Billie Jean King Cup

"Fed Cup" redirects here. For men's professional golf championship trophy, see FedEx Cup. For the tennis event formerly known as the Billie Jean King Cup, see BNP Paribas Showdown.

Billie Jean King Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Billie Jean King Cup
SportTennis
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
No. of teams8 (World Group)
99 (total 2016)[1]
CountriesITF member nations
Most recent
champion(s)		 Italy (5th title)
Most titles United States (18 titles)
Official websitebilliejeankingcup.com
Women's pro tennis
  • National representation
Defunct tiers and events

The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was changed to the Fed Cup in 1995, and changed again in September 2020 in honor of former World No. 1 Billie Jean King.[2][3] The Billie Jean King Cup is the world's largest annual women's international team sports competition in terms of the number of nations that compete.[4][5] The current chair is Katrina Adams.[6]

The Czech Republic dominated the BJK Cup in the 2010s, winning six of ten competitions in the decade. The men's equivalent of the Billie Jean King Cup is the Davis Cup, and the Czech Republic, Canada, Australia, Russia, Italy and the United States are the only countries to have held both Cups at the same time.

  1. ^ "Fed Cup Number of Nations Participating per Year". www.fedcup.com. ITF. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  2. ^ Clarey, Christopher (September 17, 2020). "In a Fitting Tribute, the Fed Cup Is Renamed After Billie Jean King". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  3. ^ "About Us". BillieJeanKingCup.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Glenday, Craig, ed. (2008). Guinness World Records 2008. Bantam Books. pp. 497. ISBN 9780553589955.
  5. ^ "About Fed Cup by BNP Paribas". itftennis.com. ITF. Archived from the original on February 27, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  6. ^ "FED CUP COMMITTEE". Fed Cup. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2018.