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