Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team explained

Great Britain
Type:	Fed
Captain:	Anne Keothavong
Itf Rank:	15 (08 November 2021)
Colors:	blue & white
First Year:	1963
Years Played:	58
Ties Played:	212 (138–74)
Wg Played:	14 (17-14)
Runners-Up:	4 (1967, 1971, 1972, 1981)
Player Wins:	Virginia Wade (66–33)
Singles Wins:	Virginia Wade (36–20)
Doubles Wins:	Virginia Wade (30–13)
Best Doubles:	Virginia Wade / Sue Barker (13–2)
Most Ties:	Virginia Wade (57)
Most Years:	Virginia Wade (17)

The Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team represents the United Kingdom in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Lawn Tennis Association. In 2020, they lost out on a chance to secure a place at the inaugural Billie Jean King Cup finals, losing to Slovakia 3-1. However, in 2021 they won their play-off against Mexico and will play for another chance to enter the finals in 2022.

History

Great Britain competed in the first Fed Cup in 1963. They have reached the finals on five occasions, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1981 and 2022. Great Britain is one of only four nations to have participated every year since the tournament's inception.

Inaugural team

• Ann Jones
• Christine Truman Janes
• Deidre Catt

Players

Current squad

Rankings as of 11 November 2022

Team representing Great Britain in 2022 Billie Jean King Cup qualifying round

Name	Born	First	Last		Ties	Win/Loss	Ranks
			Year	Tie
	28 July 1996	2019	2022		4	2–4	2–1	3–4	98	120
	19 May 1992	2011	2022		33	23–11	8–3	31–14	133	115
	1 August 1996	2018	2022		8	7–2	2–0	9–2	124	—
	26 October 1994	2022	2022		2	0–0	2–0	2–0	—	63
	18 October 1993	2022	2022		2	0–0	2–0	2–0	817	60

Recent call-ups

Rankings as of April 2022

The following players have been called up in the previous two years

Name	Born	First	Last		Ties	Win/Loss	Ranks
			Year	Tie
	13 November 2002	2020	2022		1	1–1	0–0	1–1	12	—
	28 October 2001	2022	2022		0	0–0	0–0	0–0	197	561
	28 May 1999	2021	2021		0	0–0	0–0	0–0	262	391
	24 March 1999	2016	2022		6	2–1	2–1	4–2	221	484

Team performances

2020s

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2020-2021	Qualifying round	7–8 February 20	Clay (i)	Bratislava (SVK)		1–3	Loss
	bgcolor=#ADDFAD	Play-offs	16–17 April 21	Hard (i)	London (GBR)		3–1	Win
2022	Qualifying round	15–16 April 22	Clay	Prague (CZE)		2–3	Loss
	Finals	10 November 22	Hard (i)	Glasgow (GBR)		1–2	Loss
		11 November 22				3–0	Win
		12 November 22				1-2	Loss
2023	Qualifying round	14-15 April 2023	Hard (i)	Coventry(GBR)		1-3	Loss
	Play-offs	10-11 November 2023		London(GBR)		3-1	Win
2024	Qualifying round	12-13 April 2024	Clay (i)	Le Portel(FRA)		3-1	Win

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	3 Feb	Hard (i)	Lisbon (POR)		3–0	Win
		4 Feb				0–3	Loss
		5 Feb				2–1	Win
	bgcolor=CCCCFF	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 5th–8th play-off			6 Feb		1–2	Loss
2011	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	2 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)		1–2	Loss
		4 Feb				2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 5th–8th play-off	5 Feb				2–0	Win
2012	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)		3–0	Win
		2 Feb				2–1	Win
		3 Feb				3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	4 Feb				2–0	Win
	World Group II play-offs	21–22 Apr	Hard (i)	Borås (SWE)		1–4	Loss
2013	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	7 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)		3–0	Win
		8 Feb				2–1	Win
		9 Feb				2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	10 Feb				2–0	Win
	World Group II play-offs	20–21 Apr	Clay	Buenos Aires (ARG)		1–3	Loss
2014	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	5 Feb	Hard (i)	Budapest (HUN)		2–1	Win
		7 Feb				1–2	Loss
		8 Feb				1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 9th–12th play-off	9 Feb				2–0	Win
2015	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 Feb	Hard (i)	Budapest (HUN)		3–0	Win
		5 Feb				1–2	Loss
		6 Feb				3–0	Win
	bgcolor=CCCCFF	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off			7 Feb		0–2	Loss
2016	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)		3–0	Win
		5 Feb				2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	6 Feb				0–2	Loss
2017	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	8 Feb	Hard (i)	Tallinn (EST)		3–0	Win
		9 Feb				3–0	Win
		10 Feb				3–0	Win
	bgcolor=CCCCFF	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off			11 Feb		2–1	Win
	World Group II play-offs	22–23 Apr	Clay	Constanța (ROU)		2–3	Loss
2018	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	7 Feb	Hard (i)	Tallinn (EST)		3–0	Win
		9 Feb				3–0	Win
	bgcolor=CCCCFF	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off			10 Feb		2–0	Win
	World Group II play-offs	21-22 Apr	Hard (i)	Miki (JPN)		2–3	Loss
2019	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	6 Feb	Hard (i)	Bath (GBR)		3–0	Win
		7 Feb				3–0	Win
		8 Feb				2–0	Win
	bgcolor=CCCCFF	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off			9 Feb		2–0	Win
	World Group II play-offs	20-21 Apr	Hard (i)	London (GBR)		3–1	Win

Earlier Years

Legend
World Group
World Group Play-off
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group

1963–1969

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	Knockout	17-20 June	London, (ENG)	First		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal		3–0	Won
				Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1964	Knockout	17-20 June	Philadelphia, (USA)	Second		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	South Africa	2–1	Won
				Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1965	Knockout	15-18 January	Melbourne, (AUS)	Quarterfinal	South Africa	2–1	Won
				Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1966	Knockout	10-16 May	Turin, (ITA)	Second		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal		3–0	Won
				Semifinal		1–2	Lost
1967	Knockout	6-11 June	Berlin, (GER)	Second		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal		2–1	Won
				Semifinal		3–0	Won
				Final		0–3	Lost
1968	Knockout	21-26 May	Paris, (FRA)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal		3–0	Won
				Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1969	Knockout	19-25 May	Athens, (GRE)	Second		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal		2–1	Won
				Semifinal		0–3	Lost

1970–1979

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	Knockout	19-24 May	Freiburg, (GER)	First		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal		2–1	Won
				Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1971	Knockout	26-29 December	Perth, (AUS)	Quarterfinal		3–0	Won
				Semifinal		3–0	Won
				bgcolor=#ffa07a	Final		0–3	Lost
1972	Knockout	20-25 March	Johannesburg, (SA)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal		2–1	Won
				Semifinal		2–1	Won
				bgcolor=#ffa07a	Final	South Africa	1–2	Lost
1973	Knockout	30 April- 6 May	Bad Homburg, (GER)	Second		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal		1–2	Lost
1974	Knockout	13-19 May	Naples, (ITA)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	South Africa	2–1	Won
				Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1975	Knockout	5-11 May	Aix-en-Provence, (FRA)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		2–0	Won
				Quarterfinal		1–2	Lost
1976	Knockout	22-29 August	Philadelphia, (USA)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		w/o	Won
				Quarterfinal	South Africa	2–1	Won
				Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1977	Knockout	13-18 June	Eastbourne, (ENG)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal		3–0	Won
				Semifinal		1–2	Lost
1978	Knockout	27 November - 3 December	Melbourne, (AUS)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal		2–1	Won
				Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1979	Knockout	30 April - 6 May	Madrid, (ESP)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal		1–2	Lost

1980–1989

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Knockout	19-25 May	Berlin, (GER)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal		0–3	Lost
1981	Knockout	9-15 November	Tokyo, (JPN)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal		2–1	Won
				Semifinal		2–1	Won
				bgcolor=#ffa07a	Final		0–3	Lost
1982	Knockout	19-25 July	Santa Clara, California, (USA)	First		2–1	Won
				Second		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal		1–2	Lost
1983	Knockout	17-24 July	Zürich, (CHE)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal		1–2	Lost
1984	Knockout	15-22 July	São Paulo, (BRA)	First		0–3	Lost
	Consolation Knockout			Second Con.		2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal Con.		2–1	Won
				Semifinal Con.		1–2	Lost
1985	Knockout	6-14 October	Nagoya, (JPN)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal		1–2	Lost
1986	Knockout	20-27 July	Prague, (CZE)	First		0–3	Lost
	Consolation Knockout			Second Con.		3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal Con.		3–0	Won
				Semifinal Con.		3–0	Won
				Final Con.		2–1	Won
1987	Knockout	26 July- 2 August	Vancouver, (CAN)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal		0–3	Lost
1988	Knockout	4-11 December	Melbourne, (AUS)	First		1–2	Lost
	Consolation Knockout			Second Con.		2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal Con.		3–0	Won
				Semifinal Con.		2–1	Won
				Final Con.		1–2	Lost
1989	Knockout	1-9 October	Tokyo, (JPN)	First		3–0	Won
				Second		1–2	Lost

1990–1999

Qualifying rounds were introduced from 1992, World Group II and World Group II play-offs were introduced from 1995

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Knockout	22-28 July	Norcross, Georgia, (USA)		3–0	Won
					2–1	Won
					1–2	Lost
1991	World Group	22-28 July	Nottingham, (ENG)		2–0	Won
					0–2	Lost
1992	World Group	13-19 July	Frankfurt, (GER)		0–3	Lost
	World Group play-offs				3–0	Won
					1–2	Lost
1993	Europe/Africa Group I	10-15 May	Nottingham, (ENG)		3–0	Won
					3–0	Won
					3–0	Won
					3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group I play-offs				3–0	Won
	World Group	19-20 July	Frankfurt, (GER)		0–3	Lost
1994	Europe/Africa Group I	19-23 April	Murcia, (ESP)		3–0	Won
					2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Group I Knockout				3–0	Won
					0–2	Lost
1995	Europe/Africa Group I	17-21 April	Murcia, (ESP)		1–2	Lost
					0–3	Lost
					2–1	Won
1996	Europe/Africa Group I	22-24 April	Murcia, (ESP)		0–3	Lost
					1–2	Lost
					2–1	Won
1997	Europe/Africa Group II	5-11 May	Manavgat, (TUR)		2–1	Won
					3–0	Won
					3–0	Won
					3–0	Won
					3–0	Won
1998	Europe/Africa Group I	14-16 April	Murcia, (ESP)		1–2	Lost
					1–2	Lost
					3–0	Won
1999	Europe/Africa Group I	19-23 April	Murcia, (ESP)		3–0	Won
				YUG	3–0	Won
					2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Group I Knockout				3–0	Won
					0–2	Lost

2000–2009

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Europe/Africa Group I	15-21 May	Murcia, (ESP)		2–1	Won
					2–1	Won
					1–2	Lost
					1–2	Lost
2001	Europe/Africa Group I	24-28 April	Murcia, (ESP)		0–3	Lost
					1–2	Lost
					1–2	Lost
2002	Europe/Africa Group II	9-13 April	Pretoria, (RSA)		3–0	Won
					3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group II, promotion playoffs				2–0	Won
2003	Europe/Africa Group I	21-26 April	Estoril, (POR)		2–1	Won
					2–1	Won
					0–3	Lost
					1–2	Lost
2004	Europe/Africa Group II	26 April – 1 May	Marsa, (MLT)		2–1	Won
					3–0	Won
					3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group II, promotion playoffs				2–0	Won
2005	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	18-23 April	Manavgat, Antalya (TUR)		0–3	Lost
					2–1	Won
					2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, playoffs				1–2	Lost
2006	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	18-23 April	Plovdiv (BUL)		2–1	Won
					2–1	Won
					2–1	Won
	bgcolor=CCCCFF			Europe/Africa Zone Group I, promotion playoffs		1–2	Lost
2007	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	18-21 April	Plovdiv (BUL)		3–0	Won
					1–2	Lost
					0–3	Lost
	bgcolor=CCCCFF			Europe/Africa Zone Group I, playoffs		0–3	Lost
2008	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	30 January - 2 February	Budapest (HUN)		1–2	Lost
					1–2	Lost
					1–2	Lost
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, relegation playoffs				2–0	Won
2009	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4–7 February	Tallinn (EST)		3–0	Won
					3–0	Won
					3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, promotion playoffs				1–2	Lost

See also

• Billie Jean King Cup
• Great Britain Davis Cup team