2022 Billie Jean King Cup Explained

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2022 Billie Jean King Cup
Edition:	59th
Previous:	2020–21
Next:	2023

Switzerland defeated Australia 2–0 in the tennis final of the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup. It was the 59th edition of the women's international team competition.

Billie Jean King Cup Finals

Date: 8–13 November 2022
Venue: Emirates Arena, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Surface: Hard (i)

12 nations took part in the Finals, formerly known as the World Group. The qualification was as follows:

1 finalist of the previous edition (Switzerland, defending champion Russia was suspended)
1 host nation (Great Britain)
7 winners of a qualifier round, in April 2022
1 team received a bye in the qualifying round (Slovakia) and 1 team qualified with a walkover (Belgium)

Qualifying round

See main article: article and 2022 Billie Jean King Cup qualifying round.

Date: 15–16 April 2022

Eighteen teams were scheduled to play for nine spots for the Finals, in a series decided on a home and away basis.^[1]

These eighteen teams originally were:

10 teams ranked 3rd-12th in the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Finals,
7 winners of the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs,
1 loser of the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs, based on rankings

The 9 losing teams from the qualifying round play the play-offs, against the 9 nations that are promoted from the Regional Group I from Americas, Europe/Africa and Asia/Oceania, to see who will contend the 2023 Qualifiers and who stays in the Regional Group I in 2023.

However, prior to the qualifying round both Russia and Belarus were suspended from taking part in international events by the ITF. Australia, the runner-up from 2020, was given the defending champion's right to advance. They were scheduled to play Slovakia. Both teams were given byes. Belgium, scheduled to play Belarus, was also given a bye.

Nations Ranking as of 8 November 2021.

Qualified teamsSeeded teams

(2020–21 Finalist, #1)
(2020–21 Finalist, #2)
(2020–21 Finalist, #4)
(2020–21 Finalist, #5)
(2020–21 Finalist, #7)
(2020–21 Finalist, #9)
(2020–21 Finalist, #10)
(2020–21 best ranked play-off loser, #11)

Unseeded teams

(2020–21 Finalist, #12)
(2020–21 Finalist, #13)
(2020–21 play-off winner, #14)
(2020–21 play-off winner, #15)
(2020–21 play-off winner, #16)
(2020–21 play-off winner, #17)
(2020–21 play-off winner, #19)
(2020–21 play-off winner, #24)
(2020–21 play-off winner, #46)

Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Surface
[1]
	3–1	[2]	Tennis Club Alghero	Hard
[3]	3–2			Hard (i)
[4]	3–2			Clay

	3–1	[6]		Clay (i)
[7]	4–0			Hard (i)
	0–4	[8]		Clay (i)
	4–0	[9]	Radom Sports Center	Hard (i)

Group stage

The final draw was held on 8 July 2022 in Glasgow.

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group	Seeded				Pot 2				Pot 3
Group	width=140	Nation!	width=35	T!	width=35	M!	width=35	S	width=140	Nation!	width=35	T!	width=35	M!	width=35	S	width=140	Nation!	width=35	T!	width=35	M!	width=35	S
A	style=text-align:left bgcolor=CCFFCC		2–0	5–1	10–4	style=text-align:left		1–1	4–2	9–4	style=text-align:left		0–2	0–6	1–12
B	style=text-align:left bgcolor=CCFFCC		2–0	5–1	11–3	style=text-align:left		1–1	3–3	6–8	style=text-align:left		0–2	1–5	4–10
C	style=text-align:left bgcolor=CCFFCC	(H)	1–1	4–2	9–4	style=text-align:left		1–1	3–3	6–8	style=text-align:left		1–1	2–4	6–9
D	style=text-align:left bgcolor=CCFFCC		2–0	4–2	8–4	style=text-align:left		1–1	3–3	7–7	style=text-align:left		0–2	2–4	5–9

Billie Jean King Cup play-offs

Date: 11–12 November 2022^[1]

Sixteen teams played for seven spots in the 2023 qualifying round, in series decided on a home and away basis.

These sixteen teams were:

6 losing teams from Qualifying round.
7 winning teams from their Group I zone.
2 later promoted teams from Zonal Group I (Serbia and Mexico) to fill the vacancy of Russia and Belarus.
1 later promoted team from Zonal Group I (Austria) to fill the vacancy of Great Britain, whose was announced as Final hosts.

Eight winners will advance to the 2023 qualifying round while losers will contest in their respective regional Group I event in 2023.

Seeded teams

(#2)
(#10)
(#13)
(#16)
(#18)
(#19)
(#20)
(#21)

Unseeded teams

(#22)
(#23)
(#24)
(#26)
(#29)
(#33)
(#36)
(#37)

Ties were announced on June 16.

Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Surface
[1]	3–1		Le Chaudron	Hard (i)
	1–3	[2]	Centar Zamet	Hard (i)
[3]	4–0			Hard (i)
	3–2	[4]	Multiversum Schwechat	Clay (i)
[5]	1–3			Hard (i)
	1–3	[6]	Lawn Tennis Club	Clay
	3–1	[7]	Bela Dvorana	Clay (i)
	4–0	[8]		Clay