2023 United Cup

2023 United Cup
Date	29 December 2022 – 8 January 2023
Edition	1st
Category	United Cup
Draw	18 teams
Prize money	US$15,000,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Brisbane, Queensland Perth, Western Australia Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Venue	Pat Rafter Arena RAC Arena Ken Rosewall Arena
Champions
United States

The 2023 United Cup was the first 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 2023 ATP Tour and the 2023 WTA Tour, it was held from 29 December 2022 to 8 January 2023 at three venues in the Australian cities of Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney. It was also the first mixed-gender team event to offer both ATP rankings and WTA rankings points to its players: a player was able to win a maximum of 500 points.

The United States won the event, defeating Italy in the finals, 4–0. The United States swept Poland in the semifinals while Italy lost one match in their defeat of Greece.

Finals

	1st round					Final
		Poland	0
		United States	5
							United States	4
						Italy	0
		Greece	1
		Italy	4

Format

Each city hosted two groups of three countries in a round robin format in the first week of the tournament. The round-robin format consisted of two men's and two women's singles matches, and one mixed doubles match. There was one men's singles and one women's singles match in each session, with the mixed doubles match taking place in the evening session.

The group winners in each host city played off for one of three semi-final spots with the highest ranked host city playoff loser, taking into account all ties, becoming the fourth semi-finalist.

There was a travel day allocated before the semi-finals and final take place in Sydney.

Qualification

18 countries qualified as follows:

• Six countries qualified based on the ATP ranking of their number one ranked singles player.
• Six countries qualified based on the WTA ranking of their number one ranked singles player.
• The final six countries qualified based on the combined ranking of their number one ranked ATP and WTA players.

In exchange for being the host nation, Australia was guaranteed one of the spots reserved for teams with the best combined ranking if it would had failed to qualify on its own.

Teams featured three or four players from each tour.

Venues

Brisbane, Perth and Sydney each hosted two groups of three countries in a round robin format and the host city finals in the first seven days of the tournament. Sydney hosted the semifinals and the final on the last four days of the tournament.

Image	Name	Opened	Capacity	Location	Events	Map
	Pat Rafter Arena	2009	5,500	Brisbane, Queensland	Group stage Host city final	Brisbane Sydney Perth
220px	RAC Arena	2012	15,500	Perth, Western Australia	Group stage Host city final
220px	Ken Rosewall Arena	1999	10,500	Sydney, New South Wales	Group stage Host city final Semifinals Final

ATP / WTA ranking points

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
Host city finals	80	65	55	40	35	25	20
Group stage	55	45	40	35	25	20	15

• Maximum 500 points

Entrants

The main doubles and their alternates were announced on 9 November 2022.

No.	Nation	No. 1 ATP	Rank	No. 1 WTA	Rank	No. 2 ATP	No. 2 WTA	No. 3 ATP	No. 3 WTA	Doubles ATP	Doubles WTA	Captain(s)	Nat.
1	Greece	Stefanos Tsitsipas	4	Maria Sakkari	6	Michail Pervolarakis	Despina Papamichail	Stefanos Sakellaridis	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Petros Tsitsipas	Sapfo Sakellaridi	Petros Tsitsipas
2	Poland	Hubert Hurkacz	11	Iga Świątek	1	Daniel Michalski	Magda Linette	Kacper Żuk	Weronika Falkowska	Łukasz Kubot	Alicja Rosolska	Agnieszka Radwańska / Dawid Celt
3	United States	Taylor Fritz	9	Jessica Pegula	3	Frances Tiafoe	Madison Keys	Denis Kudla	Alycia Parks	Hunter Reese	Desirae Krawczyk	David Witt
4	Spain	Rafael Nadal	2	Paula Badosa	13	Pablo Carreño Busta	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	Albert Ramos Viñolas	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	David Vega Hernández	—	Marc López
5	Italy	Matteo Berrettini	16	Martina Trevisan	28	Lorenzo Musetti	Lucia Bronzetti	Andrea Vavassori	Camilla Rosatello	Marco Bortolotti	—	Vincenzo Santopadre
6	France	Arthur Rinderknech	44	Caroline Garcia	4	Adrian Mannarino	Alizé Cornet	Manuel Guinard	Léolia Jeanjean	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Jessika Ponchet	Édouard Roger-Vasselin
7	Australia	Alex de Minaur	24	Ajla Tomljanović	33	Jason Kubler	Zoe Hives	—	Maddison Inglis	John Peers	Samantha Stosur	Lleyton Hewitt / Samantha Stosur
8	Croatia	Borna Ćorić	26	Petra Martić	39	Borna Gojo	Donna Vekić	Matija Pecotić	Tara Würth	—	Petra Marčinko	Iva Majoli
9	Switzerland	Stan Wawrinka	22PR(150)	Belinda Bencic	12	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Jil Teichmann	Dominic Stricker	Ylena In-Albon	Alexander Ritschard	Joanne Züger	Stan Wawrinka
10	Germany	Alexander Zverev	2PR(12)	Laura Siegemund	57PR(169)	Oscar Otte	Jule Niemeier	Daniel Altmaier	Anna-Lena Friedsam	Fabian Fallert	Julia Lohoff	Mischa Zverev
11	Brazil	Thiago Monteiro	65	Beatriz Haddad Maia	15	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Laura Pigossi	Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida	Carolina Alves	Rafael Matos	Luisa Stefani	Rafael Paciaroni
12	Belgium	David Goffin	53	Elise Mertens	29	Zizou Bergs	Alison Van Uytvanck	Kimmer Coppejans	Magali Kempen	Michael Geerts	Kirsten Flipkens	Kirsten Flipkens
13	Czech Republic	Jiří Lehečka	74	Petra Kvitová	16	Tomáš Macháč	Marie Bouzková	Dalibor Svrčina	Jesika Malečková	—	—	Jiří Vaněk
14	Template:GBN	Cameron Norrie	14	Harriet Dart	98	Dan Evans	Katie Swan	Jan Choinski	Ranah Stoiber	Jonny O'Mara	Ella McDonald	Tim Henman
15	Argentina	Francisco Cerúndolo	30	Nadia Podoroska	39PR(204)	Federico Coria	María Carlé	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	Paula Ormaechea	—	—	Gisela Dulko
16	Norway	Casper Ruud	3	Malene Helgø	319	Viktor Durasovic	Ulrikke Eikeri	Andreja Petrovic	Lilly Håseth	—	—	Christian Ruud
17	Bulgaria	Grigor Dimitrov	28	Viktoriya Tomova	90	Dimitar Kuzmanov	Isabella Shinikova	Adrian Andreev	Gergana Topalova	Alexandar Lazarov	—	Grigor Dimitrov
18	Kazakhstan	Alexander Bublik	37	Yulia Putintseva	52	Timofey Skatov	Zhibek Kulambayeva	Denis Yevseyev	Gozal Ainitdinova	Grigoriy Lomakin	—	Alexander Bublik

• Rankings are as of 29 December 2022.
• PR = Protected ranking

Withdrawals

• Nick Kyrgios (No. 22)
• Diego Schwartzman (No. 25)
• Kamil Majchrzak (No. 82)

Group stage

The 18 teams were divided into six groups of three teams each in a round-robin format. The winners of each group qualified for the host city finals.

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

Overview

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group	First place				Second place				Third place
	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S
A	Greece	2–0	8–2	17–7	Bulgaria	1–1	4–6	12–13	Belgium	0–2	3–7	8–17
B	Poland	2–0	7–3	14–8	Switzerland	1–1	7–3	15–7	Kazakhstan	0–2	1–9	4–18
C	United States	2–0	9–1	18–4	Czech Republic	1–1	4–6	9–12	Germany	0–2	2–8	5–16
D	Template:GBN	2–0	7–3	15–10	Australia	1–1	5–5	10–12	Spain	0–2	3–7	12–15
E	Italy	2–0	8–2	17–5	Brazil	1–1	6–4	12–9	Norway	0–2	1–9	3–18
F	Croatia	2–0	8–2	16–7	France	1–1	7–3	15–6	Argentina	0–2	0–10	2–20

Group A

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Greece	2–0	8–2	17–7	71%	126–92	58%
2	Bulgaria	1–1	4–6	12–13	48%	104–111	48%
3	Belgium	0–2	3–7	8–17	32%	95–122	44%

Group B

Host city: Brisbane

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Poland	2–0	7–3	14–8	64%	116–98	54%
2	Switzerland	1–1	7–3	15–7	68%	123–99	55%
3	Kazakhstan	0–2	1–9	4–18	18%	86–128	40%

Group C

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	United States	2–0	9–1	18–4	82%	105–71	60%
2	Czech Republic	1–1	4–6	9–12	43%	91–88	51%
3	Germany	0–2	2–8	5–16	24%	80–117	41%

United States vs. Czech Republic

Template:United Cup box Note: By United Cup rules a retired match counts as a straight-set win or loss, but not into percentage of games.

Group D

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Template:GBN	2–0	7–3	15–10	60%	122–108	53%
2	Australia	1–1	5–5	10–12	45%	99–108	48%
3	Spain	0–2	3–7	12–15	44%	114–119	49%

Group E

Host city: Brisbane

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Italy	2–0	8–2	17–5	77%	117–91	56%
2	Brazil	1–1	6–4	12–9	57%	98–90	52%
3	Norway	0–2	1–9	3–18	14%	87–121	42%

Group F

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Croatia	2–0	8–2	16–7	70%	123–104	54%
2	France	1–1	7–3	15–6	71%	122–79	61%
3	Argentina	0–2	0–10	2–20	9%	60–122	33%

Knockout stage

Host city finals

Host city	Tie	Score
Perth	Greece def. Croatia	3–2
Brisbane	Poland def. Italy	3–2
Sydney	United States def. Template:GBN	4–1

• The three winners advanced to the semifinals along with a losing host city finalist with the best record from its three ties.

	Qualified for the semifinals (bold)
	Eliminated (italics)

Ranking of teams losing in the host city finals

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Italy	2–1	10–5	21–12	64%	156–142	52%
2	Croatia	2–1	10–5	21–13	62%	175–156	53%
3	Template:GBN	2–1	8–7	19–19	50%	176–177	50%

Bracket

	1st round					Final
		Poland	0
		United States	5
							United States	4
						Italy	0
		Greece	1
		Italy	4

External links

• Official website
• Draw