The schedule for United Cup 2026 has been released ahead of tickets to the tournament’s group stage going on sale Wednesday 19 November from 12.00pm local time in Perth and Sydney.

The world’s best tennis players are set for some blockbuster match ups at the fourth edition of the innovative mixed team event this summer.

In 2026, the event will feature five of the world’s top 10 men and four of the world’s top 10 women including Alex de Minaur, Coco Gauff, Taylor Fritz, Iga Swiatek, Alexander Zverev, Jasmine Paolini, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jack Draper.

Other standout names competing include Emma Raducanu, Naomi Osaka, Belinda Bencic, Stan Wawrinka, Jakub Mensik, Flavio Cobolli, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari.

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At RAC Arena, Team USA, Italy, Great Britain, Japan, Switzerland, Greece, France and more will contest the group stage in Perth when the event begins on Friday 2 January.

Top seeds USA will face Argentina in their opening Group A tie on Saturday 3 January. 

At Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney, Australia – represented by De Minaur, Maya Joint, Jason Kubler, Maddison Inglis, Storm Hunter and John-Patrick Smith – will kick off its campaign against Casper Ruud’s Team Norway on Saturday 3 January. The host country will then face Czechia on Tuesday 6 January. 

Other countries in Sydney include Canada, Poland, Germany, China, Belgium and Netherlands. 

Five hottest match-ups in Perth Group Stage

Friday 2 January (Night): Group E – Team Greece v Team Japan
Sunday 4 January (Day): Group E – Team Great Britain vs Team Japan
Sunday 4 January (Night): Group C – Team Italy vs Team Switzerland
Monday 5 January (Day): Group A – Team USA vs Team Spain
Monday 5 January (Night): Group E – Team Great Britain vs Team Greece 

Five hottest match-ups in Sydney Group Stage

Saturday 3 January (Night): Group D – Team Australia v Team Norway 
Sunday 4 January (Night): Group B – Team Canada vs Team China
Monday 5 January (Night): Group F – Team Germany vs Team Poland
Tuesday 6 January (Day): Group B – Team Canada vs Team Belgium
Tuesday 6 January (Night): Group D – Team Australia vs Team Czechia

Each tie at the United Cup will comprise one men’s singles and one women’s singles match followed by one mixed doubles match.
 
Singles matches are best-of-three tiebreak sets. Mixed doubles matches are two tiebreak sets with a deciding match tiebreak (10 points) at one set-all.
 
In Perth, the day session will start at 10.00am and 5.00pm local time for the night session.
 
In Sydney, the day session will begin at 10.30am and 5.30pm for the second session.
 
Group winners in each city advance to the quarterfinals with one quarterfinal spot in each city awarded to the best runner up in that city. 
 
Winners will progress to the semifinals and final to be played in Sydney. 

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Tickets

Tickets to the United Cup group stage go on sale from 12.00pm local time on Wednesday 19 November. Sydney group stage tickets from $40, Perth group stage tickets from $43
Kids go free in Perth and Sydney on Saturday 3 January
Tickets for the United Cup quarterfinals, semifinals and final are already on sale
For more information please visit UnitedCup.com/tickets.

Format

The fourth edition of United Cup will be held from Friday 2 January to Sunday 11 January 2026
The group stage in Perth (RAC Arena) runs from Friday 2 January to Tuesday 6 January. The quarterfinals in Perth will be held on Wednesday 7 January
The group stage in Sydney (Ken Rosewall Arena) runs from Saturday 3 January to Wednesday 7 January. The quarterfinals in Sydney will be held across Thursday 8 and Friday 9 January
Group winners in each city advance to the quarterfinals with one quarterfinal spot in each city awarded to the best runner up in that city
Winners will progress to the semifinals and final to be played in Sydney.
Sydney will host two semifinals on Saturday 10 January followed by the final of the United Cup from 5.30pm on Sunday 11 January
Teams travelling from Perth to Sydney will have a travel day and rest day before their semifinal matches.