Have a look at Billie Jean King Cup, its past winners, and this year’s prize money
An ongoing women’s tennis that was launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 in the account of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation. It was then changed to Fed Cup in 1995 and again changed to honor the former World No. 1 Billie Jean King as the world’s largest women’s international team sports competition organized annually.
The first day of the tournament saw World No. 1 Iga Swiatek winning to continue her winning streak to 18 matches. The Polish star has already won three WTA 1000 titles this season so far, namely, the Qatar Open, Indian Wells Masters, and Miami Open as most recent. Meanwhile, US Open star Emma Raducanu also won her first professional clay-court match.
The Billie Jean King Cup Records
Russia is the most recent champion having won five total titles while the United States has the record for most titles owning 18 trophies. The US also holds the record of winning most titles consecutively clinching back-to-back seven titles from 1976 to 1982.
Australia holds the record for reaching most finals consecutively that counts eight from 1973 to 1980.
Billie Jean King Cup Tennis All-Time Winners List And Prize Money Pool 2022
| Country | Winning Years | Runner-up Years |
|---|---|---|
 United States |
1963, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2017 (18) |
1964, 1965, 1974, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2018 (12) |
 Czech Republic |
1975, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 (11) |
1986 (1) |
 Australia |
1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974 (7) | 1963, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1993, 2019 (11) |
 Russia |
2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2020–21 (5) | 1988, 1990, 1999, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2015 (7) |
 Spain |
1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 (5) | 1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008 (6) |
 Italy |
2006, 2009, 2010, 2013 (4) | 2007 (1) |
 France |
1997, 2003, 2019 (3) | 2004, 2005, 2016 (3) |
 Germany |
1987, 1992 (2) | 1966, 1970, 1982, 1983, 2014 (5) |
 South Africa |
1972 (1) | 1973 (1) |
 Belgium |
2001 (1) | 2006 (1) |
 Slovakia |
2002 (1) | — |
 Great Britain |
— | 1967, 1971, 1972, 1981 (4) |
 Netherlands |
— | 1968, 1997 (2) |
 Switzerland |
— | 1998, 2020–21 (2) |
 Serbia |
— | 2012 (1) |
 Belarus |
— | 2017 (1) |
Trophies won by the countries since 1995
| Country | Titles | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic |
6 | 2011 | 2018 |
| Russia |
5 | 2004 | 2021 |
| United States |
4 | 1996 | 2017 |
| Italy |
4 | 2006 | 2013 |
| France |
3 | 1997 | 2019 |
| Spain |
2 | 1995 | 1998 |
| Belgium |
1 | 2001 | |
| Slovakia |
1 | 2002 | |
The Billie Jean King Cup Heart Award
What is the Heart Award in the Billie Jean King Cup? The award is given as ITF’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) related to Fed Cup. The award is given to the player with tremendous and extra exceptional performance and true commitment to the country. This award is not very old as old the tournament is as it was first founded and inaugurated in the year 2009. Now lets have a look at who clinched the honour for the Heart Award at the tournament.
The Billie Jean King Cup 2022 Prize Money
The Billie Jean King Cup is a team tournament and not an individual so the prize money is distributed on a per-team basis. The prize money for the previous year was $6.8 million which was a round of the canceled 2020 tournament that counted $12 million.
The champion of the Billie Jean King was awarded $1,200,000 which was distributed among players on a pro-rated basis. Along with the team, the national federation of the team also got $650,000. Have a look at the breakdown.
| Stage | Players | Federation |
|---|---|---|
| Champions | $1,200,000 | $650,000 |
| Finalists | $900,000 | $472,000 |
| Semi-finalists | $750,000 | $417,000 |
| Group stages | $400,000 | $200,000 |
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