Billie Jean King Cup 2021: teams and players

The ITF has announced the calls for the 12 teams that will compete to be crowned champions in the final of the Billie Jean King Cup in Prague from November 1-6, 2021. No.1 seed and defending champion France will have three of their 2019 winners with Caroline Garcia, Alize Cornet and Fiona Ferro among the players named by captain Julien Benneteau, in his bid to defend his title.

The Czech Republic will look to build on its success at Tokyo 2020, with medalists Barbora Krejcikova, Marketa Vondrousova and Katerina Siniakova, all named to the Czech team aiming to be crowned champions at home. Olympic singles gold medalist Belinda Bencic will lead the Swiss team, while mixed doubles gold medalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova leads a strong team from the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF). Individual Grand Slam Champions Garbine Muguruza (within the Spanish quintet), Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber and Sloa

Group A

France

Caroline garcia

Alize cornet

Clara Burel

Fiona Ferro

Captain: Julien Benneteau

Russia

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Daria Kasatkina

Veronika Kudermetova

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Liudmila Samsonova

Captain: Igor Andreev

Canada

Leylah Fernandez

Rebecca Marino

Francoise Abanda

Gabriela dabrowski

Captain: Sylvain Bruneau

Group B

Australia

Ajla tomljanovic

Astra sharma

Storm sanders

Olivia gadecki

Ellen perez

Captain: Alicia Molik

Belarus

Victoria Azarenka

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Olga Govortsova

Yuliya Hatouka

Lidziya Marozava

Captain: Tatiana Poutchek

Belgium

Elise mertens

Alison van uytvanck

Greet minnen

Maryna Zanevska

Kirsten flipkens

Captain: Johan Van Herck

Group C

USA

Jessica pegula

Danielle collins

Sloane stephens

CoCo Vandeweghe

Caroline dolehide

Captain: Kathy Rinaldi

Spain

Garbine muguruza

Paula Badosa

Sara Sorribes Tormo

Nuria Parrizas-Diaz

Carla Suarez Navarro

Captain: Anabel Medina Garrigues

Slovakia

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova

Kristina kucova

Viktoria Kuzmova

Rebecca Sramkova

Tereza Mihalikova

Captain: Matej Liptak

Group D

Czech Republic

Barbora Krejcikova

Marketa Vondrousova

Tereza Martincova

Katerina siniakova

Lucie hradecka

Captain: Petr Pala

Germany

Angelique kerber

Andrea Petkovic

Anna-Lena Friedsam

Jule niemeier

Nastasja schunk

Captain: Rainer Schuettler

Switzerland

Belinda Bencic

Jil teichmann

Viktorija golubic

Stefanie voegele

Captain: Heinz Guenthardt