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
Champions
Poland (1st title)
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The 2026 United Cup was the fourth edition of the United Cup, an international outdoor hard court mixed-gender team tennis tournament that was 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 happened from 2 to 11 January 2026 at two venues in the Australian cities of Perth and Sydney. It was offering both ATP rankings and WTA rankings points to its players: a player was able to win a maximum of 500 points. ^[1]

Team Poland won the title after beating team Switzerland in the final. It was their third United Cup final and first title. ^{[2] [3]}

Team United States were the defending champions but were defeated in the semifinal by team Poland. ^{[4] [5]}

Belinda Bencic of Team Switzerland was named the MVP of the tournament. ^[6]

Champions Team Poland standing in a line prior to the 2026 United Cup semifinals

Format

Both cities hosted three groups of three countries in a round robin format. Each tie consisted 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 advanced to the quarterfinals. ^[7]

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. ^[7]

Venues

Perth and Sydney each were hosting three groups of three countries in a round robin format and two quarterfinals. Sydney hosted 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 ^[8]

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 ^[9]

Entries

18 countries qualified based on the ATP/WTA rankings on 10 November 2025 and players' commitment to play at the event. ^[7] Poland were the first country to confirm entry, doing so on 12 October 2025. ^[10] Great Britain and Australia followed shortly after, on 29 October. ^[11] All teams then confirmed their entry on 13 November. ^{[12] [13]}

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 [14]
8	France	WTA	Loïs Boisson	36	Injury [15]

• Singles rankings are as of 10 November 2025 ^[12]
• 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	United States	2–0	4–2	10–5	Argentina	1–1	4–2	8–6	Spain	0–2	1–5	4–11
B	Belgium	1–1	4–2	10–6	Canada	1–1	3–3	8–7	‹See TfM›   China	1–1	2–4	5–10
C	Switzerland	2–0	5–1	11–5	Italy	1–1	3–3	8–7	France	0–2	1–5	4–11
D	Australia	2–0	4–2	8–5	Czech Republic	1–1	4–2	8–4	Norway	0–2	1–5	3–10
E	Greece	2–0	5–1	11–4	Great Britain	1–1	3–3	8–8	Japan	0–2	1–5	3–10
F	Poland	2–0	6–0	12–2	Germany	1–1	3–3	7–6	Netherlands	0–2	0–6	1–12

Group A

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	United States	2–0	4–2	10–5 (67%)	77–66 (54%)
2	Argentina	1–1	4–2	8–6 (57%)	66–66 (50%)
3	Spain	0–2	1–5	4–11 (27%)	69–80 (46%)

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 2	Perth 5 January 2026		Spain 1
1 2 3 1 Coco Gauff Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 1 6 77 63 0 6   2 Taylor Fritz Jaume Munar 77 64 3 6 78 66   3 Coco Gauff  /  Christian Harrison Yvonne Cavallé Reimers  /  Íñigo Cervantes 77 65 6 0

Group B

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Belgium	1–1	4–2	10–6 (63%)	80–64 (56%)
2	Canada	1–1	3–3	8–7 (53%)	65–57 (53%)
3	‹See TfM›   China	1–1	2–4	5–10 (33%)	57–81 (41%)

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 0	Sydney 6 January 2026		Belgium 3
1 2 3 1 Félix Auger-Aliassime Zizou Bergs 4 6 2 6     2 Victoria Mboko Elise Mertens 3 6 6 3 3 6   3 Victoria Mboko  /  Cleeve Harper Elise Mertens  /  Zizou Bergs 3 6 6 3 [5] [10]

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	1–1	3–3	8–7 (53%)	81–78 (51%)
3	France	0–2	1–5	4–11 (27%)	71–87 (45%)

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 2	Perth 6 January 2026		France 1
1 2 3 1 Flavio Cobolli Arthur Rinderknech 77 64 65 77 5 7   2 Jasmine Paolini Léolia Jeanjean 6 2 6 3     3 Sara Errani  /  Andrea Vavassori Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah  /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin 78 66 78 66

Group D

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Australia	2–0	4–2	8–5 (62%)	59–49 (55%)
2	Czech Republic	1–1	4–2	8–4 (67%)	61–54 (53%)
3	Norway	0–2	1–5	3–10 (23%)	52–69 (43%)

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 3	Sydney 5 January 2026		Norway 0
1 2 3 1 Barbora Krejčíková Malene Helgø 6 4 6 3     2 Jakub Menšík Casper Ruud 7 5 78 66     3 Barbora Krejčiková  /  Adam Pavlásek Ulrikke Eikeri  /  Viktor Durasovic 7 5 6 2

Australia vs. Czech Republic

Australia 2	Sydney 6 January 2026		Czech Republic 1
1 2 3 1 Maya Joint Barbora Krejčíková 4 6 1 6     2 Alex de Minaur Jakub Menšík 6 4 6 1     3 Storm Hunter  /  Alex de Minaur Miriam Škoch  /  Dalibor Svrčina 6 2 6 3

Group E

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Greece	2–0	5–1	11–4 (73%)	76–51 (60%)
2	Great Britain	1–1	3–3	8–8 (50%)	65–73 (47%)
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 1	Perth 5 January 2026		Greece 2
1 2 3 1 Billy Harris Stefanos Tsitsipas 6 4 1 6 64 77   2 Emma Raducanu Maria Sakkari 3 6 6 3 1 6   3 Olivia Nicholls  /  Neal Skupski Despina Papamichail  /  Stefanos Sakellaridis 6 2 3 6 [10] [4]

Group F

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Poland	2–0	6–0	12–2 (86%)	75–52 (59%)
2	Germany	1–1	3–3	7–6 (54%)	66–54 (55%)
3	Netherlands	0–2	0–6	1–12 (8%)	37–72 (34%)

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 0	Sydney 5 January 2026		Poland 3
1 2 3 1 Alexander Zverev Hubert Hurkacz 3 6 4 6     2 Eva Lys Iga Świątek 6 3 3 6 4 6   3 Laura Siegemund  /  Alexander Zverev Katarzyna Kawa  /  Jan Zieliński 66 78 3 6

Poland vs. Netherlands

Poland 3	Sydney 7 January 2026		Netherlands 0
1 2 3 1 Hubert Hurkacz Tallon Griekspoor 6 3 77 64     2 Iga Świątek Suzan Lamens 6 3 6 2     3 Katarzyna Kawa  /  Jan Zieliński Demi Schuurs  /  David Pel 6 3 3 6 [10] [4]

Ranking of second-placed teams

The best runner-up quarter-final spot was 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) would be eliminated and, if still tied then the team with the most match would win (singles and doubles). If still tied, then the ranking would be 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	Argentina	1–1	4–2	8–6 (57%)	66–66 (50%)
2	Italy	1–1	3–3	8–7 (53%)	81–78 (51%)
3	Great Britain	1–1	3–3	8–8 (50%)	65–73 (47%)

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Czech Republic	1–1	4–2	8–4 (67%)	61–54 (53%)
2	Germany	1–1	3–3	7–6 (54%)	66–54 (55%)
3	Canada	1–1	3–3	8–7 (53%)	65–57 (53%)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

7 January – Perth

United States

2

10 January – Sydney

Greece

1

United States

1

9 January – Sydney

Poland

2

Poland

2

11 January – Sydney

Australia

1

Poland

2

7 January – Perth

Switzerland

1

Switzerland

2

10 January – Sydney

Argentina

1

Switzerland

2

8 January – Sydney

Belgium

1

Czech Republic

1

Belgium

2

Quarterfinals

United States vs. Greece

United States 2	Perth, RAC Arena 7 January 2026		Greece 1
1 2 3 1 Coco Gauff Maria Sakkari 6 3 6 2     2 Taylor Fritz Stefanos Tsitsipas 4 6 5 7     3 Coco Gauff  /  Christian Harrison Maria Sakkari  /  Stefanos Tsitsipas 4 6 6 4 [10] [8]

Poland vs. Australia

Poland 2	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 9 January 2026		Australia 1
1 2 3 1 Iga Świątek Maya Joint 6 1 6 1     2 Hubert Hurkacz Alex de Minaur 4 6 6 4 4 6   3 Katarzyna Kawa  /  Jan Zieliński Storm Hunter  /  John-Patrick Smith 6 4 6 0

Switzerland vs. Argentina

Switzerland 2	Perth, RAC Arena 7 January 2026		Argentina 1
1 2 3 1 Belinda Bencic Solana Sierra 6 2 6 2     2 Stan Wawrinka Sebastián Báez 5 7 4 6     3 Belinda Bencic  /  Jakub Paul María Lourdes Carlé  /  Guido Andreozzi 6 3 6 3

Czech Republic vs. Belgium

Czech Republic 1	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 8 January 2026		Belgium 2
1 2 3 1 Jakub Menšík Zizou Bergs 2 6 64 77     2 Barbora Krejčíková Elise Mertens 7 5 1 6 5 7   3 Linda Fruhvirtová  /  Dalibor Svrčina Greet Minnen  /  Sander Gillé 613 715 6 3 [10] [3]

Semifinals

United States vs. Poland

United States 1	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 10 January 2026		Poland 2
1 2 3 1 Taylor Fritz Hubert Hurkacz 61 77 62 77     2 Coco Gauff Iga Świątek 6 4 6 2     3 Coco Gauff  /  Christian Harrison Katarzyna Kawa  /  Jan Zieliński 65 77 63 77

Switzerland vs. Belgium

Switzerland 2	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 10 January 2026		Belgium 1
1 2 3 1 Belinda Bencic Elise Mertens 6 3 4 6 77 60   2 Stan Wawrinka Zizou Bergs 3 6 77 64 3 6   3 Belinda Bencic  /  Jakub Paul Elise Mertens  /  Zizou Bergs 6 3 0 6 [10] [5]

Final

Poland vs. Switzerland

Poland 2	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 11 January 2026		Switzerland 1
1 2 3 1 Iga Świątek Belinda Bencic 6 3 0 6 3 6   2 Hubert Hurkacz Stan Wawrinka 6 3 3 6 6 3   3 Katarzyna Kawa  /  Jan Zieliński Belinda Bencic  /  Jakub Paul 6 4 6 3

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External links

• Official website
• Draw