Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers 2025: Great Britain vs Netherlands preview, teams & how to watch

When is Great Britain vs Netherlands at the Billie Jean King Cup?

Great Britain will play their Billie Jean King Cup Qualifier against Netherlands on Saturday 12 April at Sportcampus Zuiderpark in The Hague, Netherlands.

The tie will begin at 13:00 UK time and will follow a best of three match format.

What's at stake for Great Britain?

After both teams secured wins over Germany, Great Britain and Germany will now take on each other in the final tie of Group F.

If the Brits are to qualify for the 2025 Finals in Shenzhen, they will need to beat the Netherlands on their home turf in a best-of-three match tie.

The nations that finish in second and third place will compete in the Play-offs later this year.

How to watch Great Britain vs Netherlands

You can watch every tie from the Billie Jean King Cup Finals on the Tennis Channel.

All of Great Britain’s ties will also be broadcast live on the Tennis Channel, as well as BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app and the Red Button.

The teams

Great Britain vs Netherlands head-to-head

Great Britain and Netherlands have faced each other six times in the tournament’s history, currently locked at three wins apiece.

Their most recent clash came in 2012, where now Captain Anne Keothavong, and former British No.1s Elena Baltacha, Laura Robson and Heather Watson helped GB clinch a 2-1 victory in Israel.

The rivalry between the teams has been very close throughout history - all but one tie has finished 2-1.

Preview

The Brits will enter with plenty of confidence following their 2-1 victory over Germany on Friday, thanks to victories from Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter.

Debutant Kartal made a winning start to her Billie Jean King Cup career as she secured a 6-4, 6-2 victory over world No.120 Jule Niemeier. The 23-year-old, who last month embarked on a fairytale run to the fourth round at Indian Wells, batted away early signs of nerves to secure a confident win on the clay on her debut.

It was then over to British No.1 Boulter, who had a tougher time against Tatjana Maria. Boulter was competing in her first match on the clay since the Paris Olympic Games and needed a few games to settle into the contest. In a true display of resilience, the reigning Lexus Nottingham Open champion dug deep to turn the match around and secure the tie for her nation.

We also got to see the doubles partnership of Harriet Dart and Olivia Nicholls take on Laura Siegemund and Anna-Lena Friedsam. While the Brits fell short in that match, Nicholls and Dart have cemented themselves amongst the world's best doubles players with both of them currently at career-high rankings - Nicholls at No.31 and Dart at No.62 - and will be looking to bounce back should they be needed.

The Brits will face a tough challenge however against the hosts and their home crowd. The Dutch team will no doubt take plenty of confidence from their 3-0 victory over Germany on Thursday and will look to draw on that in their upcoming battle against the Brits.

Eva Vedder put her nation ahead after kick-starting their campaign with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Niemeier. The world No.265 was only called up to the squad at the last minute following the withdrawal of one of her fellow countrywomen, but looked comfortably at home on the indoor clay to clock a vital win on the board.

Suzan Lamens then followed suit by edging out Maria in a two hour 13 minute marathon match that ended 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. She later retured to the court with doubles specialist Demi Schuurs to wrap up the tie with a straight sets victory over Friedsam and Siegemund.

Schuurs has been in incredible form lately off the back of lifting her second career WTA 1000 title at Indian Wells where she beat British No.1 Nicholls and Tereza Mihalikova in the final.