The Billie Jean King Cup, often shortened to the BJK Cup, is the premier international team competition in women's tennis. It was launched in 1963 as the Federation Cup to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the International Tennis Federation, was renamed the Fed Cup in 1995, and took its present name in September 2020 in honour of the former world number one Billie Jean King. It is the women's counterpart to the men's Davis Cup, and it is described as the largest annual women's international team sports competition by the number of nations that take part. The first edition, held at the Queen's Club in London, drew sixteen countries, with the United States winning the opening title, and Australia then won seven of the next eleven. Since 1995 ties have been played home and away, with a World Group at the top, lower groups below it and zonal competition for the Americas, Asia and Oceania, and Europe and Africa.
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is the premier international team competition in women's tennis
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The Billie Jean King Cup is the world's largest annual women's international team sports competition in terms of the number of nations that compete.
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launched as the Federation Cup in 1963
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is the premier international team competition in women's tennis
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Since her debut for the Finland Fed Cup team in 2002, Suomalainen has a 37-34 record in Fed Cup competition.
Petra Thorén (Wikipedia)
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Playing for Finland Fed Cup team, Thorén has a win-loss record of 18-17 in Fed Cup competition.
Katariina Tuohimaa (Wikipedia)
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Tuohimaa played six rubbers for Finland in the 2006 Fed Cup.
Eugenia Maniokova (Wikipedia)
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Manyukova represented Commonwealth of Independent States at both the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1992 Federation Cup
Raffaella Reggi (Wikipedia)
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She was a member of the Italian Fed Cup team from 1982 through 1991
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