2024 United Cup

2024 United Cup
2024 United Cup
Date	29 December 2023 – ; 7 January 2024
Edition	2nd
Category	United Cup
Draw	18 teams
Prize money	A$15,000,000 (US$10,000,000)
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Perth, Western Australia; Sydney, New South Wales,; Australia
Venue	RAC Arena; Ken Rosewall Arena
2023 Champions
	United States

The 2024 United Cup will be the second 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 2024 ATP Tour and the 2024 WTA Tour, it will be held from 29 December 2023 to 7 January 2024 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]

Format

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

Each group winners and the best runner-up of a city will advance to the quarterfinals. There will be a travel day allocated before the semi-finals and final take place in Sydney.^[3]

Qualification

18 countries will qualify as follows:

Six countries will qualify based on the ATP ranking of their number one ranked singles player.
Six countries will qualify based on the WTA ranking of their number one ranked singles player.
The final six 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.^[3]

Venues

Perth and Sydney will each hosted three groups of three countries in a round robin format and two quarterfinals. Sydney hosted 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	Sydney Perth
	Ken Rosewall Arena	1999	10,500	Sydney, New South Wales	Group stage, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final	Sydney Perth

Entries

16 countries qualified based on the ATP/WTA singles rankings on 16 October 2023, and players' commitment to play at the event. The remaining two teams will qualify based on the ATP/WTA rankings on 20 November.^[3]

The first 16 qualified countries were announced on 19 October 2023.^[4] The last 2 qualified countries were announced on 21 November 2023.^[5]^[6]

Seed	Nation	Crit.	No. 1 ATP	Rank	No. 1 WTA	Rank	No. 2 ATP	No. 2 WTA	Doubles ATP	Doubles WTA
1	Poland	WTA #1	Hubert Hurkacz	9	Iga Świątek	1	Daniel Michalski	Katarzyna Kawa	Jan Zieliński	Katarzyna Piter
2	Greece	WTA #3	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6	Maria Sakkari	9	Stefanos Sakellaridis	Despina Papamichail	Petros Tsitsipas	Valentini Grammatikopoulou
3	United States	WTA #2	Taylor Fritz	10	Jessica Pegula	5	Denis Kudla	Alycia Parks	Rajeev Ram	Desirae Krawczyk
4	France	WTA #5	Adrian Mannarino	22	Caroline Garcia	20	Antoine Escoffier	Amandine Hesse	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Elixane Lechemia
5	Czech Republic	WTA #4	Jiří Lehečka	31	Markéta Vondroušová	7	Vít Kopřiva	Sára Bejlek	Petr Nouza	Miriam Kolodziejová
6	Croatia	Comb #1	Borna Ćorić	37	Donna Vekić	23	Nino Serdarušić	Petra Marčinko	Ivan Dodig	Tena Lukas^[a]
7	Canada	ATP #5	Félix Auger-Aliassime	29	Leylah Fernandez	35	Alexis Galarneau	Stacey Fung	Adil Shamasdin	—
8	Great Britain	Comb #2	Cameron Norrie	18	Katie Boulter	56	Dan Evans	Francesca Jones	Neal Skupski	Maia Lumsden
9	China	Comb #3	Zhizhen Zhang	58	Qinwen Zheng	15	Yunchaokete Bu	Xiaodi You	Fajing Sun	—
10	Netherlands	Comb #4	Tallon Griekspoor	23	Arantxa Rus	52	Thiemo de Bakker	Arianne Hartono	Wesley Koolhof	Demi Schuurs
11	Spain	Comb #5	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	26	Sara Sorribes Tormo	48	Roberto Carballés Baena	Marina Bassols Ribera	David Vega Hernández	Rosa Vicens Mas^[a]
12	Italy	Comb #6	Lorenzo Sonego	47	Jasmine Paolini	30	Flavio Cobolli	Nuria Brancaccio	Andrea Pellegrino	Angelica Moratelli
13	Serbia	ATP #1	Novak Djokovic	1	Olga Danilović	116	Hamad Medjedovic	Natalija Stevanović	Nikola Ćaćić	Dejana Radanović^[a]
14	Norway	ATP #2	Casper Ruud	11	Malene Helgø	513	Andreja Petrovic	Ulrikke Eikeri	Nicolai Budkov Kjaer	—
15	Australia	ATP #4	Alex de Minaur	12	Ajla Tomljanović	33^PR(543)	John Millman	Storm Hunter	Matthew Ebden	Ellen Perez
16	Germany	ATP #3	Alexander Zverev	7	Angelique Kerber	31^PR(NR)	Maximilian Marterer	Tatjana Maria	Kai Wehnelt	Laura Siegemund
17	Brazil	WTA #6	Thiago Seyboth Wild	80	Beatriz Haddad Maia	11	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Carolina Meligeni Alves	Marcelo Melo	—
18	Chile	ATP #6	Nicolás Jarry	19	Daniela Seguel	662	Tomás Barrios Vera	Fernanda Labraña	Alejandro Tabilo^[b]	—

Singles rankings are as of 20 November 2023.
PR = Protected ranking
NR = Not ranked

^ ^a ^b ^c WTA Singles 3 instead of WTA Doubles
^ ATP Singles 3 instead of ATP Doubles

Group stage

Overview

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group	First seed				Second seed				Third seed
Group	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S
A	Poland	–	–	–	Spain	–	–	–	Brazil	–	–	–
B	Greece	–	–	–	Canada	–	–	–	Chile	–	–	–
C	United States	–	–	–	Great Britain	–	–	–	Australia	–	–	–
D	France	–	–	–	Italy	–	–	–	Germany	–	–	–
E	Czech Republic	–	–	–	China	–	–	–	Serbia	–	–	–
F	Croatia	–	–	–	Netherlands	–	–	–	Norway	–	–	–

Group A

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Poland
2	Spain
3	Brazil

Spain vs. Brazil

Spain

RAC Arena
29 December 2023

Brazil

			1	2	3
1		Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Thiago Seyboth Wild
2		Sara Sorribes Tormo Beatriz Haddad Maia
3

Poland vs. Brazil

Poland

RAC Arena
30 December 2023

Brazil

			1	2	3
1		Iga Świątek Beatriz Haddad Maia
2		Hubert Hurkacz Thiago Seyboth Wild
3

Poland vs. Spain

Poland

RAC Arena
1 January 2024

Spain

			1	2	3
1		Hubert Hurkacz Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
2		Iga Świątek Sara Sorribes Tormo
3

Group B

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Greece
2	Canada
3	Chile

Canada vs. Chile

Canada

Ken Rosewall Arena
31 December 2023

Chile

			1	2	3
1		Leylah Fernandez Daniela Seguel
2		Félix Auger-Aliassime Nicolás Jarry
3

Greece vs. Chile

Greece

Ken Rosewall Arena
2 January 2024

Chile

			1	2	3
1		Maria Sakkari Daniela Seguel
2		Stefanos Tsitsipas Nicolás Jarry
3

Greece vs. Canada

Greece

Ken Rosewall Arena
3 January 2024

Canada

			1	2	3
1		Stefanos Tsitsipas Félix Auger-Aliassime
2		Maria Sakkari Leylah Fernandez
3

Group C

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	United States
2	Great Britain
3	Australia

Great Britain vs. Australia

Great Britain

RAC Arena
29 December 2023

Australia

			1	2	3
1		Cameron Norrie Alex de Minaur
2		Katie Boulter Ajla Tomljanović
3

United States vs. Great Britain

United States

RAC Arena
31 December 2023

Great Britain

			1	2	3
1		Jessica Pegula Katie Boulter
2		Taylor Fritz Cameron Norrie
3

United States vs. Australia

United States

RAC Arena
1 January 2024

Australia

			1	2	3
1		Taylor Fritz Alex de Minaur
2		Jessica Pegula Ajla Tomljanović
3

Group D

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	France
2	Italy
3	Germany

Italy vs. Germany

Italy

Ken Rosewall Arena
30 December 2023

Germany

			1	2	3
1		Jasmine Paolini Angelique Kerber
2		Lorenzo Sonego Alexander Zverev
3

France vs. Germany

France

Ken Rosewall Arena
1 January 2024

Germany

			1	2	3
1		Adrian Mannarino Alexander Zverev
2		Caroline Garcia Angelique Kerber
3

France vs. Italy

France

Ken Rosewall Arena
3 January 2024

Italy

			1	2	3
1		Adrian Mannarino Lorenzo Sonego
2		Caroline Garcia Jasmine Paolini
3

Group E

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Czech Republic
2	China
3	Serbia

Czech Republic vs. China

Czech Republic

RAC Arena
30 December 2023

China

			1	2	3
1		Jiří Lehečka Zhizhen Zhang
2		Markéta Vondroušová Qinwen Zheng
3

China vs. Serbia

China

RAC Arena
31 December 2023

Serbia

			1	2	3
1		Zhizhen Zhang Novak Djokovic
2		Qinwen Zheng Olga Danilović
3

Czech Republic vs. Serbia

Czech Republic

RAC Arena
2 January 2024

Serbia

			1	2	3
1		Jiří Lehečka Novak Djokovic
2		Markéta Vondroušová Olga Danilović
3

Group F

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Croatia
2	Netherlands
3	Norway

Netherlands vs. Norway

Netherlands

Ken Rosewall Arena
30 December 2023

Norway

			1	2	3
1		Arantxa Rus Malene Helgo
2		Tallon Griekspoor Casper Ruud
3

Croatia vs. Norway

Croatia

Ken Rosewall Arena
1 January 2024

Norway

			1	2	3
1		Donna Vekić Malene Helgo
2		Borna Ćorić Casper Ruud
3

Croatia vs. Netherlands

Croatia

Ken Rosewall Arena
2 January 2024

Netherlands

			1	2	3
1		Borna Ćorić Tallon Griekspoor
2		Donna Vekić Arantxa Rus
3

Ranking of second-placed teams

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1
2
3

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1
2
3

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Winner Group A

Best Perth Runner-up

Winner Quarter-final 1

Winner Quarter-final 3

Winner Group D

Winner Group F

Winner Semi-final 1

Winner Semi-final 2

Winner Group C

Winner Group E

Winner Quarter-final 2

Winner Quarter-final 4

Winner Group B

Best Sydney Runner-up

References

^ "Sydney and Perth to host new-look United Cup mixed team event in 2024". Tennis Australia. 5 October 2023.
^ "United Cup to feature fewer matches in 2024". Reuters. 6 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sydney & Perth To Host New-Look United Cup". United Cup. 5 October 2023.
^ "Djokovic, Swiatek Headline New-Look United Cup". United Cup. 19 October 2023.
^ "Brazil and Chile complete United Cup 2024 line-up". United Cup. 21 November 2023.
^ "Player List". United Cup. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

External links

[WSgl3-7] WTA Singles 3 instead of WTA Doubles

[8] ATP Singles 3 instead of ATP Doubles

[1] "Sydney and Perth to host new-look United Cup mixed team event in 2024". Tennis Australia. 5 October 2023.

[2] "United Cup to feature fewer matches in 2024". Reuters. 6 October 2023.

[format-3] "Sydney & Perth To Host New-Look United Cup". United Cup. 5 October 2023.

[4] "Djokovic, Swiatek Headline New-Look United Cup". United Cup. 19 October 2023.

[5] "Brazil and Chile complete United Cup 2024 line-up". United Cup. 21 November 2023.

[6] "Player List". United Cup. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

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