Rafael Nadal, Nick Kyrgios, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Cameron Norrie are among the top players who will compete in the upcoming United Cup.

The United Cup, a brand-new teams competition played in Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth, is turning up the heat on the Australian summer of tennis. Nations from all over the world, including men and women, will compete in a group format across Australia before the finals are held in Sydney, replacing the ATP Cup on the schedule.

Teams and players

18 teams will take place in the competition and they will be split into 6 groups of 3 nations each. The winners of the groups and the best 2 runner-ups will access the quarterfinals.

Perth

Group A	Group F
Greece	France
Belgium	Croatia
Bulgaria	Argentina

 

Brisbane

Group B	Group E
Poland	Italy
Switzerland	Brazil
Kazakhstan	Norway

Sydney

Group C	Group D
United States	Spain
Germany	Australia
Czech Republic	Great Britain

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Perth

Group A

Greece

Stefanos Tsitsipas	Maria Sakkari
Michail Pervolarakis	Despina Papamichail
Stefanos Sakellardidis	Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Petros Tsitsipas	Sapfo Sakellaridi

Belgium

David Goffin	Elise Mertens
Zizou Bergs	Alison Van Uytvanck
Kimmer Coppejans	Magali Kempen
Michael Geerts	Kirsten Flipkens

 

Bulgaria

Grigor Dimitrov	Viktoriya Tomova
Dimitar Kuzmanov	Isabella Shinikova
Adrian Andreev	Gergana Topalova
Alexandar Lazarov	–

Group F

France

Arthur Rinderknech	Caroline Garcia
Adrian Mannarino	Alize Cornet
Manuel Guinard	Leolia Jeanjean
Edouard Roger-Vasselin	Jessika Ponchet

 

Croatia

Borna Coric	Petra Martic
Borna Gojo	Donna Vekic
Matija Pecotic	Tara Wurth
–	Petra Marcinko

 

Argentina

Diego Schwartzman	Nadia Podoroska
Francisco Cerundolo	Maria Carle
Federico Coria	Paula Ormaechea
Andres Molteni	–

Brisbane

Group B

Poland

Hubert Hurkacz	Iga Swiatek
Kamil Majchrzak	Magda Linette
Daniel Michalski	Weronika Falkowska
Lukasz Kubot	Alicja Rosolska

 

Switzerland

Stan Wawrinka	Belinda Bencic
Marc-Andrea Huesler	Jil Teichmann
Dominic Stricker	Ylena In-Albon
Alexander Ritschard	Joanne Zuger

 

Kazakhstan

Alexander Bublik	Yulia Putintseva
Timofey Skatov	Zhibek Kulambayeva
Denis Yevseyev	Gozal Ainitdinova
Grigoriy Lomaki	–

Group E

Italy

Matteo Berrettini	Martina Trevisan
Lorenzo Musetti	Lucia Bronzetti
Andrea Vavassori	Camila Rosatello
Marco Bortolotti	Nuria Brancaccio

 

Brazil

Thiago Monteiro	Beatriz Haddad Maia
Felipe Meligeni Alves	Laura Pigossi
Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida	Carolina Alves
Rafael Matos	Luisa Stefani

Norway

Casper Ruud	Ulrikke Eikeri
Viktor Durasovic	Malene Helgo
Andreja Petrovic	Lilly Haseth
–	–

Sydney

Group C

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

 

Czech Republic

Jiri Lehecka	Petra Kvitova
Tomas Machac	Marie Bouzkova
Dalibor Svrcina	Jesika Maleckova
–	–

Group D

Spain

Rafael Nadal	Paula Badosa
Pablo Carreno Busta	Nuria Parrizas Diaz
Albert Ramos-Vinolas	Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
David Vega Hernandez	–

Australia

Nick Kyrgios	Ajla Tomljanovic
Alex de Minaur	Zoe Hives
Jason Kubler	Maddison Inglis
John Peers	Sam Stosur

Great Britain

Cameron Norrie	Harriet Dart
Dan Evans	Katie Swan
Jan Choinski	Anna Brogan
Jonny O’Mara	Ella McDonald

What is the United Cup?

Rafael Nadal in 2022

At the moment ranked no.2, Rafael played his last match on the 17^th of November when he beat world no.3 Casper Ruud 7-5 7-5 in the round robin in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).

Currently, during this year the Spaniard has achieved an overall 39-8 match record. The Spaniard has won 4 titles in 2022 in Melbourne, Australian Open, Acapulco and French Open. Rafael was the runner-up in Indian Wells.

Nadal is scheduled to compete next in Australian Open (Australian Open). He will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 16th of January.

Nick Kyrgios in 2022

At the moment ranked no.22, Nick played his last match on the 6^th of October when he defeated world no.77 Kamil Majchrzak 3-6 6-2 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Tokyo (draw).

This year Kyrgios has achieved an overall 37-10 record. This year, Nick clinched 1 title in Washington. Nick got to the final in Wimbledon.

He is also scheduled to play in Australian Open (Australian Open) after Adelaide. The main draw will start on the 9th of January.

Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios squared off 9 times. Their head to head is 6-3 for Nadal. The last time they played, Rafael Nadal won 7-6(0) 5-7 6-4

in the quarter in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open) on the 17^th of March 2022.

In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.

Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2022

At the moment ranked no.4, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 18^th of November when he was overcome by world no.8 Andrey Rublev 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the round robin in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).

During this season Stefanos has a 61-24 record. Stefanos has won 2 titles in 2022 in Monte-Carlo and Mallorca. Stefanos was the runner-up in Rotterdam, in Rome, in Cincinnati, in Astana and in Stockholm.

Cameron Norrie in 2022

Ranked no.14, Norrie played his last match on the 2^nd of November when he surrendered to world no.51 Corentin Moutet 6-3 5-7 7-6(3) in the 2^nd round in Paris (draw).

Currently, during this year Norrie has a 49-26 win-loss record. Cameron clinched 2 titles in 2022 in Delray Beach and Lyon. The Brit was the finalist in Acapulco and in Los Cabos.

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Cameron Norrie played each other twice. The head to head is 1-1. Previously, the last time they squared off, Cameron Norrie won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Acapulco (Abierto Mexicano Telcel) on the 25^th of February 2022.

You can see them in action in the following highlights.