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Who Is Competing United Cup 2026 | United Cup | Tennis
Who is competing in the 2026 United Cup? In which group will their country be competing and where?
View below the full list of groups, countries and players for the mixed-teams event, which will be played across Perth and Sydney from 2-11 January.
The players shown are for illustrative purposes only. Qualification and participation subject to ATP rules.
Players may withdraw due to injury, illness or other grounds. Photographs courtesy of Getty Images and ATP tournament.
Australia tennis schedule: Osaka vs. Sakkari headlines opening day at United Cup
And just like that, the 2026 tennis season is here, with action beginning Friday in Perth as Spain faces Argentina to open the United Cup before Maria Sakkari meets Naomi Osaka in the marquee evening matchup between Greece and Japan.
If it’s a new year dawning Down Under, you can be sure it’s time for those irresistible images of tennis players snapping selfies with all manner of indigenous marsupials.
In Perth, Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu cavorted with the quokkas — in terms of pure, unadulterated cuteness, perhaps the most underrated of the marsupials — on Rottnest Island.
“It’s amazing to see a quokka for the first time,” Raducanu said. “I wish I could have stayed longer.”
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United We Start: What to watch for at the season-opening United Cup
Iga Swiatek readies for her first shot at the career Slam in Australia, as Coco Gauff brings a retooled serve to a U.S. title defense.
📲🖥️ Bookmark for 2026: Stream the United Cup on the Tennis Channel App!
For the fourth year, tennis kicks off its 11-month schedule with the United Cup in Australia. The event began, in 2023, as a hopeful model of gender unity, in a sport that hasn’t had a ton of it over the decades. Since then, it has established itself as a table-setting tournament that balances camaraderie with competition and showcases both tours in one place.
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