The third version of the United Cup, the ATP and WTA excursions’ three way partnership, begins on Friday with prize cash and rating factors at stake.
The blended groups United Cup will characteristic 18 nations, divided into six teams of three every, competing in Perth and Sydney until January 1 earlier than the vast majority of the knockout fixtures being performed solely in Sydney.
Prime-seeded USA, led by 2023 US Open champion and World No. 3 Coco Gauff, will likely be up towards Canada and Croatia in Group A. Group B includes 2024 runner-up Poland, Czechia and Norway.
Led by Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari, third-seeded Greece is in Group C with Kazakhstan and Spain.
Italy, France and Switzerland represent Group D.
Prize cash
The event presents 10 million USD in prize cash.
Rating Factors
As much as 500 ATP and 500 WTA rankings factors are up for grabs.
In Group E, defending champion Germany, led by Alexander Zverev, will likely be up towards Brazil and China whereas Group F options Nice Britain, Australian and Argentina.
Australian Open, the primary Main of the yr, begins on January 12, every week after the United Cup.
FORMAT
Every tie consists of 1 males’s singles and one girls’s singles match that includes the highest singles gamers, and one blended doubles match. Singles matches are better of three tie-break units. Blended doubles matches are two tie-break units with a deciding match tie-break (10 level) at one-set all.
On this version, tactical timeouts will likely be allowed in mixed-doubles matches. The brand new rule will allow a participant or captain to name a 60-second timeout to confer on technique by urgent a big purple buzzer within the group zone courtside. It could solely be used whereas on serve, and never between first and second serves, with a most of 1 per group allowed throughout a match.
WHERE TO WATCH UNITED CUP IN INDIA?
In India, the United Cup will be watched on Tennis Channel.
Group captains
Group A
USA – Michael Russell
Canada – Felix Auger-Aliassime
Croatia – Iva Majoli
Group B
Poland – Mateusz Terczynski
Czechia – Daniel Vacek
Norway – Christian Ruud
Group C
Greece – Theodoros Angelinos
Kazakhstan – Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Spain – Jose Antonio Sanchez de Luna
Group D
France – Fabrice Martin
Italy – Renzo Furlan
Switzerland – Sandra Naef
Group E
Germany – Alexander Zverev Sr.
China – Wu Di
Brazil – Rafael Paciaroni
Group F
Nice Britain – Alex Ward
Australia – Lleyton Hewitt
Argentina – Horacio de la Pena
SCHEDULE
Right here is the total schedule of United Cup 2025:-
December 27: Group C – Kazakhstan vs Spain – Perth
December 27: Group E – China vs Brazil – Perth
December 28: Group D – France vs Switzerland – Sydney
December 28: Group F – Australia vs Argentina – Sydney
December 28: Group A – Canada vs Croatia – Perth
December 28: Group C – Greece vs Spain – Perth
December 29: Group B – Czechia vs Norway – Sydney
December 29: Group D – Italy vs Switzerland – Sydney
December 29: Group E – Germany vs Brazil – Perth
December 29: Group A – USA vs Canada – Perth
December 30: Group F – Nice Britain vs Argentina – Sydney
December 30: Group B – Poland vs Norway – Sydney
December 30: Group C – Greece vs Kazakhstan – Perth
December 30: Group E – China vs Germany – Perth
December 31: Group D – Italy vs France – Sydney
December 31: Group A – USA vs Croatia – Perth
January 1: Group B – Poland vs Czechia – Sydney
January 1: Group F – Nice Britain vs Australia – Sydney
January 1: Quarterfinal 1 – Group C Winner vs Group E Winner – Perth
January 1: Quarterfinal 2 – Group A Winner vs Greatest runner-up in Perth – Perth
January 2: Quarterfinal 3 – Group B Winner vs Greatest runner-up in Sydney – Sydney
January 3: Quarterfinal 4 – Group D Winner vs Group F Winner – Sydney
January 4: Semifinal 1 – Quarterfinal 1 Winner vs Quarterfinal 3 Winner – Sydney
January 4: Semifinal 2 – Quarterfinal 2 Winner vs Quarterfinal 4 Winner – Sydney
January 5: Ultimate – Sydney
SQUADS
USA
Taylor Fritz, Denis Kudla, Robert Galloway, Coco Gauff, Danielle Collins, Desirae Krawczyk
Poland
Hubert Hurkacz, Kamil Majchrzak, Jan Zielinski, Iga Swiatek, Maja Chwalinska, Alicja Rosolska
Greece
Stefanos Tsitsipas, Stefanos Sakellaridis, Petros Tsitsipas, Maria Sakkari, Despina Papamichail, Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Italy
Flavio Cobolli, Matteo Gigante, Andrea Vavassori, Jasmine Paolini, Sara Errani, Angelica Moratelli
China
Zhizhen Zhang, Yan Bai, Solar Fajing, Gao Xinyu, Zhang Shuai
Nice Britain
Billy Harris, Jan Choinski, Charles Broom, Katie Boulter, Yuriko Miyazaki, Olivia Nicholls
Canada
Felix Auger-Aliassime, Liam Draxl, Benjamin Sigouin, Leylah Fernandez, Stacey Fung, Ariana Arseneault
Czechia
Tomas Machac, Marek Gengel, Patrik Rikl, Karolina Muchova, Gabriela Knutson, Vendula Valdmannova
Kazakhstan
Alexander Shevchenko, Dmitry Popko, Aleksandr Nedovyesov, Elena Rybakina, Zhibek Kulambayeva
France
Ugo Humbert, Corentin Moutet, Edouard Roger-Vasselin, Chloe Paquet, Leolia Jeanjean, Elixane Lechemia
Germany
Alexander Zverev, Daniel Masur, Tim Puetz, Laura Siegemund, Lena Papadakis, Vivian Heisen
Australia
Alex de Minaur, Omar Jasika, Matthew Ebden, Olivia Gadecki, Destanee Aiava, Ellen Perez
Brazil
Thiago Monteiro, Gustavo Heide, Rafael Matos, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Carolina Alves, Luisa Stefani
Spain
Pablo Carreno Busta, Carlos Taberner, Sergio Martos Gornés, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, Marina Bassols, Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers
Norway
Casper Ruud, Viktor Durasovic, Malene Helgo, Ulrikke Eikeri
Switzerland
Dominic Stricker, Rémy Bertola, Jakub Paul, Belinda Bencic, Celine Naef, Conny Perrin
Argentina
Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Thiago Agustín Tirante, Guido Andreozzi, Nadia Podoroska, María Lourdes Carlé
Croatia
Borna Coric, Luka Mikrut, Ivan Dodig, Donna Vekic, Lucija Ciric Bagaric, Petra Marčinko