April Event Spotlight – Billie Jean King Cup Tie

The United States Tennis Association is partnering with the Palm Beach County Sports Commission in hosting the Billie Jean King Cup Tie, which will take place on April 14-15, 2023 at the Delray Beach Tennis Center. This Billie Jean King Cup Tie will feature the United States versus Austria, in the first round of the 2023 competition.

The Billie Jean King Cup Tie is a best-of-five match series with two (2) singles matches on Friday and two reverse singles matches and a doubles match will follow on Saturday, April 15. The Billie Jean King Cup, which was formerly known as the Federation Cup, was rebranded in 2020 to align with Billie Jean King, a global icon in sports – who also dedicated her life to fight against social injustice. The Billie Jean King Cup team is no stranger to Palm Beach County, having played at the Delray Beach Tennis Center three times when the competition was known as Fed Cup in 2005, 2007 and 2013. Team USA went 3-0 in those competitions.

Palm Beach County native, Coco Gauff, will lead Team USA in the Billie Jean King Cup. She made her Billie Jean King Cup debut last fall in the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals in Glasgow, Scotland, against Poland and the Czech Republic, but this is set to be her first official action on U.S. soil.

The Billie Jean King Cup is one of the most prestigious events for tennis on a global stage. The event represents an annual women's tennis competition that is promoted by the ITF as the most prestigious international team tennis competition in the world with 127 nations entering the competition in 2022.

The Billie Jean King Cup will be televised live on the Tennis Channel while creating significant tourism benefits for The Palm Beaches. With tennis participation rising significantly in the United States the tie will be a boon to the local economy as well. Last year’s qualifying event, held in Asheville, N.C., generated an anticipated $8 million for the local economy while substitanlly increasing hotel occupancy levels and bed tax revenues.