2023 United Cup
Tennis tournament
The 2023 United Cup was the first edition of the United Cup , an international outdoor hard court mixed-gender team tennis competition held by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Serving as the opener for the 2023 ATP Tour and the 2023 WTA Tour , it was held from 29 December 2022 to 8 January 2023 at three venues in the Australian cities of Brisbane , Perth , and Sydney . It was also the first mixed-gender team event to offer both ATP rankings and WTA rankings points to its players: a player was able to win a maximum of 500 points.[ 1]
The United States defeated Italy in the tennis finals, 4–0, to capture the inaugural 2023 United Cup . The United States swept Poland in the semifinals while Italy lost one match in their defeat of Greece.[ 2]
Knockout Bracket
Each city hosted two groups of three countries in a round robin format in the first week of the tournament. Each tie consisted of two men's and two women's singles matches, and one mixed doubles match. There was one men's singles and one women's singles match in each day or session, with the mixed doubles match taking place in the second day or in the evening session.
The group winners in each host city played off for one of three semi-final spots with the highest ranked host city playoff loser, taking into account all ties, becoming the fourth semi-finalist.
There was a travel day allocated before the semi-finals and final take place in Sydney.[ 3]
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,[ 3] though this was not needed as Australia qualified in the second combined ranking spot.
Teams featured three or four players from each tour.[ 4]
Venues
Brisbane, Perth and Sydney each hosted two groups of three countries in a round robin format and the host city finals in the first seven days of the tournament. Sydney hosted the semifinals and the final on the last four days of the tournament.
Image
Name
Opened
Capacity
Location
Events
Map
Pat Rafter Arena
2009
5,500
Brisbane , Queensland
Group stage, Host city final
RAC Arena
2012
15,500
Perth , Western Australia
Group stage, Host city final
Ken Rosewall Arena
1999
10,500
Sydney , New South Wales
Group stage, Host city final, 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
Host city finals
80
65
55
40
35
25
20
Group stage
55
45
40
35
25
20
15
Entrants
The main doubles and their alternates were announced on 9 November 2022.[ 3] [ 6]
Rankings are as of 29 December 2022.
PR = Protected ranking
^ a b WTA Singles 4 instead of WTA Doubles
^ ATP Singles 4 instead of ATP Doubles
Group stage
The 18 teams were divided into six groups of three teams each in a round-robin format. The winners of each group qualified for the host city finals .
Overview
T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets
Group A
Host city: Perth
Pos.
Country
Ties
Matches
Sets
Sets %
Games
Games %
1
Greece
2–0
8–2
17–7
71%
126–92
58%
2
Bulgaria
1–1
4–6
12–13
48%
104–111
48%
3
Belgium
0–2
3–7
8–17
32%
95–122
44%
Greece vs. Bulgaria
Belgium vs. Bulgaria
Greece vs. Belgium
Group B
Host city: Brisbane
Pos.
Country
Ties
Matches
Sets
Sets %
Games
Games %
1
Poland
2–0
7–3
14–8
64%
116–98
54%
2
Switzerland
1–1
7–3
15–7
68%
123–99
55%
3
Kazakhstan
0–2
1–9
4–18
18%
86–128
40%
Switzerland vs. Kazakhstan
Poland vs. Kazakhstan
Poland vs. Switzerland
Group C
Host city: Sydney
Pos.
Country
Ties
Matches
Sets
Sets %
Games
Games %
1
United States
2–0
9–1
18–4
82%
105–71
60%
2
Czech Republic
1–1
4–6
9–12
43%
91–88
51%
3
Germany
0–2
2–8
5–16
24%
80–117
41%
United States vs. Czech Republic
Note: By United Cup rules a retired match counts as a straight-set win or loss, but not into percentage of games. [ 7]
Germany vs. Czech Republic
United States vs. Germany
Group D
Host city: Sydney
Pos.
Country
Ties
Matches
Sets
Sets %
Games
Games %
1
Great Britain
2–0
7–3
15–10
60%
122–108
53%
2
Australia
1–1
5–5
10–12
45%
99–108
48%
3
Spain
0–2
3–7
12–15
44%
114–119
49%
Australia vs. Great Britain
Spain vs. Great Britain
Spain vs. Australia
Group E
Host city: Brisbane
Pos.
Country
Ties
Matches
Sets
Sets %
Games
Games %
1
Italy
2–0
8–2
17–5
77%
117–91
56%
2
Brazil
1–1
6–4
12–9
57%
98–90
52%
3
Norway
0–2
1–9
3–18
14%
87–121
42%
Italy vs. Brazil
Brazil vs. Norway
Italy vs. Norway
Group F
Host city: Perth
Pos.
Country
Ties
Matches
Sets
Sets %
Games
Games %
1
Croatia
2–0
8–2
16–7
70%
123–104
54%
2
France
1–1
7–3
15–6
71%
122–79
61%
3
Argentina
0–2
0–10
2–20
9%
60–122
33%
France vs. Argentina
Croatia vs. Argentina
France vs. Croatia
Knockout stage
Host city finals
The three winners advanced to the semifinals along with a losing host city finalist with the best record from its three ties.[ 3]
Ranking of teams losing in the host city finals
Pos.
Country
Ties
Matches
Sets
Sets %
Games
Games %
1
Italy
2–1
10–5
21–12
64%
156–142
52%
2
Croatia
2–1
10–5
21–13
62%
175–156
53%
3
Great Britain
2–1
8–7
19–19
50%
176–177
50%
Greece vs. Croatia
Poland vs. Italy
Poland 3
Brisbane, Pat Rafter Arena 4 January 2023
Italy 2
United States vs. Great Britain
Semifinals
Poland vs. United States
Greece vs. Italy
Greece 1
Sydney, Ken Rosewall Arena 6–7 January 2023
Italy 4
Final
United States vs. Italy
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