Lost

2000–2009

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Europe/Africa Group I	15-21 May	Murcia, (ESP)	Ukraine	2–1	Won
				Finland	2–1	Won
				Israel	1–2	Lost
				Luxembourg	1–2	Lost
2001	Europe/Africa Group I	24-28 April	Murcia, (ESP)	Sweden	0–3	Lost
				Romania	1–2	Lost
				Belarus	1–2	Lost
2002	Europe/Africa Group II	9-13 April	Pretoria, (RSA)	Malta	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group II			Norway	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group II, promotion playoffs			Lithuania	2–0	Won
2003	Europe/Africa Group I	21-26 April	Estoril, (POR)	Ireland	2–1	Won
				Poland	2–1	Won
				Hungary	0–3	Lost
				Netherlands	1–2	Lost
2004	Europe/Africa Group II	26 April – 1 May	Marsa, (MLT)	Romania	2–1	Won
				Turkey	3–0	Won
				Egypt	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group II, promotion playoffs			Ireland	2–0	Won
2005	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	18-23 April	Manavgat, Antalya (TUR)	Slovakia	0–3	Lost
				Denmark	2–1	Won
				Serbia and Montenegro	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, playoffs			Ukraine	1–2	Lost
2006	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	18-23 April	Plovdiv (BUL)	Ukraine	2–1	Won
				Bulgaria	2–1	Won
				Hungary	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, promotion playoffs			Slovakia	1–2	Lost
2007	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	18-21 April	Plovdiv (BUL)	Bulgaria	3–0	Won
				Luxembourg	1–2	Lost
				Poland	0–3	Lost
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, playoffs			Sweden	0–3	Lost
2008	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	30 January - 2 February	Budapest (HUN)	Switzerland	1–2	Lost
				Hungary	1–2	Lost
				Denmark	1–2	Lost
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, relegation playoffs			Portugal	2–0	Won
2009	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4–7 February	Tallinn (EST)	Hungary	3–0	Won
				Netherlands	3–0	Won
				Luxembourg	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, promotion playoffs			Poland	1–2	Lost

References

External links

Team page on BillieJeanKingCup.com, the official website of the Billie Jean King Cup

National sports teams of the United Kingdom

Sport in the United Kingdom - National sports teams of England

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Current champions (2023): Canada
Editions by year	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2022 2023 2024
World Group / Finals	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2022 2023
Qualifying rounds	2020–21 2022 2023 2024
Play-offs	2020–21 2022 2023
World Group II	1991–1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000–2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2023 BJK Cup Finals teams	Australia Canada Czech Republic France Germany Italy Kazakhstan Poland Slovenia Spain Switzerland United States
Former World Group teams (in the current format, since 1995)	Argentina Austria Belgium Belarus Bulgaria China Colombia Croatia Great Britain Hungary Israel Japan Latvia Netherlands Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia South Africa Sweden Ukraine
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