Billie Jean King Cup Finals prize cash rises to $9.6 million, equal to males’s Davis Cup, ITF says

SEVILLE, Spain — The Billie Jean King Cup Finals will provide a report complete of $9.6 million in prize cash, together with $2.4 million to the champions, the International Tennis Federation 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 by means of Sunday.

Defending champion Switzerland is joined by final 12 months’s runner-up, Australia, and 10 different nations: Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and the United States.

The runner-up workforce will earn $1.44 million, every shedding semifinalist will get $960,000 and groups eradicated within the group stage will obtain $480,000.

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