The third edition of United Cup will be held from Fri 27 Dec 2024 – Sun 5 Jan 2025.
The group stage matches in Perth (RAC Arena) will run from Fri 27 Dec – Tue 31 Dec 2024. The Quarter Finals in Perth will be held on Wed 1 Jan 2025.
The group stage matches in Sydney (Ken Rosewall Arena) will run from Sat 28 Dec 2024 – Wed 1 Jan 2025. The Quarter Finals in Sydney will be held across Thur 2 and Fri 3 Jan 2025.
Sydney will host two Semi Finals on Sat 4 Jan 2025, followed by the United Cup Final on Sun 5 Jan 2025.
Teams travelling from Perth to Sydney will have a travel and rest day before their Semi Final match.
QUALIFICATION
18 countries in total will qualify for the United Cup.
At the entry deadline on 16 Oct 2024 (AEST), ten countries will qualify via the five highest-ranked men and five highest-ranked women entered, per their PIF ATP and WTA rankings.
At the same entry deadline, six teams will qualify according to the best combined ranking of the highest-ranked men’s and women’s players from the same country. The seventh and eighth highest combined entry teams’ status will be pending until the second qualification date.
New for 2025 – at the second qualification date of 19 Nov 2024, if there is a player in the Top 10 (maximum 1 ATP and 1 WTA player) of the latest PIF ATP or WTA rankings who has entered and has an eligible team, but has not been accepted based on their individual ATP/WTA ranking, they will be accepted, and their team will replace the lowest ranked team of the seventh and/or eighth combined ranking teams.
Australia is guaranteed entry, either directly via ranking or as a wildcard.
FORMAT – GROUP STAGE
The United Cup official draw will be held on 21 October and will determine where the top 16 countries will play. The second qualification date of 19 November will determine the final two teams.
Each city will host nine teams each. The group stage matches will consist of three groups of three countries, competing round-robin style.
Each session will comprise of three matches: one men’s single match, one women’s singles match and one mixed doubles match. Both singles matches will feature the No.1 ranked single player within the team.
Singles matches are the best of three tie-break sets.
Mixed doubles matches are the best of two tie-break sets with a deciding match tie-break (10 point) at one set all.
FORMAT – FINALS
Group winners in each city advance to the Quarter Finals, with one Quarter Final spot in each city awarded to the best runner up in that city.
Winners will progress to the Semi Finals and Final to be played in Sydney.
All final matches will be played in the same format at the group stage matches: one men’s single, one women’s single and one mixed double match per final.
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