2023 United Cup

2023 United Cup
Date	29 December 2022 – 8 January 2023
Edition	1st
Category	United Cup
Draw	18 teams
Prize money	US$15,000,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney, Australia
Venue	Pat Rafter Arena RAC Arena Ken Rosewall Arena

The 2023 United Cup will be the first edition of the United Cup, an international outdoor hard court mixed-gender team tennis tournament held by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Serving as the opener for the 2023 ATP Tour and the 2023 WTA Tour, it will be held from 29 December 2022 to 8 January 2023 at three venues in the Australian cities of Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney. It will also be the first mixed-gender team event to offer both ATP rankings and WTA rankings points to its players: a player will be able to win a maximum of 500 points.

Format

Each city will host two groups of three countries in a round robin format in the first week of the tournament. The round-robin format consists of two men's and two women's singles matches, and one mixed doubles match. There will be one men's singles and one women's singles match in each session, with the mixed doubles match taking place in the evening session.

The group winners in each city will play off for one of three semi-final spots, with the next best performing team from the group stages across all cities becoming the fourth semi-finalist.

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

Qualification

18 countries will qualify as follows:

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

Teams will feature three or four players from each tour.

Venues

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

Image	Name	Began	Capacity	Location	Events
	Pat Rafter Arena	2009	5,500	Brisbane	Group stage
	RAC Arena	2012	15,500	Perth	Group stage
	Ken Rosewall Arena	1999	10,500	Sydney	Group stage, semi-finals and finals

ATP / WTA ranking points

Round	Points per win vs. opponent ranked
	No. 1–10	No. 11–20	No. 21–30	No. 31–50	No. 51–100	No. 101–250	No. 251+
Final	180	140	120	90	60	40	35
Semifinals	130	105	90	60	40	35	25
Host city finals	80	65	55	40	35	25	20
Group stage	55	45	40	35	25	20	15

• Maximum 500 points

Entrants

The main doubles and their alternates were announced on 9 November 2022.

No.	Nation	No. 1 WTA	Rank	No. 1 ATP	Rank	No. 2 WTA	No. 2 ATP	No. 3 WTA	No. 3 ATP	Doubles WTA	Doubles ATP	Captain(s)	Nat.
1	Greece	Maria Sakkari	6	Stefanos Tsitsipas	3	Despina Papamichail	Michail Pervolarakis	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Stefanos Sakellaridis	Sapfo Sakellaridi	Petros Tsitsipas	Petros Tsitsipas
2	Poland	Iga Świątek	1	Hubert Hurkacz	11	Magda Linette	Kacper Żuk	Weronika Falkowska	Daniel Michalski	Alicja Rosolska	Łukasz Kubot	Agnieszka Radwańska / Dawid Celt
3	United States	Jessica Pegula	3	Taylor Fritz	9	Madison Keys	Frances Tiafoe	Alycia Parks	Denis Kudla	Desirae Krawczyk	Hunter Reese	David Witt
4	Spain	Paula Badosa	13	Rafael Nadal	2	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	Pablo Carreño Busta	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	Albert Ramos Viñolas	—	David Vega Hernández	Marc López
5	Italy	Martina Trevisan	28	Matteo Berrettini	16	Lucia Bronzetti	Lorenzo Musetti	Camilla Rosatello	Andrea Vavassori	Nuria Brancaccio	Marco Bortolotti	Vincenzo Santopadre
6	France	Caroline Garcia	4	Arthur Rinderknech	44	Alizé Cornet	Adrian Mannarino	Léolia Jeanjean	Manuel Guinard	Jessika Ponchet	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Édouard Roger-Vasselin
7 (WC)	Australia	Ajla Tomljanović	33	Nick Kyrgios	22	Zoe Hives	Alex de Minaur	Maddison Inglis	Jason Kubler	Samantha Stosur	John Peers	Lleyton Hewitt / Samantha Stosur
8	Croatia	Petra Martić	39	Borna Ćorić	26	Donna Vekić	Borna Gojo	Tara Würth	Matija Pecotić	Petra Marčinko	—	Iva Majoli
9	Switzerland	Belinda Bencic	12	Stan Wawrinka	22 (PR)	Jil Teichmann	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Ylena In-Albon	Dominic Stricker	Joanne Züger	Alexander Ritschard	Stan Wawrinka
10	Germany	Laura Siegemund	57 (PR)	Alexander Zverev	2 (PR)	Jule Niemeier	Oscar Otte	Anna-Lena Friedsam	Daniel Altmaier	Julia Lohoff	Fabian Fallert	Mischa Zverev
11	Brazil	Beatriz Haddad Maia	15	Thiago Monteiro	65	Laura Pigossi	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Carolina Alves	Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida	Luisa Stefani	Rafael Matos	Rafael Paciaroni
12	Belgium	Elise Mertens	29	David Goffin	53	Alison van Uytvanck	Zizou Bergs	Magali Kempen	Kimmer Coppejans	Kirsten Flipkens	Michael Geerts	Kirsten Flipkens
13	Czech Republic	Petra Kvitová	16	Jiří Lehečka	74	Marie Bouzková	Tomáš Macháč	Jesika Malečková	Lukáš Rosol	—	Dalibor Svrčina	Jiří Vaněk
14	Great Britain	Harriet Dart	98	Cameron Norrie	14	Katie Swan	Dan Evans	Anna Brogan	Jan Choinski	Ella McDonald	Jonny O'Mara	Tim Henman
15	Argentina	Nadia Podoroska	39 (PR)	Francisco Cerúndolo	30	María Carlé	Federico Coria	Paula Ormaechea	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	—	Andrés Molteni	Gisela Dulko
16	Norway	Ulrikke Eikeri	375	Casper Ruud	4	Malene Helgø	Viktor Durasovic	Lilly Håseth	Andreja Petrovic	—	—	Christian Ruud
17	Bulgaria	Viktoriya Tomova	90	Grigor Dimitrov	28	Isabella Shinikova	Dimitar Kuzmanov	Gergana Topalova	Adrian Andreev	—	Alexander Lazarov	Grigor Dimitrov
18	Kazakhstan	Yulia Putintseva	52	Alexander Bublik	37	Zhibek Kulambayeva	Timofey Skatov	Gozal Ainitdinova	Denis Yevseyev	—	Grigoriy Lomakin	Alexander Bublik

• Rankings are as of 7 November 2022.
• PR = Protected ranking

Group stage

Overview

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group	First seed				Second seed				Third seed
	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S
A	Greece	–	–	–	Belgium	–	–	–	Bulgaria	–	–	–
B	Poland	–	–	–	Switzerland	–	–	–	Kazakhstan	–	–	–
C	United States	–	–	–	Germany	–	–	–	Czech Republic	–	–	–
D	Spain	–	–	–	Australia	–	–	–	Great Britain	–	–	–
E	Italy	–	–	–	Brazil	–	–	–	Norway	–	–	–
F	France	–	–	–	Croatia	–	–	–	Argentina	–	–	–

Group A

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Greece
2	Belgium
3	Bulgaria

Greece vs. Bulgaria

Greece	RAC Arena 29–30 December 2022		Bulgaria
1 2 3 1 Despina Papamichail Isabella Shinikova         2 Stefanos Tsitsipas Grigor Dimitrov         3 Maria Sakkari Viktoriya Tomova         4 Michail Pervolarakis Dimitar Kuzmanov         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Belgium vs. Bulgaria

Belgium	RAC Arena 31 Dec 2022–1 Jan 2023		Bulgaria
1 2 3 1 Alison van Uytvanck Isabella Shinikova         2 David Goffin Grigor Dimitrov         3 Elise Mertens Viktoriya Tomova         4 Zizou Bergs Dimitar Kuzmanov         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Greece vs. Belgium

Greece	RAC Arena 2–3 January 2023		Belgium
1 2 3 1 Despina Papamichail Alison van Uytvanck         2 Stefanos Tsitsipas David Goffin         3 Maria Sakkari Elise Mertens         4 Michail Pervolarakis Zizou Bergs         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Group B

Host city: Brisbane

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Poland
2	Switzerland
3	Kazakhstan

Switzerland vs. Kazakhstan

Switzerland	Pat Rafter Arena 29–30 December 2022		Kazakhstan
1 2 3 1 Belinda Bencic Yulia Putintseva         2 Marc Andrea Huesler Timofey Skatov         3 Stan Wawrinka Alexander Bublik         4 Jil Teichmann Zhibek Kulambayeva         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Poland vs. Kazakhstan

Poland	Pat Rafter Arena 31 Dec 2022–1 Jan 2023		Kazakhstan
1 2 3 1 Iga Świątek Yulia Putintseva         2 Kacper Żuk Timofey Skatov         3 Hubert Hurkacz Alexander Bublik         4 Magda Linette Zhibek Kulambayeva         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Poland vs. Switzerland

Poland	Pat Rafter Arena 2–3 January 2023		Switzerland
1 2 3 1 Iga Świątek Belinda Bencic         2 Kacper Żuk Marc Andrea Huesler         3 Hubert Hurkacz Stan Wawrinka         4 Magda Linette Jil Teichmann         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Group C

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	United States
2	Germany
3	Czech Republic

USA vs. Czech Republic

United States	Ken Rosewall Arena 29–30 December 2022		Czech Republic
1 2 3 1 Taylor Fritz Jiří Lehečka         2 Madison Keys Marie Bouzková         3 Jessica Pegula Petra Kvitová         4 Frances Tiafoe Tomáš Macháč         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Germany vs. Czech Republic

Germany	Ken Rosewall Arena 31 Dec 2022–1 Jan 2023		Czech Republic
1 2 3 1 Alexander Zverev Jiří Lehečka         2 Jule Niemeier Marie Bouzková         3 Laura Siegemund Petra Kvitová         4 Oscar Otte Tomáš Macháč         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

USA vs. Germany

United States	Ken Rosewall Arena 2–3 January 2023		Germany
1 2 3 1 Taylor Fritz Alexander Zverev         2 Madison Keys Jule Niemeier         3 Jessica Pegula Laura Siegemund         4 Frances Tiafoe Oscar Otte         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Group D

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Spain
2	Australia
3	Great Britain

Australia vs. Great Britain

Australia	Ken Rosewall Arena 29–30 December 2022		Great Britain
1 2 3 1 Nick Kyrgios Cameron Norrie         2 Zoe Hives Katie Swan         3 Ajla Tomljanović Harriet Dart         4 Alex de Minaur Dan Evans         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Spain vs. Great Britain

Spain	Ken Rosewall Arena 31 Dec 2022–1 Jan 2023		Great Britain
1 2 3 1 Rafael Nadal Cameron Norrie         2 Nuria Párrizas Díaz Katie Swan         3 Paula Badosa Harriet Dart         4 Pablo Carreño Busta Dan Evans         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Spain vs. Australia

Spain	Ken Rosewall Arena 2–3 January 2023		Australia
1 2 3 1 Rafael Nadal Nick Kyrgios         2 Nuria Párrizas Díaz Zoe Hives         3 Paula Badosa Ajla Tomljanović         4 Pablo Carreño Busta Alex de Minaur         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Group E

Host city: Brisbane

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Italy
2	Brazil
3	Norway

Italy vs. Brazil

Italy	Pat Rafter Arena 29–30 December 2022		Brazil
1 2 3 1 Martina Trevisan Beatriz Haddad Maia         2 Lorenzo Musetti Felipe Meligeni Alves         3 Matteo Berrettini Thiago Monteiro         4 Lucia Bronzetti Laura Pigossi         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Brazil vs. Norway

Brazil	Pat Rafter Arena 31 Dec 2022–1 Jan 2023		Norway
1 2 3 1 Beatriz Haddad Maia Ulrikke Eikeri         2 Felipe Meligeni Alves Viktor Durasovic         3 Thiago Monteiro Casper Ruud         4 Laura Pigossi Malene Helgø         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Italy vs. Norway

Italy	Pat Rafter Arena 2–3 January 2023		Norway
1 2 3 1 Martina Trevisan Ulrikke Eikeri         2 Lorenzo Musetti Viktor Durasovic         3 Matteo Berrettini Casper Ruud         4 Lucia Bronzetti Malene Helgø         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Group F

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	France
2	Croatia
3	Argentina

France vs. Argentina

France	RAC Arena 29–30 December 2022		Argentina
1 2 3 1 Alizé Cornet María Carlé         2 Arthur Rinderknech Francisco Cerúndolo         3 Caroline Garcia Nadia Podoroska         4 Adrian Mannarino Federico Coria         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Croatia vs. Argentina

Croatia	RAC Arena 31 Dec 2022–1 Jan 2023		Argentina
1 2 3 1 Donna Vekić María Carlé         2 Borna Ćorić Francisco Cerúndolo         3 Petra Martić Nadia Podoroska         4 Borna Gojo Federico Coria         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

France vs. Croatia

France	RAC Arena 2–3 January 2023		Croatia
1 2 3 1 Alizé Cornet Donna Vekić         2 Arthur Rinderknech Borna Ćorić         3 Caroline Garcia Petra Martić         4 Adrian Mannarino Borna Gojo         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Knockout stage

Host city finals

Host city	Tie	Score
Perth	winner Group A vs. winner Group F
Brisbane	winner Group B vs. winner Group E
Sydney	winner Group C vs. winner Group D

• The three winners will advance to the semifinals along with a losing host city finalist with the best record from its three ties.

Ranking of teams losing in the host city finals

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1
2
3

Perth final

[[|]]	RAC Arena 4 January 2023		[[|]]
1 2 3 1 TBD TBD         2 TBD TBD         3 TBD TBD         4 TBD TBD         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Brisbane final

[[|]]	Pat Rafter Arena 4 January 2023		[[|]]
1 2 3 1 TBD TBD         2 TBD TBD         3 TBD TBD         4 TBD TBD         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Sydney final

[[|]]	Ken Rosewall Arena 4 January 2023		[[|]]
1 2 3 1 TBD TBD         2 TBD TBD         3 TBD TBD         4 TBD TBD         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Bracket

	Semifinals					Final

Semi-final 1

[[|]]	Ken Rosewall Arena 6-7 January 2023		[[|]]
1 2 3 1 TBD TBD         2 TBD TBD         3 TBD TBD         4 TBD TBD         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Semi-final 2

[[|]]	Ken Rosewall Arena 6-7 January 2023		[[|]]
1 2 3 1 TBD TBD         2 TBD TBD         3 TBD TBD         4 TBD TBD         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

Final

[[|]]	Ken Rosewall Arena 8 January 2023		[[|]]
1 2 3 1 TBD TBD         2 TBD TBD         3 TBD TBD         4 TBD TBD         5 TBD / TBD TBD / TBD

External links

• Official website