The 2023 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Junior Finals is taking place on 6-12 November – the same week as the Finals of the women’s World Cup of Tennis in Seville.
The event will be held on outdoor red clay courts at two venues - the Open Arena, Córdoba and the Real Aeroclub de Córdoba - in the historic city of Córdoba, Spain.
Sixteen girls teams are in action in the Finals, with Spain automatically qualifying as the host nation.
Finalist teams will play in round robin groups for the first three days of competition. Following a planned day off, teams will then compete in three further ties for the final three days to determine final positions from 1st to 16th. All teams will compete in six ties during the seven days.
USA will defend their title having been inspired to victory over Czechia in Antalya last year by Valerie Glozman and Clervie Ngounoue.
HISTORY
The International Team Competition for players aged 16 & under was launched by the ITF in 1985 as the 'World Youth Cup' with NEC as the title sponsor between 1988 and 2001.
In 2002 the ITF re-branded the boys competition as part of a new partnership with BNP Paribas to 'Junior Davis Cup by BNP Paribas'. The girls' competition was also changed to 'Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas' in 2005, before becoming the Junior Billie Jean King Cup - in line with the re-branding of the women's professional team event - in 2020.
From its inaugural year in 1985 when 44 nations took part in regional qualifying with the top 16 boys' and 16 girls' teams moving through to the Final in Kobe, Japan, the competition has gone from strength to strength. The number of participants has grown to around 100 nations each year.
Previous winning teams have featured players who have gone on to excel at the top of the game including Ashleigh Barty (Australia, 2011), Iga Swiatek (Poland, 2016), and Coco Gauff (USA, 2018).
Discover how the 16 teams qualified for this year's Finals