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]
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]
18 countries will qualify as follows:
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]
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, Semifinals, Final |
| width=110 rowspan=2 | Round ! | Points per win vs. opponent ranked | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=85 | No. 1–10 ! | width=85 | No. 11–20 ! | width=85 | No. 21–30 ! | width=85 | No. 31–50 ! | width=85 | No. 51–100 ! | width=85 | No. 101–250 ! | width=85 | No. 251+ |
| bgcolor=thistle align=left | Final | 180 | 140 | 120 | 90 | 60 | 40 | 35 | |||||
| bgcolor=yellow align=left | Semifinals | 130 | 105 | 90 | 60 | 40 | 35 | 25 | |||||
| bgcolor=ffebcd align=left | Quarterfinals | 80 | 65 | 55 | 40 | 35 | 25 | 20 | |||||
| bgcolor=afeeee align=left | Group stage | 55 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 25 | 20 | 15 | |||||
The 2024 United Cup will have a total prize money pool of US$10,000,000. The distribution will split into three components: participation fee, match wins, and team wins.
| Singles ranking | Number 1 player | Number 2 player | Number 3 player | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | No. 1–10 | $200,000 | $200,000 | $30,000 | |
| align=left | No. 11–20 | $100,000 | $100,000 | ||
| align=left | No. 21–30 | $60,000 | $50,000 | ||
| align=left | No. 31–50 | $40,000 | $30,000 | $15,000 | |
| align=left | No. 51–100 | $30,000 | $20,000 | ||
| align=left | No. 101–250 | $25,000 | $15,000 | $7,500 | |
| align=left | No. 251+ | $20,000 | $10,000 | $6,000 |
Match wins
| Team wins
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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.[4]
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.[5] [6] The last 2 qualified countries, the 7th and 8th by combined rankings, were announced on 3 November 2024.[7]
| Seed | Nation | No. 1 ATP | Rank | No. 1 WTA | Rank | No. 2 ATP | No. 2 WTA | Doubles ATP | Doubles WTA | Captain | Nat. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 |  | ||||||||||
| 2 | 16 | 2 |  | ||||||||||
| 3 | 11 | 32 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 32 | 4 |  | ||||||||||
| 5 | 45 | 5 |  | ||||||||||
| 6 | 15 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 29 | 31 |  | ||||||||||
| 8 | 25 | 9PR(22) |  | ||||||||||
| 9 | 78 | 6 |  | ||||||||||
| 10 | 14 | 53 |  | ||||||||||
| 11 | 2 | 83 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 9 | 96 |  | ||||||||||
| 13 | 109 | 17 |  | ||||||||||
| 14 | 18PR(197) | 55 |  | ||||||||||
| 15 | 6 | 408 |  | ||||||||||
| 16 | 94PR(301) | 15PR(913) | |||||||||||
| 17 | 39 | 98 |  | ||||||||||
| 18 | 90 | 19 |