Your guide to the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup Finals

The Billie Jean King Cup Finals open Sept. 16 in Shenzhen, with host China facing defending champion Italy in the first quarterfinal at 5 p.m. The knockout event runs through Sept. 21 and will crown the 2025 world champions in women’s team tennis.

Eight nations are in the field, led by Olympic medalist Wang Xinyu for China, Jasmine Paolini for Italy, Elena Rybakina for Kazakhstan, and Jessica Pegula for the United States. All ties will feature two singles and one doubles match, each best-of-three sets.

Teams involved

China (host nation)

Italy (defending champion)

Spain (qualifier)

Ukraine (qualifier, Finals debut)

Kazakhstan (qualifier)

United States (qualifier)

Great Britain (qualifier)

Japan (qualifier)

Schedule of play and roster

Sept. 16, 5 p.m. CST: Italy vs. China

Italy

Jasmine Paolini

Lucia Bronzetti

Elisabetta Cocciaretto

Sara Errani

Captain: Tathiana Garbin

China

Wang Xinyu

Yuan Yue

Wang Xiyu (replacing Zheng Qinwen)

Zhang Shuai

Jiang Xinyu

Captain: Liu Feng

Sept. 17, 5 p.m.: Spain vs. Ukraine

Spain

Paula Badosa

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro

Cristina Bucsa

Aliona Bolsova

Leyre Romero (replacing Nuria Parrizas Diaz)

Captain: Carla Suarez Navarro

Ukraine

Elina Svitolina

Marta Kostyuk

Lyudmyla Kichenok

Nadiia Kichenok

Yuliia Starodubtseva

Captain: Illya Marchenko

Sept. 18, 10 a.m.: Kazakhstan vs. United States

Kazakhstan

Elena Rybakina

Yulia Putintseva

Zarina Diyas

Anna Danilina

Zhibek Kulambayeva

Captain: Yuriy Schukin

United States

Jessica Pegula

Emma Navarro

McCartney Kessler (replacing Madison Keys)

Hailey Baptiste

Taylor Townsend

Captain: Lindsay Davenport

Sept. 18, not before 5 p.m.: Great Britain vs. Japan

Great Britain

Katie Boulter

Sonay Kartal

Jodie Burrage

Francesca Jones (replacing Emma Raducanu)

Captain: Anne Keothavong

Japan

Moyuka Uchijima

Nao Hibino (replacing Naomi Osaka)

Ena Shibahara

Eri Hozumi

Shuko Aoyama

Captain: Ai Sugiyama

Semifinals and Final

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