By Tennis Now | @TennisNow | Thursday, March 13, 2025
Photograph credit score: Clive Brunskill/Getty
Vetera champions will lead Staff USA at subsequent month’s Billie Jean King Cup qualifier.
US Open finalist Jessica Pegula and Miami and Charleston champion Danielle Collins head the US squad introduced by captain Lindsay Davenport.
McCartney Kessler, Asia Muhammad and Desirae Krawczyk be a part of Collins and Pegula representing the USA as they compete in opposition to Denmark and hosts Slovakia in Group C of 2025 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Qualifying held April 11-13 in Bratislava.
The Qualifiers characteristic 18 nations competing in six round-robin teams world wide April 10-13, with the winner of every group advancing to the Finals to compete for the championship.
The Finals will probably be an eight-nation bracket competitors performed the second week of November in Shenzhen, China, with defending champions Italy and hosts China already confirmed.
The USA will compete in Group C in opposition to Denmark and Slovakia on an indoor exhausting court docket inside Peugeot Area at Slovakia’s Nationwide Tennis Middle in Bratislava.
Every matchup is a best-of-three tie that includes two singles and one doubles match, all best-of-three tiebreak units.
Captains submit their singles and doubles lineups one hour previous to the beginning of every tie. Whereas the winner of the group advances to the Finals, the second- and third-place finishers should then compete within the Playoff spherical, additionally in November and likewise performed in round-robin teams, so as to return to the Qualifying pool for 2026.
Tennis Channel will carry dwell protection within the U.S.
Billie Jean King Cup Qualifying Schedule
Friday, April 11 (3 p.m. native) Slovakia v. Denmark
Saturday, April 12 (3 p.m. native) USA v. Denmark
Sunday, April 13 (3 p.m. native) USA v. Slovakia
The USA leads all nations in Billie Jean King Cup titles, with 18. The USA is 2-0 all-time vs. Denmark (1990 and 1992 second rounds) and 0-2 vs. Slovakia (2021 Finals group stage; 2024 Finals first spherical).
Pegula, 31, is the second-ranked American in singles at No. 4 and lately received her seventh profession WTA singles title in Austin amid a seven-match win streak. A 2024 US Open singles finalist, Pegula has clinched Qualifying victory for the U.S. in Billie Jean King Cup every of the final three years.
Collins, 31, is ranked No. 14 in singles and was ranked as excessive as No. 8 final yr. A 2022 Australian Open singles finalist, Collins has a 7-2 profession singles report in Billie Jean King Cup competitors and has competed in 4 consecutive Billie Jean King Cup Finals.
Kessler, 25, is ranked a career-high No. 48 in singles. Already this yr she received her second profession WTA singles title (Hobart) and reached her third profession remaining (Austin) in solely her second yr competing on tour. That is her debut Billie Jean King Cup nomination.
Muhammad, 33, is ranked a career-high No. 10 in doubles. She received three of her 11 profession WTA titles in 2024, and helped the USA advance to the 2022 Finals with a decisive Qualifying doubles victory (with Pegula) in her solely BJK Cup look up to now.
Krawczyk, 31, is ranked No. 15 in doubles and has been ranked as excessive as No. 7. A four-time Grand Slam blended doubles champion, Krawczyk received her fifteenth profession WTA doubles title this yr in Singapore. She was additionally a member of the U.S. workforce for 2022 Qualifying.
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