Seven of the world's top 10 women and six of the world's top 12 men are locked in for the 2025 United Cup to kickstart the 2025 Tennis season.
LIST OF QUALIFIED COUNTRIES AND PLAYER ENTRY LIST
ATP 6 225 38* | USA Taylor Fritz Denis Kudla Robert Galloway
| WTA 3 9 10* |
Coco Gauff Danielle Collins Desirae Krawczyk |
12 117 27* | POLAND Hubert Hurkacz Kamil Majchrzak Jan Zielinski
|
1 175 P65* |
Iga Swiatek Maja Chwalinska Alicja Rosolska
|
11 504 76* | GREECE Stefanos Tsitsipas Stefanos Sakellaridis Petros Tsitsipas |
22 288 136* |
Maria Sakkari Despina Papamichail Valentini Grammatikopoulou
|
30 150 6* | ITALY Flavio Cobolli Matteo Gigante Andrea Vavassori
|
6 90 72*
|
Jasmine Paolini Sara Errani Angelica Moratelli
|
46 280 199*
| CHINA Zhang Zhizhen Bai Yan Sun Fajing |
7 168 30*
|
Zheng Qinwen Gao Xinyu Zhang Shuai
|
19 110 12*
| GREAT BRITAIN Jack Draper Billy Harris Joe Salisbury |
35 160 40* |
Katie Boulter Yuriko Lily Miyazaki Olivia Nicholls |
21 272 230* | CANADA Felix Auger-Aliassime Liam Draxl Benjamin Sogouin
|
34 277 183* |
Leylah Fernandez Stacey Fung Ariana Arseneault |
25 369 78* | CZECHIA Tomas Machac Marek Gengel Patrik Rikl
|
P9 218 J19 |
Karolina Muchova Gabriela Knutson Vendula Valdmannova |
61 173 57*
| KAZAKHSTAN Alexander Shevchenko Dmitry Popko Aleksandr Nedovyesov
|
5 314 |
Elena Rybakina Zhibek Kulambayeva
|
16 71 19* | FRANCE Ugo Humbert Corentin Moutet Edouard Roger-Vasselin
|
52 105 96*
|
Diane Parry Chloe Paquet Elixane Lechemia
|
3 269 15*
| GERMANY Alexander Zverev Daniel Masur Tim Puetz
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89 545 P179*
|
Laura Siegemund Lena Papadakis Vivian Heisen
|
9 191 7*
| AUSTRALIA Alex de Minaur Omar Jasika Matthew Ebden
|
84 196 13* |
Olivia Gadecki Destanee Aiava Ellen Perez |
88 175 36*
| BRAZIL Thiago Monteiro Gustavo Heide Rafael Matos
|
10 305 29*
|
Beatriz Haddad Maia Carolina Alves Luisa Stefani |
P18 190 119* | SPAIN Pablo Carreno Busta Carlos Taberner Sergio Martos Gornes
|
62 153 86* |
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro Marina Bassols Ribera Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers |
8 444 J1
| NORWAY Casper Ruud Viktor Durasovic Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
|
465 P486 44* |
Malene Helgo Emilie Lindh Gallagher Ulrikke Elkeri |
P94 290 159*
| SWITZERLAND Dominic Stricker Remy Bertola Jakub Paul
|
P15 234 101*
|
Belinda Bencic Celine Naef Conny Perrin
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P= Protected ranking, J= Junior ranking, *= Doubles ranking
The official draw will be held this Monday. Countries will be drawn into six groups of three countries.
Watch the draw live from 11.30am AEDT on the United Cup Facebook page.
The tournament schedule will be released on Tuesday 22 October with tickets to the United Cup group stage on sale from 5.00pm local time in each host city.
Adult prices start from $40 and from $20 for children 3-12 years of age. Family passes (two adults and two children) start from $100.
Format and qualification
The third edition of United Cup will be held from Friday 27 December to Sunday 5 January 2025
The group stage in Perth (RAC Arena) runs from Friday 27 December to Tuesday 31 December. The quarterfinals in Perth will be held on Wednesday 1 January (New Year’s Day)
The group stage in Sydney (Ken Rosewall Arena) runs from Saturday 28 December to Wednesday 1 January (New Year’s Day). The quarterfinals in Sydney will be held across Thursday 2 and Friday 3 January
Sydney will host two semifinals on Saturday 4 January followed by the United Cup final from 5.30pm on Sunday 5 January
Teams travelling from Perth to Sydney have a travel day and rest day before their semifinal matches
At the entry deadline on 16 October, ten countries qualified for the United Cup via the five highest-ranked men and five highest-ranked women entered, based on their PIF ATP and WTA rankings
Eight teams qualify according to the best combined ranking of the highest-ranked men’s and women’s players from the same country
New for 2025 - at the second qualification date, if there is a player in the Top 10 (maximum 1 ATP and 1 WTA player) of the latest PIF ATP or WTA rankings who has entered and has an eligible team but has not been accepted based on their individual ATP/WTA ranking, they will be accepted, and their team will replace the lowest ranked team with combined ranking
Australia is guaranteed entry, either directly via ranking or as a wildcard
Seedings are based on the combined ranking of the No.1 ATP and No.1 WTA player
Each city will host nine teams each - three groups of three countries, competing in a round robin format
Each tie will comprise one men’s singles and one women’s singles match featuring the No.1 ranked singles players, and one mixed doubles match
Singles matches are best of three tie-break sets. Mixed doubles matches are two tie-break sets with a deciding match tie-break (10 point) at one set all
Group winners in each city advance to the quarterfinals with one quarterfinal spot in each city awarded to the best runner up in that city
Winners will progress to the semifinals and final to be played in Sydney
The United Cup official draw determines where the top 16 countries will play. The second qualification date of 19 November will determine the final two teams.
Schedule and tickets
The tournament schedule will be released on Tuesday 22 October
Tickets for the United Cup quarterfinals in Perth are on sale via Ticketek
Tickets for the United Cup quarterfinals, semifinals and final in Sydney are on sale via Ticketmaster
Tickets for the United Cup group stage go on sale Tuesday 22 October at 5.00pm local time in each host city.
Follow @UnitedCupTennis on social media for the latest tournament news.
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