Team Nominations Announced For Billie Jean King Cup Finals

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ITF Press Release, October 4, 2021

The ITF today announced the nominations for the 12 teams competing to be crowned champions at the Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Finals in Prague from 1-6 November 2021.

No. 1 seeds and defending champions France will have three of their 2019 winning team with Caroline Garcia, Alize Cornet and Fiona Ferro among the players named by captain Julien Benneteau, as they bid to defend their title.

Czech Republic will be looking to build on their success at Tokyo 2020, with medallists Barbora Krejcikova, Marketa Vondrousova and Katerina Siniakova all named in the Czech team bidding to be crowned champions on home soil.

Olympic singles gold medallist Belinda Bencic will lead the Swiss team while mixed doubles gold medallist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova headlines a strong Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) team.

Grand Slam singles champions Garbine Muguruza, Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber and Sloane Stephens were also named to compete for their respective nations.

Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Finals 2021 – Full Team Nominations:

Group A

France

Caroline Garcia

Alize Cornet

Clara Burel

Fiona Ferro

Captain: Julien Benneteau

Russian Tennis Federation (RTF)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Daria Kasatkina

Veronika Kudermetova

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Liudmila Samsonova

Captain: Igor Andreev

Canada

Leylah Fernandez

Rebecca Marino

Francoise Abanda

Gabriela Dabrowski

Captain: Sylvain Bruneau

Group B

Australia

Ajla Tomljanovic

Astra Sharma

Storm Sanders

Olivia Gadecki

Ellen Perez

Captain: Alicia Molik

Belarus

Victoria Azarenka

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Olga Govortsova

Yuliya Hatouka

Lidziya Marozava

Captain: Tatiana Poutchek

Belgium

Elise Mertens

Alison Van Uytvanck

Greet Minnen

Maryna Zanevska

Kirsten Flipkens

Captain: Johan Van Herck

Group C

USA

Jessica Pegula

Danielle Collins

Sloane Stephens

CoCo Vandeweghe

Caroline Dolehide

Captain: Kathy Rinaldi

Spain

Garbine Muguruza

Paula Badosa

Sara Sorribes Tormo

Nuria Parrizas-Diaz

Carla Suarez Navarro

Captain: Anabel Medina Garrigues

Slovakia

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova

Kristina Kucova

Viktoria Kuzmova

Rebecca Sramkova

Tereza Mihalikova

Captain: Matej Liptak

Group D

Czech Republic

Barbora Krejcikova

Marketa Vondrousova

Tereza Martincova

Katerina Siniakova

Lucie Hradecka

Captain: Petr Pala

Germany

Angelique Kerber

Andrea Petkovic

Anna-Lena Friedsam

Jule Niemeier

Nastasja Schunk

Captain: Rainer Schuettler

Switzerland

Belinda Bencic

Jil Teichmann

Viktorija Golubic

Stefanie Voegele

Captain: Heinz Guenthardt