Overview | United Cup

UC Format

The fifth edition of United Cup will be held from Fri 01 Jan 2027 – Sun 10 Jan 2027.
The group stage matches in Perth (RAC Arena) will run from Fri 01 Jan 2027 – Tue 05 Jan 2027. The Quarter Finals in Perth will be held on Wed 06 Jan 2027.
The group stage matches in Sydney (Ken Rosewall Arena) will run from Sat 02 Jan 2027 – Wed 06 Jan 2027. The Quarter Finals in Sydney will be held across Thu 07 and Fri 08 Jan 2027.
Sydney will host two Semi Finals on Sat 09 Jan 2027, followed by the United Cup Final on Sun 10 Jan 2027.
Teams travelling from Perth to Sydney will have a travel and rest day before their Semi Final match.

18 countries in total will qualify for the United Cup.
At the entry deadline on 10 Nov 2026 at 4:00 AM (AEDT), ten countries will qualify via the 5 highest-ranked men and 5 highest-ranked women entered, per their PIF ATP and WTA rankings.
At the same entry deadline, 6 teams will qualify according to the best combined ranking of the highest-ranked men's and women's players from the same country. The 7th and 8th highest combined entry teams' status will be pending until the second qualification date.
By 16 November 2026, the 7th combined ranking team from the Rankings Freeze date will be admitted to the competition, unless there is a Top 10 WTA ranked player (based on 16 November rankings) who has entered, has an eligible team but has not yet been admitted to the competition. In that case, that player will qualify their team at the expense of a combined ranking team.
By 23 November 2026, the 8th combined ranking team from the Rankings Freeze date will be admitted to the competition, unless there is a Top 10 ATP ranked player (based on 23 November rankings) who has entered, has an eligible team but has not yet been admitted to the competition. In that case, that player will qualify their team at the expense of a combined ranking team.
Australia is guaranteed entry, either directly via ranking or as a wildcard.

The United Cup official draw will be released on Thursday 12 November.
Each city will host nine teams. 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.

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 as the group stage matches: one men's single, one women's single and one mixed double match per final.