ITF Press Release, September 16, 2024
The 12 nations competing in the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals have announced their teams for the finale of this year’s women’s World Cup of Tennis.
The event will be held from 13-20 November at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena in Malaga, Spain. The event will overlap with the men’s Davis Cup Final 8 (19-24 November), to create a unique, world-class fortnight of international team tennis.
The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals line-up includes Jessica Pegula (USA), Paula Badosa (Spain) and Naomi Osaka (Japan), with Leylah Fernandez set to spearhead reigning world champions Canada’s defence of their title.
World No.5 Jasmine Paolini will lead 2023 runners-up Italy in a team that also includes Sara Errani, with whom Paolini won the women’s doubles Olympic gold medal in Paris this summer.
The 12 nations will compete in a knock-out competition for the right to be crowned world champion. Round one sees four ties being contested from Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 November, followed by the quarter-finals on 16-17 November, the semi-finals on 18-19 November, and the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup final to be played on Wednesday 20 November.
Conchita Martinez, Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals Tournament Director, said: “This is a stellar line up of some of the world’s best players, and I can’t wait to watch them battle it out in Malaga in November. As a player, there is no greater honour than representing your nation, and every player who puts on their team’s colours in November will be giving everything they have to win this prestigious title for their country. Overlapping with the Davis Cup Final 8 is going to make for a spectacular fortnight of tennis and I can’t wait to welcome the tennis world to Malaga this November.”
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Elsewhere in November’s Billie Jean King Cup action, 16 teams will compete in eight home-and-away Play-off ties on either 15-16 November or 16-17 November, with winning nations advancing to the Qualifiers in 2025.
2024 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals team nominations
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
Czechia
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
Lucia Bronzetti
Martina Trevisan
Sara Errani
Captain: Tathiana Garbin
Japan
Moyuka Uchijima
Naomi Osaka
Nao Hibino
Eri Hozumi
Shuko Aoyama
Captain: Ai Sugiyama
Poland
Magdalena Frech
Magda Linette
Maja Chwalinska
Katarzyna Kawa
Captain: Dawid Celt
Romania
Jaqueline Adina Cristian
Ana Bogdan
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Alexia 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 Gibert
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
