2026 United Cup

2026 United Cup
2026 United Cup
Date	2 – 11 January 2026
Edition	4th
Category	United Cup
Draw	18 teams
Prize money	US$11,170,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Perth, Western Australia; Sydney, New South Wales; Australia
Venue	RAC Arena; Ken Rosewall Arena
Champions
	Poland (1st title)
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The 2026 United Cup was the fourth edition of the United Cup, an international outdoor hard court mixed-gender team tennis tournament that was held by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Serving as the opener for the 2026 ATP Tour and the 2026 WTA Tour, it happened from 2 to 11 January 2026 at two venues in the Australian cities of Perth and Sydney. It was offering both ATP rankings and WTA rankings points to its players: a player was able to win a maximum of 500 points.^[1]

Date2 – 11 January 2026

Edition4th

CategoryUnited Cup

Draw18 teams

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Team Poland, captained by Mateusz Tarczyński, won the title after defeating Team Switzerland 2–1 in the final, claiming their first United Cup title. The winning team consisted of Iga Świątek, Hubert Hurkacz, Jan Zieliński, Katarzyna Kawa, Daniel Michalski and Katarzyna Piter. It was Poland's third United Cup final and first title.^[2]^[3]

Team United States were the defending champions but were defeated in the semifinal by team Poland.^[4]^[5]

Belinda Bencic of Team Switzerland was named the MVP of the tournament.^[6]

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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

Round	Points per win vs. opponent ranked
Round	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

Number of match wins	Ranking points
5 match wins	500
4 match wins	325
3 match wins	150
2 match wins (1 of 2 from QF, SF or F)	108
2 match wins (round robin)	90
1 match win (QF, SF or F)	60
1 match win (round robin)	32
0 match wins	1

Seed	Nation	Crit.	No. 1 ATP	Rank	No. 1 WTA	Rank	No. 2 ATP	No. 2 WTA	Doubles ATP	Doubles WTA	Captain
1	United States	WTA #2	Taylor Fritz	6	Coco Gauff	3	Mackenzie McDonald	Varvara Lepchenko	Christian Harrison	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Michael Russell
2	Canada	ATP #3	Félix Auger-Aliassime	8	Victoria Mboko	18	Alexis Galarneau	Kayla Cross	Cleeve Harper	Ariana Arseneault	Félix Auger-Aliassime
3	Italy	WTA #3	Flavio Cobolli	22	Jasmine Paolini	8	Andrea Pellegrino	Nuria Brancaccio	Andrea Vavassori	Sara Errani	Stefano Cobolli
4	Australia	ATP #2	Alex de Minaur	7	Maya Joint	32	Jason Kubler	Maddison Inglis	John-Patrick Smith	Storm Hunter	Lleyton Hewitt
5	Great Britain	ATP #4	Billy Harris^[a]	124	Emma Raducanu	29	Jan Choinski	Katie Swan	Neal Skupski	Olivia Nicholls	Tim Henman
6	Germany	ATP #1	Alexander Zverev	3	Eva Lys	40	Patrick Zahraj	Laura Siegemund	Kevin Krawietz	Mina Hodzic^[b]	Alexander Zverev Sr.
7	Belgium	Comb #1	Zizou Bergs	43	Elise Mertens	20	Kimmer Coppejans	Greet Minnen	Sander Gillé	Lara Salden	Christopher Heyman
8	France	Comb #2	Arthur Rinderknech	29	Léolia Jeanjean^[a]	106	Geoffrey Blancaneaux	Tiantsoa Rakotomanga	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Elixane Lechemia	Lucas Pouille
9	Poland	WTA #1	Hubert Hurkacz	75	Iga Świątek	2	Daniel Michalski	Katarzyna Kawa	Jan Zieliński	Katarzyna Piter	Mateusz Terczyński
10	Spain	Comb #3	Jaume Munar	36	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	42	Carlos Taberner	Andrea Lázaro García	Íñigo Cervantes	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	Miguel Sánchez
11	Czech Republic	Comb #4	Jakub Menšík	19	Barbora Krejčíková	10^PR(65)	Dalibor Svrčina	Linda Fruhvirtová	Adam Pavlásek	Miriam Škoch	Jiří Novák
12	Greece	Comb #5	Stefanos Tsitsipas	34	Maria Sakkari	52	Stefanos Sakellaridis	Despina Papamichail	Petros Tsitsipas	Sapfo Sakellaridi	Petros Tsitsipas
13	Japan	WTA #5	Shintaro Mochizuki	92	Naomi Osaka	16	Yasutaka Uchiyama	Nao Hibino	—	—	Go Soeda
14	Argentina	Comb #6	Sebastián Báez	45	Solana Sierra	66	Marco Trungelliti	María Lourdes Carlé	Guido Andreozzi	Nicole Fossa Huergo	Sebastian Gutierrez
15	Netherlands	Comb #7	Tallon Griekspoor	25	Suzan Lamens	87	Guy den Ouden	Eva Vedder	David Pel	Demi Schuurs	Tallon Griekspoor
16	Switzerland	WTA #4	Stan Wawrinka	157	Belinda Bencic	11	Jakub Paul	—	Luca Castelnuovo^[b]	Naïma Karamoko	Stan Wawrinka
17	Norway	ATP #5	Casper Ruud	12	Malene Helgø	478	Viktor Durasovic	Astrid Brune Olsen	—	Ulrikke Eikeri	Christian Ruud
18	China	Comb #8	Zhang Zhizhen	60^PR(408)	Zhu Lin	50^PR(166)	Te Rigele	You Xiaodi	Wang Aoran	—	Wu Di

Seed	Nation	Ass.	Player	Rank	Reason
5	Great Britain	ATP	Jack Draper	10	Arm injury^[14]
8	France	WTA	Loïs Boisson	36	Injury^[15]

	Qualified for the knockout stage (in bold)
	Eliminated (in italics)

G	Winner				Runner-up				Third
G	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S
A	United States	2–0	4–2	10–5	Argentina	1–1	4–2	8–6	Spain	0–2	1–5	4–11
B	Belgium	1–1	4–2	10–6	Canada	1–1	3–3	8–7	China	1–1	2–4	5–10
C	Switzerland	2–0	5–1	11–5	Italy	1–1	3–3	8–7	France	0–2	1–5	4–11
D	Australia	2–0	4–2	8–5	Czech Republic	1–1	4–2	8–4	Norway	0–2	1–5	3–10
E	Greece	2–0	5–1	11–4	Great Britain	1–1	3–3	8–8	Japan	0–2	1–5	3–10
F	Poland	2–0	6–0	12–2	Germany	1–1	3–3	7–6	Netherlands	0–2	0–6	1–12

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	United States	2–0	4–2	10–5 (67%)	77–66 (54%)
2	Argentina	1–1	4–2	8–6 (57%)	66–66 (50%)
3	Spain	0–2	1–5	4–11 (27%)	69–80 (46%)

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Belgium	1–1	4–2	10–6 (63%)	80–64 (56%)
2	Canada	1–1	3–3	8–7 (53%)	65–57 (53%)
3	China	1–1	2–4	5–10 (33%)	57–81 (41%)

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Switzerland	2–0	5–1	11–5 (69%)	84–71 (54%)
2	Italy	1–1	3–3	8–7 (53%)	81–78 (51%)
3	France	0–2	1–5	4–11 (27%)	71–87 (45%)

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Australia	2–0	4–2	8–5 (62%)	59–49 (55%)
2	Czech Republic	1–1	4–2	8–4 (67%)	61–54 (53%)
3	Norway	0–2	1–5	3–10 (23%)	52–69 (43%)

ATP

WTA

Withdrawals

Overview

Group A

Spain vs. Argentina

United States vs. Argentina

United States vs. Spain

Group B

Belgium vs. China

Canada vs. China

Canada vs. Belgium

Group C

France vs. Switzerland

Italy vs. Switzerland

Italy vs. France

Group D

Australia vs. Norway

Czech Republic vs. Norway

Australia vs. Czech Republic

Group E

Greece vs. Japan

Great Britain vs. Japan

Great Britain vs. Greece

Group F

Germany vs. Netherlands

Germany vs. Poland

Poland vs. Netherlands

Ranking of second-placed teams

Bracket

Quarterfinals

United States vs. Greece

Poland vs. Australia

Switzerland vs. Argentina

Czech Republic vs. Belgium

Semifinals

United States vs. Poland

Switzerland vs. Belgium

Final

Poland vs. Switzerland

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