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United Cup groups announced; Aussies to play in Sydney

United Cup groups announced; Aussies to play in Sydney

By ATP Staff
Updated 10/21/2024 1:02:00 AM

Countries participating in the 2025 United Cup have been placed into their groups and assigned to host cities in Perth and Sydney following today's draw in Sydney.

Perth

C E
 USA  Greece  China
 Canada  Kazakhstan  Germany
 Combined #2  Spain  Brazil

 

Sydney

B D F
 Poland  Italy  Great Britain
 Czechia  France  Australia
 Norway  Switzerland  Combined #1

 

The schedule will be released Tuesday in Australia, when tickets for the group stage in Perth and Sydney go on sale at 5:00 p.m. local time in the respective cities.

Former Australian players Todd Woodbridge, Casey Dellacqua and Lleyton Hewitt join Tournament Director Stephen Farrow for the 2025 United Cup draw in Sydney.
Former Australian players Todd Woodbridge, Casey Dellacqua and Lleyton Hewitt join Tournament Director Stephen Farrow for the 2025 United Cup draw in Sydney. Photo: Peter Staples.

Perth

Top seeds Team USA, led by 2023 US Open champion and world No.3 Coco Gauff and world No.6 and US Open finalist Taylor Fritz will headline Group A at RAC Arena in Perth, alongside Felix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Fernandez’s Team Canada and a third team to be confirmed in November.

Third seeds Team Greece, led by popular duo Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari, both former world No.3s, have been drawn into Group C. Kazakhstan featuring world No.5 Elena Rybakina and Team Spain also feature.

Team China’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games singles gold medallist Zheng Qinwen and Zhang Zhizhen headline Group E alongside defending United Cup champions Germany, led by world No.3 Alexander Zverev and Laura Siegemund, and Brazil’s world No.10 Beatriz Haddad Maia.

Sydney

Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz’s Team Poland top Group B in Sydney. They will face Czechia’s Karolina Muchova and Tomas Machac and Casper Ruud’s Team Norway.

Group D will feature this year’s Roland Garros and Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini and Flavio Cobolli of Team Italy and France’s Ugo Humbert and Diane Parry. Team Switzerland complete the group with Belinda Bencic, who returns to professional tennis after giving birth to her daughter Bella in April, alongside Dominic Stricker.

Team Australia, led by Alex de Minaur and Olivia Gadecki, return to Sydney as part of Group F. They will face No.6 seeds Great Britain, featuring debutant Jack Draper and Katie Boulter. A third team, to also be confirmed in November, completes the group.

“To play in Sydney is pretty exciting for Alex, he loves playing on Ken Rosewall Arena, we know how well he plays out there, so it’s a good opportunity,” Lleyton Hewitt said.

“Alex always plays well on Ken Rosewall Arena, he gets the home crowd advantage out there as well. Hopefully he can push deep … get as many matches as possible through the United Cup and give himself the best preparation for the Australian Open.”