Billie Jean King Cup Finals 2024: Format, Participants, Prize Money, and Schedule

The most prestigious tournament in women's team tennis is nearing its climax. The Billie Jean King Cup Finals kick off on November 14th, and the Dailysports team has compiled all the vital information you need to know about this exciting competition.

Billie Jean King Cup Finals 2024: format

The Finals consist of four stages: the first round, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.

Eight teams, including host Spain, compete in the first round. Four teams, namely Canada and Italy (2023 finalists), Czechia (wild-card holder), and Australia, are seeded and directly qualify for the quarterfinals.

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Following the first round, the competition transitions to a classic knockout format: winners of the quarterfinals advance to the semifinals, and the two strongest teams clash in the final.

Spain, Canada, Italy, and Czechia secured their spots in the Finals automatically. The remaining eight teams – Australia, Poland, Great Britain, USA, Japan, Germany, Slovakia, and Romania – had to navigate the qualification tournament.

The qualification matches took place on April 12-13, 2024, featuring eight participants from the 2023 finals (excluding Czechia and Spain) and eight winners from the 2023 playoffs.

The tournament operates on a format where teams play two singles matches (between different players) and one doubles match. Each match between teams is played to a best-of-two format and takes place within a single day.

Billie Jean King Cup Finals 2024: participants

The participating teams have announced their rosters:

• Australia: Ajla Tomljanovic, Olivia Gadecki, Kimberly Birrell, Daria Saville, Ellen Perez
• Canada: Leylah Fernandez, Rebecca Marino, Marina Stakusic, Gabriela Dabrowski
• Czechia: Linda Noskova, Marie Bouzkova, Kateřina Siniaková, Sara Bejlek, Dominika Salkova
• Germany: Laura Siegemund, Jule Niemeier, Tatjana Maria, Eva Lys, Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Great Britain: Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu, Harriet Dart, Heather Watson, Olivia Nicholls
• Italy: Jasmine Paolini, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Lucia Bronzetti, Sara Errani, Martina Trevisan
• Japan: Moyuka Uchijima, Ena Shibahara, Nao Hibino, Eri Hozumi, Shuko Aoyama
• Poland: Iga Świątek, Magda Linette, Magda Fręch, Maja Chwalińska, Katarzyna Kawa
• Romania: Jaqueline Cristian, Anca Todoni, Ana Bogdan, Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Monica Niculescu
• Slovakia: Rebecca Sramkova, Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova, Viktoria Hruncakova, Renata Jamrichová, Tereza Mihalíková
• Spain: Paula Badosa, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, Nuria Párrizas Díaz, Marina Bassols Ribera
• USA: Danielle Collins, Peyton Stearns, Ashlyn Krueger, Taylor Townsend, Caroline Dolehide

Billie Jean King Cup Finals 2024: prize money

The total prize money for the tournament in 2024 amounts to $9.6 million. World champions will receive $2.4 million, while silver medalists will take home $1.4 million. Teams eliminated in the semifinals will receive $960,000, quarterfinalists will receive $520,000, and teams exiting the tournament in the first round will each receive $450,000.

Billie Jean King Cup Finals 2024: calendar

The tournament was initially set to begin on November 13th with a match between Spain and Poland, but due to weather conditions, the game was postponed to November 15th. The first-round matches will take place on November 14th and 15th.

Quarterfinal matches are scheduled for November 16th and 17th. The semifinals will be played on November 18th and 19th, and the final showdown will take place on November 20th. All matches of the Finals will be held in Málaga, Spain.