2024 United Cup

The 2024 United Cup will be the second 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 2024 ATP Tour and the 2024 WTA Tour, it will be held from 29 December 2023 to 7 January 2024 at two venues in the Australian cities of Perth and Sydney. It will offer both ATP rankings and WTA rankings points to its players: a player will be able to win a maximum of 500 points.[1]

2024 United Cup
Date29 December 2023 –
7 January 2024
Edition2nd
CategoryUnited Cup
Draw18 teams
Prize moneyA$15,000,000 (US$10,000,000)
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationPerth, Western Australia
Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia
VenueRAC Arena
Ken Rosewall Arena
2023 Champions
 United States

Format

Both cities will host three groups of three countries in a round robin format. The round-robin format will consist of one men's and one women's singles match, and one mixed doubles match.[2]

Each group winners and the best runner-up of a city will advance to the quarterfinals. There will be a travel day allocated before the semi-finals and final take place in Sydney.[3]

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 will be guaranteed one of the spots reserved for teams with the best combined ranking if it would have failed to qualify on its own.

Teams will feature up to three players from each tour.[3]

Venues

Perth and Sydney will each hosted three groups of three countries in a round robin format and two quarterfinals. Sydney hosted the semifinals and the final on the last two days of the tournament.

Image Name Opened Capacity Location Events Map
RAC Arena 2012 15,500 Perth,
Western Australia
Group stage,
Quarterfinals
Ken Rosewall Arena 1999 10,500 Sydney,
New South Wales
Group stage,
Quarterfinals,
Semifinals,
Final

Entries

16 countries qualified based on the ATP/WTA singles rankings on 16 October 2023, and players' commitment to play at the event. The remaining two teams will qualify based on the ATP/WTA rankings on 20 November.[3]

The first 16 qualified countries were announced on 19 October 2023.[4]

Seed Nation Crit. No. 1 ATP Rank No. 1 WTA Rank No. 2 ATP No. 2 WTA Doubles ATP Doubles WTA Captain(s)
1  PolandWTA #1Hubert Hurkacz11Iga Świątek2Daniel MichalskiKatarzyna KawaJan ZielińskiKatarzyna Piter
2  GreeceWTA #3Stefanos Tsitsipas7Maria Sakkari6Stefanos SakellaridisDespina PapamichailPetros TsitsipasValentini Grammatikopoulou
3  United StatesWTA #2Taylor Fritz10Jessica Pegula4Denis KudlaAlycia ParksRajeev RamDesirae Krawczyk
4  FranceWTA #5Adrian Mannarino24Caroline Garcia10Antoine EscoffierAmandine HesseÉdouard Roger-VasselinElixane Lechemia
5  Czech RepublicWTA #4Jiří Lehečka30Markéta Vondroušová8Vít KopřivaSára BejlekPetr NouzaMiriam Kolodziejová
6  CroatiaComb #1Borna Ćorić33Donna Vekić24Nino SerdarušićPetra MarčinkoIvan DodigTena Lukas[lower-alpha 1]
7  CanadaATP #5Félix Auger-Aliassime17Leylah Fernandez43Alexis GalarneauStacey FungAdil Shamasdin
8  Great BritainComb #2Cameron Norrie18Katie Boulter53Dan EvansFrancesca JonesNeal SkupskiMaia Lumsden
9  ChinaComb #3Zhizhen Zhang57Qinwen Zheng19Yunchaokete BuXiaodi YouFajing Sun
10  NetherlandsComb #4Tallon Griekspoor25Arantxa Rus51Thiemo de BakkerArianne HartonoWesley KoolhofDemi Schuurs
11  SpainComb #5Alejandro Davidovich Fokina26Sara Sorribes Tormo55Roberto Carballés BaenaMarina Bassols RiberaDavid Vega HernándezNuria Párrizas Díaz[lower-alpha 1]
12  ItalyComb #6Lorenzo Sonego55Jasmine Paolini30Flavio CobolliNuria BrancaccioAndrea PellegrinoAngelica Moratelli
13  SerbiaATP #1Novak Djokovic1Olga Danilović112Hamad MedjedovicNatalija StevanovićNikola ĆaćićDejana Radanović[lower-alpha 1]
14  NorwayATP #2Casper Ruud8Malene Helgø351Andreja PetrovicUlrikke EikeriNicolai Budkov Kjaer
15  AustraliaATP #4Alex de Minaur13Ajla Tomljanović33PR(427)John MillmanStorm HunterMatthew EbdenEllen Perez
16  GermanyATP #3Alexander Zverev9Angelique Kerber31PR(NR)Maximilian MartererTatjana MariaKai WehneltLaura Siegemund
17 TBAWTA #6
18 TBAATP #6
  • Singles rankings are as of 16 October 2023.
  • PR = Protected ranking
  • NR = Not ranked
  1. WTA Singles 3 instead of WTA Doubles

Group stage

Overview

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group First seed Second seed Third seed
CountryTMS CountryTMS CountryTMS
A  Poland  Spain WTA 6
B  Greece  Canada ATP 6
C  United States  Great Britain  Australia
D  France  Italy  Germany
E  Czech Republic  China  Serbia
F  Croatia  Netherlands  Norway

Group A

Host city: Perth

Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets Sets % Games Games %
1  Poland
2  Spain
3 WTA 6

Spain vs. WTA 6


Spain
RAC Arena
29 December 2023

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1 2 3
1 Spain
         
2 Spain
         
3 Spain
         
4 Spain
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5 Spain
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Poland vs. WTA 6


Poland
RAC Arena
30 December 2023

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1 2 3
1 Poland
         
2 Poland
         
3 Poland
         
4 Poland
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5 Poland
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Poland vs. Spain


Poland
RAC Arena
1 January 2024

Spain
1 2 3
1 Poland
Spain
         
2 Poland
Spain
         
3 Poland
Spain
         
4 Poland
Spain
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5 Poland
Spain
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Group B

Host city: Sydney

Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets Sets % Games Games %
1  Greece
2  Canada
3 ATP 6

Canada vs. ATP 6


Canada
Ken Rosewall Arena
31 December 2023

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1 2 3
1 Canada
         
2 Canada
         
3 Canada
         
4 Canada
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5 Canada
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Greece vs. ATP 6


Greece
Ken Rosewall Arena
2 January 2024

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1 2 3
1 Greece
         
2 Greece
         
3 Greece
         
4 Greece
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5 Greece
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Greece vs. Canada


Greece
Ken Rosewall Arena
3 January 2024

Canada
1 2 3
1 Greece
Canada
         
2 Greece
Canada
         
3 Greece
Canada
         
4 Greece
Canada
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5 Greece
Canada
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Group C

Host city: Perth

Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets Sets % Games Games %
1  United States
2  United Kingdom
3  Australia

Great Britain vs. Australia


Great Britain
RAC Arena
29 December 2023

Australia
1 2 3
1 United Kingdom
Australia
         
2 United Kingdom
Australia
         
3 United Kingdom
Australia
         
4 United Kingdom
Australia
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5 United Kingdom
Australia
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United States vs. Great Britain


United States
RAC Arena
31 December 2023

Great Britain
1 2 3
1 United States
United Kingdom
         
2 United States
United Kingdom
         
3 United States
United Kingdom
         
4 United States
United Kingdom
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5 United States
United Kingdom
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United States vs. Australia


United States
RAC Arena
1 January 2024

Australia
1 2 3
1 United States
Australia
         
2 United States
Australia
         
3 United States
Australia
         
4 United States
Australia
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5 United States
Australia
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Group D

Host city: Sydney

Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets Sets % Games Games %
1  France
2  Italy
3  Germany

Italy vs. Germany


Italy
Ken Rosewall Arena
30 December 2023

Germany
1 2 3
1 Italy
Germany
         
2 Italy
Germany
         
3 Italy
Germany
         
4 Italy
Germany
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5 Italy
Germany
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France vs. Germany


France
Ken Rosewall Arena
1 January 2024

Germany
1 2 3
1 France
Germany
         
2 France
Germany
         
3 France
Germany
         
4 France
Germany
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5 France
Germany
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France vs. Italy


France
Ken Rosewall Arena
3 January 2024

Italy
1 2 3
1 France
Italy
         
2 France
Italy
         
3 France
Italy
         
4 France
Italy
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5 France
Italy
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Group E

Host city: Perth

Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets Sets % Games Games %
1  Czech Republic
2  China
3  Serbia

Czech Republic vs. China


Czech Republic
RAC Arena
30 December 2023

China
1 2 3
1 Czech Republic
China
         
2 Czech Republic
China
         
3 Czech Republic
China
         
4 Czech Republic
China
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5 Czech Republic
China
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China vs. Serbia


China
RAC Arena
31 December 2023

Serbia
1 2 3
1 China
Serbia
         
2 China
Serbia
         
3 China
Serbia
         
4 China
Serbia
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5 China
Serbia
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Czech Republic vs. Serbia


Czech Republic
RAC Arena
2 January 2024

Serbia
1 2 3
1 Czech Republic
Serbia
         
2 Czech Republic
Serbia
         
3 Czech Republic
Serbia
         
4 Czech Republic
Serbia
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5 Czech Republic
Serbia
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Group F

Host city: Sydney

Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets Sets % Games Games %
1  Croatia
2  Netherlands
3  Norway

Netherlands vs. Norway


Netherlands
Ken Rosewall Arena
30 December 2023

Norway
1 2 3
1 Netherlands
Norway
         
2 Netherlands
Norway
         
3 Netherlands
Norway
         
4 Netherlands
Norway
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5 Netherlands
Norway
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Croatia vs. Norway


Croatia
Ken Rosewall Arena
1 January 2024

Norway
1 2 3
1 Croatia
Norway
         
2 Croatia
Norway
         
3 Croatia
Norway
         
4 Croatia
Norway
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5 Croatia
Norway
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Croatia vs. Netherlands


Croatia
Ken Rosewall Arena
2 January 2024

Netherlands
1 2 3
1 Croatia
Netherlands
         
2 Croatia
Netherlands
         
3 Croatia
Netherlands
         
4 Croatia
Netherlands
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5 Croatia
Netherlands
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Ranking of second-placed teams

Host city: Perth

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

Host city: Sydney

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

Knockout stage

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal

References

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