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Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team

British women's tennis team

Field	Value
Name	Great Britain
Type	Fed
Image	Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Captain	Anne Keothavong
ITF Rank	15 (8 November 2021)
Colors	blue & white
First year	1963
Years played	58
Ties played	212 (138–74)
WG played	14 (17-14)
Titles
Runners-up	4 (1967, 1971, 1972, 1981)
Best
Player wins	Virginia Wade (66–33)
Singles wins	Virginia Wade (36–20)
Doubles wins	Virginia Wade (30–13)
Best doubles	Virginia Wade /
Sue Barker (13–2)
Most ties	Virginia Wade (57)
Most years	Virginia Wade (17)

| Runners-up = 4 (1967, 1971, 1972, 1981) Sue Barker (13–2)

The Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team represents the United Kingdom in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Lawn Tennis Association.

History

Great Britain first competed in the first Fed Cup in 1963. They have reached the finals on five occasions, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1981 and 2022. Great Britain is one of only four nations to have participated every year since the tournament's inception.

Inaugural team

Ann Jones
Christine Truman Janes
Deidre Catt

Players

Current squad

Rankings as of 11 November 2022

Born	First	Last	Win/Loss	Ranks	Year	Tie	Sin	Dou
	2019	2022	4	2–4	2–1	3–4	98	120
	2011	2022	33	23–11	8–3	31–14	133	115
	2018	2022	8	7–2	2–0	9–2	124	—
26 October 1994	2022	2022	2	0–0	2–0	2–0	—	63
18 October 1993	2022	2022	2	0–0	2–0	2–0	817	60

Recent call-ups

Rankings as of April 2022

First	Last	Win/Loss	Ranks	Year	Tie	Sin	Dou
2020	2022	1	1–1	0–0	1–1	12	—
2022	2022	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	197	561
2021	2021	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	262	391
2016	2022	6	2–1	2–1	4–2	221	484

Team performances

2020s

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2020-2021	Qualifying round	7–8 February 20	Clay (i)	Bratislava (SVK)		1–3	Loss
Play-offs	16–17 April 21	Hard (i)	London (GBR)		3–1	Win
2022	Qualifying round	15–16 April 22	Clay	Prague (CZE)		2–3	Loss
Finals	10 November 22	Hard (i)	Glasgow (GBR)		1–2	Loss
11 November 22		3–0	Win
12 November 22		1-2	Loss
2023	Qualifying round	14-15 April 2023	Hard (i)	Coventry		1-3	Loss
Play-offs	10-11 November 2023	London		3-1	Win
2024	Qualifying round	12-13 April 2024	Clay (i)	Le Portel		3-1	Win

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Surface	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	3 Feb	Hard (i)	Lisbon (POR)		3–0	Win
4 Feb		0–3	Loss
5 Feb		2–1	Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
5th–8th play-off	6 Feb		1–2	Loss
2011	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	2 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)		1–2	Loss
4 Feb		2–1	Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
5th–8th play-off	5 Feb		2–0	Win
2012	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)		3–0	Win
2 Feb		2–1	Win
3 Feb		3–0	Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
Promotional play-off	4 Feb		2–0	Win
World Group II play-offs	21–22 Apr	Hard (i)	Borås (SWE)		1–4	Loss
2013	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	7 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)		3–0	Win
8 Feb		2–1	Win
9 Feb		2–1	Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
Promotional play-off	10 Feb		2–0	Win
World Group II play-offs	20–21 Apr	Clay	Buenos Aires (ARG)		1–3	Loss
2014	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	5 Feb	Hard (i)	Budapest (HUN)		2–1	Win
7 Feb		1–2	Loss
8 Feb		1–2	Loss
Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
9th–12th play-off	9 Feb		2–0	Win
2015	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 Feb	Hard (i)	Budapest (HUN)		3–0	Win
5 Feb		1–2	Loss
6 Feb		3–0	Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
Promotional play-off	7 Feb		0–2	Loss
2016	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 Feb	Hard	Eilat (ISR)		3–0	Win
5 Feb		2–1	Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
Promotional play-off	6 Feb		0–2	Loss
2017	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	8 Feb	Hard (i)	Tallinn (EST)		3–0	Win
9 Feb		3–0	Win
10 Feb		3–0	Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
Promotional play-off	11 Feb		2–1	Win
World Group II play-offs	22–23 Apr	Clay	Constanța (ROU)		2–3	Loss
2018	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	7 Feb	Hard (i)	Tallinn (EST)		3–0	Win
9 Feb		3–0	Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
Promotional play-off	10 Feb		2–0	Win
World Group II play-offs	21–22 Apr	Hard (i)	Miki (JPN)		2–3	Loss
2019	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	6 Feb	Hard (i)	Bath (GBR)		3–0	Win
7 Feb		3–0	Win
8 Feb		2–0	Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
Promotional play-off	9 Feb		2–0	Win
World Group II play-offs	20–21 Apr	Hard (i)	London (GBR)		3–1	Win

Earlier Years

Legend
World Group
World Group Play-off
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group

1963–1969

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	Knockout	17–20 June	London, (ENG)	First		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal		3–0	Won
Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1964	Knockout	17–20 June	Philadelphia, (USA)	Second		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal	RSA South Africa	2–1	Won
Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1965	Knockout	15–18 January	Melbourne, (AUS)	Quarterfinal	RSA South Africa	2–1	Won
Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1966	Knockout	10-16 May	Turin, (ITA)	Second		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal		3–0	Won
Semifinal		1–2	Lost
1967	Knockout	6–11 June	Berlin, (GER)	Second		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal		2–1	Won
Semifinal		3–0	Won
Final		0–3	Lost
1968	Knockout	21-26 May	Paris, (FRA)	First		3–0	Won
Second		2–1	Won
Quarterfinal		3–0	Won
Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1969	Knockout	19-25 May	Athens, (GRE)	Second		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal		2–1	Won
Semifinal		0–3	Lost

1970–1979

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	Knockout	19-24 May	Freiburg, (GER)	First		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal		2–1	Won
Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1971	Knockout	26–29 December	Perth, (AUS)	Quarterfinal		3–0	Won
Semifinal		3–0	Won
Final		0–3	Lost
1972	Knockout	20–25 March	Johannesburg, (SA)	First		3–0	Won
Second		2–1	Won
Quarterfinal		2–1	Won
Semifinal		2–1	Won
Final	RSA South Africa	1–2	Lost
1973	Knockout	30 April-
6 May	Bad Homburg, (GER)	Second		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal		1–2	Lost
1974	Knockout	13-19 May	Naples, (ITA)	First		3–0	Won
Second		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal	RSA South Africa	2–1	Won
Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1975	Knockout	5-11 May	Aix-en-Provence, (FRA)	First		3–0	Won
Second		2–0	Won
Quarterfinal		1–2	Lost
1976	Knockout	22–29 August	Philadelphia, (USA)	First		3–0	Won
Second		w/o	Won
Quarterfinal	RSA South Africa	2–1	Won
Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1977	Knockout	13–18 June	Eastbourne, (ENG)	First		3–0	Won
Second		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal		3–0	Won
Semifinal		1–2	Lost
1978	Knockout	27 November -
3 December	Melbourne, (AUS)	First		3–0	Won
Second		2–1	Won
Quarterfinal		2–1	Won
Semifinal		0–3	Lost
1979	Knockout	30 April -
6 May	Madrid, (ESP)	First		3–0	Won
Second		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal		1–2	Lost

1980–1989

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Knockout	19-25 May	Berlin, (GER)	First		3–0	Won
Second		2–1	Won
Quarterfinal		0–3	Lost
1981	Knockout	9–15 November	Tokyo, (JPN)	First		3–0	Won
Second		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal		2–1	Won
Semifinal		2–1	Won
Final		0–3	Lost
1982	Knockout	19–25 July	Santa Clara, California, (USA)	First		2–1	Won
Second		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal		1–2	Lost
1983	Knockout	17–24 July	Zürich, (CHE)	First		3–0	Won
Second		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal		1–2	Lost
1984	Knockout	15–22 July	São Paulo, (BRA)	First		0–3	Lost
[Consolation
Knockout](1984-federation-cup-tennis)	Second Con.		2–1	Won
Quarterfinal Con.		2–1	Won
Semifinal Con.		1–2	Lost
1985	Knockout	6–14 October	Nagoya, (JPN)	First		3–0	Won
Second		2–1	Won
Quarterfinal		1–2	Lost
1986	Knockout	20–27 July	Prague, (CZE)	First		0–3	Lost
[Consolation
Knockout](1986-federation-cup-tennis)	Second Con.		3–0	Won
Quarterfinal Con.		3–0	Won
Semifinal Con.		3–0	Won
Final Con.		2–1	Won
1987	Knockout	26 July-
2 August	Vancouver, (CAN)	First		3–0	Won
Second		2–1	Won
Quarterfinal		0–3	Lost
1988	Knockout	4–11 December	Melbourne, (AUS)	First		1–2	Lost
[Consolation
Knockout](1988-federation-cup-tennis)	Second Con.		2–1	Won
Quarterfinal Con.		3–0	Won
Semifinal Con.		2–1	Won
Final Con.		1–2	Lost
1989	Knockout	1–9 October	Tokyo, (JPN)	First		3–0	Won
Second		1–2	Lost

1990–1999

Qualifying rounds were introduced from 1992, World Group II and World Group II play-offs were introduced from 1995

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Knockout	22–28 July	Norcross, Georgia, (USA)		3–0	Won
	2–1	Won
	1–2	Lost
1991	World Group	22–28 July	Nottingham, (ENG)		2–0	Won
	0–2	Lost
1992	World Group	13–19 July	Frankfurt, (GER)		0–3	Lost
World Group play-offs		3–0	Won
	1–2	Lost
1993	Europe/Africa Group I	10-15 May	Nottingham, (ENG)		3–0	Won
	3–0	Won
	3–0	Won
	3–0	Won
Europe/Africa Group I play-offs		3–0	Won
World Group	19–20 July	Frankfurt, (GER)		0–3	Lost
1994	Europe/Africa Group I	19–23 April	Murcia, (ESP)		3–0	Won
	2–1	Won
Europe/Africa Group I Knockout		3–0	Won
	0–2	Lost
1995	Europe/Africa Group I	17–21 April	Murcia, (ESP)		1–2	Lost
	0–3	Lost
	2–1	Won
1996	Europe/Africa Group I	22–24 April	Murcia, (ESP)		0–3	Lost
	1–2	Lost
	2–1	Won
1997	Europe/Africa Group II	5-11 May	Manavgat, (TUR)		2–1	Won
	3–0	Won
	3–0	Won
	3–0	Won
	3–0	Won
1998	Europe/Africa Group I	14–16 April	Murcia, (ESP)		1–2	Lost
	1–2	Lost
	3–0	Won
1999	Europe/Africa Group I	19–23 April	Murcia, (ESP)		3–0	Won
FR Yugoslavia YUG	3–0	Won
	2–1	Won
Europe/Africa Group I Knockout		3–0	Won
	0–2	Lost

2000–2009

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Europe/Africa Group I	15-21 May	Murcia, (ESP)		2–1	Won
	2–1	Won
	1–2	Lost
	1–2	Lost
2001	Europe/Africa Group I	24–28 April	Murcia, (ESP)		0–3	Lost
	1–2	Lost
	1–2	Lost
2002	Europe/Africa Group II	9–13 April	Pretoria, (RSA)		3–0	Won
	3–0	Won
[Europe/Africa Group II,
promotion playoffs](2002-fed-cup-europe-africa-zone-group-ii-play-offs)		2–0	Won
2003	Europe/Africa Group I	21–26 April	Estoril, (POR)		2–1	Won
	2–1	Won
	0–3	Lost
	1–2	Lost
2004	Europe/Africa Group II	26 April –
1 May	Marsa, (MLT)		2–1	Won
	3–0	Won
	3–0	Won
[Europe/Africa Group II,
promotion playoffs](2004-fed-cup-europe-africa-zone-group-ii-play-offs)		2–0	Won
2005	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	18–23 April	Manavgat, Antalya (TUR)		0–3	Lost
	2–1	Won
	2–1	Won
Europe/Africa Zone Group I, playoffs		1–2	Lost
2006	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	18–23 April	Plovdiv (BUL)		2–1	Won
	2–1	Won
	2–1	Won
[Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
promotion playoffs](2006-fed-cup-europe-africa-zone-group-i-play-offs)		1–2	Lost
2007	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	18–21 April	Plovdiv (BUL)		3–0	Won
	1–2	Lost
	0–3	Lost
Europe/Africa Zone Group I, playoffs		0–3	Lost
2008	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	30 January -
2 February	Budapest (HUN)		1–2	Lost
	1–2	Lost
	1–2	Lost
[Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
relegation playoffs](2008-fed-cup-europe-africa-zone-group-i-play-offs)		2–0	Won
2009	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4–7 February	Tallinn (EST)		3–0	Won
	3–0	Won
	3–0	Won
[Europe/Africa Zone Group I,
promotion playoffs](2009-fed-cup-europe-africa-zone-group-i-play-offs)		1–2	Lost

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