United Cup

United Cup
United Cup
2023 United Cup
Tournament information
Founded	December 2022
Location	Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney; Australia
Surface	Hard
Draw	18 teams
Prize money	USD 15,000,000
Website	UnitedCup.com

The United Cup is an international hard court tennis tournament featuring mixed-gender teams from 18 countries. The first is being held in December 2022 / January 2023.^[1]

The tournament is played across three Australian cities over 11 days in the leadup to the Australian Open. It is also the first mixed-gender team event to offer both ATP rankings and WTA rankings points to its players:^[2] a player will be able to win a maximum of 500 points.

History

The United Cup replaced the ATP Cup (2020–2022) on the ATP Tour calendar, which had itself replaced the mixed-gender Hopman Cup, formerly a fixture of the Australian swing since 1989.

Tournament

Format

Every tie in the tournament consists of 2 men's singles matches, 2 women's singles matches, and a mixed doubles match.

Each tie is split into two sessions played in different days. In the first day 1 men's singles match and 1 women's singles match take place; in the second day another men's singles match and another women's singles match take place, followed by a mixed doubles match.

Each city hosts two groups of three countries in a round robin format on the first week of the tournament. One group in each city plays all its ties in the morning sessions while the other plays in the evening sessions.

The group winners in each city play off in a city final for one of three semifinal spots. This city final is played in one day across a morning and an evening session. Of the three losing teams, one with the best record up to that point becomes the fourth semifinalist.

There is a travel day allocated before the semifinals and finals take place in Sydney.

Semifinal ties take place over 2 days (similarly to the round robin stage). The final takes place on one day. In case the tie's winner is decided after 4 singles matches, the mixed doubles match will not be played.

Qualification

18 countries qualify as follows:

Six countries qualify based on the ATP ranking of their number one ranked singles player.
Six countries qualify based on the WTA ranking of their number one ranked singles player.
The final six countries qualify based on the combined ranking of their number one ranked ATP and WTA players.

In exchange for being the host nation, Australia is guaranteed one of the spots reserved for teams with the best combined ranking if it fails to qualify on its own.^[1]

Teams feature three or four players from each tour.^[3]

Venues

Brisbane, Perth and Sydney each host two groups of three countries in a round robin format and the host city finals in the first seven days of the tournament. Sydney will host the semifinals and the final on the last four days of the tournament.

Name	Opened	Capacity	Location	Events	Map
Pat Rafter Arena	2009	5,500	Brisbane	Group stage Host city final	Brisbane Sydney Perth
RAC Arena	2012	15,500	Perth	Group stage Host city final
Ken Rosewall Arena	1999	10,500	Sydney	Group stage Host city final Semifinals Final

Finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2023	TBD	TBD	–

Results by nation

Country	2023
Country	Rnd	W–L
Argentina	RR	0–2
Australia	RR	1–1
Belgium	RR	0–2
Bulgaria	RR	1–1
Brazil	RR	1–1
Croatia	HF	2–0
Czech Republic	RR	1–1
France	RR	1–1
Germany	RR	0–2
Great Britain	HF	2–0
Greece	HF	2–0
Italy	HF	2–0
Kazakhstan	RR	0–2
Norway	RR	0–2
Poland	HF	2–0
Spain	RR	0–2
Switzerland	RR	1–1
United States	HF	2–0