The Billie Jean King Cup (formerly the Fed Cup) is the premier international team event for women's tennis. The tournament started in 1963 to mark the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation, and was known as the Federation Cup until 1995 and then simply the Fed Cup. It took its present name in September 2020, in honour of the former world number one Billie Jean King. It is organized by the ITF, and the men's equivalent of this event is the Davis Cup.

The event is no longer the straight home-and-away knockout it once was. Nations now contest a qualifying round early in the year, with the winners going through to the Finals, staged over a single week at one venue late in the season. Ties at the Finals are settled in a day over a best of three rubbers – two singles, followed by a doubles if the tie is still level.

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2026 Billie Jean King Cup

The 2026 Finals were held at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in China from 22 to 27 September, contested by eight nations – the seven qualifying round winners plus hosts China.

Czechia won the title, beating Ukraine 2–0 in the final. Karolína Muchová beat Anhelina Kalinina 6-2, 6-3, and Linda Nosková clinched it against Elina Svitolina 6-3, 7-6(5). The Czechs went through the week without losing a single rubber, having seen off Great Britain and Spain by the same 2–0 scoreline on the way to the final. It was their 12th title and a first since 2018, and it ended a run of two straight wins by Italy.

Their captain Barbora Strýcová became only the fourth woman to win the competition both as a player and as a captain, after Margaret Court, Chris Evert and Billie Jean King.

Most Titles

Nation Titles Most recent
United States 18 2017
Czechia (incl. Czechoslovakia) 12 2026
Australia 7 1974
Italy 6 2025
Russia 5 2021
Spain 5 1998

The US won the first tournament, but it was Australia which dominated in the early years, winning seven of the first 12 championships. The Czechs dominated the 2010s, winning six of the ten competitions in that decade, and Italy took the title in both 2024 and 2025. Overall, though, the US has won the event the most times.