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2025 United Cup

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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
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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]

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 4 Coco Gauff 3 Denis Kudla Danielle Collins Robert Galloway Desirae Krawczyk United States
2  Poland WTA #1 Hubert Hurkacz 16 Iga Świątek 2 Kamil Majchrzak Maja Chwalińska Jan Zieliński Alicja Rosolska Poland
3  Greece ATP #4 Stefanos Tsitsipas 11 Maria Sakkari 32 Stefanos Sakellaridis Despina Papamichail Petros Tsitsipas Valentini Grammatikopoulou Greece
4  Italy WTA #4 Flavio Cobolli 32 Jasmine Paolini 4 Matteo Gigante Sara Errani Andrea Vavassori Angelica Moratelli Italy
5  China WTA #5 Zhizhen Zhang 45 Qinwen Zheng 5 Yan Bai Xinyu Gao Fajing Sun Shuai Zhang China
6  Great Britain Comb #2 Jack Draper 15 Katie Boulter 23 Billy Harris Lily Miyazaki Charles Broom Olivia Nicholls United Kingdom
7  Canada Comb #3 Félix Auger-Aliassime 29 Leylah Fernandez 31 Liam Draxl Stacey Fung Benjamin Sigouin Ariana Arseneault Canada
8  Czech Republic Comb #1 Tomáš Macháč 25 Karolína Muchová 9PR(22) Marek Gengel Gabriela Knutson Patrik Rikl Vendula Valdmannova Czech Republic
9  Kazakhstan WTA #3 Alexander Shevchenko 78 Elena Rybakina 6 Dmitry Popko Zhibek Kulambayeva Aleksandr Nedovyesov Kazakhstan
10  France ATP #5 Ugo Humbert 14 Diane Parry 54 Corentin Moutet Chloé Paquet Édouard Roger-Vasselin Elixane Lechemia France
11  Germany ATP #1 Alexander Zverev 2 Laura Siegemund 83 Daniel Masur Lena Papadakis Tim Pütz Vivian Heisen Germany
12  Australia ATP #3 Alex de Minaur 9 Olivia Gadecki 88 Omar Jasika Destanee Aiava Matthew Ebden Ellen Perez Lleyton Hewitt Australia
13  Brazil Comb #5 Thiago Monteiro 108 Beatriz Haddad Maia 17 Gustavo Heide Carolina Alves Rafael Matos Luisa Stefani Brazil
14  Spain Comb #4 Pablo Carreño Busta 18PR(199) Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 55 Carlos Taberner Marina Bassols Ribera Sergio Martos Gornés Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Spain
15  Norway ATP #2 Casper Ruud 6 Malene Helgø 449 Viktor Durasovic Emilie Lindh Gallagher Nicolai Budkov Kjær Ulrikke Eikeri Norway
16  Switzerland Comb #6 Dominic Stricker 94PR(302) Belinda Bencic 15PR(909) Rémy Bertola Céline Naef Jakub Paul Conny Perrin Switzerland
17  Argentina Comb #7 Tomás Martín Etcheverry 39 Nadia Podoroska 89 Thiago Agustín Tirante María Lourdes Carlé Guido Andreozzi Julia Riera Argentina
18  Croatia Comb #8 Borna Ćorić 92 Donna Vekić 19 Luka Mikrut Lucija Ćirić Bagarić Ivan Dodig Petra Marčinko Croatia
  • Singles rankings are as of 18 November 2024
  • PR = Protected ranking

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 Canada
Croatia
Leylah Fernandez
Donna Vekić
       
2 Canada
Croatia
Félix Auger-Aliassime
Borna Ćorić
       
3 Canada
Croatia
         

United States vs. Canada

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United States
Perth
29 December 2024

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

United States vs. Croatia

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United States
Perth
31 December 2024

Croatia
1 2 3
1 United States
Croatia
Taylor Fritz
Borna Ćorić
       
2 United States
Croatia
Coco Gauff
Donna Vekić
       
3 United States
Croatia
         

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 Czech Republic
Norway
Karolína Muchová
Malene Helgø
       
2 Czech Republic
Norway
Tomáš Macháč
Casper Ruud
       
3 Czech Republic
Norway
         

Poland vs. Norway

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Poland
Sydney
30 December 2024

Norway
1 2 3
1 Poland
Norway
Iga Świątek
Malene Helgø
       
2 Poland
Norway
Hubert Hurkacz
Casper Ruud
       
3 Poland
Norway
         

Poland vs. Czech Republic

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Poland
Sydney
1 January 2025

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

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 Kazakhstan
Spain
Alexander Shevchenko
Pablo Carreño Busta
       
2 Kazakhstan
Spain
Elena Rybakina
Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
       
3 Kazakhstan
Spain
         

Greece vs. Spain

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Greece
Perth
28 December 2024

Spain
1 2 3
1 Greece
Spain
Maria Sakkari
Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
       
2 Greece
Spain
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Pablo Carreño Busta
       
3 Greece
Spain
         

Greece vs. Kazakhstan

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Greece
Perth
30 December 2024

Kazakhstan
1 2 3
1 Greece
Kazakhstan
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Alexander Shevchenko
       
2 Greece
Kazakhstan
Maria Sakkari
Elena Rybakina
       
3 Greece
Kazakhstan
         

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 France
Switzerland
Diane Parry
Belinda Bencic
       
2 France
Switzerland
Ugo Humbert
Dominic Stricker
       
3 France
Switzerland
         

Italy vs. Switzerland

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Italy
Sydney
29 December 2024

Switzerland
1 2 3
1 Italy
Switzerland
Flavio Cobolli
Dominic Stricker
       
2 Italy
Switzerland
Jasmine Paolini
Belinda Bencic
       
3 Italy
Switzerland
         

Italy vs. France

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Italy
Sydney
31 December 2024

France
1 2 3
1 Italy
France
Flavio Cobolli
Ugo Humbert
       
2 Italy
France
Jasmine Paolini
Diane Parry
       
3 Italy
France
         

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 China
Brazil
Zheng Qinwen
Beatriz Haddad Maia
       
2 China
Brazil
Zhang Zhizhen
Thiago Monteiro
       
3 China
Brazil
         

Germany vs. Brazil

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Germany
Perth
29 December 2024

Brazil
1 2 3
1 Germany
Brazil
Laura Siegemund
Beatriz Haddad Maia
       
2 Germany
Brazil
Alexander Zverev
Thiago Monteiro
       
3 Germany
Brazil
         

China vs. Germany

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China
Perth
30 December 2024

Germany
1 2 3
1 China
Germany
Zhang Zhizhen
Alexander Zverev
       
2 China
Germany
Zheng Qinwen
Laura Siegemund
       
3 China
Germany
         

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 Australia
Argentina
Olivia Gadecki
Nadia Podoroska
       
2 Australia
Argentina
Alex de Minaur
Tomás Martín Etcheverry
       
3 Australia
Argentina
         

Great Britain vs. Argentina

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Great Britain
Sydney
30 December 2024

Argentina
1 2 3
1 United Kingdom
Argentina
Katie Boulter
Nadia Podoroska
       
2 United Kingdom
Argentina
Jack Draper
Tomás Martín Etcheverry
       
3 United Kingdom
Argentina
         

Great Britain vs. Australia

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Great Britain
Sydney
1 January 2025

Australia
1 2 3
1 United Kingdom
Australia
Katie Boulter
Olivia Gadecki
       
2 United Kingdom
Australia
Jack Draper
Alex de Minaur
       
3 United Kingdom
Australia
         

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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