Collins, Kenin, Keys, Stephens and Townsend to represent U.S. at 2023 BJK Cup Finals

The six-day Finals at the Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville will feature 12 teams drawn into four groups to compete in a round-robin format, with group winners advancing to the knockout semifinals. The U.S. was drawn into Group A and will play defending champions Switzerland (Thursday, Nov. 9, 4 p.m. local time) and the Czech Republic (Friday, Nov. 10, 4 p.m. local time) with hopes of advancing to the knockout rounds. 

The U.S. in 9-0 against Switzerland all-time in Billie Jean King Cup play, though the two nations did not play for nearly 20 years between 1993 and 2019. The last tie between the two teams was a 3-2 thriller in the World Group Play-Offs in 2019, which the U.S. won on home soil in San Antonio, Texas. The Czechs, meanwhile, sit behind the U.S. in all-time Billie Jean King Cup titles with 11, and six as an independent nation. All time, the U.S. is 10-4 against the Czech Republic and, formerly, Czechoslovakia, but the U.S. has lost its last two meetings with the Czechs: in the 2018 Finals, 3-0, and last year in round-robin play in Glasgow, 2-1.

Each tie will be a best-of-three competition with two singles matches and one doubles match. The full field, schedule and ticketing information is available at billiejeankingcup.com.

In conjunction with its 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals, the ITF is seeking to empower woman entrepreneurs in the sports industry who has a vision to change the game. Applications for the Tory Burch Foundation Sports Fellowship powered by Advantage All, the ITF's flagship gender equity initiative, Billie Jean King and Billie Jean King Cup close on Nov. 17.