Teams set for 2025 Billie Jean King Cup Qualifying Groups: Rybakina, Pegula, Bencic and Raducanu in but many big names missing
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A total of 84 players have been nominated to represent their nations in the Qualifying Groups for the Billie Jean King Cup next month and will either be held on 10-12 or 11-13 April.
Team USA as expected is strong no matter what configuration they offer and despite a myriad of top names not being involved, they still have Jessica Pegula and Danielle Collins spearheading their efforts. They face Slovakia and Denmark, the latter two led by Rebecca Sramkova and Clara Tauson.
Elena Rybakina leads Kazakhstan and will play Australia and Colombia. Linda Noskova (Czech Republic), Belinda Bencic (Switzerland), Elina Svitolina and Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) are also involved.
As are Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter who anchor a strong Great Britain side also featuring Harriet Dart and Sonay Kartal. The former in particular impressed in Billie Jean King Cup duty last year and will return. But also the stories come from those not attending.
Of those who could've played, the likes of Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka, Leylah Fernandez, Gabi Dabrowski, Karolina Muchova, Paula Badosa, Coco Gauff and Madison Keys have all elected against playing. Romania is also super short with Jaqueline Cristian and Elena Gabriela-Ruse for instance not playing either.
Group A
Venue: Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan
Surface: Hard, Indoors
Dates: Friday 11 - Sunday 13 April
Canada [1]
Rebecca Marino, Marina Stakusic, Victoria Mboko, Kayla Cross, Ariana Arseneault (Captain: Heidi El Tabakh)
Romania
Anca Todoni, Miriam Bulgaru, Georgia Craciun, Ilinca Amariei, Mara Gae (Captain: Horia Tecau)
Japan
Moyuka Uchijima, Aoi Ito, Ena Shibahara, Eri Hozumi, Shuko Aoyama (Captain: Ai Sugiyama)
Group B
Venue: RT TORAX Arena, Ostrava, Czechia
Surface: Hard, Indoors
Dates: Thursday 10 - Saturday 12 April
Czechia [2]
Linda Noskova, Marie Bouzkova, Sara Bejlek, Tereza Valentova, Dominika Salkova (Captain: Petr Pala)
Spain
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, Sara Sorribes Tormo, Cristina Bucsa, Nuria Parrizas Diaz, Yvonne Cavalle Reimers (Captain: Carla Suarez Navarro)
Brazil
Beatriz Haddad Maia, Laura Pigossi, Luiza Fullana, Ana Candiotto, Luisa Stefani (Captain: Luiz Peniza)
Group C
Venue: Peugeot Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia
Surface: Hard, Indoors
Dates: Friday 11 - Sunday 13 April
Slovakia [3]
Rebecca Sramkova, Viktoria Hruncakova, Renata Jamrichova, Tereza Mihalikova (Captain: Matej Liptak)
USA
Jessica Pegula, Danielle Collins, McCartney Kessler, Desirae Krawczyk, Asia Muhammad (Captain: Lindsay Davenport)
Denmark
Clara Tauson, Johanne Svendsen, Rebecca Munk Mortensen, Laura Brunkel, Emilie Francati (Captain: Jens Anker Andersen)
Group D
Venue: Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, Australia
Surface: Hard, Outdoors
Dates: Thursday 10 - Saturday 12 April
Australia [4]
Kimberly Birrell, Maya Joint, Ajla Tomljanovic, Storm Hunter, Ellen Perez (Captain: Samantha Stosur)
Kazakhstan
Elena Rybakina, Yuliya Putintseva, Zhibek Kulambayeva, Zarina Diyas, Anna Danilina (Captain: Yuriy Shchukin)
Colombia
Camila Osorio, Emiliana Arango, Yuliana Lizarazo, Paulina Perez (Captain: Alejandro Gonzalez)
Group E
Venue: Radomskie Centrum Sportu, Radom, Poland
Surface: Clay, Indoors
Dates: Thursday 10 - Saturday 12 April
Poland [5]
Magdalena Frech, Magda Linette, Maja Chwalinska, Katarzyna Kawa (Captain: Dawid Celt)
Switzerland
Belinda Bencic, Jil Teichmann, Viktorija Golubic, Celine Naef (Captain: Heinz Guenthardt)
Ukraine
Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Katarina Zavatska, Lyudmyla Kichenok, Nadiia Kichenok (Captain: Illya Marchenko)
Group F
Venue: Sportcampus Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands
Surface: Clay, Indoors
Dates: Thursday 10 - Saturday 12 April
Great Britain [6]
Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu, Sonay Kartal, Harriet Dart, Olivia Nicholls (Captain: Anne Keothavong)
Germany
Eva Lys, Laura Siegemund, Tatjana Maria, Jule Niemeier (Captain: Rainer Schuettler)
Netherlands
Suzan Lamens, Arantxa Rus, Anouk Koevermans, Demi Schuurs (Captain: Elise Tamaela)
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