The Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Shenzhen, China will be held in September instead of November for at least 2025, in a move designed to support “player calendar flow,” according to the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
The event was previously held at the end of the tennis season, to align with the Davis Cup, its men’s international team tennis equivalent. But this year’s event will take place from September 16 to September 21, at the start of the run of WTA Tour events held across Asia. The dates coincide with the Korea Open, a WTA 500-level event (named for the number of ranking points its winner earns), while the U.S. Open finishes September 7.
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Some of the top women’s players have skipped the event in the past because of scheduling concerns or the amount of travel required. Poland’s Iga Świątek skipped 2022’s event in Glasgow, Scotland because it would have required a one-day turnaround between the WTA Tour Finals, held in Texas. Świątek, the world No. 2, criticized tennis authorities for the lack of foresight at the time.
Świątek played last year’s event in Malaga, Spain, which followed the WTA Tour Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Coco Gauff, who won the Tour Finals, did not represent the U.S. in Malaga, nor did U.S. Open finalist Jessica Pegula. Italy ultimately won the tournament, beating Slovakia in the final.
The event is the highest-profile women’s tennis event in China since the country pulled out of its deal to host the WTA Tour Finals, also in Shenzhen. It canceled the 10-year, $140 million contract in response to a WTA boycott of the country, which followed Peng Shuai, a top doubles player, accusing a high-ranking Chinese government official of sexually assaulting her.
“I was so scared that afternoon,” she wrote on social media network Weibo of an alleged assault by Zhang Gaoli, a former vice premier in the Chinese government, who has not commented on the allegations.
“I never gave consent, crying the entire time.”
Peng then disappeared from public life, and within weeks, then-WTA chairman Steve Simon called for an investigation into her welfare. When that did not occur, Simon announced the suspension of all WTA events in China, including the Tour Finals.
The WTA ended the boycott in spring 2023, after which Peng described the situation as a “misunderstanding” in a controlled interview with L’Equipe.
ITF president David Haggerty told The Athletic in January that he had spoken to Peng before making the decision to host the BJK Cup Finals in China.
(Top photo of Italy’s team at the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals: Angel Martinez / Getty Images)
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