The Billie Jean King Cup finals is the highest level of the Billie Jean King Cup competition in 2022. The competition took place in Glasgow from 8 to 13 November 2022. The ties were contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and played on one day. There were two singles followed by a doubles. The finals featured 12 teams.
Switzerland defeated Australia in the final 2–0 to win its first Billie Jean King Cup title.
The Russian Tennis Federation were the reigning champions, but they were banned from participating in ITF international team competition in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Participating teams 12 nations took part in the finals. The qualification was as follows: 1 finalist of the previous edition (just Switzerland, as reigning champion Russia was suspended) 1 highest-ranked losing semi-finalist of the previous edition (Australia) 1 host nation (Great Britain) 7 winners of the qualifying round in April 2022 1 team received a bye in the qualifying round (Slovakia) 1 team qualified with a walkover (Belgium)
Participating teams</small> (H)
Team nominations SR = Singles ranking, DR = Doubles ranking. Rankings are as of 7 November 2022. Player SR DR 33 136 151 340 237 10 363 20 539 113 Captain: Alicia Molik Player SR DR 29 5 54 183 81 177 96 299 241 30 Captain: Johan Van Herck Player SR DR 40 76 45 380 64 357 163 564 1012 7 Captain: Sylvain Bruneau Player SR DR 32 329 47 1 99 119 149 498 Captain: Petr Pála Player SR DR 98 120 124 133 115 817 60 63 Captain: Anne Keothavong Player SR DR 28 244 56 585 59 141 65 397 Captain: Tathiana Garbin Player SR DR 22 442 51 314 438204 517 11 Captain: Yaroslava Shvedova Player SR DR 49 45 116 525 261 75 608 313 34 Captain: Dawid Celt Player SR DR 100 1276 146 89 316 550 881 984 48 Captain: Matej Lipták Player SR DR 13 190 72 335 107 151 132 189 193 58 Captain: Anabel Medina Garrigues Player SR DR 12 133 35 106 77 90 120 399 Captain: Heinz Günthardt Player SR DR 7 4 11 56 14 287 94 21 131 33 Captain: Kathy Rinaldi
Format The 12 teams were divided into four round robin groups of three teams each. The four group winners qualified for the semifinals.
Day Round Number of teams 8–11 November Round robin 12 (4 groups of 3 teams) 12 November Semifinals 4 13 November Final 2
Group stage Qualified for the Knockout stage
Overview T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets GroupWinnersRunners-upThirdNationTMSNationTMSNationTMSA2–05–110–41–14–29–40–20–61–12B2–05–111–31–13–36–80–21–54–10C1–14–29–41–13–36–81–12–46–9D2–04–28–41–13–37–70–22–45–9
Group A Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %Games Games %1 2–0 5–1 10–4 71% 73–60 55%2 1–1 4–2 9–4 69% 67–41 62%3 0–2 0–6 1–12 8% 41–80 34%
Switzerland vs. Italy
Canada vs. Italy
Switzerland vs. Canada
Group B Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %Games Games %1 2–0 5–1 11–3 79% 73–40 65%2 1–1 3–3 6–8 42% 52–65 44%3 0–2 1–5 4–10 29% 53–73 42%
Australia vs. Slovakia
Slovakia vs. Belgium
Australia vs. Belgium
Note: Tomljanovic's retirement victory over Mertens was counted as a 4–6, 6–4, 6–0 win.
Group C Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %Games Games %11–14–29–469%66–5355%21–13–36–843%59–7145%31–12–46–940%70–7150%
Kazakhstan vs. Great Britain
Spain vs. Kazakhstan
Spain vs. Great Britain
Group D Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %Games Games %1 2–0 4–2 8–4 67% 60–46 57%2 1–1 3–3 7–7 50% 65–66 50%3 0–2 2–4 5–9 36% 56–69 45%
United States vs. Poland
Czech Republic vs. Poland
Czech Republic vs. United States
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
Switzerland vs. Czech Republic
Great Britain vs. Australia
Final Switzerland vs. Australia
References
External links Official website