2024 United Cup

Germany defeated Poland 2–1 in the tennis final to win the 2024 United Cup.^[1] Germany won the title after Alexander Zverev saved two match points in his singles tie against Hubert Hurkacz. All five of Germany's matches were decided by the final mixed doubles match, with Zverev playing singles and doubles in all the ties. The United States was the defending champions, but was eliminated in the group stage.

2024 United Cup
Date	29 December 2023 – 7 January 2024
Edition	2nd
Category	United Cup
Draw	18 teams
Prize money	A$15,000,000 (US$10,000,000)
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Perth, Western Australia Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Venue	RAC Arena Ken Rosewall Arena
Champions
Germany

This was the second edition of the United Cup, an international outdoor hard court Mixed-sex team tennis competition held by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Serving as the opener for the 2024 ATP Tour and the 2024 WTA Tour, it was held from 29 December 2023 to 7 January 2024 at two venues in the Australian cities of Perth and Sydney. It offered both ATP rankings and WTA rankings points to its players; a player was able to win a maximum of 500 points.^[2]

Format

Both cities hosted three groups of three countries in a round robin format. Each tie consisted of one men's and one women's singles match, and one mixed doubles match.^[3]

The six group winners and the best runner-up in each city advanced to the quarterfinals.^[4]

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 directly in the fourth ATP ranking spot.

Teams featured up to three players from each tour.^[4]

Venues

Perth and Sydney hosted three groups of three countries in a round robin format and two quarterfinals. Sydney hosted 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	Sydney Perth
	Ken Rosewall Arena	1999	10,500	Sydney, New South Wales	Group stage, Quarterfinals, 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
Quarterfinals	80	65	55	40	35	25	20
Group stage	55	45	40	35	25	20	15

• Maximum 500 points^[5]
• WTA only: a player who won five matches received 500 points; a player who won four out of five matches received a minimum of 325 points.^[6]

Prize money

The 2024 United Cup had a total prize money pool of US$10,000,000. This was 33.33% lower than 2023 due to fewer matches being played.^[5][7] The distribution was split into three components: participation fee, match wins, and team wins.

Participation fee

Singles ranking	Number 1 player	Number 2 player	Number 3 player
No. 1–10	$200,000	$200,000	$30,000
No. 11–20	$100,000	$100,000
No. 21–30	$60,000	$50,000
No. 31–50	$40,000	$30,000	$15,000
No. 51–100	$30,000	$20,000
No. 101–250	$25,000	$15,000	$7,500
No. 251+	$20,000	$10,000	$6,000

Match wins

Round	Number 1 player	Mixed doubles
Final	$251,000	$47,255
Semifinals	$132,000	$24,750
Quarterfinals	$69,500	$13,000
Group stage	$38,325	$7,200

Team wins

Round	$ per player
Final	$23,155
Semifinals	$13,650
Quarterfinals	$8,025
Group stage	$5,000

Entries

16 countries qualified based on their ATP/WTA singles rankings on 16 October 2023, and players' commitment to play at the event. The remaining two teams qualified based on their ATP/WTA rankings on 20 November.^[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 19 October 2023.^[8] The last 2 qualified countries, the 6th by ATP or WTA rankings, were announced on 21 November 2023.^[9][10]

Seed	Nation	Crit.	No. 1 ATP	Rank	No. 1 WTA	Rank	No. 2 ATP	No. 2 WTA	Doubles ATP	Doubles WTA	Captain	Nat.
1	Poland	WTA #1	Hubert Hurkacz	9	Iga Świątek	1	Daniel Michalski	Katarzyna Kawa	Jan Zieliński	Katarzyna Piter	Tomasz Wiktorowski
2	Greece	WTA #3	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6	Maria Sakkari	9	Stefanos Sakellaridis	Despina Papamichail	Petros Tsitsipas	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Petros Tsitsipas
3	United States	WTA #2	Taylor Fritz	10	Jessica Pegula	5	Denis Kudla	Alycia Parks	Rajeev Ram	Desirae Krawczyk	David Witt
4	France	WTA #5	Adrian Mannarino	22	Caroline Garcia	20	Antoine Escoffier	Amandine Hesse	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Elixane Lechemia	Édouard Roger-Vasselin
5	Czech Republic	WTA #4	Jiří Lehečka	31	Markéta Vondroušová	7	Vít Kopřiva	Sára Bejlek	Petr Nouza	Miriam Kolodziejová	David Škoch
6	Croatia	Comb #1	Borna Ćorić	37	Donna Vekić	23	Nino Serdarušić	Petra Marčinko	Ivan Dodig	Tena Lukas[a]	Iva Majoli
7	Canada	ATP #5	Félix Auger-Aliassime	29	Leylah Fernandez	35	Steven Diez	Stacey Fung	Adil Shamasdin	—	Adil Shamasdin
8	Great Britain	Comb #2	Cameron Norrie	18	Katie Boulter	56	Dan Evans	Francesca Jones	Neal Skupski	Maia Lumsden	Colin Beecher
9	China	Comb #3	Zhizhen Zhang	58	Qinwen Zheng	15	Yunchaokete Bu	Xiaodi You	Fajing Sun	—	Di Wu
10	Netherlands	Comb #4	Tallon Griekspoor	23	Arantxa Rus	51	Thiemo de Bakker	Arianne Hartono	Wesley Koolhof	Demi Schuurs	Wesley Koolhof
11	Spain	Comb #5	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	26	Sara Sorribes Tormo	48	Roberto Carballés Baena	Marina Bassols Ribera	David Vega Hernández	Rosa Vicens Mas[a]	Jorge Aguirre
12	Italy	Comb #6	Lorenzo Sonego	46	Jasmine Paolini	30	Flavio Cobolli	Nuria Brancaccio	Andrea Pellegrino	Angelica Moratelli	Renzo Furlan
13	Serbia	ATP #1	Novak Djokovic	1	Olga Danilović	119	Hamad Medjedovic	Natalija Stevanović	Nikola Ćaćić	Dejana Radanović[a]	Viktor Troicki
14	Norway	ATP #2	Casper Ruud	11	Malene Helgø	542	Andreja Petrovic	Ulrikke Eikeri	—	—	Christian Ruud
15	Australia	ATP #4	Alex de Minaur	12	Ajla Tomljanović	33PR(291)	John Millman	Storm Hunter	Matthew Ebden	Ellen Perez	Lleyton Hewitt
16	Germany	ATP #3	Alexander Zverev	7	Angelique Kerber	31PR(NR)	Maximilian Marterer	Tatjana Maria	Kai Wehnelt	Laura Siegemund	Torben Beltz
17	Brazil	WTA #6	Thiago Seyboth Wild	79	Beatriz Haddad Maia	11	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Carolina Alves	Marcelo Melo	—	Rafael Paciaroni
18	Chile	ATP #6	Nicolás Jarry	19	Daniela Seguel	668	Tomás Barrios Vera	Fernanda Labraña	Gonzalo Lama[a]	—	Jaime Fillol

• Singles rankings are as of 25 December 2023.
• PR = Protected ranking
• NR = Not ranked

1. Singles 3 instead of Doubles

Group stage

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

A country’s position within its group is determined by number of ties won and ties played. If three teams are tied with the same number of tie wins, then the team having played fewer total matches (singles and mixed doubles) will be eliminated and the winner of the head-to-head matchup between the two remaining teams advance. If still tied then the following procedures decide the group order: the most match wins (singles and doubles), then the highest percentage of matches won, then percentage of sets and then games won.^[11]

Overview

G = Group, T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

G	Winner				Runner-up				Third
	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S	Country	T	M	S
A	Poland	2–0	5–1	11–3	Spain	1–1	3–3	6–7	Brazil	0–2	1–5	3–10
B	Greece	1–1	4–2	10–4	Chile	1–1	3–3	7–8	Canada	1–1	2–4	4–9
C	Australia	1–1	3–3	7–6	United States	1–1	3–3	7–7	Great Britain	1–1	3–3	7–8
D	France	2–0	5–1	11–5	Germany	1–1	3–3	8–8	Italy	0–2	1–5	4–10
E	Serbia	2–0	4–2	9–7	China	1–1	4–2	9–6	Czech Republic	0–2	1–5	6–11
F†	Norway	1–1	3–3	7–7	Croatia	1–1	3–3	8–8	Netherlands	1–1	3–3	7–7

† Group F standings were determined by percentage of games won.

Group A

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Poland	2–0	5–1	11–3 (79%)	79–41 (66%)
2	Spain	1–1	3–3	6–7 (46%)	51–63 (45%)
3	Brazil	0–2	1–5	3–10 (23%)	49–75 (40%)

Spain vs. Brazil

Spain 2	RAC Arena 29 December 2023		Brazil 1
1 2 3 1 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Thiago Seyboth Wild 6 4 6 0     2 Sara Sorribes Tormo Beatriz Haddad Maia 61 77 2 6     3 Sara Sorribes Tormo / Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Beatriz Haddad Maia / Marcelo Melo 6 4 7 5

Poland vs. Brazil

Poland 3	RAC Arena 30 December 2023		Brazil 0
1 2 3 1 Iga Świątek Beatriz Haddad Maia 6 2 6 2     2 Hubert Hurkacz Thiago Seyboth Wild 64 77 6 2 6 3   3 Iga Świątek / Hubert Hurkacz Beatriz Haddad Maia / Marcelo Melo 6 4 6 3

Poland vs. Spain

Poland 2	RAC Arena 1 January 2024		Spain 1
1 2 3 1 Hubert Hurkacz Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6 3 3 6 4 6   2 Iga Świątek Sara Sorribes Tormo 6 2 6 1     3 Iga Świątek / Hubert Hurkacz Sara Sorribes Tormo / Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6 0 6 0

Group B

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Greece	1–1	4–2	10–4 (71%)	74–53 (58%)
2	Chile	1–1	3–3	7–8 (47%)	59–69 (46%)
3	Canada	1–1	2–4	4–9 (31%)	56–67 (46%)

Canada vs. Chile

Canada 2	Ken Rosewall Arena 31 December 2023		Chile 1
1 2 3 1 Leylah Fernandez Daniela Seguel 6 2 6 3     2 Steven Diez Nicolás Jarry 5 7 4 6     3 Leylah Fernandez / Steven Diez Daniela Seguel / Tomás Barrios Vera 7 5 4 6 [10] [8]

Greece vs. Chile

Greece 1	Ken Rosewall Arena 2 January 2024		Chile 2
1 2 3 1 Maria Sakkari Daniela Seguel 6 0 6 1     2 Stefanos Sakellaridis Nicolás Jarry 3 6 6 3 5 7   3 Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas Daniela Seguel / Tomás Barrios Vera 77 65 3 6 [6] [10]

Greece vs. Canada

Greece 3	Ken Rosewall Arena 3 January 2024		Canada 0
1 2 3 1 Stefanos Tsitsipas Steven Diez 6 2 6 3     2 Maria Sakkari Leylah Fernandez 77 62 6 3     3 Despina Papamichail / Petros Tsitsipas Stacey Fung / Félix Auger-Aliassime 7 5 6 4

Group C

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Australia	1–1	3–3	7–6 (54%)	68–59 (54%)
2	United States	1–1	3–3	7–7 (50%)	60–72 (45%)
3	Great Britain	1–1	3–3	7–8 (47%)	75–72 (51%)

Great Britain vs. Australia

Great Britain 2	RAC Arena 29 December 2023		Australia 1
1 2 3 1 Cameron Norrie Alex de Minaur 6 4 2 6 77 62   2 Katie Boulter Ajla Tomljanović 6 2 6 4     3 Katie Boulter / Neal Skupski Storm Hunter / Matthew Ebden 3 6 65 77

United States vs. Great Britain

United States 2	RAC Arena 31 December 2023		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 1 Jessica Pegula Katie Boulter 7 5 4 6 4 6   2 Taylor Fritz Cameron Norrie 77 65 6 4     3 Jessica Pegula / Taylor Fritz Katie Boulter / Neal Skupski 1 6 77 64 [10] [7]

United States vs. Australia

United States 1	RAC Arena 1 January 2024		Australia 2
1 2 3 1 Taylor Fritz Alex de Minaur 4 6 2 6     2 Jessica Pegula Ajla Tomljanović 78 66 6 3     3 Jessica Pegula / Rajeev Ram Storm Hunter / Matthew Ebden 3 6 1 6

Group D

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	France	2–0	5–1	11–5 (69%)	78–71 (52%)
2	Germany	1–1	3–3	8–8 (50%)	77–66 (54%)
3	Italy	0–2	1–5	4–10 (29%)	63–81 (44%)

Italy vs. Germany

Italy 1	Ken Rosewall Arena 30 December 2023		Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Jasmine Paolini Angelique Kerber 6 4 7 5     2 Lorenzo Sonego Alexander Zverev 77 65 3 6 4 6   3 Angelica Moratelli / Lorenzo Sonego Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev 3 6 0 6

France vs. Germany

France 2	Ken Rosewall Arena 1 January 2024		Germany 1
1 2 3 1 Adrian Mannarino Alexander Zverev 6 4 4 6 3 6   2 Caroline Garcia Angelique Kerber 1 6 6 2 6 2   3 Caroline Garcia / Édouard Roger-Vasselin Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev 77 64 2 6 [12] [10]

France vs. Italy

France 3	Ken Rosewall Arena 3 January 2024		Italy 0
1 2 3 1 Adrian Mannarino Lorenzo Sonego 6 4 6 4     2 Caroline Garcia Jasmine Paolini 6 4 5 7 6 4   3 Elixane Lechemia / Édouard Roger-Vasselin Nuria Brancaccio / Flavio Cobolli 77 65 6 4

Group E

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Serbia	2–0	4–2	9–7 (56%)	66–63 (51%)
2	China	1–1	4–2	9–6 (60%)	70–51 (58%)
3	Czech Republic	0–2	1–5	6–11 (35%)	61–83 (42%)

Czech Republic vs. China

Czech Republic 0	RAC Arena 30 December 2023		China 3
1 2 3 1 Jiří Lehečka Zhang Zhizhen 7 5 3 6 4 6   2 Markéta Vondroušová Zheng Qinwen 1 6 6 2 1 6   3 Markéta Vondroušová / Jiří Lehečka Zheng Qinwen / Zhang Zhizhen 1 6 2 6

China vs. Serbia

China 1	RAC Arena 31 December 2023		Serbia 2
1 2 3 1 Zhang Zhizhen Novak Djokovic 3 6 2 6     2 Zheng Qinwen Olga Danilović 6 4 6 2     3 Zheng Qinwen / Zhang Zhizhen Olga Danilović / Novak Djokovic 4 6 6 1 [6] [10]

Czech Republic vs. Serbia

Czech Republic 1	RAC Arena 2 January 2024		Serbia 2
1 2 3 1 Markéta Vondroušová Olga Danilović 6 1 3 6 6 3   2 Jiří Lehečka Novak Djokovic 1 6 77 63 1 6   3 Miriam Kolodziejová / Petr Nouza Olga Danilović / Hamad Medjedovic 6 4 62 77 [8] [10]

Group F

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Norway	1–1	3–3	7–7 (50%)	66–63 (51%)
2	Croatia	1–1	3–3	8–8 (50%)	67–68 (50%)
3	Netherlands	1–1	3–3	7–7 (50%)	66–68 (49%)

Netherlands vs. Norway

Netherlands 2	Ken Rosewall Arena 30 December 2023		Norway 1
1 2 3 1 Arantxa Rus Malene Helgø 77 64 6 1     2 Tallon Griekspoor Casper Ruud 3 6 4 6     3 Demi Schuurs / Wesley Koolhof Ulrikke Eikeri / Casper Ruud 77 65 7 5

Croatia vs. Norway

Croatia 1	Ken Rosewall Arena 1 January 2024		Norway 2
1 2 3 1 Donna Vekić Malene Helgø 7 5 3 6 6 3   2 Borna Ćorić Casper Ruud 4 6 1 6     3 Donna Vekić / Ivan Dodig Ulrikke Eikeri / Casper Ruud 2 6 6 3 [7] [10]

Croatia vs. Netherlands

Croatia 2	Ken Rosewall Arena 2 January 2024		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 1 Borna Ćorić Tallon Griekspoor 77 64 6 4     2 Donna Vekić Arantxa Rus 6 2 3 6 6 1   3 Donna Vekić / Ivan Dodig Demi Schuurs / Wesley Koolhof 77 63 3 6 [12] [14]

Ranking of second-placed teams

The best runner-up quarter-final spot is determined by the number of ties won and the number of ties played. In a tie between three teams, the team having played fewer total matches (singles and mixed doubles) will be eliminated and, if still tied then the team with the most match wins (singles and doubles). If still tied, then the ranking is determined by, in order: 1 the highest percentage of matches won 2 the highest percentage of sets won, and 3 the highest percentage of games won.^[11]

Host city: Perth

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	China	1–1	4–2	9–6 (60%)	70–51 (58%)
2	United States	1–1	3–3	7–7 (50%)	60–72 (45%)
3	Spain	1–1	3–3	6–7 (46%)	51–63 (45%)

Host city: Sydney

Pos.	Country	Ties W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L
1	Germany	1–1	3–3	8–8 (50%)	77–66 (54%)
2	Croatia	1–1	3–3	8–8 (50%)	67–68 (50%)
3	Chile	1–1	3–3	7–8 (47%)	59–69 (46%)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

3 January – Perth

Poland

3

6 January – Sydney

China

0

Poland

3

4 January – Sydney

France

0

France

2

7 January – Sydney

Norway

1

Poland

1

3 January – Perth

Germany

2

Australia

3

6 January – Sydney

Serbia

0

Australia

1

5 January – Sydney

Germany

2

Greece

1

Germany

2

Quarterfinals

Poland vs. China

Poland 3	Perth, RAC Arena 3 January 2024		China 0
1 2 3 1 Hubert Hurkacz Zhang Zhizhen 6 3 6 4     2 Iga Świątek Zheng Qinwen 6 2 6 3     3 Katarzyna Piter / Jan Zieliński You Xiaodi / Sun Fajing 6 3 5 7 [10] [7]

France vs. Norway

France 2	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 4 January 2024		Norway 1
1 2 3 1 Caroline Garcia Malene Helgø 6 2 66 78 77 65   2 Adrian Mannarino Casper Ruud 1 6 4 6     3 Caroline Garcia / Édouard Roger-Vasselin Ulrikke Eikeri / Casper Ruud 7 5 6 4

Australia vs. Serbia

Australia 3	Perth, RAC Arena 3 January 2024		Serbia 0
1 2 3 1 Alex de Minaur Novak Djokovic 6 4 6 4     2 Ajla Tomljanović Natalija Stevanović 6 1 6 1     3 Storm Hunter / Matthew Ebden Dejana Radanović / Nikola Ćaćić 6 3 6 3

Greece vs. Germany

Greece 1	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 5 January 2024		Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Maria Sakkari Angelique Kerber 6 0 6 3     2 Stefanos Tsitsipas Alexander Zverev 4 6 4 6     3 Maria Sakkari / Petros Tsitsipas Laura Siegemund / Alexander Zverev 3 6 3 6

Semifinals

Poland vs. France

Poland 3	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 6 January 2024		France 0
1 2 3 1 Hubert Hurkacz Adrian Mannarino 6 3 7 5     2 Iga Świątek Caroline Garcia 4 6 6 1 6 1   3 Katarzyna Kawa / Jan Zieliński Elixane Lechemia / Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6 3 6 3

Australia vs. Germany

Australia 1	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 6 January 2024		Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Ajla Tomljanović Angelique Kerber 6 4 2 6 67 79   2 Alex de Minaur Alexander Zverev 5 7 6 3 6 4   3 Storm Hunter / Matthew Ebden Laura Siegemund / Alexander Zverev 62 77 77 62 [13] [15]

Final

Poland vs. Germany

Poland 1	Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 7 January 2024		Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Iga Świątek Angelique Kerber 6 3 6 0     2 Hubert Hurkacz Alexander Zverev 77 63 66 78 4 6   3 Iga Świątek / Hubert Hurkacz Laura Siegemund / Alexander Zverev 4 6 7 5 [4] [10]

References

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External links

• Official website
• Draw