The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Junior Finals took place on 11-17 November – the same week as the Finals of the women’s World Cup of Tennis in Malaga on outdoor red clay courts at the Megasaray Tennis Academy in Antalya, Turkiye.
In a mirror image of the Davis Cup Junior event taking place at the same venue, USA's girls won the 2024 title after defeating Romania 2-1 in the final. It was the first time in 10 years the American teams had completed a sweep of both titles in the same event, and continued the girls' dominance in the competition with their sixth title since 2017.
Sixteen girls teams were in action in the Finals including host nation Turkiye, who automatically qualified as the host nation.
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.
Previous winning teams have featured players who have gone on to excel at the top of the game including Ashleigh Barty (Australia, 2011), Iga Swiatek (Poland, 2016), and Coco Gauff (USA, 2018).