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De Minaur, Swiatek, Gauff, Zverev, Fritz, Tsitsipas and Paolini headline United Cup

De Minaur, Swiatek, Gauff, Zverev, Fritz, Tsitsipas and Paolini headline United Cup

By Press Release
Updated 10/17/2024 2:30:00 PM

Tennis superstars Alex de Minaur, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Jasmine Paolini and more will headline the third edition of the United Cup.

The exciting innovative mixed team event will be staged in Perth and Sydney from 27 December to 5 January 2025.

Seven of the world’s Top 10 women and six of the world’s Top 12 men have committed to the tournament after entries from the top 16 countries were revealed today.

Team USA, led by 2023 US Open champion and world No. 3 Gauff and US Open finalist Fritz, have been named as the top seeds for the 2025 event.

Gauff, 20, who was the flag bearer for the United States at the Olympic Games in Paris, will make her United Cup debut.

Five-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 1 Swiatek and (12) Hubert Hurkacz will return for Team Poland as the No. 2 seeds.

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Popular duo Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari, both former world No. 3s, will feature for third seeds Greece.

Italy, the No. 4 seeds, will be guided by Paolini – this year’s Roland Garros and Wimbledon finalist – and Cobolli.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games singles gold medallist (7) Zheng Qinwen and Zhang Zhizhen will headline the Chinese team.

And Great Britain, led by debutant (19) Jack Draper and (35) Katie Boulter, will complete the top six seeded countries.

Australia will be represented by De Minaur, Gadecki, Omar Jasika, Destanee Aiava and doubles stars, Olympic doubles gold medallist and world No. 7 Matt Ebden and world No.13 Ellen Perez.

“I’m very excited to play, it’s going to be a lot of fun. I had some good memories this year, that’s where I cracked the Top 10 for the very first time. Any chance you get to represent Australia is always a lot of fun,” De Minaur said.

“It’s something quite unique [the United Cup], you don’t do it too often, you have two singles and a mixed doubles. It’s something completely different for the fans, a lot of fun to watch and to be a part of and I’m looking forward to competing.

“The Aussie team energy is always great. We support each other, we have each other’s back. We are just there for each other. The bench is always quite loud and quite vocal and I think it brings the best out of Aussie athletes, just being in a team environment.”

Other standout entries include defending champions Team Germany, represented by world No. 3 Zverev and Laura Siegemund, who led their country to victory in the decisive mixed doubles match in 2024.

Top 10 stars, Kazakhstan’s (5) Elena Rybakina, Norway’s (8) Casper Ruud, Brazil’s (10) Beatriz Haddad Maia, Canada’s (21) Felix Auger-Aliassime and (34) Leylah Fernandez, and Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, who returns to professional tennis after celebrating the birth of her daughter, will also all feature at the event in 2025.

LIST OF QUALIFIED COUNTRIES AND PLAYER ENTRY LIST

Below is a list of the first 16 countries (shown in seed order) to qualify. The final two countries will be determined on 18 November 2024.

 

(1) USA

ATP     WTA    

Player

Entry
Rank
Type Player Entry
Rank
Type
T. Fritz 6 S C. Gauff 3 S
D. Kudla 225 S D. Collins 9 S
R. Galloway 38 D D. Krawczyk 10 D

 

(2) POLAND

ATP     WTA    
 Player Entry
Rank
Type  Player Entry
Rank
Type
H. Hurkacz 12 S I. Swiatek 1 S
K. Majchrzak 117 S M. Chwalinska 175 S
J. Zielinski 27 D A. Rosolska 65 PD

 

(3) GREECE

ATP     WTA    
 Player Entry
Rank
Type  Player Entry
Rank
Type
S. Tsitsipas 11 S M. Sakkari 22 S
S. Sakellaridis 504 S D. Papamichail 288 S
P. Tsitsipas 76 D V. Grammati-
kopoulou
136 D

 

(4) ITALY

ATP     WTA    
Player Entry
Rank
Type Player Entry
Rank
Type
F. Cobolli 30 S J. Paolini 6 S
M. Gigante 150 S S. Errani 90 S
A. Vavassori 6 D A. Moratelli 72 D

 

(5) CHINA

ATP     WTA    
Player Entry
Rank
Type Player Entry
Rank
Type
Z. Zhang 46 S Q. Zheng 7 S
Y. Bai 280 S X. Gao 168 S
F. Sun 199 D S. Zhang 30 D

 

(6) GREAT BRITAIN

ATP     WTA    
Player Entry
Rank
Type Player Entry
Rank
Type
J. Draper 19 S K. Boulter 35 S
B. Harris 110 S Y. Miyazaki 160 S
J. Salisbury 12 D O. Nicholls 40 D

 

(7) CANADA

ATP     WTA    
Player Entry
Rank
Type Player Entry
Rank
Type
F. Auger-Aliassime 21 S L. Fernandez 34 S
L. Draxl 272 S S. Fung 277 S
B. Sigouin 230 D A. Arseneault 183 D

 

(8) CZECHIA

ATP     WTA    
Player Entry
Rank
Type Player Entry
Rank
Type
T. Machac 25 S K. Muchova 9 PS
M. Gengel 369 S G. Knutson 218 S
P. Rikl 78 D V. Valdmannova 19 J

 

(9) KAZAKHSTAN

ATP WTA
Player Entry
Rank
Type Player Entry
Rank
Type
A. Shevchenko 61 S E. Rybakina 5 S
D. Popko 173 S Z. Kulambayeva 314 S
A. Nedovyesov 57 D

 

(10) FRANCE

ATP     WTA    
 Player Entry
Rank
Type  Player Entry
Rank
Type
U. Humbert 16 S D. Parry 52 S
C. Moutet 71 S C. Paquet 105 S
E. Roger-Vasselin 19 D E. Lechemia 96 D

 

(11) GERMANY

ATP     WTA    
Player Entry
Rank
Type Player Entry
Rank
Type
A. Zverev 3 S L. Siegemund 89 S
D. Masur 269 S L. Papadakis 545 S
T. Puetz 15 D V. Heisen 179 PD

 

(12) AUSTRALIA

ATP     WTA    
Player Entry
Rank
Type Player Entry
Rank
Type
A. de Minaur 9 S O. Gadecki 84 S
O. Jasika 191 S D. Aiava 196 S
M. Ebden 7 D E. Perez 13 D

 

(13) BRAZIL

ATP     WTA    
Player Entry
Rank
Type Player Entry
Rank
Type
T. Monteiro
88 S B. Haddad
Maia
10 S
G. Heide 175 S C. Alves 305 S
R. Matos 36 D L. Stefani 29 D

 

(14) SPAIN

ATP     WTA    
Player Entry
Rank
Type Player Entry
Rank
Type
P. Carreno Busta 18 PS J. Bouzas Maneiro 62 S
C. Taberner 190 S M. Bassols Ribera
153 S
S. Martos Gornes 119 D Y. Cavalle-Reimers 86 D

 

(15) NORWAY

ATP     WTA    
Player Entry
Rank
Type  Player Entry
Rank
Type
C. Ruud 8 S M. Helgo 465 S
V. Durasovic 444 S E. Lindh Gallagher 486 PS
N. Budkov Kjaer 1 J U. Eikeri  44  D

 

(16) SWITZERLAND

ATP WTA
Player Entry
Rank
Type Player Entry
Rank
Type
D. Stricker 94 PS B. Bencic 15 PS
R. Bertola 290 S C. Naef 234 S
J. Paul 159 D C. Perrin 101

 

Note: player field is subject to change.

Note: Entered players in positions 3 and below for a given country, who were not eligible due to their Ranking (outside of 500 Singles / 250 Doubles) at the Entry Deadline are not shown here.

“It is fantastic to see seven of the world’s Top 10 women and six of the world’s Top 12 men enter the United Cup in 2025, in what will be a thrilling start to the Australian summer of tennis in Perth and Sydney,” United Cup Tournament Director Stephen Farrow said.

“The United Cup holds a unique position in global tennis, with the world’s best men and women representing their country at the highest level.

“The top 16 teams include some of the sport’s global tennis stars, such as Swiatek, Gauff, Zverev, Fritz, Tsitsipas, Paolini, Australia’s very own Alex de Minaur and many more who have all committed to play in this mixed team format to showcase the unique equality of tennis.

“We look forward to the official draw next Monday to determine where each country will play across Perth and Sydney.”

The official draw will be held on Monday 21 October. Countries will be drawn into six groups of three countries.

Watch the draw live from 11.30am AEDT on the United Cup Facebook page.

The tournament schedule will be released on Tuesday 22 October with tickets to the United Cup group stage on sale from 5.00pm local time in each host city.

Adult prices start from $40 and from $20 for children 3-12 years of age. Family passes (two adults and two children) start from $100.