Billie Jean King Cup

The Billie Jean King Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 as the Federation Cup to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The competition name changed to Fed Cup in 1995, and then to its current name, honoring American tennis great and women's rights advocate Billie Jean King, in September 2020.^[1]

Billie Jean King Cup Media

Petra Kvitová with the trophy for the Fed Cup winners, 2011, Moscow

References

↑ "A New Era: Fed Cup Renamed Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas". International Tennis Federation. 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2021-07-16.

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[1] "A New Era: Fed Cup Renamed Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas". International Tennis Federation. 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2021-07-16.

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