Strong line-up confirmed for 2024 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals  

16/09/2024 15:24

Jessica Pegula, Paula Badosa, Jasmine Paolini and Naomi Osaka among those set to represent their nations at the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals on 13-20 November in Malaga

Strong line-up confirmed for 2024 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals  
The 12 nations competing in the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals have announced their teams for the finale of this year’s women’s World Cup of Tennis.  
The event will be held from 13-20 November at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena in Malaga, Spain. The event will overlap with the men’s Davis Cup Final 8 (19-24 November), to create a unique, world-class fortnight of international team tennis.  
The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals line-up includes Jessica Pegula (USA), Paula Badosa (Spain) and Naomi Osaka (Japan), with Leylah Fernandez set to spearhead reigning world champions Canada’s defence of their title. 
World No. 5 Jasmine Paolini will lead 2023 runners-up Italy in a team that also includes Sara Errani, with whom Paolini won the women’s doubles Olympic gold medal in Paris this summer. 
Jessica Pegula (USA)
The 12 nations will compete in a knock-out competition for the right to be crowned world champion. Round one sees four ties being contested from Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 November, followed by the quarter-finals on 16-17 November, the semi-finals on 18-19 November, and the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup final to be played on Wednesday 20 November. 
Conchita Martinez, Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals Tournament Director, said: “This is a stellar line up of some of the world’s best players, and I can’t wait to watch them battle it out in Malaga in November. As a player, there is no greater honour than representing your nation, and every player who puts on their team’s colours in November will be giving everything they have to win this prestigious title for their country. Overlapping with the Davis Cup Final 8 is going to make for a spectacular fortnight of tennis and I can’t wait to welcome the tennis world to Málaga this November.” 
Paula Badosa (ESP)
2024 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals team nominations 
 
Australia 
Olivia Gadecki 
Daria Saville 
Ajla Tomljanovic 
Ellen Perez 
Captain: Samantha Stosur  
Canada 
Leylah Fernandez 
Marina Stakusic  
Rebecca Marino 
Bianca Andreescu 
Gabriela Dabrowski 
Captain: Heidi El Tabakh  
Czechia 
Linda Noskova 
Katerina Siniakova 
Marie Bouzkova 
Karolina Muchova 
Captain: Petr Pala  
Great Britain 
Katie Boulter 
Emma Raducanu  
Harriet Dart 
Heather Watson 
Olivia Nicholls 
Captain: Anne Keothavong  
Germany 
Tatjana Maria 
Jule Niemeier 
Laura Siegemund 
Eva Lys 
Captain: Rainer Schüttler  
Italy 
Jasmine Paolini 
Elisabetta Cocciaretto 
Martina Trevisan 
Lucia Bronzetti 
Sara Errani 
Captain: Tathiana Garbin 
Sara Errani (ITA) and Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
Japan 
Moyuka Uchijima 
Naomi Osaka 
Nao Hibino 
Eri Hozumi 
Shuko Aoyama 
Captain: Ai Sugiyama  
Poland 
Magdalena Fręch 
Magda Linette 
Maja Chwalińska 
Katarzyna Kawa 
Captain: Dawid Celt  
Romania 
Jaqueline Adina Cristian 
Ana Bogdan 
Elena Gabriela Ruse 
Alexia Anca Todoni 
Monica Niculescu 
Captain: Horia Tecau  
Slovakia 
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova  
Rebecca Sramkova  
Viktoria Hruncakova  
Renata Jamrichova  
Tereza Mihalikova  
Captain: Matej Liptak 
Spain 
Paula Badosa Gibert 
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 
Cristina Bucsa 
Nuria Parrizas Diaz  
Sara Sorribes Tormo  
Captain: Anabel Medina Garrigues  
USA 
Jessica Pegula 
Danielle Collins 
Caroline Dolehide 
Taylor Townsend 
Peyton Stearns 
Captain: Lindsay Davenport