The 2025 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Junior Finals get underway in Santiago, Chile on Monday and here are some stats and facts to whet the appetite. 

The Billie Jean King Cup Junior Finals are the culmination of a season-long competition which sees nations navigate qualifying events across five regions – Asia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, South America and North/Central America and the Caribbean.

Sixteen teams will now compete at the Finals, which are being staged at Estadio Nacional and alongside the Davis Cup Junior Finals, from 3-9 November in a bid to be crowned the world’s best in the 16-and-under age category.

Across Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Juniors, previous winning teams have featured Rafael Nadal, Ashleigh Barty, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek, Joao Fonseca, Coco Gauff, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov and Marketa Vondrousova, underlining the importance of the events in terms of player development.

Here are some stats and facts on the 16 nations that have qualified for the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup Junior Finals. 

Australia

Team: Renee Alame, Koharu Nishikawa, Jizelle Sibai

Captain: David Moore

Champions: 5

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1987, 1988, 1993, 2007, 2011)

Finals appearances: 24

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

Austria

Team: Anna Pircher, Lea Haider-Maurer, Kara Fronek

Captain: Marion Maruska

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 3rd (1995)

Finals appearances: 1

Last Finals appearance: 1995

 

Brazil

Team: Nauhany Vitoria Leme da Silva, Ana Cruz, Nathalia Pontes Tourinho

Captain: Mario Mendonca

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 3rd (2012)

Finals appearances: 24

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

Canada

Team: Andrea Cabio, Laurence Demers, Lily Rochon

Captain: Zacharias Ohlin

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 2nd (2003, 2004, 2011)

Finals appearances: 28

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

Chile

Team: Isidora Lisboa, Paula Gutierrez Garces, Catalina Porre

Captain: Paulina Sepulveda

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 10th (2008)

Finals appearances: 9

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

Chinese Taipei

Team: Lin Yu-Chen, Hua Yi-En, Ko Yu Tsen

Captain: Lin Tien-Shih

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 6th (2000, 2001, 2011)

Finals appearances: 14

Last Finals appearance: 2019

 

Czechia

Team: Jana Kovackova, Sofie Hettlerova, Tereza Hermanova

Captain: David Skoch

Champions: 5

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1995*, 2000, 2001, 2015, 2021) *competed as Czechoslovakia

Finals appearances: 28

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

France

Team: Ksenia Efremova, Cindy Langlais, Nehira Sanon

Captain: Philippe Robin

Champions: 1

Highest-placed finish: 1st (1995)

Finals appearances: 18

Last Finals appearance: 2019

 

Great Britain

Team: Hollie Smart, Megan Knight, Edie Griffiths

Captain: Katie O’Brien

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 2nd (2008)

Finals appearances: 8

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

Japan

Team: Aoi Watanabe, Yui Komada, Miyu Nishiwaki

Captain: Jun Watanabe

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 2nd (2017, 2021)

Finals appearances: 32

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

Kazakhstan

Team: Eva Korysheva, Yerkezhan Zhanatayeva, Tomiris Nurzhan

Captain: Yaroslava Shvedova

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 9th (2023)

Finals appearances: 1

Last Finals appearance: 2023

 

Morocco

Team: Lina Bezza, Yasmine Douyeb, Lara Faraj

Captain: Mehdi Tahiri

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 6th (2021)

Finals appearances: 9

Last Finals appearance: 2021

 

Peru

Team: Leticia Alessia Bazan, Daniela Gonzales, Silvana Fajardo

Captain: Laura Arraya

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 7th (2021)

Finals appearances: 13

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

Poland

Team: Oliwia Sybicka, Barbara Kostecka, Antonina Snochowska

Captain: Lukasz Kuboszek

Champions: 2

Highest-placed finish: 1st (2005,2016)

Finals appearances: 6

Last Finals appearance: 2016

 

Romania

Team: Giulia Safina Popa, Maia Ilinca Burcescu, Maria Valentina Pop

Captain: Ciprian Savulescu

Champions: 0

Highest-placed finish: 2nd (2024)

Finals appearances: 5

Last Finals appearance: 2024

 

USA

Team: Julieta Pareja, Kristina Penickova, Annika Penickova

Captain: Georgi Rumenov

Champions: 9

Highest-placed finish: 1st (2008, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Finals appearances: 34

Last Finals appearance: 2024