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2025 Billie Jean King Cup Finals
September 16 - September 21
Last Updated on September 22, 2025
The 2025 Billie Jean King Cup Finals was the pinnacle event of the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup, the premier international team competition in women’s tennis. The tournament, featuring the world’s top eight national teams, was held from September 16 to September 21, 2025, at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre Arena in Shenzhen, China. This marked the first time the finals were hosted in Asia since the tournament was rebranded from the Fed Cup in 2020. Italy successfully defended its title, defeating the United States in the final to claim its sixth championship.
Overview
The format of the finals was a single-elimination knockout tournament, with ties consisting of two singles matches and one doubles match, all played as a best-of-three-sets format. The winner of a tie was the first team to secure two match wins. The eight teams participating were defending champions Italy, host nation China, and six winners from the qualifying round held earlier in the year: Great Britain, Japan, Kazakhstan, Spain, Ukraine, and the United States.
Participating Teams
The eight teams that competed in the finals were:
- Italy: The defending champions from the 2024 finals.
- China: The host nation, making their debut in the finals under this format.
- Great Britain: Qualified by winning their tie against the Netherlands.
- Japan: Qualified by winning their tie against Canada.
- Kazakhstan: Qualified by winning their tie against Australia.
- Spain: Qualified by winning their tie against the Czech Republic.
- Ukraine: Qualified by winning their tie against Poland.
- United States: Qualified by winning their tie against Slovakia.
Notable players on the nominated teams included Jasmine Paolini (Italy), Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan), Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro (United States), and Elina Svitolina (Ukraine).
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals took place on September 16, 17, and 18.
- Italy vs. China: The defending champions, Italy, defeated the host nation, China, 2-0. Elisabetta Cocciaretto secured a hard-fought three-set victory over Yue Yuan, and Jasmine Paolini clinched the tie with another three-set win against Wang Xinyu.
- Spain vs. Ukraine: Ukraine secured a spot in the semifinals with a 2-0 victory over Spain. Marta Kostyuk defeated Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, while Elina Svitolina came back from a set down to beat Paula Badosa, sending Ukraine to their first Billie Jean King Cup semifinal.
- Kazakhstan vs. United States: This tie went down to the deciding doubles match, with the United States winning 2-1. Emma Navarro gave the U.S. the lead by defeating Yulia Putintseva in a thrilling three-set match. After Elena Rybakina evened the score by defeating Jessica Pegula, the American duo of Pegula and Taylor Townsend secured the win in doubles.
- Japan vs. Great Britain: Great Britain advanced to the semifinals for the third time in four years by defeating Japan 2-0. Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter won their respective singles matches against Ena Shibahara and Moyuka Uchijima.
Semifinals
The semifinals were played on September 19 and 20.
- Italy vs. Ukraine: Italy won a hard-fought tie against Ukraine, 2-1. Marta Kostyuk gave Ukraine the initial lead with a straight-sets victory over Elisabetta Cocciaretto. However, Jasmine Paolini leveled the tie for Italy with a comeback three-set win against Elina Svitolina. Paolini then teamed up with Sara Errani to win the decisive doubles match against Kostyuk and Lyudmyla Kichenok, sending Italy to its third consecutive final.
- United States vs. Great Britain: The United States defeated Great Britain 2-0 to advance to the final. Both singles matches were three-set battles. Emma Navarro came from a set down to defeat Sonay Kartal, and Jessica Pegula also rallied from a set down to beat Katie Boulter, sealing the victory for the Americans.
Final
The final was held on Sunday, September 21. Italy defeated the United States 2-0 to win the Billie Jean King Cup title.
- In the first singles match, Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) defeated Emma Navarro (USA) 6–4, 6–4.
- In the second singles match, Jasmine Paolini (ITA) defeated Jessica Pegula (USA) 6–4, 6–2.
The victory marked Italy’s sixth Billie Jean King Cup title, successfully defending the championship they won in 2024. The doubles match was not required as Italy had already secured the tie.