LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2025 – The United States’ women’s national tennis team will face Denmark and Slovakia in the qualifying round of the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup tournament April 12-13, live on Tennis Channel, its app and website. Featuring World No. 3 singles player Jessica Pegula, the Americans face Denmark Saturday, April 12, at 9 a.m. ET, and host nation Slovakia Sunday, April 13, also at 9 a.m. ET. The winner of the three-country, round-robin competition will advance to the tournament finals and a chance to win the annual championship later this year.
Both qualifiers take place at Peugeot Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. Head-to-head contests between countries feature two singles matches followed by a doubles match, each worth one point.
Tennis Channel’s on-air team features Hall of Fame analyst Tracy Austin (@thetracyaustin), who was dominant during her time playing in the tournament for the United States. The Americans won the 1978-1980 cup championships in the three years she competed for her country. She will be joined by announcer Mark Petchey (@_markpetchey) who compiled a 5-2 doubles record playing for Britain in Davis Cup, the men’s equivalent international-team tournament. Another former American men’s tennis professional, Leif Shiras (@ShirasLeif), will also handle announcing duties during Tennis Channel’s U.S. Billie Jean King Cup coverage.
In addition to Pegula, the U.S. Billie Jean King Cup team includes Danielle Collins, who is coming off a career year in 2024, when she reached the Australian Open singles final and won the Miami Open. World No. 8 doubles player Asia Muhammad is also on the team, as is World No. 13 doubles player Desirae Krawczyk. Rising star McCartney Kessler, who won her first top-10 singles victory in February, rounds out the group.
The United States has won 18 Billie Jean King Cups, the most of any nation. The team is Captained by Hall of Famer and longtime Tennis Channel analyst Lindsay Davenport. As a player she went 33-3 during tournament competition, including 7-0 in doubles. Davenport contributed to American cup titles in 1996, 1999 and 2000.
The industry’s leader in delivering women’s competition, Tennis Channel’s U.S. telecasts are part of its overall the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers this week. Matches on network platforms, including second-channel TennisChannel 2, will also feature teams from Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Kazakhstan, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine. All matches will be available on Tennis Channel’s app and website (TennisChannel.com).
A complete Billie Jean King Cup schedule can be found at BillieJeanKingCup.com, while Tennis Channel’s is available at TennisChannel.com/schedule.
Tennis Channel (www.tennischannel.com) and its sibling network TennisChannel 2, which are owned by Sinclair, Inc., are the only television-based multiplatform destinations dedicated to both the professional sport and tennis lifestyle. The networks have the most concentrated single-sport coverage in television in one of the world’s most voluminous sports, with multiple men’s and women’s tournaments and singles, doubles and mixed competition throughout the year. Tennis Channel and TennisChannel 2 are the exclusive U.S. homes of all men’s ATP World Tour and women’s WTA Tour competitions, Davis Cup, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, and Laver Cup. The network’s app and website house a direct-to-consumer streaming service with the traditional television network and 10,000 hours of live and on-demand matches beside original content. Tennis Channel International brings live competition and network content to markets in Europe and Asia via digital subscription and free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels. Additional platform www.tennis.com is the largest digital outlet dedicated to the sport. Tennis Channel is also a co-owner of Pickleballtv, a joint venture with the Professional Pickleball Association.
About Sinclair:
Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD/Roar and The Nest. Sinclair’s content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the nation’s largest streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net.
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For further information:
Eric Abner, Tennis Channel, 310-314-9445, eabner@tennischannel.com, @TennisChannelPR
