United Cup 2024 – Full Schedule, Fixtures, Tickets, Format, Draw, Groups, Players, Seeds, and How to Watch the Tennis Tournament

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) will jointly host the second edition of the United Cup in 2024. The United Cup is an international outdoor hard-court mixed-gender team tennis tournament. It will take place from December 29, 2023, to January 7, 2024, at two locations in the Australian cities of Perth and Sydney. It will act as the kickoff event for the 2024 ATP Tour and the 2024 WTA Tour. Players will be able to earn up to 500 points, with the possibility of earning points based on both WTA and ATP rankings.

The United Cup, which will replace the ATP Cup, will be back in 2024.

Ahead of the Australian Open, some of the biggest names in sport are going to face off against national teams in the mixed warm-up competition. When the Australian summer of tennis kicks off in 2024 with the second edition of the United Cup, Perth, and Sydney will play host to the finest tennis players in the world.

What is the United Cup?

A mixed tennis competition with a team competition format is called the United Cup.

The forthcoming event will feature participation from eighteen countries. Sydney and Perth will host nine teams each, which is three more than the previous year.

Six groups of three countries each are formed before the countries compete in a round-robin format.

One men’s singles match, one women’s singles match, and one mixed doubles match will make up each tie.

One men’s singles match, one women’s singles match, and one mixed doubles match will make up each tie.

The top runner-up and the three group winners from each city will advance to the quarterfinals.

The semifinals and final will then be held in Sydney.

A minimum of AU$15 million in prize money and 1000 combined rankings points will be awarded as this is a combined ATP-WTA event.

When and where is the 2024 United Cup taking place?

The Australian cities of Perth (RAC Arena) and Sydney (Ken Rosewall Arena) will host the 2024 United Cup.

It’s scheduled to begin on December 29, 2023, and end on January 7, 2024.

Perth group stage + QFs	Dec. 29 – Jan. 3
Sydney group stage + QFs	Dec. 30 – Jan. 5
Semifinals	Jan. 6
Final	Jan. 7

United Cup 2024: How to buy tickets

The official website of the competition is currently selling tickets for each stage of the United Cup.

The group stages’ general admission price is AU$40, while the Sydney finals’ entry fee is AU$90.

Format

Three groups of three countries each will compete in a round-robin format in both cities. There will be one men’s and one women’s singles match, one mixed doubles match, and a round-robin format.

The top city runner-up and the winners of each group will move on to the quarterfinals. Before the semi-finals and final in Sydney, there will be a designated travel day.

United Cup 2024: Draw, groups, players, seeds

The United Cup announcements have been made for all 18 countries.

It was recently revealed that Brazil and Chile would be the final two countries to complete the 2024 line-up.

Regarding the players, Djokovic, the current men’s Australian Open champion, and Swiatek, the former world number one, who plays for the top-seeded Poland squad, are both noteworthy additions.

The second seed Australia will be led by Alex de Minaur and Ajla Tomljanović, while Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari of Greece have confirmed their participation.

Notably, nine of the top 20 men and five of the top 10 women in the world will compete at the tournament.

Perth

Group A

#1 Poland

Hubert Hurkacz	Iga Swiatek
Daniel Michalski	Katarzyna Kawa
Jan Zielinski	Katarzyna Piter

#11 Spain

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	Sara Sorribes Tormo
Roberto Carballes Baena	Marina Bassols Ribera
Bernabe Zapata Miralles	Nuria Parrizas Diaz

#17 Brazil

Thiago Seyboth Wild	Beatriz Haddad Maia
Felipe Meligeni Alves	Carolina Alves
Marcelo Melo	–

Group C

#3 USA

Taylor Fritz	Jessica Pegula
Denis Kudla	Alycia Parks
Rajeev Ram	Desirae Krawczyk

#8 Great Britain

Cameron Norrie	Katie Boulter
Daniel Evans	Francesca Jones
Neal Skupski	Maia Lumsden

#15 Australia

Alex de Minaur	Ajla Tomljanovic
John Millman	Storm Hunter
Matt Ebden	Ellen Perez

Group E

#5 Czech Republic

Jiri Lehecka	Marketa Vondrousova
Vit Kopriva	Sara Bejlek
Petr Nouza	Miriam Kolodziejova

#9 China

Zhizhen Zhang	Qinwen Zheng
Yunchaokete Bu	Xiaodi You
Fajing Sun	–

#13 Serbia

Novak Djokovic	Olga Danilovic
Hamad Medjedovic	Natalija Stevanovic
Nikola Cacic	Dejana Radanovic

Sydney

Group B

#2 Greece

Stefanos Tsitsipas	Maria Sakkari
Stefanos Sakellaridis	Despina Papamichail
Petros Tsitsipas	Valentini Grammatikopoulou

#7 Canada

Felix Auger-Aliassime	Leylah Fernandez
Alexis Galarneau	Stacey Fung
Peter Polansky	–

#18 Chile

Nicolas Jarry	Daniela Seguel
Tomas Barrios Vera	Fernanda Labrana
Alejandro Tabilo	–

Group D

#4 France

Adrian Mannarino	Caroline Garcia
Antoine Escoffier	Amandine Hesse
Edouard Roger-Vasselin	Elixane Lechemia

#12 Italy

Lorenzo Sonego	Jasmine Paolini
Flavio Cobolli	Nuria Brancaccio
Andrea Pellegrino	Angelica Moratelli

#16 Germany

Alexander Zverev	Angelique Kerber
Maximilian Marterer	Tatjana Maria
Kai Wehnelt	Laura Siegemund

Group F

#6 Croatia

Borna Coric	Donna Vekic
Nino Serdarusic	Petra Marcinko
Ivan Dodig	Tena Lukas

#10 Netherlands

Tallon Griekspoor	Arantxa Rus
Thiemo De Bakker	Arianne Hartono
Wesley Koolhof	Demi Schuurs

#14 Norway

Casper Ruud	Malene Helgo
Andreja Petrovic	Ulrikke Eikeri
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer	–

How are countries selected for the United Cup?

The top five men’s and women’s players’ home countries are selected for the tournament based on their ATP and WTA rankings.

Based on the combined men’s and women’s rankings, the remaining teams were granted entry.

How to watch the United Cup

The Nine Network, which owns the rights to the upcoming Summer of Tennis, which includes the Australian Open, will telecast the United Cup in Australia.

For information on the broadcast, viewers from other countries should consult their local guides.

What happened to the ATP Cup?

With the Hopman Cup’s replacement in 2020, the ATP Cup has a short history of three years.

It was a male-only competition that matched countries in a team format.

The first edition was won by Team Serbia, and the other winners were Teams Russia (2021) and Canada (2022).

In the end, the ATP Cup has been superseded by the growing collaboration between the WTA and ATP tennis tours.

The United Cup’s substantial prize pool indicates the support that mixed competitions are getting as tennis places a high priority on promoting equality.

When is the Australian Open 2024?

The Australian Open will take place the next year from Sunday, January 14 to Sunday, January 28.

United Cup 2024 Schedule

PERTH GROUP PLAY – RAC ARENA

Day	Time/Group	Teams
Fri. 29 Dec.	5 pm / C	Spain v WTA TBC
Fri. 29 Dec.	10 am / E	Great Britain v Australia
Sat. 30 Dec.	5 pm / A	Czech Rep. v China
Sat. 30 Dec.	10 am / C	Poland v WTA TBC
Sun. 31 Dec.	5 pm / E	USA v Great Britain
Sun. 31 Dec.	10 am / A	China v Serbia
Mon. 1 Jan.	5 pm / C	Poland v Spain
Mon. 1 Jan.	5pm / C	USA v Australia
Tue. 2 Jan.	10 am / E	Czech Rep. v Serbia

PERTH QUARTER-FINALS

Day	Time/Group	Teams
Wed. 3 Jan.	10am / QF 1	Group A winner v Best runner-up
Wed. 3 Jan	5pm / QF 2	Group C winner v Group E winner

SYDNEY GROUP PLAY – KEN ROSEWALL ARENA

Day	Time/Group	Teams
Fri. 29 Dec.	Day	No play
Fri. 29 Dec.	Night	No play
Sat. 30 Dec.	5.30 pm / D	Netherlands v Norway
Sat. 30 Dec.	10.30 am/B	Italy v Germany
Sun. 31 Dec.	10.30 am / F	Canada v ATP TBC
Sun. 31 Dec.	Night	No play
Mon. 1 Jan.	5.30 pm/D	Croatia v Norway
Mon. 1 Jan.	10.30 am / B	France v Germany
Tue. 2 Jan.	5.30 pm/F	Greece v ATP TBC
Tue. 2 Jan.	5.30 pm / B	Croatia v Netherlands
Tue. 3 Jan.	10.30 am / D	France v Italy
Tue. 3 Jan.	5.30pm / B	Greece v Canada

SYDNEY QUARTER-FINALS

Day	Time/Group	Teams
Thu. 4 Jan.	5.30pm / QF 3	Group D winner v Group F winner
Fri. 5 Jan	5.30pm / QF 4	Group B winner v Best runner-up

SYDNEY SEMI-FINALS

Day	Time/Group	Teams
Sat. 6 Jan.	10.30am / SF 1	QF 1 Winner v QF 3 winner
Sat. 6 Jan.	5.30pm / SF 2	QF 2 Winner v QF 4 winner

SYDNEY FINAL

Day	Time/Group	Teams
Sun. 7 Jan.	5.30 pm Final	SF winner 1 v SF winner 2

Note: Order of ATP/WTA matches will vary. Mixed doubles will always be the third match. Players are subject to change.

Sporting Rivals Will Face Off On United Cup Day 1 

On the opening day of the 2024 United Cup, an innovative mixed team competition that kicks off on December 29 at Perth’s RAC Arena, Australia will take on Great Britain.

When World No. 13 Alex de Minaur takes on the British team captained by Cameron Norrie and Katie Boulter, he will be lining up alongside Ajla Tomljanovic, John Millman, Storm Hunter, Matt Ebden, and Ellen Perez.

Sydney’s group stage is scheduled to start on Saturday, December 30.

One men’s singles match, one women’s singles match, and one mixed doubles match will make up each tie.

The best-of-three tiebreak sets govern singles matches. In mixed doubles matches, there are two sets of tiebreaks followed by a 10-point match tiebreak at one set-all.

The day session in Perth will begin at 10:00 a.m. local time, and the night session will begin at 5:00 p.m.

The day session in Sydney will start at 10.30 am, and the second session will end at 5.30 pm.

On Wednesday, October 25, at 5:00 p.m. local time, tickets for the group stage and quarterfinals will be available at UnitedCup.com/tickets.

Prices for adults begin at $40, while those for children aged 3 to 12 start at $20. Family passes that include two adults and two kids begin at $100.

Perth

On Saturday, December 30, in Perth, top seeds Poland, led by world No. 2 Iga Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz, will make their debut against an as-yet-to-be-confirmed squad.

On New Year’s Eve, Team Serbia and World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will play China’s Qinwen Zheng and Zhizhen Zhang.

Top seeds, At Perth’s RAC Arena, Poland—led by World No. 2 and four-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz—will play host to Spain, and a third team that will be confirmed in November based on WTA rankings.

Group C will include the Australian squad, which is captained by World No. 13 Alex de Minaur and Ajla Tomljanovic. The reigning champions the United States, led by World No. 5 Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz, and Great Britain, represented by Cameron Norrie and Katie Boulter, are also included in this group.

Group E in Perth is completed by the Czech Republic, China, and Team Serbia, led by Novak Djokovic.

Sydney

Team Greece, led by No. 2 seeds Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari, wins Group B. They will play Team Canada, which includes Felix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Fernandez, and is playing in its first United Cup. In November, a third team will be confirmed based on ATP rankings.

Following a maternity leave, Grand Slam winner and tennis fan favorite Angelique Kerber will return to the game at the United Cup in Sydney, where she will team up with Alexander Zverev to represent Germany. They are in Group D with France and Italy, the No. 4 seeds.

Group F is led by Borna Coric of Croatia, Donna Vekic of Norway, and World No. 8 Casper Ruud of the Netherlands.

With 500 Pepperstone ATP and 500 WTA Tour rankings points up for grabs, the United Cup is an ATP-WTA event presented in association with Tennis Australia that guarantees at least AUD $15 million in prize money.

On Saturday, December 30, at Ken Rosewall Arena, Casper Ruud’s Team Norway will play the Netherlands. Later that evening, Team Germany, captained by Grand Slam winners Angelique Kerber and Alexander Zverev, will play Italy.

On Sunday, December 31, Canada, led by Felix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Fernandez, will play in their first United Cup.

Seed No. 2 On Tuesday, January 2, Greece, featuring Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari, will play their first match in Sydney.

18 nations will compete in Perth and Sydney during the United Cup, which will highlight equality at the pinnacle of sport, from Friday, December 29 to Sunday, January 7, 2024.

The United Cup, an ATP-WTA competition organized in collaboration with Tennis Australia, offers 500 Pepperstone ATP and 500 WTA Tour ranking points in addition to a minimum prize fund of AUD $15 million.

Three groups of three countries will compete in a round-robin format in each city.

Each city’s group winners move on to the quarterfinals, and each city’s best runner-up gets one quarterfinal spot.

Quarterfinal matches are scheduled for Wednesday, January 3 in Perth and Thursday, January 4, and Friday, January 5 in Sydney.

The winners advance to the Sydney, Australia, Ken Rosewall Arena semifinals and finals on Saturday, January 6, and Sunday, January 7.

Before their semifinal, teams flying from Perth to Sydney will have a day of travel and rest.

On Monday, November 20, the competition will admit the final two countries—one WTA and one ATP—based on the rankings that are released on that day.

Second edition: More teams

Nine teams total, three more than in 2023, will play in each city. There can be no more than three men and three women on each team.

With a new format for 2024, each tie will be decided in a single session consisting of a men’s and women’s singles match between the top-ranked players in each category, and a mixed doubles match after that.

The United Cup kicks off on Friday, December 29, at Perth’s RAC Arena. On Saturday, December 30, the group stage gets underway in Sydney.

Each city’s group winners will move on to the quarterfinals, and each city’s best runner-up will receive a spot in the quarterfinals.

The winners advance to the Sydney semifinals and finals, which are scheduled for January 6 and 7.