Seven Grand Slam Singles Champions To Compete In Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers

Team Germany (photo: DTB)

ITF Press Release, March 18, 2022

The International Tennis Federation has announced the teams competing in the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Qualifiers, with seven Grand Slam singles champions set to represent their nations in next month’s ties.

Major champions Simona Halep (ROU), Angelique Kerber (GER), Garbine Muguruza (ESP), Jelena Ostapekno (LAT), Emma Raducanu (GBR), Sloane Stephens (USA) and Iga Swiatek (POL) have all been selected by their team captains to begin their nations’ campaigns in this season’s women’s world cup of tennis.

Other stars among the 64 players nominated to compete for their countries include the runners-up at the last two Grand Slam events – Danielle Collins (USA) and Leylah Fernandez (CAN) – as well as the women’s singles silver and bronze medalists from Tokyo 2020, Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) and Elina Svitolina (UKR), and 2021 Indian Wells champion Paula Badosa (ESP).

The Qualifiers will take place on 15-16 April, with two singles matches on the first day of play (when each nation’s No. 1 singles player competes against the opposition’s No. 2 player), followed by two singles matches (No. 1 v No. 1 then No. 2 v No. 2) and a doubles match on the second day.

The seven winning nations from the Qualifiers will join the four nations who have already qualified for the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Finals: the 2021 finalists, Switzerland, and Australia, Belgium and Slovakia.

 Live streaming of the Qualifiers will be available via the Billie Jean King Cup Video Platform.

Full team nominations:

ITALY v FRANCE

Venue: Tennis Club Alghero, Alghero SS, ITA

Surface: hard – outdoor

Head-to-head: France lead 8-3

Italy

Camila Giorgi

Jasmine Paolini

Martina Trevisan

Lucia Bronzetti

Elisabetta Cocciaretto

Captain: Tathiana Garbin

France

Alize Cornet

Caroline Garcia

Clara Burel

Kristina Mladenovic

Captain: Julien Benneteau

USA v UKRAINE

Venue: Harrah’s Cherokee Center, Asheville, USA

Surface: hard – indoor

Head-to-head: USA lead 1-0

USA

Danielle Collins

Jessica Pegula

Sloane Stephens

Shelby Rogers

Desirae Krawczyk

Captain: Kathy Rinaldi

Ukraine

Elina Svitolina

Marta Kostyuk

Katarina Zavatska

Lyudmyla Kichenok

Nadiia Kichenok

Captain: Olga Savchuk

CZECH REPUBLIC v GREAT BRITAIN

Venue: Tennis Club I.CLTK Prague, Prague, CZE

Surface: clay – outdoor

Head-to-head: tied 3-3 (including meetings between Czechoslovakia and Great Britain)

Czech Republic

Marketa Vondrousova

Tereza Martincova

Katerina Siniakova

Karolina Muchova

Captain: Petr Pala

Great Britain

Emma Raducanu

Harriet Dart

Katie Swan

Sonay Kartal

Captain: Anne Keothavong

KAZAKHSTAN v GERMANY

Venue: National Tennis Centre, Nur-Sultan, KAZ

Surface: clay – indoor

Head-to-head: first meeting

Kazakhstan

Elena Rybakina

Yulia Putintseva

Zarina Diyas

Anna Danilina

Zhibek Kulambayeva

Captain: Yaroslava Shvedova

Germany

Angelique Kerber

Andrea Petkovic

Jule Niemeier

Anna-Lena Friedsam

Laura Siegemund

Captain: Rainer Schuettler

CANADA v LATVIA

Venue: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, CAN

Surface: hard – indoor

Head-to-head: first meeting

Canada

Leylah Fernandez

Rebecca Marino

Carol Zhao

Francoise Abanda

Gabriela Dabrowski

Captain: Heidi El Tabakh

Latvia

Jelena Ostapenko

Daniela Vismane

Diana Marcinkevica

Darja Semenistaja

Captain: Adrians Zguns

NETHERLANDS v SPAIN

Venue: Maaspoort Sports & Events, s-Hertogenbosch, NED

Surface: clay – indoor

Head-to-head: Spain lead 3-0

Netherlands

Arantxa Rus

Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove

Arianne Hartono

Demi Schuurs

Captain: Elise Tamaela

Spain

Paula Badosa

Garbine Muguruza

Sara Sorribes Tormo

Nuria Parrizas-Diaz

Rebeka Masarova

Captain: Anabel Medina Garrigues

POLAND v ROMANIA

Venue: Radomskie Centrum Sportu, Radom, POL

Surface: hard – indoor

Head-to-head: Poland lead 4-2

Poland

Iga Swiatek

Magda Linette

Magdalena Frech

Maja Chwalinska

Alicja Rosolska

Captain: Dawid Celt

Romania

Simona Halep

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Irina-Camelia Begu

Monica Niculescu

Captain: Horia Tecau