2026 United Cup

2026 United Cup
Date	2 January 2026 – 11 January 2026
Edition	4th
Category	United Cup
Draw	18 teams
Prize money	US$11,170,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Perth, Western Australia Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Venue	RAC Arena Ken Rosewall Arena
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The 2026 United Cup will be the fourth edition of the United Cup, an international outdoor hard court mixed-gender team tennis tournament held by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Serving as the opener for the 2026 ATP Tour and the 2026 WTA Tour, it will be held from 2 January 2026 to 11 January 2026 at two venues in the Australian cities of Perth and Sydney. It will offer both ATP rankings and WTA rankings points to its players: a player was able to win a maximum of 500 points. ^[1]

Format

Both cities will host three groups of three countries in a round robin format. Each tie will consist of one men's and one women's singles match, and one mixed doubles match. ^{[1] [2]}

The six group winners and the best runner-up in each city will advance to the quarterfinals. ^{[1] [2]}

Qualification

18 countries qualified as follows:

• Five countries qualified based on the ATP ranking of their number one ranked singles player.
• Five countries qualified based on the WTA ranking of their number one ranked singles player.
• Eight countries qualified based on the combined ranking of their number one ranked ATP and WTA players.

In exchange for being the host nation, Australia was guaranteed one of the spots reserved for teams with the best combined ranking if it would have failed to qualify on its own.

Teams will feature up to three players from each tour. ^[2]

Venues

Perth and Sydney each will host three groups of three countries in a round robin format and two quarterfinals. Sydney will host the semifinals and the final on the last two days of the tournament.

Image	Name	Opened	Capacity	Location	Events	Map
	RAC Arena	2012	15,500	Perth, Western Australia	Group stage, Quarterfinals	Sydney Perth
	Ken Rosewall Arena	1999	10,500	Sydney, New South Wales	Group stage, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final

Point and prize money distribution

Ranking points

ATP

Round	Points per win vs. opponent ranked
	No. 1–10	No. 11–20	No. 21–30	No. 31–50	No. 51–100	No. 101–250	No. 251+
Final	180	140	120	90	60	40	35
Semifinals	130	105	90	60	40	35	25
Quarterfinals	80	65	55	40	35	25	20
Group stage	55	45	40	35	25	20	15

• Maximum 500 points ^[2]

WTA

Number of match wins	Ranking points
5 match wins	500
4 match wins	325
3 match wins	150
2 match wins (1 of 2 from QF, SF or F)	108
2 match wins (round robin)	90
1 match win (QF, SF or F)	60
1 match win (round robin)	32
0 match wins	1

• Maximum 500 points ^[2]

Prize money

The 2026 United Cup will have a total prize money pool of US$11,170,000. The distribution is going to split into three components: participation fee, match wins, and team wins. ^[2]

Entries

18 countries qualified based on the ATP/WTA rankings on 11 November 2025 and players' commitment to play at the event. ^[2] Poland were the first country to confirm entry, doing so on 12 October 2025. ^[3] Great Britain and Australia followed shortly after, on 29 October. ^[4] All teams then confirmed their entry on 13 November. ^[5]

Seed	Nation	Crit.	No. 1 ATP	Rank	No. 1 WTA	Rank	No. 2 ATP	No. 2 WTA	Doubles ATP	Doubles WTA	Captain	Nat.
1	United States	WTA #2	Taylor Fritz	6	Coco Gauff	3	Mackenzie McDonald	Varvara Lepchenko	Christian Harrison	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Michael Russell
2	Canada	ATP #3	Félix Auger-Aliassime	8	Victoria Mboko	18	Alexis Galarneau	Kayla Cross	Cleeve Harper	Gabriela Dabrowski	Gabriela Dabrowski
3	Italy	WTA #3	Flavio Cobolli	22	Jasmine Paolini	8	Andrea Pellegrino	Nuria Brancaccio	Andrea Vavassori	Sara Errani	Stefano Cobolli
4	Australia	ATP #2	Alex de Minaur	7	Maya Joint	32	Jason Kubler	Maddison Inglis	John-Patrick Smith	Storm Hunter	Lleyton Hewitt
5	Great Britain	ATP #4	Jack Draper	10	Emma Raducanu	29	Billy Harris	Mingge Xu	Lloyd Glasspool	Olivia Nicholls	Tim Henman
6	Germany	ATP #1	Alexander Zverev	3	Eva Lys	40	Patrick Zahraj	Laura Siegemund	Kevin Krawietz	Mina Hodzic [a]	Alexander Zverev Sr.
7	Belgium	Comb #1	Zizou Bergs	43	Elise Mertens	20	Kimmer Coppejans	Greet Minnen	Sander Gille	Lara Salden	Christopher Heyman
8	France	Comb #2	Arthur Rinderknech	29	Loïs Boisson	36	Geoffrey Blancaneaux	Leolia Jeanjean	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah [a]	Lucas Pouille
9	Poland	WTA #1	Hubert Hurkacz	75	Iga Świątek	2	Daniel Michalski	Katarzyna Kawa	Jan Zielinski	Katarzyna Piter	Mateusz Terczyński
10	Spain	Comb #3	Jaume Munar	36	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	46	Carlos Taberner	Andrea Lázaro García	Íñigo Cervantes	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	Miguel Sanchez
11	Czech Republic	Comb #4	Jakub Menšík	19	Barbora Krejčíková	10PR(65)	Dalibor Svrčina	Linda Fruhvirtová	Adam Pavlásek	Miriam Škoch	Jiří Novák
12	Greece	Comb #5	Stefanos Tsitsipas	34	Maria Sakkari	52	Stefanos Sakellaridis	Despina Papamichail	Petros Tsitsipas	Sapfo Sakellaridi	Petros Tsitsipas
13	Japan	WTA #5	Shintaro Mochizuki	92	Naomi Osaka	16	Yasutaka Uchiyama	Nao Hibino	—	—	Go Soeda
14	Argentina	Comb #6	Sebastián Báez	45	Solana Sierra	66	Marco Trungelliti	María Lourdes Carlé	Guido Andreozzi	Nicole Fossa Huergo	Sebastian Gutierrez
15	Netherlands	Comb #7	Tallon Griekspoor	25	Suzan Lamens	87	Guy den Ouden	Eva Vedder	David Pel	Demi Schuurs	Tallon Griekspoor
16	Switzerland	WTA #4	Stan Wawrinka	157	Belinda Bencic	11	Jakub Paul	Céline Naef	Luca Castelnuovo [a]	Naïma Karamoko	Stan Wawrinka
17	Norway	ATP #5	Casper Ruud	12	Malene Helgø	478	Viktor Durasovic	Astrid Brune Olsen	—	Ulrikke Eikeri	Christian Ruud
18	China	Comb #8	Zhang Zhizhen	60PR(408)	Zhu Lin	50PR(166)	Te Rigele	You Xiaodi	Wang Aoran	—	Wu Di

1. 3rd singles player instead of doubles

• Singles rankings are as of 10 November 2025 ^[5]
• PR = Protected ranking

Group stage

	Qualified for the knockout stage (in bold)
	Eliminated (in italics)

Overview

G = Group, T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

G	Team 1				Team 2				Team 3
	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S
A	United States				Spain				Argentina
B	Canada				Belgium				China
C	Italy				France				Switzerland
D	Australia				Czech Republic				Norway
E	Great Britain				Greece				Japan
F	Germany				Poland				Netherlands

Group A

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	United States
2	Spain
3	Argentina

Spain vs. Argentina

Spain	Perth 2 January 2026		Argentina
1 2 3 1 Jaume Munar Sebastián Báez         2 Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro Solana Sierra         3

United States vs. Argentina

United States	Perth 3 January 2026		Argentina
1 2 3 1 Taylor Fritz Sebastián Báez         2 Coco Gauff Solana Sierra         3

United States vs. Spain

United States	Perth 5 January 2026		Spain
1 2 3 1 Coco Gauff Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro         2 Taylor Fritz Jaume Munar         3

Group B

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Canada
2	Belgium
3	China

Belgium vs. China

Belgium	Sydney 3 January 2026		China
1 2 3 1 Elise Mertens Zhu Lin         2 Zizou Bergs Zhang Zhizhen         3

Canada vs. China

Canada	Sydney 4 January 2026		China
1 2 3 1 Victoria Mboko Zhu Lin         2 Félix Auger-Aliassime Zhang Zhizhen         3

Canada vs. Belgium

Canada	Sydney 6 January 2026		Belgium
1 2 3 1 Félix Auger-Aliassime Zizou Bergs         2 Victoria Mboko Elise Mertens         3

Group C

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Italy
2	France
3	Switzerland

France vs. Switzerland

France	Perth 3 January 2026		Switzerland
1 2 3 1 Loïs Boisson Belinda Bencic         2 Arthur Rinderknech Stan Wawrinka         3

Italy vs. Switzerland

Italy	Perth 4 January 2026		Switzerland
1 2 3 1 Jasmine Paolini Belinda Bencic         2 Flavio Cobolli Stan Wawrinka         3

Italy vs. France

Italy	Perth 6 January 2026		France
1 2 3 1 Flavio Cobolli Arthur Rinderknech         2 Jasmine Paolini Loïs Boisson         3

Group D

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Australia
2	Czech Republic
3	Norway

Australia vs. Norway

Australia	Sydney 3 January 2026		Norway
1 2 3 1 Maya Joint Malene Helgø         2 Alex de Minaur Casper Ruud         3

Czech Republic vs. Norway

Czech Republic	Sydney 5 January 2026		Norway
1 2 3 1 Barbora Krejčíková Malene Helgø         2 Jakub Menšík Casper Ruud         3

Australia vs. Czech Republic

Australia	Sydney 6 January 2026		Czech Republic
1 2 3 1 Maya Joint Barbora Krejčíková         2 Alex de Minaur Jakub Menšík         3

Group E

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Great Britain
2	Greece
3	Japan

Greece vs. Japan

Greece	Perth 2 January 2026		Japan
1 2 3 1 Maria Sakkari Naomi Osaka         2 Stefanos Tsitsipas Shintaro Mochizuki         3

Great Britain vs. Japan

Great Britain	Perth 4 January 2026		Japan
1 2 3 1 Jack Draper Shintaro Mochizuki         2 Emma Raducanu Naomi Osaka         3

Great Britain vs. Greece

Great Britain	Perth 5 January 2026		Greece
1 2 3 1 Jack Draper Stefanos Tsitsipas         2 Emma Raducanu Maria Sakkari         3

Group F

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Germany
2	Poland
3	Netherlands

Germany vs. Netherlands

Germany	Sydney 4 January 2026		Netherlands
1 2 3 1 Eva Lys Suzan Lamens         2 Alexander Zverev Tallon Griekspoor         3

Germany vs. Poland

Germany	Sydney 5 January 2026		Poland
1 2 3 1 Alexander Zverev Hubert Hurkacz         2 Eva Lys Iga Świątek         3

Poland vs. Netherlands

Poland	Sydney 7 January 2026		Netherlands
1 2 3 1 Hubert Hurkacz Tallon Griekspoor         2 Iga Świątek Suzan Lamens         3

Ranking of second-placed teams

The best runner-up quarter-final spot is determined by the number of ties won and the number of ties played. In a tie between three teams, the team having played fewer total matches (singles and mixed doubles) will be eliminated and, if still tied then the team with the most match wins (singles and doubles). If still tied, then the ranking is determined by, in order: 1) the highest percentage of matches won, 2) the highest percentage of sets won, and 3) the highest percentage of games won.

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1
2
3

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1
2
3

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

7 January – Perth

10 January – Sydney

8 January – Sydney

11 January – Sydney

7 January – Perth

10 January – Sydney

9 January – Sydney

Quarterfinals

C winner vs. E winner

[[|]]	Perth, RAC Arena 7 January 2025		[[|]]
1 2 3 1           2           3

B winner vs. Sydney second

[[|]]	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 8 January 2025		[[|]]
1 2 3 1           2           3

A winner vs. Perth second

[[|]]	Perth, RAC Arena 7 January 2025		[[|]]
1 2 3 1           2           3

D winner vs. F winner

[[|]]	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 8 January 2025		[[|]]
1 2 3 1           2           3

Semifinals

QF1 vs. QF3

[[|]]	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 10 January 2026		[[|]]
1 2 3 1           2           3

QF2 vs. QF4

[[|]]	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 10 January 2026		[[|]]
1 2 3 1           2           3

Final

SF1 vs. SF2

[[|]]	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 11 January 2026		[[|]]
1 2 3 1           2           3

References

1. "United Cup kicks off Australian Summer Events calendar | AO". ausopen.com. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
2. "United Cup 2026 Key Information" (PDF). United Cup. ATP / WTA. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
3. "Hurkacz, Swiatek's Team Poland first to commit to 2026 United Cup". ATP Tour. 12 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
4. "De Minaur, Draper, Raducanu join early commits for United Cup 2026". ATP Tour. United Cup. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
5. "United Cup teams announced" (Press release). United Cup. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 13 November 2025.

External links

• Official website