Group A action set to be played from November 14-16 at Club Sonoma
[TORONTO, ON] June 19, 2025 – Team Canada has been drawn in Group A alongside Denmark and host nation Mexico in the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Play-Off. The event will take place from November 14-16 at Club Sonoma in Monterrey, Mexico.
“I’m looking forward to returning to the Billie Jean King Cup competition this fall,” said Team Canada captain Heidi El Tabakh. “Our competition will be tough, with both Mexico and Denmark posing unique challenges, but our team is ready to compete against the best nations in the world. I’m confident they’ll rise to this occasion and achieve our goal of returning to the 2026 Qualifiers.”
Canada will take part in the Play-Off after missing out on a place in the Finals following April’s Qualifiers. There, the Canadian team consisting of Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC), Marina Stakusic (Mississauga, ON), and first-time selections Victoria Mboko (Toronto, ON), Kayla Cross (London, ON), and Ariana Arseneault (Richmond Hill, ON) beat Romania 3-0 but lost 2-1 to hosts Japan, who advanced to November’s showpiece event.
Team Canada last played Team Mexico in Billie Jean King Cup competition in January 2008 at Club Deportivo El Rodeo in Medellín, Colombia. Canadians Aleksandra Wozniak, Stéphanie Dubois, and Marie-Ève Pelletier combined to defeat Team Mexico 3-0. The last time Team Canada and Team Denmark faced off against each other at the Billie Jean King Cup was in July 1991. Team Canada won the tie 2-1.
The three-day, round-robin Play-Off format will see each team face each other in a one-day tie consisting of two singles and a doubles match. The winner of the round robin will advance to the 2026 Qualifiers, while the two remaining nations will compete in Regional Group I next year.
The players representing Team Canada, Team Mexico, and Team Denmark this November will be confirmed in the coming months.
Draw results – 2025 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Play-Offs
Group A
Club Sonoma, Monterrey, Mexico (hard, outdoors)
Canada (1)
Mexico (*)
Denmark
Group B
Arena Gorzow, Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland (hard, indoors)
Poland (2) (*)
Romania
New Zealand
Group C
Slovakia (3)
Switzerland
Argentina (*)
Cordoba Lawn Tennis Club, Cordoba, Argentina (clay, outdoors)
Group D
Arena Varazdin, Varazdin, Croatia (hard, indoors)
Czechia (4)
Colombia
Croatia (*)
Group E
Domain Tennis Centre, Hobart, Australia (hard, outdoors)
Australia (5) (*)
Brazil
Portugal
Group F
Tennis Club Ismaning, Ismaning, Germany (hard, indoors)
Germany (6) (*)
Belgium
Turkiye
Group G
S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium, Bengaluru, India (hard, outdoors)
Netherlands (7)
Slovenia
India (*)
(#) = seed; (*) = host nation (Play-offs group host nations were drawn at random from applications made by eligible nations)
About the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge™
The Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge is the women’s World Cup of Tennis. Previously known as the Fed Cup, it is the largest annual international team competition in women’s sport, with a record 146 nations entered in 2025. Champions Italy took home $2.4m for their triumph at the 2024 Finalsin Malaga. Global partners of the event include Gainbridge®, e.l.f. Beauty and Microsoft
About Tennis Canada
Founded in 1890, Tennis Canada is a non-profit, national sport association with a mission to lead the growth, development and promotion of tennis in Canada and a vision to be a world-leading tennis nation. We value teamwork, passion, integrity, innovation and excellence. Tennis Canada owns and operates the premier National Bank Open presented by Rogers WTA and ATP Tour events, four professional ATP and ITF sanctioned events and financially supports four other professional tournaments in Canada. Tennis Canada operates junior national training centres/programs in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Tennis Canada is a proud member of the International Tennis Federation, the Canadian Olympic Committee and the Canadian Paralympic Committee, and serves to administer, sponsor and select the teams for Davis Cup, Billie Jean King Cup, the Olympic and Paralympic Games and all wheelchair, junior and senior national teams. Tennis Canada invests its surplus into tennis development. For more information on Tennis Canada please visit our website at: www.tenniscanada.com and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram.
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