The 2023 season has officially started. The first tournament of the year is United Cup. This is a team tennis tournament for both men and women, organized by ATP and WTA. 2023 is also the first year of the tournament.
The 2023 United Cup was held from December 29, 2022 to January 8, 2023. The venue for the 3 cities of Brisbane, Perth and Sydney of Australia. Notably, this will also be the first male and female team event that the players get points into the World World and WTA rankings. Accordingly, each player can win up to 500 points.
In total, there were 18 teams attending, divided into 6 tables, each with 3 teams. Each team will have 4 male players and 4 female players. Each city will be the place of competition of the 2 tables.
The competition format is as follows: The teams in each table will compete in a circle. Each pair will consist of two men's matches, two women's single matches and one match between men and women. At the end of the group stage, the two teams in each city will fight to win 3 tickets to the semi -finals. The final semi -finals will eventually belong to the team with the best performance in the group stage in all three cities.
Based on the draw results and the list of participating players, Spain, Poland and the United States are heavy candidates for the championship. With Australia's expansion in less than a month, the players are desiring to show themselves to run the momentum for the first Grand Slam of the year.
List of tables at United Cup 2023
Group A
Greece: (ATP) S Tsitsipas, M Pervolarakis, S Sakellardidis, P Tsitsipas. (WTA) M Sakkari, D Papamichail, V Grammatikopoulou, S Sakellaridi.
Belgium: (ATP) D Goffin, Z Bergs, K Coppejans, M Geerts. (WTA) E Mertens, A Van Uytvanck, M Kempen, K Flipkens.
Bulgaria: (ATP) G Dimitrov, D Kuzmanov, A Andreev, A Lazarov. (WTA) V Tomova, I Shinikova, G Topalova.
Group B
Poland: (ATP) H Hurkacz, D Michalski, K Zuk, L Kubot. (WTA) I Swiatek, M Linette, W Falkowska, A Rosolska.
Switzerland: (ATP) S Wawrinka, Ma Huesler, D Stricker, A Ritschard. (WTA) B Benedic, J Teichmann, Y In-Albon, J Zuger.
Kazakhstan: (ATP) A Bublik, T Skatov, D Yevseyev, G Lomakin. (WTA) Y Putintseva, Z Kulambaveva, G Ainitdinova.
Group C
America: (ATP) T Fritz, F Tiafoe, D Kudla, H Reese. (WTA) J Pegula, M Keys, A Parks, D Krawczyk.
Virtue: (ATP) A Zverev, O OTTE, D Altmaier, F Fallert. (WTA) L Siegemund, J Niemeier, Al Friedsam, J Lohoff.
Czech Republic: (ATP) J Lehecka, T Machac, D SVRCina. (WTA) P Kvitova, M Bouzkova, J Maleckova.
Group d
Spain: (ATP) R Nadal, P Carreno Busta, A Ramos-Vinolas, D Vega Hernandez. (WTA) P Badosa, N Parrizas Diaz, J Bouzas Maneiro.
Australia: (ATP) A De Minaur, J Kubler, J Peers. (WTA) A TMLJANOVIC, Z HIVES, M Ingis, S Stosur.
Older brother: (ATP) C Norrie, D Evans, J Choinski, J O'Mara. (WTA) H Dart, K Swan, R Stoiber, E McDonald.
Group E
Italy: (ATP) M Berrettini, L Musetti, A Vavassori, M Bortolotti. (WTA) M Trevisan, L Bronzetti, C Rosatello.
Brazil: (ATP) T Monteiro, F Meligeni Alves, M Pucinelli de Almeida, R Matos. (WTA) B HADDAD Maia, L Pigossi, C Alves, L Stefani.
Norway: (ATP) C RUUD, V Durasovic, A Petrovic. (WTA) U Eikeri, M Helgo, L Haseth.
Group f
France: (ATP) A Rinderknech, A Mannarino, M Guinard, E Roger-Vasselin. (WTA) C Garcia, A Cornet, L Jeanjean, J Ponchet.
Croatia: (ATP) B Coric, B Gojo, M Pecotic. (WTA) P Martic, D Vekic, T Wurth, P Marcinko.
Argentina: (ATP) F Cerundolo, F Coria, TM Etcheverry. (WTA) N Podoroska, M Carle, P Ormaechea.
