Agnieszka Radwanska, Tim Henman and Gisela Dulko are among the high-profile names joining an all-star lineup of current and past tennis champions to captain teams at the inaugural United Cup.
The United Cup is a new annual mixed team event, played in three Australian cities – Brisbane, Perth and Sydney – and is scheduled to launch the world tennis season from Thursday 29 December.
In Brisbane, former World No.2 Radwanska will captain Team Poland in Group B, led by World No.1 Iga Swiatek and World No.10 Hubert Hurkacz. In Perth, former world No. 1 doubles player and 2011 Australian Open doubles champion Dulko will lead the Argentina team, which will take on Croatia and France in Group F.
Former World No.4 and Roland Garros champion Iva Majoli will captain Croatia, with players Borna Coric and Donna Vekic to fly their country’s flag. In Sydney, Tim Henman, who inspired a revival of British tennis in the 1990s by becoming the first Briton to reach the men’s semifinals at Wimbledon in 25 years, will captain the Great Britain team, which includes world No. 14 in the world Cameron Norrie, Daniel Evans and Harriet Dart.
Former doubles world No. 3 Marc Lopez will oversee Spain, a team that features Rafael Nadal and Paula Badosa. Home favorites Australia will also be in Sydney, captained by former World No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt and former World No. 4 and multiple Grand Slam champion Sam Stosur in Group d.
Stosur is one of several high-profile “game captains” to feature at the United Cup. Others include Stan Wawrinka captaining the Switzerland team and Alexander Bublik overseeing Kazakhstan in the same group in Brisbane.
World No. 28 Grigor Dimitrov will captain Bulgaria, while Kirsten Flipkens will captain Belgium and Grand Slam doubles champion Edouard Roger-Vasselin will captain France.
United Cup 2023 Captains
| Site | Group | Country | Captain |
| Perth | A | Greece | To confirm |
| Balgica | Kirsten Flipkens | ||
| Bulgaria | Grigor Dimitrov | ||
| F | France | Edouard Roger-Vasselin | |
| Croatia | Iva Majoli | ||
| Argentina | Gisela Dulko | ||
| Brisbane | B | Poland | Agnieszka Radwanska & David Celt |
| Swiss | Stan Wawrinka | ||
| Kazakhstan | Alexander Bublik | ||
| E | Italy | Vincent Santopadre | |
| Brazil | Rafael Pacharoni | ||
| Norway | Christian Ruud | ||
| Sydney | C | EU | David Witt |
| Germany | Mischa Zverev | ||
| Czech Rep. | Use Vanek | ||
| D | spain | Mark Lopez | |
| Australia | Lleyton Hewitt & Sam Stosur | ||
| Britain | Tim Henman | ||
See Table And Agenda
The Pat Rafter Arena in Brisbane, RAC Arena in Perth and Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney will host the United Cup group stage from Thursday 29 December to Wednesday 4 January 2023. Each host city will feature two groups from three countries, competing in a round-robin format.
Each tie will comprise two men’s and two women’s singles matches and one mixed doubles match to be played over two days. The group winners in each city will play for one of three semifinal spots.
The champions from each venue will advance to the United Cup Final Four in Sydney to be played at the Ken Rosewall Arena from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 January. The next best performing team from the group stage will complete the foursome.
Group stage tickets for adults start at $40 and start at $20 for children 14 and under. Family passes (two adults and two children) start at $100.
The United Cup, an ATP-WTA event presented in association with Tennis Australia, offers USD $15 million in prize money, as well as up to 500 Pepperstone ATP and 500 WTA Ranking Points.
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