The 2023 United Cup was the first edition of the United Cup, an international outdoor hard court mixed-gender team tennis competition 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.

Team United States defeated team Italy in the finals, 4–0, to capture the inaugural 2023 United Cup. Tem United States swept team Poland in the semifinals while team Italy lost one match in their defeat of team Greece.

Format Each city hosted two groups of three countries in a round robin format in the first week of the tournament. Each tie 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 day or session, with the mixed doubles match taking place in the second day or 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 should they have failed to qualify on merit, though this was not needed as Australia qualified in the second combined ranking spot.

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.

ImageNameOpenedCapacityLocationEventsMap Pat Rafter Arena20095,500 Brisbane, Queensland Group stage, Host city final RAC Arena201215,500 Perth, Western Australia Group stage, Host city final Ken Rosewall Arena199910,500 Sydney, New South Wales Group stage, 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

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

No.NationNo. 1 ATPRankNo. 1 WTARankNo. 2 ATPNo. 2 WTANo. 3 ATPNo. 3 WTADoubles ATPDoubles WTACaptain(s)Nat. 1 4 6 2 11 1 / 3 9 3 4 2 13 5 16 28 6 44 4 7 24 33 / 8 26 39 9 22PR(150) 12 10 2PR(12) 57PR(169) 11 65 15 12 53 29 13 74 16 14 14 98 15 30 39PR(204) 16 3 319 17 28 90 18 37 52

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 GroupFirst placeSecond placeThird placeCountryTMSCountryTMSCountryTMSA 2–0 8–2 17–7 1–1 4–6 12–13 0–2 3–7 8–17B 2–0 7–3 14–8 1–1 7–3 15–7 0–2 1–9 4–18C 2–0 9–1 18–4 1–1 4–6 9–12 0–2 2–8 5–16 D 2–0 7–3 15–10 1–1 5–5 10–12 0–2 3–7 12–15E 2–0 8–2 17–5 1–1 6–4 12–9 0–2 1–9 3–18F 2–0 8–2 16–7 1–1 7–3 15–6 0–2 0–10 2–20

Group A Host city: Perth Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %GamesGames %1 2–0 8–2 17–7 71% 126–92 58%2 1–1 4–6 12–13 48% 104–111 48%3 0–2 3–7 8–17 32% 95–122 44%

Greece vs. Bulgaria

Belgium vs. Bulgaria

Greece vs. Belgium

Group B Host city: Brisbane Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %GamesGames %1 2–0 7–3 14–8 64% 116–98 54% 2 1–1 7–3 15–7 68% 123–99 55%3 0–2 1–9 4–18 18% 86–128 40%

Switzerland vs. Kazakhstan

Poland vs. Kazakhstan

Poland vs. Switzerland

Group C Host city: Sydney Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %GamesGames %1 2–0 9–1 18–4 82% 105–71 60%2 1–1 4–6 9–12 43% 91–88 51%3 0–2 2–8 5–16 24% 80–117 41%

United States vs. Czech Republic

Germany vs. Czech Republic

United States vs. Germany

Group D Host city: Sydney Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %GamesGames %1 2–0 7–3 15–10 60% 122–108 53% 2 1–1 5–5 10–12 45% 99–108 48% 3 0–2 3–7 12–15 44% 114–119 49%

Australia vs. Great Britain

Spain vs. Great Britain

Spain vs. Australia

Group E Host city: Brisbane Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %GamesGames %1 2–0 8–2 17–5 77% 117–91 56%2 1–1 6–4 12–9 57% 98–90 52%3 0–2 1–9 3–18 14% 87–121 42%

Italy vs. Brazil

Brazil vs. Norway

Italy vs. Norway

Group F Host city: Perth Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %GamesGames %1 2–0 8–2 16–7 70% 123–104 54% 2 1–1 7–3 15–6 71% 122–79 61%3 0–2 0–10 2–20 9% 60–122 33%

France vs. Argentina

Croatia vs. Argentina

France vs. Croatia

Knockout stage

Host city finals Host cityTieScorePerth def. 3–2Brisbane def. 3–2Sydney def. 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 (in bold) Eliminated (in italics)

Ranking of teams losing in the host city finals Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %GamesGames %12–110–521–1264%156–14252%22–110–521–1362%175–15653%32–18–719–1950%176–17750%

Greece vs. Croatia

Poland vs. Italy

United States vs. Great Britain

Bracket

Semifinals

Poland vs. United States

Greece vs. Italy

Final

United States vs. Italy

References

External links Official website Draw