The Billie Jean King Cup Finals will supply a report complete of USD 9.6 million in prize cash, together with USD 2.4 million to the champions, the Worldwide Tennis Federation (ITF) introduced Monday.
The ITF mentioned this places the ladies competing on the BJK Cup Finals on an equal prize stage as the boys on the Davis Cup Finals.
The 12-team BJK Cup Finals begin Tuesday at Seville’s La Cartuja Stadium and run via Sunday.
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Defending champion Switzerland is joined by final yr’s runner-up, Australia, and 10 different nations: Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and america.
The runner-up workforce will earn USD 1.44 million, every shedding semifinalist will get USD 960,000 and groups eradicated within the group stage will obtain USD 480,000.