18 November 2025 | Tennis West

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.

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.

United Cup Tournament Director Stephen Farrow said the draw for 2026 will see some of the biggest names in tennis play the United Cup this summer.

“We’re extremely proud of this competition for what it represents and celebrates, the fact that our great sport of tennis is played by so many amazing athletes on both the female and male side of the sport,” Farrow said.

“To bring those athletes together to play for not just big ranking points and prizemoney but for their country and national pride is what makes this competition so special.

“It’s an intense and exciting atmosphere with loads of fans coming to watch. Some of the top players in the world, truly engaged and wanting to win out there on court in Perth and Sydney. We have a huge amount to look forward to in January.”

Western Australian Tourism Minister the Hon. Reece Whitby MLA said, “We are absolutely delighted to welcome such a talented lineup of tennis teams to Western Australia. I’m extremely excited we’ll be hosting USA and Italy for massive tennis matches that will serve up another incredible year of major events for the State.

“Events like the United Cup build on WA’s status as a premier destination for major sporting events, spotlighting our vibrant capital city in the beautiful summertime.

“Returning for a fourth year, the United Cup is a fantastic event that forms part of our economic diversification strategy to draw visitors to our State and inject millions of valuable tourism dollars providing a boost to local business and jobs.”

PERTH GROUP STAGE – TOP FIVE HOTTEST MATCH UPS

• 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

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.

Tickets to the United Cup group stage go on sale from 12.00pm local time on Wednesday 19 November with group stage tickets from $43. Kids will go free in Perth on Saturday, 3rd January 2026.

For more information please visit UnitedCup.com/tickets

Full schedule click here.