The United Cup is a first-of-its-kind mixed-gender tournament, featuring players from the ATP and WTA Tours representing 18 countries. The inaugural team event will kick off the 2023 tennis season and will be played across three Australian cities: Perth, Brisbane, and Sydney. The tournament will be launched on December 29, 2022 and will run through to the final on January 8, 2023 in Sydney. Let us take an in-depth look at all details of this tournament.
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Where will the 2023 United Cup be Played?
The 2023 United Cup will be played in the aforementioned three cities in Australia and will serve as a preparatory tournament for the first Grand Slam of the season in Melbourne.
The United Cup is in its first edition in 2023 and will replace the transient ATP Cup which lasted for only three years. It is also a significant upgrade to the Hopman Cup since a maximum of 500 ranking points will be on offer for the winning team players.
What’s the United Cup 2023 Schedule?
The 2023 edition of the United Cup will feature 18 countries divided into six groups. Each group will contain three teams, playing in a round-robin format during the first week.
So in each tie in a group, there will be two men’s singles matches, two women’s singles matches, and one mixed doubles match.
Each city will play host to two groups containing three countries. The winners of each group in one city will compete in a playoff for one of three semifinal spots. The next best-performing country in the group stage across all cities will earn the fourth semifinal berth.
The six groups have been drawn as follows:
GROUP A: Greece, Belgium, Bulgaria
GROUP B: Poland, Switzerland, Kazakhstan
GROUP C: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
GROUP D: Spain, Australia, Great Britain
GROUP E: Italy, Brazil, Norway
GROUP F: France, Croatia, Argentina
Day 1 Schedule, Thursday, 29th December 2022 (Group Stage)
USA vs Czech Republic (Sydney), Australia vs Great Britain (Sydney), Greece vs Bulgaria (Perth), France vs Argentina (Perth), Italy vs Brazil (Brisbane), Switzerland vs Kazakhstan (Brisbane)
Day 2 Schedule, Friday, 30th December 2022 (Group Stage)
USA vs Czech Republic (Sydney), Australia vs Great Britain (Sydney), Greece vs Bulgaria (Perth), France vs Argentina (Perth), Italy vs Brazil (Brisbane), Switzerland vs Kazakhstan (Brisbane)
Day 3 Schedule, Saturday, 31st December 2022 (Group Stage)
Germany vs Czech Republic (Sydney), Spain vs Great Britain (Sydney), Belgium vs Bulgaria (Perth), Croatia vs Argentina (Perth), Brazil vs Norway (Brisbane), Poland vs Kazakhstan (Brisbane)
Day 4 Schedule, Sunday, 1st January 2023 (Group Stage)
Germany vs Czech Republic (Sydney), Spain vs Great Britain (Sydney), Belgium vs Bulgaria (Perth), Croatia vs Argentina (Perth), Brazil vs Norway (Brisbane), Poland vs Kazakhstan (Brisbane)
Day 5 Schedule, Monday, 2nd January 2023 (Group Stage)
USA vs Germany (Sydney), Spain vs Australia (Sydney), Greece vs Belgium(Perth), France vs Croatia (Perth), Italy vs Norway (Brisbane), Poland vs Switzerland (Brisbane)
Day 6 Schedule, Tuesday, 3rd January 2023 (Group Stage)
USA vs Germany (Sydney), Spain vs Australia (Sydney), Greece vs Belgium(Perth), France vs Croatia (Perth), Italy vs Norway (Brisbane), Poland vs Switzerland (Brisbane)
Knock-out Stages
Winner Group A vs Winner Group F (to be played on 4th January 2023 in Perth)
Winner Group B vs Winner Group E (to be played on 4th January 2023 in Brisbane)
Winner Group C vs Winner Group D (to be played on 4th January 2023 in Sydney)
The three winners advance to the semifinals, along with a losing host city finalist with the best record from the groups.
Semifinal
TBC (to be played on 6-7 January 2023 at Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney)
Final
TBC (to be played on 8th January 2023 at Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney)
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Who is Playing at The 2023 United Cup?
All 18 countries that will play the inaugural United Cup have been determined.
The qualifying criterion for the first 12 countries was based on the ranking of the six-highest-ranked men’s players and the six-highest-ranked women’s players. The other six teams qualify based on the combined ranking of their number-one-ranked ATP and WTA players.
Australia would qualify as a wildcard for being the host nation or through the world ranking of its players.
Greece will boast the talent of Stefanos Tsitsipas who won the most matches of any man in 2022 and Maria Sakkari.
Poland’s World No. 1 Iga Swiatek will join forces with Hubert Hurkacz as the most prominent names from their country.
The USA have strength in depth with a gaudy list of top performers including Jessica Pegula, Taylor Fritz, and Frances Tiafoe.
Spain will look for some inspiration from their legendary player Rafael Nadal who is the star attraction at the event.
Here’s a list of all 18 countries with their player representation participating in the inaugural United Cup.
- Poland (Iga Swiatek, Hubert Hurkacz, Magda Linette, Daniel Michalski, Lukasz Kubot, Kacper Zuk, Alicja Rosolska, Weronika Falkowska)
- Spain (Rafael Nadal, Pablo Carreno Busta, Albert Ramos Vinolas, Paula Badosa, Nuria Parrizas Dias, David Vega Hernandez, Jessica Bouzas ManeiroO
- USA (Taylor Fritz, Jessica Pegula, Frances Tiafoe, Madison Keys, Denis Kudla, Alycia Parks, Hunter Reese, Desirae, Krawczyk)
- Germany (Alexander Zverev, Laura Siegemund, Oscar Otte, Jule Niemeier, Daniel Altmaier, Anna-Lena Friedsam, Fabian Fallert, Julia Lohoff)
- France (Arthur Rinderknech, Caroline Garcia, Adrian Mannarino, Alize Cornet, Manuel Guinard, Leolia Jeanjean, Edouard Roger-Vasselin, Jessica Ponchet)
- Greece (Stefanos Tsitsipas, Maria Sakkari, Michail Pervolarakis, Despina Papamichail, Stefanos Sakellaridis, Valentini Grammatikopoulou)
- Switzerland (Belinda Bencic, Stan Wawrinka, Marc-Andrea Huesler, Jil Teichmann, Dominic Stricker, Ylena In-Albon, Alexander Ritschard, Joanne Zuger)
- Norway (Casper Ruud, Ulrikke Eikeri, Viktor Durasovic, Malene Helgo, Andreja Petrovic, Lily Haseth)
- Brazil (Beatriz Haddad Maia, Thiago Monteiro, Felipe Meligeni Alves, Laura Pigossi, Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida, Carolina Alves, Rafael Matos, Luisa Stefani)
- Great Britain (Cameron Norrie, Harriet Dart, Dan Evans, Katie Swan, Jan Choinski, Ranah Stoiber, Jonny O’Mara, Ella McDonald)
- Czech Republic (Petra Kvitova, Jiri Lehecka, Tomas Machac, Marie Bouzkova, Dalibor Svrcina, Jesika Maleckova)
- Bulgaria (Grigor Dimitrov, Viktoriya Tomova, Dimitar Kuzmanov, Isabella Shinikova, Adrian Andreev, Gergana Topalova, Alexander Lazarov)
- Italy (Matteo Berrettini, Martina Trevisan, Lorenzo Musetti, Lucia Bronzetti, Andrea Vavassori, Camila Rosatello, Marco Bortolotti)
- Australia (Nick Kyrgios, Alex De Minaur, Ajla Tomljanovic, Zoe Hives, Jason Kubler, Maddison Inglis, John Peers, Samantha Stosur)
- Argentina (Francisco Cerundolo, Federico Coria, Nadia Podoroska, Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Maria Carle, Paula Ormaecha)
- Croatia (Borna Coric, Petra Martic, Borna Gojo, Donna Vekic, Matija Pecotic, Tara Wurth, Petra Marcinko)
- Belgium (David Goffin, Elise Mertens, Zizou Bergs, Alison Van Uytvanck, Kimmer Coppejans, Magali Kempen, Michael Geerts, Kirsten Flipkens)
- Kazakhstan (Alexander Bublik, Yulia Putintseva, Timofey Skatov, Zhibek Kulambayeva, Denis Yevseyev, Gozal Ainitdinova, Grigoriy Lomakin)
United Cup 2023 Prize Money
In its first edition, the United Cup in conjunction with Tennis Australia, the ATP and WTA Tours has a lucrative purse of $15 million in prize money.
Here’s our detailed explanation on how much prize money a player can earn during the 2023 United Cup.
In addition, 500 ranking points will also be on offer to the winning team players.
The point system for this year’s United Cup tennis tournament is different from most of the other ATP and WTA competitions. To understand more about how the ranking points will be allocated, click here.
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How to Watch the 2023 United Cup?
Tennis viewers in Australia can catch all the action of the inaugural United Cup on Channel Nine.
Viewers from the MENA region can watch the action live on BeIN Sports, while those in Subsaharan Africa will watch it on SuperSport TV.
In UK, Eurosport holds the broadcast rights for the United Cup, while in the U.S. fans can access content on ESPN, both at a subscription cost.
Matches can also be streamed live or on-demand on Tennistv.com at a monthly subscription fee of $14.99 for the whole international audience.
You can also watch & bet on the 2023 United Cup with bet365. Here is the process you can follow to do just that.
- Go to www.bet365.com
- Register with www.bet365.com (or log in to your account)
- Pre-fund your account by depositing $10 (or equivalent currency). You can either let that remain in your account or should have bet in the 24 hours before the live streaming
- Select the United Cup 2023 live streaming option by clicking on the top
Please remember, this site requires you to register with them and then either deposit a sum of $10 into your account (or register as mentioned here) or watch the live streaming by betting on any sport in the past 24 hours. Remember geo-restrictions might apply.
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Our United Cup 2023 Predictions & Picks
The USA are the bookmakers’ favorite to win the prestigious inaugural United Cup at 3/1 with bet365.
It is feasible and wise to back the Americans since they have strength in their reserves among the male and female players. Fritz, Tiafoe, Pegula and Keys are a formiddable combo. Add to the list the rising youngster Alycia Parks and the experienced doubles specialist Desirae Krawczyk, they will certainly be the team to beat.
Spain and Poland are also expected to make strong starts. With Nadal and Swiatek leading their respective countries, they have two world-class athletes in their ranks. But where Spain might have the edge over the rest of the pack is the addition of Paula Badosa and Pablo Carreno Busta to their team, which could make them quite a difficult proposition.
Australia are 6/1 to win it all on home turf, but with the shock news of Nick Kyrgios’ withdrawal, their odds will diminish significantly.
Germany are worth a crack as outsiders at 16/1. But it will depend on Alexander Zverev’s fitness during the week.
France have the talent and a wealth of experience. Caroline Garcia is coming off the best season of her career. While Arthur Rinderknech is a colossal challenge on hard courts. They also possess an accomplished doubles player in Edouard Roger-Vasselin and at 10/1 their odds look enticing.
Low risk bet, United Cup winner: USA to win: 3/1
Medium risk bet, United Cup winner: Spain to win: 5/1
High risk bet, United Cup winner: France to win: 10/1
Daily United Cup 2023 Predictions & Tips
Get all your match by match predictions for the United Cup 2023 here. We also have the best tips for the day in our tennis betting news blog here.
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How to Buy United Cup 2023 Tickets?
Tickets are now on sale for the 2023 United Cup and can easily be accessed on the tournament’s official website here under the tickets tab.
Fans can also purchase tickets on TicketMaster.com, with Group Stage tickets for Adults starting at $40 per person.
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