The 2025 United Cup will be the third 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 2025 ATP Tour and the 2025 WTA Tour, it will be held from 27 December 2024 to 5 January 2025 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]

2025 United Cup
Date27 December 2024 –
5 January 2025
Edition3rd
CategoryUnited Cup
Draw18 teams
Prize moneyUS$10,000,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationPerth, Western Australia
Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia
VenueRAC Arena
Ken Rosewall Arena
2024 Champions
 Germany
← 2024 · United Cup · 2026 →

Format

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

The six group winners and the best runner-up in each city will advance to the quarterfinals.[1]

Qualification

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18 countries will qualify as follows:

  • Five countries will qualify based on the ATP ranking of their number one ranked singles player.
  • Five countries will qualify based on the WTA ranking of their number one ranked singles player.
  • Eight 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.[1]

Venues

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Perth and Sydney will each host three groups of three countries in a round robin format and two quarterfinals. Sydney will host 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

Point and prize money distribution

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ATP / WTA ranking points

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Round Points per win vs. opponent ranked
No. 1–10 No. 11–20 No. 21–30 No. 31–50 No. 51–100 No. 101–250 No. 251+
Final 180 140 120 90 60 40 35
Semifinals 130 105 90 60 40 35 25
Quarterfinals 80 65 55 40 35 25 20
Group stage 55 45 40 35 25 20 15
  • Maximum 500 points[3]
  • WTA only: a player who won five matches received 500 points; a player who won four out of five matches received a minimum of 325 points.[4]

Prize money

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The 2024 United Cup will have a total prize money pool of US$10,000,000.[3] The distribution will split into three components: participation fee, match wins, and team wins.

Participation fee

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Singles ranking Number 1 player Number 2 player Number 3 player
No. 1–10 $200,000 $200,000 $30,000
No. 11–20 $100,000 $100,000
No. 21–30 $60,000 $50,000
No. 31–50 $40,000 $30,000 $15,000
No. 51–100 $30,000 $20,000
No. 101–250 $25,000 $15,000 $7,500
No. 251+ $20,000 $10,000 $6,000

Match wins

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Round Number 1 player Mixed doubles
Final $251,000 $47,255
Semifinals $132,000 $24,750
Quarterfinals $69,500 $13,000
Group stage $38,325 $7,200

Team wins

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Round $ per player
Final $23,155
Semifinals $13,650
Quarterfinals $8,025
Group stage $5,000

Entries

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16 countries will qualify based on the ATP/WTA rankings on 14 October 2024, and players' commitment to play at the event. The remaining two teams will qualify based on the ATP/WTA rankings on 18 November 2024.[5]

The first 16 qualified countries, the best 5 by ATP ranking, the best 5 by WTA ranking, plus the best 6 in combined rankings were announced on 18 October 2024.[6][7] The last 2 qualified countries, the 7th and 8th by combined rankings, were announced on 3 November 2024.[8]

Seed Nation Crit. No. 1 ATP Rank No. 1 WTA Rank No. 2 ATP No. 2 WTA Doubles ATP Doubles WTA Captain Nat.
1   United States WTA #2 Taylor Fritz 6 Coco Gauff 3 Denis Kudla Danielle Collins Robert Galloway Desirae Krawczyk  
2   Poland WTA #1 Hubert Hurkacz 12 Iga Świątek 1 Kamil Majchrzak Maja Chwalińska Jan Zieliński Alicja Rosolska  
3   Greece ATP #4 Stefanos Tsitsipas 11 Maria Sakkari 22 Stefanos Sakellaridis Despina Papamichail Petros Tsitsipas Valentini Grammatikopoulou  
4   Italy WTA #4 Flavio Cobolli 30 Jasmine Paolini 6 Matteo Gigante Sara Errani Andrea Vavassori Angelica Moratelli  
5   China WTA #5 Zhizhen Zhang 46 Qinwen Zheng 7 Yan Bai Xinyu Gao Fajing Sun Shuai Zhang  
6   Great Britain Comb #2 Jack Draper 19 Katie Boulter 35 Billy Harris Lily Miyazaki Joe Salisbury Olivia Nicholls  
7   Canada Comb #3 Félix Auger-Aliassime 21 Leylah Fernandez 34 Liam Draxl Stacey Fung Benjamin Sigouin Ariana Arseneault  
8   Czech Republic Comb #1 Tomáš Macháč 25 Karolína Muchová 9PR(30) Marek Gengel Gabriela Knutson Patrik Rikl Vendula Valdmannova  
9   Kazakhstan WTA #3 Alexander Shevchenko 61 Elena Rybakina 5 Dmitry Popko Zhibek Kulambayeva Aleksandr Nedovyesov  
10   France ATP #5 Ugo Humbert 16 Diane Parry 52 Corentin Moutet Chloé Paquet Édouard Roger-Vasselin Elixane Lechemia  
11   Germany ATP #1 Alexander Zverev 3 Laura Siegemund 89 Daniel Masur Lena Papadakis Tim Pütz Vivian Heisen  
12   Australia ATP #3 Alex de Minaur 9 Olivia Gadecki 84 Omar Jasika Destanee Aiava Matthew Ebden Ellen Perez Lleyton Hewitt  
13   Brazil Comb #5 Thiago Monteiro 88 Beatriz Haddad Maia 10 Gustavo Heide Carolina Alves Rafael Matos Luisa Stefani  
14   Spain Comb #4 Pablo Carreño Busta 18PR(202) Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 62 Carlos Taberner Marina Bassols Ribera Sergio Martos Gornés Yvonne Cavallé Reimers  
15   Norway ATP #2 Casper Ruud 8 Malene Helgø 465 Viktor Durasovic Emilie Lindh Gallagher Nicolai Budkov Kjær Ulrikke Eikeri  
16   Switzerland Comb #6 Dominic Stricker 94PR(317) Belinda Bencic 15PR(NR) Rémy Bertola Céline Naef Jakub Paul Conny Perrin  
17   Argentina Comb #7 Tomás Martín Etcheverry 31 Nadia Podoroska 74 Thiago Agustín Tirante María Lourdes Carlé Máximo González Julia Riera  
18   Croatia Comb #8 Borna Ćorić 96 Donna Vekić 18 Luka Mikrut Lucija Ćirić Bagarić Ivan Dodig Petra Marčinko  
  • Singles rankings are as of 14 October 2024
  • PR = Protected ranking
  • NR = Not ranked

Group stage

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Overview

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G = Group, T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

G Winner Runner-up Third
Country T M S Country T M S Country T M S
A   United States   Canada   Croatia
B   Poland   Czech Republic   Norway
C   Greece   Kazakhstan   Spain
D   Italy   France   Switzerland
E   China   Germany   Brazil
F   Great Britain   Australia   Argentina

Group A

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Host city: Perth

Pos. Country Ties W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L
1   United States 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )
2   Canada 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )
3   Croatia 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )

Canada vs. Croatia

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Canada
Perth
28 December 2024
 
Croatia
1 2 3
1  
 
Leylah Fernandez
Donna Vekić
       
2  
 
Félix Auger-Aliassime
Borna Ćorić
       
3  
 
         

United States vs. Canada

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United States
Perth
29 December 2024
 
Canada
1 2 3
1  
 
Coco Gauff
Leylah Fernandez
       
2  
 
Taylor Fritz
Félix Auger-Aliassime
       
3  
 
         

United States vs. Croatia

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United States
Perth
31 December 2024
 
Croatia
1 2 3
1  
 
Taylor Fritz
Borna Ćorić
       
2  
 
Coco Gauff
Donna Vekić
       
3  
 
         

Group B

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Host city: Sydney

Pos. Country Ties W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L
1   Poland 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )
2   Czech Republic 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )
3   Norway 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )

Czech Republic vs. Norway

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Czech Republic
Sydney
29 December 2024
 
Norway
1 2 3
1  
 
Karolína Muchová
Malene Helgø
       
2  
 
Tomáš Macháč
Casper Ruud
       
3  
 
         

Poland vs. Norway

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Poland
Sydney
30 December 2024
 
Norway
1 2 3
1  
 
Iga Świątek
Malene Helgø
       
2  
 
Hubert Hurkacz
Casper Ruud
       
3  
 
         

Poland vs. Czech Republic

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Poland
Sydney
1 January 2025
 
Czech Republic
1 2 3
1  
 
Hubert Hurkacz
Tomáš Macháč
       
2  
 
Iga Świątek
Karolína Muchová
       
3  
 
         

Group C

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Host city: Perth

Pos. Country Ties W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L
1   Greece 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )
2   Kazakhstan 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )
3   Spain 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )

Kazakhstan vs. Spain

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Kazakhstan
Perth
27 December 2024
 
Spain
1 2 3
1  
 
Alexander Shevchenko
Pablo Carreño Busta
       
2  
 
Elena Rybakina
Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
       
3  
 
         

Greece vs. Spain

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Greece
Perth
28 December 2024
 
Spain
1 2 3
1  
 
Maria Sakkari
Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
       
2  
 
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Pablo Carreño Busta
       
3  
 
         

Greece vs. Kazakhstan

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Greece
Perth
30 December 2024
 
Kazakhstan
1 2 3
1  
 
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Alexander Shevchenko
       
2  
 
Maria Sakkari
Elena Rybakina
       
3  
 
         

Group D

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Host city: Sydney

Pos. Country Ties W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L
1   Italy 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )
2   France 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )
3   Switzerland 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )

France vs. Switzerland

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France
Sydney
28 December 2024
 
Switzerland
1 2 3
1  
 
Diane Parry
Belinda Bencic
       
2  
 
Ugo Humbert
Dominic Stricker
       
3  
 
         

Italy vs. Switzerland

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Italy
Sydney
29 December 2024
 
Switzerland
1 2 3
1  
 
Flavio Cobolli
Dominic Stricker
       
2  
 
Jasmine Paolini
Belinda Bencic
       
3  
 
         

Italy vs. France

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Italy
Sydney
31 December 2024
 
France
1 2 3
1  
 
Flavio Cobolli
Ugo Humbert
       
2  
 
Jasmine Paolini
Diane Parry
       
3  
 
         

Group E

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Host city: Perth

Pos. Country Ties W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L
1   China 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )
2   Germany 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )
3   Brazil 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )

China vs. Brazil

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China
Perth
27 December 2024
 
Brazil
1 2 3
1  
 
Zheng Qinwen
Beatriz Haddad Maia
       
2  
 
Zhang Zhizhen
Thiago Monteiro
       
3  
 
         

Germany vs. Brazil

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Germany
Perth
29 December 2024
 
Brazil
1 2 3
1  
 
Laura Siegemund
Beatriz Haddad Maia
       
2  
 
Alexander Zverev
Thiago Monteiro
       
3  
 
         

China vs. Germany

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China
Perth
30 December 2024
 
Germany
1 2 3
1  
 
Zhang Zhizhen
Alexander Zverev
       
2  
 
Zheng Qinwen
Laura Siegemund
       
3  
 
         

Group F

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Host city: Sydney

Pos. Country Ties W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L
1   Great Britain 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )
2   Australia 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )
3   Argentina 0–0 ( – ) 0–0 ( – )

Australia vs. Argentina

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Australia
Sydney
28 December 2024
 
Argentina
1 2 3
1  
 
Olivia Gadecki
Nadia Podoroska
       
2  
 
Alex de Minaur
Tomás Martín Etcheverry
       
3  
 
         

Great Britain vs. Argentina

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Great Britain
Sydney
30 December 2024
 
Argentina
1 2 3
1  
 
Katie Boulter
Nadia Podoroska
       
2  
 
Jack Draper
Tomás Martín Etcheverry
       
3  
 
         

Great Britain vs. Australia

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Great Britain
Sydney
1 January 2025
 
Australia
1 2 3
1  
 
Katie Boulter
Olivia Gadecki
       
2  
 
Jack Draper
Alex de Minaur
       
3  
 
         

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Third edition of United Cup begins 27 December". ATP Tour. 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ "United Cup 2025: Dates, format, nations, players, groups, tickets for tennis tournament in Australia". The Sporting News. 11 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Prize Money & Ranking Points". United Cup. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 ATP Official Rulebook - IV: World Championships, 4.03 K. ATP/WTA Ranking Points" (PDF). ATP Tour. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Fritz & Gauff to represent USA in United Cup; Zverev, Felix join field". United Cup. 15 October 2024.
  6. ^ "De Minaur, Swiatek, Gauff, Zverev, Fritz, Tsitsipas and Paolini headline United Cup". United Cup. 18 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Players". United Cup. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Croatia and Argentina complete United Cup field". United Cup. 3 November 2024.
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