The Billie Jean King Cup finals will be played in Glasgow.
The Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland will host the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup finals on an indoor hard court, the International Tennis Federation announced today.
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The finals are set for November 8-12th.
This is the fourth time that Great Britain has hosted the finals of the largest annual international team competition in women’s sport. Launched in 1963 as the Federation Cup, the first event was held at London’s Queen’s Cub, with Billie Jean King herself a member of the winning US team. The competition went on to be held in Eastbourne in 1977 and Nottingham in 1991.
Great Britain, as host nation, will join Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, Spain, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United States competing for the 2022 championship.
The 12 nations will play off in four round-robin groups comprised with the four group champions advancing to the semifinals.
“The LTA presented a very impressive bid as part of a competitive hosting process,” ITF President David Haggerty said. “We look forward to having the women’s World Cup of Tennis take place in front of passionate tennis fans from around the world in an electric atmosphere, at the culmination of the women’s tennis season.”
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