Switzerland defeated Australia 2–0 in the tennis final of the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup. It was the 59th edition of the women's international team competition.
Aruba, Burundi, Laos, Maldives, Seychelles, and U.S. Virgin Islands made their first appearances in the tournament.
Billie Jean King Cup finals
Date: 8–13 November 2022 Venue: Emirates Arena, Glasgow, United Kingdom Surface: Hard (i)
12 nations took part in the Finals, formerly known as the World Group. The qualification was as follows: 1 finalist of the previous edition (Switzerland, defending champion Russia was suspended) 1 host nation (Great Britain) 7 winners of a qualifier round, in April 2022 1 team received a bye in the qualifying round (Slovakia) and 1 team qualified with a walkover (Belgium)
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Qualifying round
Date: 15–16 April 2022
Eighteen teams were scheduled to play for nine spots for the Finals, in a series decided on a home and away basis.
These eighteen teams originally were: 10 teams ranked 3rd-12th in the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Finals, 7 winners of the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs, 1 loser of the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs, based on rankings
The 9 losing teams from the qualifying round play the play-offs, against the 9 nations that are promoted from the Regional Group I from Americas, Europe/Africa and Asia/Oceania, to see who will contend the 2023 Qualifiers and who stays in the Regional Group I in 2023.
However, prior to the qualifying round both Russia and Belarus were suspended from taking part in international events by the ITF. Australia, the runner-up from 2020, was given the defending champion's right to advance. They were scheduled to play Slovakia. Both teams were given byes. Belgium, scheduled to play Belarus, was also given a bye.
#: Nations Ranking as of 8 November 2021.
Qualified teams
Seeded teams (2020–21 Finalist, #1) (2020–21 Finalist, #2) (2020–21 Finalist, #4) (2020–21 Finalist, #5) (2020–21 Finalist, #7) (2020–21 Finalist, #9) (2020–21 Finalist, #10) (2020–21 best ranked play-off loser, #11)
Unseeded teams (2020–21 Finalist, #12) (2020–21 Finalist, #13) (2020–21 play-off winner, #14) (2020–21 play-off winner, #15) (2020–21 play-off winner, #16) (2020–21 play-off winner, #17) (2020–21 play-off winner, #19) (2020–21 play-off winner, #24) (2020–21 play-off winner, #46)
Home team Score Away team Location Venue Surface d w/o 3–1 Alghero Tennis Club Alghero Hard 3–2 Asheville Asheville Civic Center Hard (i) 3–2 Prague I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club Clay w/o 3–1 Nur-Sultan Daulet National Tennis Centre Clay (i) 4–0 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum Hard (i) 0–4 's-Hertogenbosch Maaspoort Clay (i) 4–0 Radom Radom Sports Center Hard (i)
Group stage The final draw was held on 8 July 2022 in Glasgow. Qualified for the Knockout stage T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets GroupSeededPot 2Pot 3NationTMSNationTMSNationTMSA2–05–110–41–14–29–40–20–61–12B2–05–111–31–13–36–80–21–54–10C (H)1–14–29–41–13–36–81–12–46–9D2–04–28–41–13–37–70–22–45–9
Billie Jean King Cup play-offs
Date: 11–12 November 2022
Sixteen teams played for eight spots in the 2023 qualifying round, in series decided on a home and away basis.
These sixteen teams were: 6 losing teams from Qualifying round. 7 winning teams from their Group I zone. 2 later promoted teams from Zonal Group I (Serbia and Mexico) to fill the vacancy of Russia and Belarus. 1 later promoted team from Zonal Group I (Austria) to fill the vacancy of Great Britain, which was announced as Final hosts. Eight winners will advance to the 2023 qualifying round while losers will contest in their respective regional Group I event in 2023.
Seeded teams (#2) (#10) (#13) (#16) (#18) (#19) (#20) (#21)
Unseeded teams (#22) (#23) (#24) (#26) (#29) (#33) (#36) (#37)
Ties were announced on June 16.
Home team Score Away team Location Venue Surface 3–1 Le Portel Le Chaudron Hard (i) 1–3 Rijeka Centar Zamet Hard (i) 4–0 Oradea Sala Polivalentă Hard (i) 3–2 Schwechat Multiversum Schwechat Clay (i) 1–3 Tokyo Ariake Coliseum Hard (i) 1–3 Tucumán Lawn Tennis Club Clay 3–1 Velenje Bela Dvorana Clay (i) 4–0 San Luis Potosí Club Deportivo Potosino Clay
Americas Zone
Group I
Venue: Salinas Golf and Tennis Club, Salinas, Ecuador (hard)
Dates: 13–16 April 2022
Participating teams
Pool A
Pool B
Play-offs
and advanced to the Billie Jean King Cup play-offs, while was later promoted. and were relegated to Americas Zone Group II in 2023.
Group II Venue: Centro Nacional de Tenis Parque del Este, Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic (hard)
Dates: 25–30 July 2022
Participating teams
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Withdrawn
Inactive teams
Play-offs
and were promoted to Americas Zone Group I in 2023.
Asia/Oceania Zone
Group I Venue: Megasaray Tennis Academy, Antalya, Turkey (clay)
Dates: 12–16 April 2022
Participating teams
Pool A
Promotions/Relegations and advanced to the Billie Jean King Cup play-offs. and were relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2023.
Group II Venue 1: National Tennis Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (hard) Venue 2: Central Stadium Frunze, Dushanbe, Tajikistan (hard)
Dates: 8–13 August 2022 (Kuala Lumpur) / 22–27 August 2022 (Dushanbe)
Participating teams
Kuala Lumpur Pool A
Pool B
Dushanbe Pool A
Pool B
Withdrawn
Inactive teams
Play-offs
and were promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in 2023.
Europe/Africa Zone
Group I Venue: Megasaray Tennis Academy, Antalya, Turkey (clay)
Dates: 11–16 April 2022
Participating teams
Pool A
Pool B
Play-offs
, , and advanced to the Billie Jean King Cup play-offs, while and were later promoted. and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023.
Group II Venue: Vierumäki, Finland (indoor hard)
Dates: 12–15 April 2022
Participating teams
Pool A
Pool B
Withdrawn
Play-offs
and were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2023. and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2023.
Group III Venue 1: Bellevue Tennis Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay) Venue 2: Tennis Club Jug, Skopje, North Macedonia (clay)
Dates: 7–11 June 2022 (Ulcinj) / 5–10 July 2022 (Skopje)
Participating teams
Ulcinj Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Skopje Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Withdrawn
Inactive Teams
Play-offs
and were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023.
Notes
References
External links billiejeankingcup.com