Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas

2019 Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals

Dates: 24 Sep - 29 Sep 2019
Host nation: USA
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Date: 24 Sep, 2019
Host nation: USA
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Overview

Second seeds and hosts USA won 2019 Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals in Lake Nona, Florida on 24-29 September - their third consecutive triumph in the competition.

Connie Ma and Robin Montgomery won the decisive doubles for USA as they defeated Czech Republic 2-1 in the final.

Click here for all the results and final standings from the 2019 Junior Davis and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals

HISTORY

The International Team Competition for players aged 16 & under was launched by the ITF in 1985 as the 'World Youth Cup' with NEC as the title sponsor between 1988 and 2001.

In 2002 the ITF re-branded the boys competition as part of a new partnership with BNP Paribas to 'Junior Davis Cup by BNP Paribas'. The girls' competition was also changed to 'Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas' in 2005, before becoming the Junior Billie Jean King Cup - in line with the re-branding of the women's professional team event - in 2020. 

From its inaugural year in 1985 when 44 nations took part in regional qualifying with the top 16 boys' and 16 girls' teams moving through to the Final in Kobe, Japan, the competition has gone from strength to strength. The number of participants has grown to around 100 nations each year.


FORMAT

In order to reach the Finals, every nation, with the exception of the host nation, must win through regional qualifying. There are five qualification zones: Africa, North/Central America & Caribbean, South America, Europe and Asia/Oceania. In the larger zones there are two rounds of qualification to progress through to the Final.

The 16 girls' teams in the finals are drawn into four round-robin groups before the top teams in each group progress to the semi-finals where a knock-out competition decides the champions.

Junior Billie Jean King Cup Honour Roll

Discover all the previous winners of the Junior Billie Jean King Cup, previously known as Junior Fed Cup, here