The format and schedule for the 2024 version of the United Cup has been revealed.
Australia, 5 October 2023 | tennis.com.au
Sydney and Perth will host a new-look United Cup, the thrilling modern blended crew occasion, from 29 December to 7 January 2024.
Showcasing equality on the highest degree of the game, the world’s top-ranked tennis gamers will line up side-by-side.
Eighteen nations will contest the second version with every metropolis to host 9 groups, three greater than 2023. Every crew will comprise as much as three males and as much as three girls.
International locations will probably be drawn into six teams of three nations and can compete in a round-robin format.
New for 2024 – every tie will probably be decided in a single session and can embrace one males’s singles and one girls’s singles match that includes the No.1 ranked singles gamers, adopted by one blended doubles match.
Perth’s RAC Area will host the primary day of the United Cup on Friday 29 December, with the group stage in Sydney starting on Saturday 30 December.
Group winners in every metropolis will advance to the quarterfinals, with one quarterfinal spot in every metropolis awarded to the most effective runner-up in that metropolis.
Winners will progress to the semifinals and finals in Sydney, which will probably be performed on 6 and seven January.
The United Cup, an ATP-WTA occasion offered in partnership with Tennis Australia, provides a minimal AUD $15 million in prize cash and 500 Pepperstone ATP and 500 WTA Tour rankings factors.
The official draw on Monday 23 October will reveal the place every nation will begin their season.
Participation is topic to gamers committing to the occasion by the event’s entry deadline of 17 October for the primary 16 groups. The remaining two groups will probably be selected 20 November.
Tickets to the United Cup semifinals and finals will go on sale at the moment at 12pm AEDT Friday 6 October by way of Ticketmaster.
“After the brilliance of the inaugural United Cup in 2023, I’m delighted the blended crew occasion will return to Sydney and Perth in 2024,” United Cup Event Director Stephen Farrow stated.
“The United Cup holds a novel place in international tennis, with the world’s finest women and men representing their nation on the highest degree. Eighteen groups, that includes a number of the greatest personalities within the sport, will play throughout two cities for giant prizemoney and massive rating factors.
“We noticed this yr how passionate and intense the crowds have been in supporting the United Cup – it was tennis at it’s easiest. That’s what it’s all about and we are able to’t wait to deliver that pleasure and power again to Sydney and Perth this summer season.”
NSW Minister for Jobs and Tourism John Graham stated, “The United Cup is such a formidable format with equality on the coronary heart of the event. This implies a serious sporting occasion for NSW that can enchantment to folks throughout the board and we sit up for internet hosting native and worldwide tennis followers for the return of this competitors.”
NSW Minister for Sport Steve Kamper stated, “The United Cup will unite the world’s prime males’s and girls’s tennis gamers for 10 days of motion with the event’s greatest matches to be performed in Sydney. It’s going to present followers with a unbelievable alternative to observe rising and established stars, inspiring future generations of tennis gamers in an electrical ambiance that can once more spotlight Sydney’s simple capability to host main worldwide sporting occasions.”
Performing WA Tourism Minister John Carey stated, “Our Authorities is deeply proud to assist one other blockbuster sporting occasion for Western Australia and convey the United Cup again to Perth for an additional yr. World-class occasions just like the United Cup give out-of-state guests one other nice cause to go to our stunning state this summer season and luxuriate in all it has to supply.”
Performing Sport and Recreation Minister Paul Papalia stated, “We all know how passionate Australians are about their tennis, and we’re thrilled to announce Perth, Western Australia will probably be internet hosting the United Cup for the second yr in a row. The inaugural United Cup occasion introduced 1000’s of passionate tennis followers to RAC Area to witness elite tennis on show, as their favorite worldwide gamers battled it out for the United Cup – and little question they are going to be again for extra once more this yr.”
Format and qualification
- The United Cup takes place from Friday 29 December to Sunday 7 January 2024
- The group stage and quarterfinals in Perth (RAC Area) run from Friday 29 December to Wednesday 3 January 2024
- The group stage and quarterfinals in Sydney (Ken Rosewall Area) run from Saturday 30 December to Friday 5 January
- Sydney will host the semifinals and last on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 January
- Groups travelling from Perth to Sydney have a journey and relaxation day earlier than their semifinal
- Twelve nations will qualify for the United Cup by way of the six highest-ranked males and 6 highest-ranked girls entered, based mostly on their Pepperstone ATP and WTA Tour rankings
- Six groups will qualify in line with the most effective mixed rating of the highest-ranked males’s and girls’s gamers from the identical nation
- Australia is assured entry, both immediately by way of rating or as a wildcard
- Every metropolis will host three teams of three nations, competing in a round-robin format
- Every tie will comprise one males’s singles and one girls’s singles match that includes the No.1 ranked singles gamers, and one blended doubles match
- Singles matches are best-of-three tiebreak units. Combined doubles matches are two tiebreak units with a deciding match tie-break (10 level) at one set-all
- Group winners in every metropolis advance to the quarterfinals, with one quarterfinal spot in every metropolis awarded to the most effective runner up in that metropolis
- Winners will progress to the semifinals and finals to be performed in Sydney
- The United Cup official draw will probably be held on 23 October and can decide the place the highest 16 nations will play. The second qualification deadline of 20 November will decide the final two groups.
Tickets
- Tickets for the United Cup semifinals and finals go on sale at 12pm AEDT Friday 6 October
- Tickets to the United Cup group stage and quarterfinals go on sale at 5pm native time Wednesday 25 October
Go to UnitedCup.com/tickets for extra ticketing info and comply with @UnitedCupTennis on social media for all the most recent event information.
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