Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers 2025: Great Britain book Finals spot with wins over Germany & Netherlands
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The Lexus GB Billie Jean King Cup team are through to the Finals in September after coming through Qualifiers against Germany and Netherlands.
The Brits - led by Katie Boulter, Sonay Kartal, Jodie Burrage, Harriet Dart and Olivia Nicholls - finished top of Group F after 2-1 victories over both Germany and Netherlands, finishing with a doubles decider in their final match.
The result means they will progress to the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Shenzhen, China from 16-21 September.
Great Britain got their qualifying campaign underway with a strong win against Germany – thanks to impressive singles performances from debutant Sonay Kartal and British No.1 Katie Boulter.
Kartal – who this week became LTA Colour Holder No.329 – showed excellent composure to beat Jule Niemeier 6-4, 6-2, before Boulter saw out the tie with a comeback victory against Tatjana Maria 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.
With Netherlands having defeated Germany in their opening tie, this then set up a group decider GB on Saturday against the home nation.
With the stakes higher than ever, Kartal once again proved her quality on the clay to clinch her second win in as many days over Eva Vedder 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 to put the Brits just one match away from the Finals.
Netherlands weren’t going to go away easily. Suzan Lamens – who came into the tie on a 12-match winning streak in the competition – got the better of Boulter 6-4, 6-3 to bring the whole week down to one final rubber.
Keothavong opted for a late change to the line-up, electing to go with Boulter and Jodie Burrage up against Lamens and Demi Schuurs who were undefeated in eight matches together.
Despite their lack of doubles experience together, Boulter and Burrage showed up for their nation when it mattered most – sealing a 6-2, 6-2 win over the Dutch duo and with it, booking that flight to China this September.
Great Britain have now been to the Finals in three of the last four seasons and have reached the semi-finals on two separate occasions.
The Finals will be played out as a straight knock-out between eight teams. The teams who come through Qualifiers alongside defending champions Italy and host nation China will be drawn in the quarter-finals ahead of the event in September.
