In a new-look, streamlined format that hearkens again to the outdated Hopman Cup, groups will contest one males’s singles and one ladies’s singles match earlier than taking part in a blended doubles rubber match.

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari will headline for Greece, whereas Taylor Fritz and Jessica Pegula will lead for america.

The occasion will happen from December twenty ninth to January seventh in Perth and Sydney, that includes 18 groups, together with 4 United Cup debutants – Serbia, Canada, China and the Netherlands.

America received final 12 months’s inaugural United Cup, defeating Italy within the last, 4-0.

Six teams of three will contest spherical robin play. The semifinals might be performed in Sydney on January sixth and seventh.

Go to www.united.cup.com for full particulars on crew rosters, which might embody as much as six gamers (three males and three ladies).