Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team

Great Britain
Captain	Anne Keothavong
ITF ranking	15 (08 November 2021)
Colors	blue & white
First year	1963
Years played	58
Ties played (W–L)	212 (138–74)
Years in World Group	14 (17-14)
Runners-up	4 (1967, 1971, 1972, 1981)
Most total wins	Virginia Wade (66–33)
Most singles wins	Virginia Wade (36–20)
Most doubles wins	Virginia Wade (30–13)
Best doubles team	Virginia Wade / Sue Barker (13–2)
Most ties played	Virginia Wade (57)
Most years played	Virginia Wade (17)

The Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team represents the United Kingdom in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Lawn Tennis Association. In 2020, they lost out on a chance to secure a place at the inaugural Billie Jean King Cup finals, losing to Slovakia 3-1. However, in 2021 they won their play-off against Mexico and will play for another chance to enter the finals in 2022.

History[]

Great Britain competed in the first Fed Cup in 1963. They have reached the finals on four occasions, 1967, 1971, 1972 and 1981. Great Britain is one of only four nations to have participated every year since the tournament's inception.

Inaugural team[]

• Ann Jones
• Christine Truman Janes
• Deidre Catt

Players[]

Current squad[]

Rankings as of 6 December 2021

Team representing Great Britain in 2020-21 Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs^[1]

Name	Born	First	Last		Ties	Win/Loss			Ranks
			Year	Tie		Sin	Dou	Tot	Sin	Dou
Katie Boulter	(1996-08-01)1 August 1996	2018	2021	Mexico	8	7–1	2–0	9–1	149	-
Jodie Anna Burrage	(1999-05-28)28 May 1999	2021	2021	Mexico	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	212	386
Harriet Dart	(1996-07-28)28 July 1996	2019	2021	Slovakia	3	0–2	2–0	2–2	122	165
Katie Swan	(1999-03-24)24 March 1999	2016	2021	Greece	5	2–1	2–0	4–1	240	460
Heather Watson	(1992-05-19)19 May 1992	2011	2021	Mexico	33	22–11	8–3	30–14	72	112

Recent call-ups[]

Rankings as of June 2019

The following players have been called up in the last two years

Name	Born	First	Last		Ties	Win/Loss			Ranks
			Year	Tie		Sin	Dou	Tot	Sin	Dou
Jocelyn Rae	(1991-02-20)20 February 1991	2011	2017	Romania	13	—	10–3	10–3	—	—
Laura Robson	(1994-01-21)21 January 1994	2012	2017	Romania	13	4–2	9–1	13–3	511	349
Anna Smith	(1988-08-14)14 August 1988	2015	2018	Estonia	7	—	6–1	6–1	—	105
Gabriella Taylor	(1998-03-07)7 March 1998	–	2018	Japan	0	—	—	—	183	485

Team performances[]

2020s[]

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2020-2021	Qualifying Round	7-8 Feb 20	Clay (i)	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	1–3	Loss
	Play-offs	16-17 Apr 21	Hard (i)	London (GBR)	Mexico	3–1	Win

2010s[]

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	3 Feb	Hard (i)	Lisbon (POR)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Win
		4 Feb			Austria	0–3	Loss
		5 Feb			Belarus	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 5th–8th play-off	6 Feb			Netherlands	1–2	Loss
2011	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	2 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)	Switzerland	1–2	Loss
		4 Feb			Denmark	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 5th–8th play-off	5 Feb			Croatia	2–0	Win
2012	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)	Portugal	3–0	Win
		2 Feb			Netherlands	2–1	Win
		3 Feb			Israel	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	4 Feb			Austria	2–0	Win
	World Group II Play-offs	21–22 Apr	Hard (i)	Borås (SWE)	Sweden	1–4	Loss
2013	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	7 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Win
		8 Feb			Portugal	2–1	Win
		9 Feb			Hungary	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	10 Feb			Bulgaria	2–0	Win
	World Group II Play-offs	20–21 Apr	Clay	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Argentina	1–3	Loss
2014	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	5 Feb	Hard (i)	Budapest (HUN)	Latvia	2–1	Win
		7 Feb			Romania	1–2	Loss
		8 Feb			Hungary	1–2	Loss
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, 9th–12th play-off	9 Feb			Austria	2–0	Win
2015	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 Feb	Hard (i)	Budapest (HUN)	Liechtenstein	3–0	Win
		5 Feb			Turkey	1–2	Loss
		6 Feb			Ukraine	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	7 Feb			Belarus	0–2	Loss
2016	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)	South Africa	3–0	Win
		5 Feb			Georgia	2–1	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	6 Feb			Belgium	0–2	Loss
2017	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	8 Feb	Hard (i)	Tallinn (EST)	Portugal	3–0	Win
		9 Feb			Latvia	3–0	Win
		10 Feb			Turkey	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	11 Feb			Croatia	2–1	Win
	World Group II Play-offs	22–23 Apr	Clay	Constanța (ROU)	Romania	2–3	Loss
2018	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	7 Feb	Hard (i)	Tallinn (EST)	Portugal	3–0	Win
		9 Feb			Estonia	3–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	10 Feb			Hungary	2–0	Win
	World Group II Play-offs	21-22 Apr	Hard (i)	Miki (JPN)	Japan	2–3	Loss
2019	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	6 Feb	Hard (i)	Bath (GBR)	Slovenia	3–0	Win
		7 Feb			Greece	3–0	Win
		8 Feb			Hungary	2–0	Win
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Promotional play-off	9 Feb			Serbia	2–0	Win
	World Group II Play-offs	20-21 Apr	Hard (i)	London (GBR)	Kazakhstan	3–1	Win

Earlier Years[]

1963–1969[]

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	Knockout	17-20 June	London, (ENG)	First	Canada	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Austria	3–0	Won
				Semifinal	United States	0–3	Lost
1964	Knockout	17-20 June	Philadelphia, (USA)	Second	Norway	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	South Africa	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	United States	0–3	Lost
1965	Knockout	15-18 January	Melbourne, (AUS)	Quarterfinal	South Africa	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	United States	0–3	Lost
1966	Knockout	10-16 May	Turin, (ITA)	Second	Canada	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Czech Republic	3–0	Won
				Semifinal	United States	1–2	Lost
1967	Knockout	6-11 June	Berlin, (GER)	Second	Sweden	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Italy	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	3–0	Won
				Final	United States	0–3	Lost
1968	Knockout	21-26 May	Paris, (FRA)	First	Sweden	3–0	Won
				Second	Czech Republic	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal	Soviet Union	3–0	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	0–3	Lost
1969	Knockout	19-25 May	Athens, (GRE)	Second	Belgium	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Germany	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	0–3	Lost

1970–1979[]

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	Knockout	19-24 May	Freiburg, (GER)	First	New Zealand	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Netherlands	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	0–3	Lost
1971	Knockout	26-29 December	Perth, (AUS)	Quarterfinal	New Zealand	3–0	Won
				Semifinal	United States	3–0	Won
				Final	Australia	0–3	Lost
1972	Knockout	20-25 March	Johannesburg, (SA)	First	Japan	3–0	Won
				Second	Argentina	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal	Germany	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	2–1	Won
				Final	South Africa	1–2	Lost
1973	Knockout	30 April- 6 May	Bad Homburg, (GER)	Second	Mexico	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Romania	1–2	Lost
1974	Knockout	13-19 May	Naples, (ITA)	First	Ireland	3–0	Won
				Second	Norway	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	South Africa	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	0–3	Lost
1975	Knockout	5-11 May	Aix-en-Provence, (FRA)	First	Austria	3–0	Won
				Second	Spain	2–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	France	1–2	Lost
1976	Knockout	22-29 August	Philadelphia, (USA)	First	France	3–0	Won
				Second	Hungary	w/o	Won
				Quarterfinal	South Africa	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	0–3	Lost
1977	Knockout	13-18 June	Eastbourne, (ENG)	First	Denmark	3–0	Won
				Second	South Korea	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Sweden	3–0	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	1–2	Lost
1978	Knockout	27 November - 3 December	Melbourne, (AUS)	First	Spain	3–0	Won
				Second	Germany	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal	Czech Republic	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	United States	0–3	Lost
1979	Knockout	30 April - 6 May	Madrid, (ESP)	First	New Zealand	3–0	Won
				Second	Belgium	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Czech Republic	1–2	Lost

1980–1989[]

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Knockout	19-25 May	Berlin, (GER)	First	Israel	3–0	Won
				Second	Argentina	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal	Australia	0–3	Lost
1981	Knockout	9-15 November	Tokyo, (JPN)	First	Belgium	3–0	Won
				Second	France	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Soviet Union	2–1	Won
				Semifinal	Australia	2–1	Won
				Final	United States	0–3	Lost
1982	Knockout	19-25 July	Santa Clara, California, (USA)	First	Italy	2–1	Won
				Second	Israel	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Czech Republic	1–2	Lost
1983	Knockout	17-24 July	Zürich, (CHE)	First	Luxembourg	3–0	Won
				Second	Brazil	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal	Germany	1–2	Lost
1984	Knockout	15-22 July	São Paulo, (BRA)	First	Bulgaria	0–3	Lost
	Consolation Knockout			Second Con.	Hungary	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal Con.	Canada	2���1	Won
				Semifinal Con.	Brazil	1–2	Lost
1985	Knockout	6-14 October	Nagoya, (JPN)	First	Germany	3–0	Won
				Second	Japan	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal	Bulgaria	1–2	Lost
1986	Knockout	20-27 July	Prague, (CZE)	First	Denmark	0–3	Lost
	Consolation Knockout			Second Con.	Finland	3–0	Won
				Quarterfinal Con.	Indonesia	3–0	Won
				Semifinal Con.	Hungary	3–0	Won
				Final Con.	Soviet Union	2–1	Won
1987	Knockout	26 July- 2 August	Vancouver, (CAN)	First	Chile	3–0	Won
				Second	Italy	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal	United States	0–3	Lost
1988	Knockout	4-11 December	Melbourne, (AUS)	First	Indonesia	1–2	Lost
	Consolation Knockout			Second Con.	Switzerland	2–1	Won
				Quarterfinal Con.	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Won
				Semifinal Con.	Belgium	2–1	Won
				Final Con.	Netherlands	1–2	Lost
1989	Knockout	1-9 October	Tokyo, (JPN)	First	Indonesia	3–0	Won
				Second	Austria	1–2	Lost

1990–1999[]

Qualifying rounds were introduced from 1992, World Group II and World Group II Play-offs were introduced from 1995

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Knockout	22-28 July	Norcross, Georgia, (USA)	Dominican Republic	3–0	Won
				Italy	2–1	Won
				Austria	1–2	Lost
1991	World Group	22-28 July	Nottingham, (ENG)	New Zealand	2–0	Won
				Italy	0–2	Lost
1992	World Group	13-19 July	Frankfurt, (GER)	United States	0–3	Lost
	World Group Play-offs			Chile	3–0	Won
				Finland	1–2	Lost
1993	Europe/Africa Group I	10-15 May	Nottingham, (ENG)	Luxembourg	3–0	Won
				Lithuania	3–0	Won
				Russia	3–0	Won
				Ukraine	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group I play-offs			Luxembourg	3–0	Won
	World Group	19-20 July	Frankfurt, (GER)	Spain	0–3	Lost
1994	Europe/Africa Group I	19-23 April	Murcia, (ESP)	Luxembourg	3–0	Won
				Russia	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Group I Knockout			Israel	3–0	Won
				Belgium	0–2	Lost
1995	Europe/Africa Group I	17-21 April	Murcia, (ESP)	Slovenia	1–2	Lost
				Czech Republic	0–3	Lost
				Poland	2–1	Won
1996	Europe/Africa Group I	22-24 April	Murcia, (ESP)	Russia	0–3	Lost
				Belarus	1–2	Lost
				Slovenia	2–1	Won
1997	Europe/Africa Group II	5-11 May	Manavgat, (TUR)	Portugal	2–1	Won
				Estonia	3–0	Won
				Armenia	3–0	Won
				Lithuania	3–0	Won
				Egypt	3–0	Won
1998	Europe/Africa Group I	14-16 April	Murcia, (ESP)	Portugal	1–2	Lost
				Poland	1–2	Lost
				Madagascar	3–0	Won
1999	Europe/Africa Group I	19-23 April	Murcia, (ESP)	Finland	3–0	Won
				YUG	3–0	Won
				Bulgaria	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Group I Knockout			Luxembourg	3–0	Won
				Romania	0–2	Lost

2000–2009[]

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Europe/Africa Group I	15-21 May	Murcia, (ESP)	Ukraine	2–1	Won
				Finland	2–1	Won
				Israel	1–2	Lost
				Luxembourg	1–2	Lost
2001	Europe/Africa Group I	24-28 April	Murcia, (ESP)	Sweden	0–3	Lost
				Romania	1–2	Lost
				Belarus	1–2	Lost
2002	Europe/Africa Group II	9-13 April	Pretoria, (RSA)	Malta	3–0	Won
				Norway	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group II, promotion play offs			Lithuania	2–0	Won
2003	Europe/Africa Group I	21-26 April	Estoril, (POR)	Ireland	2–1	Won
				Poland	2–1	Won
				Hungary	0–3	Lost
				Netherlands	1–2	Lost
2004	Europe/Africa Group II	26 April – 1 May	Marsa, (MLT)	Romania	2–1	Won
				Turkey	3–0	Won
				Egypt	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Group II, promotion play offs			Ireland	2–0	Won
2005	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	18-23 April	Manavgat, Antalya (TUR)	Slovakia	0–3	Lost
				Denmark	2–1	Won
				Serbia and Montenegro	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, play offs			Ukraine	1–2	Lost
2006	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	18-23 April	Plovdiv (BUL)	Ukraine	2–1	Won
				Bulgaria	2–1	Won
				Hungary	2–1	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, promotion play offs			Slovakia	1–2	Lost
2007	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	18-21 April	Plovdiv (BUL)	Bulgaria	3–0	Won
				Luxembourg	1–2	Lost
				Poland	0–3	Lost
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, play offs			Sweden	0–3	Lost
2008	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	30 January - 2 February	Budapest (HUN)	Switzerland	1–2	Lost
				Hungary	1–2	Lost
				Denmark	1–2	Lost
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, relegation play offs			Portugal	2–0	Won
2009	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4–7 February	Tallinn (EST)	Hungary	3–0	Won
				Netherlands	3–0	Won
				Luxembourg	3–0	Won
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I, promotion play offs			Poland	1–2	Lost

See also[]

• Fed Cup
• Great Britain Davis Cup team

References[]

External links[]

• Team page on BillieJeanKingCup.com, the official website of the Billie Jean King Cup