Team announcements: 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Juniors Finals
The ITF can reveal the full list of players set to compete at the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Juniors by Gainbridge Finals, which will take place from 6-12 November in the historic city of Cordoba.
The Billie Jean King Cup Juniors Finals are the culmination of a season-long competition which has seen nations navigate qualifying events across five regions – Asia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, South America and North/Central America and the Caribbean.
Sixteen teams will now compete at the Finals, which are being held across two sites – Open Arena, Córdoba and the Real Aeroclub de Córdoba – in a bid to be crowned the world’s best in the 16-and-under age category.
The Davis Cup Juniors Finals will take place the week before, from 30 October-5 November at the same venues, with competitors at both Finals following in some illustrious footsteps.
Previous winning teams at the Finals have featured the likes of Rafael Nadal, Ashleigh Barty, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov, Iga Swiatek, Carlos Alcaraz and Coco Gauff, underlining the importance of the event in terms of player development.
2023 Billie Jean King Cup Juniors Finals: Teams
Algeria: Maria Badache, Wissal Boudjemaoui, Melissa Rym Ben Amar Kerfah
Captain: Djillali Laslah
Argentina: Sol Larraya Guidi, Josefina Estevez, Agustina Grassi
Captain: Geronimo Degreef
Australia: Emerson Jones, Tahlia Kokkinis, Koharu Nishikawa
Captain: Olivia Rich
Brazil: Carolina Bohrer, Helena Caruso Bueno, Pietra Rosolen Rivoli
Captain: Fernanda Barbosa Ferreira
Canada: Nadia Lagaev, Isabella Marton, Addison Comiskey
Captain: Rodrigo Alvarez
Colombia: Valentina Mediorreal Arias, Mariana Isabel Higiuta Barraza, Maria Jose Sanchez Uribe
Captain: Francisco Jose Franco Benavides
Czechia: Laura Samsonova, Alena Kovackova, Eliska Forejtkova
Captain: David Skoch
Egypt: Jana Hossam Salah, Karina Mohamed, Jian Ibrahim
Captain: Omar Hedayet
Great Britain: Hannah Klugman, Mingge Xu, Hephzibah Oluwadare
Captain: Katie O’Brien
Japan: Wakana Sonobe, Shiho Tsujioka, Kiko Inoue
Captain: Masashi Yoshikawa
Kazakhstan: Polina Sleptsova, Ariana Gogulina, Anastassia Krymkova
Captain: Marat Sharipov
Latvia: Adelina Lacinova, Beatrise Zeltina, Kamilla Cernousova
Captain: Mihails Hmelnickis
Serbia: Teodora Kostovic, Lana Virc, Masa Jankovic
Captain: Slobodan Rankovic
Spain: Charo Esquiva Banuls, Lorena Solar Donoso, Neus Torner Sensano
Captain: Emilio Viuda Hernandez
Sweden: Nellie Taraba Wallberg, Lea Nilsson, Tiana Tian Deng
Captain: Carl Ackered
United States: Iva Jovic, Tyra Grant, Alanis Hamilton
Captain: Tom Gutteridge