ITF confirms 2025 Qualifiers schedules for Jean King cup
The schedules for the six 2025 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Qualifiers have been confirmed by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and Billie Jean King Cup Limited.
Each Qualifiers event will be held in one location over three days on either 10-12 or 11-13 April, with the host nation having choice of surface. The six group winners will join hosts China and 2024 world champions Italy at the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals.
In January, Shenzhen was confirmed as the host of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals for 2025-2027.
The 2025 Qualifiers are being played as six groups of three nations on a round-robin basis as the Finals transition from a 12-team event in 2024 to an eight-team event in 2025, mirroring the existing Davis Cup Final 8 format.
All ties at the Qualifiers will be played as best-of-three matches – two singles matches followed by a doubles match. All matches will be played as best-of-three tiebreak sets.
The nations finishing in 2nd and 3rd place in each group will compete in the 2025 Play-offs, alongside the best-performing teams from the 2025 Regional Group I events. The Play-offs will also be contested as groups of three teams, with the group winners advancing to the 2026 Qualifiers.
Traditional home-or-away ties will return in the Qualifiers and Play-offs from 2026 onwards.
The schedule for the 2025 Qualifiers is below:
Group A
Venue: Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan
Surface: Hard, Indoors
Friday 11 April (13:00 local, 04:00 GMT) – Canada [1] v Romania
Saturday 12 April (13:00 local, 04:00 GMT) – Romania v Japan
Sunday 13 April (11:00 local, 02:00 GMT) – Canada [1] v Japan
Group B
Venue: RT TORAX Arena, Ostrava, Czechia
Surface: Hard, Indoors
Thursday 10 April (16:00 local, 14:00 GMT) – Czechia [2] v Brazil
Friday 11 April (16:00 local, 14:00 GMT) – Spain v Brazil
Saturday 12 April (16:00 local, 14:00 GMT) –
Czechia [2] v Spain
Group C
Venue: Peugeot Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia
Surface: Hard, Indoors
Friday 11 April (15:00 local, 13:00 GMT) –
Slovakia [3] v Denmark
Saturday 12 April (15:00 local, 13:00 GMT) – USA v Denmark
Sunday 13 April (15:00 local, 13:00 GMT) – Slovakia [3] v USA
Group D
Venue: Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, Australia
Surface: Hard, Outdoors
Thursday 10 April (12:00 local, 02:00 GMT) – Australia [4] v Kazakhstan
Friday 11 April (12:00 local, 02:00 GMT) – Kazakhstan v Colombia
Saturday 12 April (12:00 local, 02:00 GMT) –
Australia [4] vColombia
Group E
Venue: Radomskie Centrum Sportu, Radom, Poland
Surface: Clay, Indoors
Thursday 10 April (15:00 local, 13:00 GMT) – Poland [5] v Switzerland
Friday 11 April (15:00 local, 13:00 GMT) – Poland [5] v Ukraine
Saturday 12 April (15:00 local, 13:00 GMT) – Switzerland v Ukraine
Group F
Venue: Sportcampus Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands
Surface: Clay, Indoors
Thursday 10 April (13:00 local, 11:00 GMT) – Germany v Netherlands
Friday 11 April (14:00 local, 12:00 GMT) – Great Britain [6] v Germany
Saturday 12 April (14:00 local, 12:00 GMT) – Great Britain [6] v Netherlands
Qualifiers host nations were drawn at random from applications made by eligible nations; host nations had choice of surface.
