United Cup Overview
SCHEDULE
- The fourth edition of United Cup will be held from Fri 02 Jan 2026 – Sun 11 Jan 2026.
- The group stage matches in Perth (RAC Arena) will run from Fri 02 Jan 2026 – Tue 06 Jan 2025. The Quarter Finals in Perth will be held on Wed 07 Jan 2025.
- The group stage matches in Sydney (Ken Rosewall Arena) will run from Sat 03 Jan 2025 – Wed 07 Jan 2026. The Quarter Finals in Sydney will be held across Thu 08 and Fri 09 Jan 2026.
- Sydney will host two Semi Finals on Sat 10 Jan 2026, followed by the United Cup Final on Sun 11 Jan 2026.
- 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 12 Nov 2025 at 8:00 AM (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.
- At the second qualification date of 17 Nov 2025, 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 16 Nov 2025 and will determine where the top 16 countries will play. The second qualification date of 17 Nov 2025 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.
