The Billie Jean King Cup Finals open Sept. 16 in Shenzhen, with host China facing defending champion Italy in the first quarterfinal at 5 p.m. The knockout event runs through Sept. 21 and will crown the 2025 world champions in women\u2019s team tennis.<\/p>\n
Eight nations are in the field, led by Olympic medalist Wang Xinyu for China, Jasmine Paolini for Italy, Elena Rybakina for Kazakhstan, and Jessica Pegula for the United States. All ties will feature two singles and one doubles match, each best-of-three sets.<\/p>\n
Teams involved<\/p>\n
China\u00a0(host nation)
\nItaly\u00a0(defending champion)
\nSpain\u00a0(qualifier)
\nUkraine\u00a0(qualifier, Finals debut)
\nKazakhstan\u00a0(qualifier)
\nUnited States\u00a0(qualifier)
\nGreat Britain\u00a0(qualifier)
\nJapan\u00a0(qualifier)<\/p>\n
Schedule of play and roster
\nSept. 16, 5 p.m. CST: \u00a0Italy vs. China
\nItaly<\/p>\n
Jasmine Paolini
\nLucia Bronzetti
\nElisabetta Cocciaretto
\nSara Errani
\nCaptain: Tathiana Garbin<\/p>\n
China<\/p>\n
Wang Xinyu
\nYuan Yue
\nWang Xiyu (replacing Zheng Qinwen)
\nZhang Shuai
\nJiang Xinyu
\nCaptain: Liu Feng<\/p>\n
Sept. 17, 5 p.m.: Spain vs. Ukraine<\/p>\n
Spain<\/p>\n
Paula Badosa
\nJessica Bouzas Maneiro
\nCristina Bucsa
\nAliona Bolsova
\nLeyre Romero (replacing Nuria Parrizas Diaz)
\nCaptain: Carla Suarez Navarro<\/p>\n
Ukraine<\/p>\n
Elina Svitolina
\nMarta Kostyuk
\nLyudmyla Kichenok
\nNadiia Kichenok
\nYuliia Starodubtseva
\nCaptain: Illya Marchenko<\/p>\n
Sept. 18, 10 a.m.: Kazakhstan vs. United States<\/p>\n
Kazakhstan<\/p>\n
Elena Rybakina
\nYulia Putintseva
\nZarina Diyas
\nAnna Danilina
\nZhibek Kulambayeva
\nCaptain: Yuriy Schukin<\/p>\n
United States<\/p>\n
Jessica Pegula
\nEmma Navarro
\nMcCartney Kessler (replacing Madison Keys)
\nHailey Baptiste
\nTaylor Townsend
\nCaptain: Lindsay Davenport<\/p>\n
Sept. 18, not before 5 p.m.: Great Britain vs. Japan<\/p>\n
Great Britain<\/p>\n
Katie Boulter
\nSonay Kartal
\nJodie Burrage
\nFrancesca Jones (replacing Emma Raducanu)
\nCaptain: Anne Keothavong<\/p>\n
Japan<\/p>\n
Moyuka Uchijima
\nNao Hibino (replacing Naomi Osaka)
\nEna Shibahara
\nEri Hozumi
\nShuko Aoyama
\nCaptain: Ai Sugiyama<\/p>\n
Semifinals and Final<\/p>\n
Sept. 19, 5 p.m.: Semifinal 1: Winner of Italy\/China vs. Winner of Spain\/Ukraine
\nSept. 20, 5 p.m.: Semifinal 2: Winner of Kazakhstan\/USA vs. Winner of Great Britain\/Japan
\nSept. 21, 5 p.m.: Final: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2<\/p>\n
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