Perth (Australia) – The fourth edition of the United Cup starts late this Thursday night, from 11pm (Brasília time) and continues during the early hours of this Friday. The first clashes will be between Spain and Argentina in Group A, followed by Greece and Japan from 6 am in Group E. The broadcast for Brazil is from NSportson pay TV and YouTube.
The tournament had 18 participating countries, which were divided into six groups, and two host cities. Each clash will have two singles matches, one for men and one for women, as well as a doubles match. And each country can register up to six tennis players, three men and three women.
Groups A, C and E will play in Perth from January 2nd to 6th, while groups B, D and F will play in Sydney from January 3rd to 7th. The six group champions and the two best runners-up (one per city) advance to the quarterfinals. Perth will still host two quarter-final clashes on January 7. The last four days of the tournament take place in Sydney with quarterfinals on the 8th and 9th, semi-finals on the 10th and the final on January 11th.
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The 2026 United Cup will offer a minimum of US$11,806,190 in prizes and participation fees, with a minimum of US$5,903,345 for ATP and WTA players respectively. Tennis players can receive up to 500 ranking points, although the amount of points offered per match depends on the opponent’s ranking.
Meet the United Cup teams
PERTH
Group A
USA: Taylor Fritz, Mackenzie McDonald, Christian Harrison, Coco Gauff, Varvara Lepchenko, Nicole Melichar.
Captain: Michael Russell.
Spain: Jaume Munar, Carlos Taberner, Iñigo Cervantes, Jessica Bouzas, Andrea Lázaro, Yvonne Cavallé.
Captain: Miguel Sanchez.
Argentina: Sebastián Báez, Marco Trungelliti, Guido Andreozzi, Solana Sierra, María Lourdes Carlé, Nicole Fossa Huergo.
Captain: Sebastian Gutierrez.
Group C
Italy: Flavio Cobolli, Andrea Pellegrino, Andrea Vavassori, Jasmine Paolini, Nuria Brancaccio, Sara Errani.
Captain: Stefano Cobolli.
France: Rinderrknes, Geoffrey of Culture, Roger-Vansselin, Léolia Joona, Rageria, Rajaonh, Elixane Rajaonh, Elixs Lechemia.
Captain: Lucas Pouille.
Switzerland: Stan Wawrinka, Jakub Paul, Luca Castelnuovo, Belinda Bencic, Naima Karamoko.
Captain: Stan Wawrinka.
Group E
Great Britain: Billy Harris, Jan Choinski, Neal Skupski, Emma Raducanu, Katie Swan, Olivia Nicholls.
Captain: Tim Henman.
Greece: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Stefanos Sakellaridis, Petros Tsitsipas, Maria Sakkari, Despina Papamichail, Sappho Sakellaridis.
Captain: Petros Tsitsipas.
Japan: Shintaro Mochizuki, Yasutaka Uchiyama, Naomi Osaka, Nao Hibino.
Captain: Go Soeda.
SYDNEY
Group B
Canada: Félix Auger-Aliiassime, Alexis Galarneau, Cleeve Harper, Victoria mboko, Kayla Cross, Ariana Arseneault.
Captain: Félix Auger-Aliassime.
Belgium: Zizou Bergs, Kimmer Coppejans, Sander Gille, Elise Mertens, Greet Minnen, Lara Salden.
Captain: Christopher Heyman.
China: China: Zhizhen Zhang, Rigele Te, Aoran Wang, Lin Zhu, Xiaodi You.
Captain: Di Wu.
Group D
Australia: Alex de Minaur, Jason Kubler, John-Patrick Smith, Maya Joint, Maddison Inglis, Storm Hunter.
Captain: Leyton Hewitt.
Czech Republic: Jakub Mensik, Dalibor Svrcina, Adam Pavlasek, Barbora Krejcikova, Linda Fruhvirtova, Miriam Skoch.
Captain: Use Novak.
Norway: Casper Ruud, Viktor Durasovic, Malene Helgo, Astrid Brune Olsen, Ulrikke Eikeri.
Captain: Christian Ruud.
Group F
Germany: Alexander Zverev, Patrick Zahraj, Kevin Krawietz, Eva Lys, Laura Siegemund, Mina Hodzic.
Captain: Alexander Zverev Sr.
Poland: Hubert Hurkacz, Daniel Michalski, Jan Zielinski, Iga Swiatek, Katarzyna Kawa, Katarzyna Piter.
Captain: Mateusz Terczynski.
Netherlands: Tallon Greekpoor, Guy den Ouden, David Pel, Suzan Lamens, Eva Vedder, Demi Schuurs.
Captain: Tallon Greek track.
