The USA maintain the report for probably the most Billie Jean King Cup titles, however success has been onerous to return by lately.
The tennis powerhouses boast 18 titles on the staff occasion, which is greater than some other nation. However they final clinched the Billie Jean King Cup title again in 2017, and have simply missed out on qualifying for this 12 months’s finals.
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Belgium produced a heroic show of their qualifying assembly, knocking out the USA in April. It marks the primary time they may miss the Finals because the format was modified to a single-site round-robin again within the 2021 season.
The nation should return an extra 4 years for its most up-to-date title, with a handful of high-profile names having been concerned of their remaining victory over Belarus. They have been led by captain Kathy Rinaldi, and received 3-2 at Chizhovka Area, Minsk, with the occasion referred to as the Fed Cup on the time.
The victorious 2017 USA Billie Jean King Cup staff
CoCo Vandeweghe – Retired
CoCo Vandeweghe has since retired from tennis, calling time on her profession after the 2023 US Open. She clinched the doubles title on the event alongside Ashleigh Barty in 2018, and reached quantity 9 within the WTA singles rankings.
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Sloane Stephens – WTA no. 135
Sloane Stephens is one other former Grand Slam champion, together with her very good success additionally arriving on the US Open. She lifted the singles trophy in 2017 with a remaining win over compatriot Madison Keys, earlier than dropping the French Open remaining the next 12 months. Stephens remains to be competing, with the WTA quantity 135 having simply misplaced within the Guadalajara Open quarterfinals after a second spherical defeat on the US Open.
Shelby Rogers – Retired
One other 2017 Billie Jean King Cup champion has retired from the game, with Shelby Rogers calling time on her profession on the 2024 US Open. She reached the quarterfinals of her dwelling Grand Slam in 2020, and reached as excessive as 30 within the WTA rankings.
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Alison Riske – Inactive
The ultimate a part of the puzzle concerned Alison Riske, the three-time WTA champion and former world quantity 18 who’s presently inactive. One other former US Open quarterfinalist, she performed her half to assist USA captain Rinaldi declare the title on debut, which made her the primary feminine captain to raise the trophy since Billie Jean King in 2000.
It was, nonetheless, Vandeweghe who stole the present for the champions, who had final claimed the title in 2000. She beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich and a sure Aryna Sabalenka in singles, both facet of the long run WTA primary edging previous Stephens.
Sasnovich then defeated Stephens in match 4, however Vandeweghe and Rogers mixed in doubles to say victory over Sasnovich and Sabalenka, thus claiming a really hard-fought title and the USA’s first in 17 years.
