United Cup

The United Cup is an international hard court tennis competition featuring mixed-gender teams from 18 countries, with the first event held in December 2022 through January 2023. The competition is played across multiple Australian cities over 11 days in the leadup to the Australian Open and offers both ATP and WTA rankings points to its players, with a maximum 500 points for the winners. The tournament has a group phase with six groups of three countries, and the winners in each city play off in a city final for one of three semifinal spots, with the six group winners and the two best runners-up advancing to the quarterfinals. Each tie consists of three matches (men's singles, women's singles, and mixed doubles) in the 2024 edition, and the final takes place in Sydney after a travel day. 18 countries qualify for the competition, with Australia guaranteed one of the spots if it fails to qualify on its own, and each team has three singles specialists and a doubles specialist for each gender in the 2023 edition, and two singles specialists and a doubles specialist for each gender in the 2024 edition.learn more on wikipedia