2026 United Cup

2026 United Cup
Date	2 – 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 is the fourth edition of the United Cup, an international outdoor hard court mixed-gender team tennis tournament being 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 is happening from 2 to 11 January 2026 at two venues in the Australian cities of Perth and Sydney. It is offering both ATP rankings and WTA rankings points to its players: a player is able to win a maximum of 500 points. ^[1]

Format

Both cities are hosting three groups of three countries in a round robin format. Each tie consists of one men's and one women's singles match, and one mixed doubles match.

The six group winners and the best runner-up in each city will advance to the quarterfinals. ^[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 is hosting 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

ATP / WTA 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 ^[3]

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 ^[4]

Entries

18 countries qualified based on the ATP/WTA rankings on 10 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. ^[5] Great Britain and Australia followed shortly after, on 29 October. ^[6] All teams then confirmed their entry on 13 November. ^{[7] [8]}

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	Ariana Arseneault	Félix Auger-Aliassime
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	Billy Harris [a]	124	Emma Raducanu	29	Jan Choinski	Katie Swan	Neal Skupski	Olivia Nicholls	Tim Henman
6	Germany	ATP #1	Alexander Zverev	3	Eva Lys	40	Patrick Zahraj	Laura Siegemund	Kevin Krawietz	Mina Hodzic [b]	Alexander Zverev Sr.
7	Belgium	Comb #1	Zizou Bergs	43	Elise Mertens	20	Kimmer Coppejans	Greet Minnen	Sander Gillé	Lara Salden	Christopher Heyman
8	France	Comb #2	Arthur Rinderknech	29	Léolia Jeanjean [a]	106	Geoffrey Blancaneaux	Tiantsoa Rakotomanga	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Elixane Lechemia	Lucas Pouille
9	Poland	WTA #1	Hubert Hurkacz	75	Iga Świątek	2	Daniel Michalski	Katarzyna Kawa	Jan Zieliński	Katarzyna Piter	Mateusz Terczyński
10	Spain	Comb #3	Jaume Munar	36	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	42	Carlos Taberner	Andrea Lázaro García	Íñigo Cervantes	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	Miguel Sánchez
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	—	Luca Castelnuovo [b]	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. Replacement for a withdrawn No. 1 player
2. 3rd singles player instead of doubles

Withdrawals

Seed	Nation	Ass.	Player	Rank	Reason
5	Great Britain	ATP	Jack Draper	10	Arm injury [9]
8	France	WTA	Loïs Boisson	36	Injury [10]

• Singles rankings are as of 10 November 2025 ^[7]
• 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	Winner				Runner-up				Third
	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S
A	Argentina	1–1	4–2	8–6	United States	1–0	2–1	5–2	Spain	0–1	0–3	1–6
B	Canada	1–0	3–0	6–1	China	1–1	2–4	5–10	Belgium	0–1	1–2	4–4
C	Switzerland	2–0	5–1	11–5	Italy	0–1	1–2	3–5	France	0–1	0–3	2–6
D	Australia	1–0	2–1	4–3	Czech Republic	0–0	1–0	2–0	Norway	0–1	1–3	3–6
E	Greece	1–0	3–0	6–0	Great Britain	1–0	2–1	4–3	Japan	0–2	1–5	3–10
F	Germany	1–0	3–0	6–0	Poland				Netherlands	0–1	0–3	0–6

Group A

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Argentina	1–1	4–2	8–6 (57%)	66–66 (50%)
2	United States	1–0	2–1	5–2 (71%)	39–24 (62%)
3	Spain	0–1	0–3	1–6 (14%)	27–42 (39%)

Spain vs. Argentina

Spain 0	Perth 2 January 2026		Argentina 3
1 2 3 1 Jaume Munar Sebastián Báez 4 6 4 6     2 Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro Solana Sierra 4 6 7 5 0 6   3 Yvonne Cavallé-Reimers  /  Íñigo Cervantes María Lourdes Carlé  /  Guido Andreozzi 66 78 2 6

United States vs. Argentina

United States 2	Perth 3 January 2026		Argentina 1
1 2 3 1 Taylor Fritz Sebastián Báez 6 4 5 7 4 6   2 Coco Gauff Solana Sierra 6 1 6 1     3 Coco Gauff  /  Christian Harrison María Lourdes Carlé  /  Guido Andreozzi 6 4 6 1

United States vs. Spain

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

Group B

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Canada	1–0	3–0	6–1 (86%)	38–20 (66%)
2	China	1–1	2–4	5–10 (33%)	57–81 (41%)
3	Belgium	0–1	1–2	4–4 (50%)	43–37 (54%)

Belgium vs. China

Belgium 1	Sydney 3 January 2026		China 2
1 2 3 1 Elise Mertens Zhu Lin 6 2 6 2     2 Zizou Bergs Zhang Zhizhen 77 62 63 77 5 7   3 Elise Mertens  /  Zizou Bergs Zhu Lin  /  Zhang Zhizhen 7 5 65 77 [6] [10]

Canada vs. China

Canada 3	Sydney 4 January 2026		China 0
1 2 3 1 Victoria Mboko Zhu Lin 2 6 6 2 6 0   2 Félix Auger-Aliassime Zhang Zhizhen 6 4 6 4     3 Victoria Mboko  /  Félix Auger-Aliassime You Xiaodi  /  Te Rigele 6 1 6 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	Switzerland	2–0	5–1	11–5 (69%)	84–71 (54%)
2	Italy	0–1	1–2	3–5 (38%)	37–41 (47%)
3	France	0–1	0–3	2–6 (25%)	34–43 (44%)

France vs. Switzerland

France 0	Perth 3 January 2026		Switzerland 3
1 2 3 1 Léolia Jeanjean Belinda Bencic 2 6 4 6     2 Arthur Rinderknech Stan Wawrinka 7 5 65 77 65 77   3 Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah  /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin Belinda Bencic  /  Jakub Paul 2 6 7 5 [2] [10]

Italy vs. Switzerland

Italy 1	Perth 4 January 2026		Switzerland 2
1 2 3 1 Jasmine Paolini Belinda Bencic 4 6 3 6     2 Flavio Cobolli Stan Wawrinka 6 4 62 77 77 64   3 Sara Errani  /  Andrea Vavassori Belinda Bencic  /  Jakub Paul 5 7 6 4 [7] [10]

Italy vs. France

Italy	Perth 6 January 2026		France
1 2 3 1 Jasmine Paolini Léolia Jeanjean         2 Flavio Cobolli Arthur Rinderknech         3

Group D

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Australia	1–0	2–1	4–3 (57%)	30–27 (53%)
2	Czech Republic	0–0	1–0	2–0 (100%)	12–7 (63%)
3	Norway	0–1	1–3	3–6 (33%)	34–42 (45%)

Australia vs. Norway

Australia 2	Sydney 3 January 2026		Norway 1
1 2 3 1 Storm Hunter Malene Helgø 6 2 77 63     2 Alex de Minaur Casper Ruud 3 6 3 6     3 Storm Hunter  /  John-Patrick Smith Ulrikke Eikeri  /  Viktor Durasovic 4 6 6 1 [10] [4]

Czech Republic vs. Norway

Czech Republic 1	Sydney 5 January 2026		Norway 0
1 2 3 1 Barbora Krejčíková Malene Helgø 6 4 6 3     2 Jakub Menšík Casper Ruud         3 Barbora Krejčiková  /  Jakub Menšík Ulrikke Eikeri  /  Casper Ruud

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	Greece	1–0	3–0	6–0 (100%)	36–18 (67%)
2	Great Britain	1–0	2–1	4–3 (57%)	32–33 (49%)
3	Japan	0–2	1–5	3–10 (23%)	51–68 (43%)

Greece vs. Japan

Greece 3	Perth 2 January 2026		Japan 0
1 2 3 1 Maria Sakkari Naomi Osaka 6 4 6 2     2 Stefanos Tsitsipas Shintaro Mochizuki 6 3 6 4     3 Maria Sakkari  /  Stefanos Tsitsipas Nao Hibino  /  Yasutaka Uchiyama 6 2 6 3

Great Britain vs. Japan

Great Britain 2	Perth 4 January 2026		Japan 1
1 2 3 1 Billy Harris Shintaro Mochizuki 77 64 6 3     2 Katie Swan Naomi Osaka 64 77 1 6     3 Olivia Nicholls  /  Neal Skupski Nao Hibino  /  Yasutaka Uchiyama 7 5 4 6 10 7

Great Britain vs. Greece

Great Britain	Perth 5 January 2026		Greece
1 2 3 1 Billy Harris Stefanos Tsitsipas         2 Emma Raducanu Maria Sakkari         3 Olivia Nicholls  /  Neal Skupski Maria Sakkari  /  Stefanos Tsitsipas

Group F

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Germany	1–0	3–0	6–0 (100%)	37–14 (73%)
2	Poland
3	Netherlands	0–1	0–3	0–6 (0%)	14–37 (27%)

Germany vs. Netherlands

Germany 3	Sydney 4 January 2026		Netherlands 0
1 2 3 1 Eva Lys Suzan Lamens 6 2 6 2     2 Alexander Zverev Tallon Griekspoor 7 5 6 0     3 Laura Siegemund  /  Alexander Zverev Demi Schuurs  /  Tallon Griekspoor 6 3 6 2

Germany vs. Poland

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

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	United States	1–0	2–1	5–2 (71%)	39–23 (63%)
2	Great Britain	1–0	2–1	4–3 (57%)	32–33 (49%)
3	Italy	0–1	1–2	3–5 (38%)	37–41 (47%)

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	China	1–1	2–4	5–10 (33%)	57–81 (41%)
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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

7 January – Perth

Winner Group A

10 January – Sydney

Best Perth runner-up

9 January – Sydney

Winner Group F

11 January – Sydney

Winner Group D

7 January – Perth

Switzerland

10 January – Sydney

Winner Group E

8 January – Sydney

Best Sydney runner-up

Winner Group B

Quarterfinals

Winner Group A vs. Best Perth runner-up

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

Winner Group F vs. Winner Group D

[[|]]	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 9 January 2025		[[|]]
1 2 3 1           2           3

Switzerland vs. Winner Group E

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

Best Sydney runner-up vs. Winner Group B

[[|]]	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". ausopen.com. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
2. "United Cup Overview". United Cup. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
3. "2026 ATP Official Rulebook - IV: World Championships" (PDF). ATP Tour. p. 92. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
4. "2026 WTA Rulebook" (PDF). WTA Tennis. p. 515. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
5. "Hurkacz, Swiatek's Team Poland first to commit to 2026 United Cup". ATP Tour. 12 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
6. "De Minaur, Draper, Raducanu join early commits for United Cup 2026". United Cup. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
7. "United Cup teams announced". United Cup (Press release). 12 November 2025. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
8. "Who is competing in the 2026 United Cup?". United Cup. 31 December 2025.
9. "Draper to miss 2026 Australian swing due to injury". ATP Tour. 26 December 2025.
10. "Boisson drops out of the United Cup and is doubtful for the Australian Open". Punto de Break. 30 December 2025.

External links

• Official website
• Draw