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United Cup 2026 schedule released

  • Posted: Nov 18, 2025

The schedule for United Cup 2026 has been released ahead of tickets to the tournament’s group stage going on sale Wednesday 19 November from 12.00pm local time in Perth and Sydney.

The world’s best tennis players are set for some blockbuster match ups at the fourth edition of the innovative mixed team event this summer.

In 2026, the event will feature five of the world’s Top 10 men and four of the world’s Top 10 women including Alex de Minaur, Coco Gauff, Taylor Fritz, Iga Swiatek, Alexander Zverev, Jasmine Paolini, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jack Draper.

Other standout names competing include Emma Raducanu, Naomi Osaka, Belinda Bencic, Stan Wawrinka, Jakub Mensik, Flavio Cobolli, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari.

At RAC Arena, Team USA, Italy, Great Britain, Japan, Switzerland, Greece, France and more will contest the group stage in Perth when the event begins on Friday 2 January.
Top seeds USA will face Argentina in their opening Group A tie on Saturday 3 January.

At Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney, Australia – represented by De Minaur, Maya Joint, Jason Kubler, Maddison Inglis, Storm Hunter and John-Patrick Smith – will kick off its campaign against Casper Ruud’s Team Norway on Saturday 3 January. The host country will then face Czechia on Tuesday 6 January.

Other countries in Sydney include Canada, Poland, Germany, China, Belgium and Netherlands.

Five hottest match-ups in Perth Group Stage
• Friday 2 January (Night): Group E – Team Greece v Team Japan
• Sunday 4 January (Day): Group E – Team Great Britain vs Team Japan
• Sunday 4 January (Night): Group C – Team Italy vs Team Switzerland
• Monday 5 January (Day): Group A – Team USA vs Team Spain
• Monday 5 January (Night): Group E – Team Great Britain vs Team Greece

Five hottest match-ups in Sydney Group Stage
• Saturday 3 January (Night): Group D – Team Australia v Team Norway
• Sunday 4 January (Night): Group B – Team Canada vs Team China
• Monday 5 January (Night): Group F – Team Germany vs Team Poland
• Tuesday 6 January (Day): Group B – Team Canada vs Team Belgium
• Tuesday 6 January (Night): Group D – Team Australia vs Team Czechia

Each tie at the United Cup will comprise one men’s singles and one women’s singles match followed by one mixed doubles match.

Singles matches are best-of-three tiebreak sets. Mixed doubles matches are two tiebreak sets with a deciding match tiebreak (10 points) at one set-all.

In Perth, the day session will start at 10.00am and 5.00pm local time for the night session.

In Sydney, the day session will begin at 10.30am and 5.30pm for the second session.

It All Adds Up

Group winners in each city advance to the quarterfinals with one quarterfinal spot in each city awarded to the best runner up in that city.

Winners will progress to the semifinals and final to be played in Sydney.

Tickets
• Tickets to the United Cup group stage go on sale from 12.00pm local time on Wednesday 19 November. Sydney group stage tickets from $40, Perth group stage tickets from $43
• Kids go free in Perth and Sydney on Saturday 3 January
• Tickets for the United Cup quarterfinals, semifinals and final are already on sale
• For more information please visit UnitedCup.com/tickets.

Format
• The fourth edition of United Cup will be held from Friday 2 January to Sunday 11 January 2026
• The group stage in Perth (RAC Arena) runs from Friday 2 January to Tuesday 6 January. The quarterfinals in Perth will be held on Wednesday 7 January
• The group stage in Sydney (Ken Rosewall Arena) runs from Saturday 3 January to Wednesday 7 January. The quarterfinals in Sydney will be held across Thursday 8 and Friday 9 January
• Group winners in each city advance to the quarterfinals with one quarterfinal spot in each city awarded to the best runner up in that city
• Winners will progress to the semifinals and final to be played in Sydney.
• Sydney will host two semifinals on Saturday 10 January followed by the final of the United Cup from 5.30pm on Sunday 11 January
• Teams travelling from Perth to Sydney will have a travel day and rest day before their semifinal matches.

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Alcaraz withdraws from Spain's Davis Cup quarter-final

  • Posted: Nov 18, 2025

Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from Spain’s upcoming Davis Cup Final 8 quarter-final against Czechia, which will take place on Thursday, 20 November in Bologna, due to a right hamstring injury.

The No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, who fell to Jannik Sinner Sunday’s Nitto ATP Finals title match, required a medical timeout during the final to have his leg strapped. Alcaraz arrived in Italy on Monday but, after undergoing tests, decided to withdraw and return home.

“I am very sorry to announce that I will not be able to play with Spain in the Davis Cup in Bologna,” Alcaraz wrote on X on Tuesday morning. “I have edema in my right hamstring and the medical recommendation is not to compete. I have always said that playing for Spain is the greatest thing there is and I was really looking forward to helping fight for the Salad Bowl [trophy]. I am going home hurt…”

Spain’s team, captained by David Ferrer, features Jaume Munar, Pedro Martinez and Pablo Carreno Busta. They will face Czechia — led by Jiri Lehecka and Jakub Mensik — on Thursday at 10 a.m. CET, with the winner advancing to play either Argentina or Germany in the semi-finals.

Alcaraz ends his 2025 season with a Tour-leading 71 wins and eight titles, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. He split the four majors with Sinner and leads the Italian 10-6 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series, having won four of their six final showdowns this year.

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Eubanks announces retirement

  • Posted: Nov 17, 2025

Christopher Eubanks announced his retirement from tennis on Monday via a post on Instagram.

“If you had told this little boy from the Southside of Atlanta that he would’ve accomplished all that he did, he wouldn’t believe you,” Eubanks wrote on social media. “2 Time ACC Player of the Year? Yeah right. Wimbledon Quarter-finalist? No chance. An Olympian? Unfathomable. I was given opportunity to travel around the world and form incredible relationships all while fulfilling a lifelong dream of playing professional tennis. I can’t put into words how blessed I have been. Is this absolutely the end?! Tough to say for certain but if it is, WHOOPTY DOO!!! It’s been an incredible ride.”

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Eubanks made his tour-level debut in 2015 at the ATP 250 event in Atlanta, where he was born. The 29-year-old earned his maiden tour-level win in the same city two years later before he made his major breakthrough in 2023.

That season, Eubanks advanced to the quarter-finals at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Miami, captured his lone ATP Tour title on grass in Mallorca and then reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. The American climbed to a career-high No. 29 in the PIF ATP Rankings following his run in London.

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Garin slides into six-way tie for most Challenger titles this season

  • Posted: Nov 17, 2025

Cristian Garin joined a six-way tie for a season-leading four Challenger titles on Sunday when he won the Uruguay Open in Montevideo.

The former No. 17 ousted Peru’s Ignacio Buse 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-2 in the clay-court final to secure his return to the Top 100 for the first time in 18 months. Buse would have made his Top 100 debut in the PIF ATP Rankings had he triumphed.

But the 29-year-old Garin spoiled Buse’s hopes and claimed his eighth Challenger title. His three previous trophies this year came in Mauthausen, Oeiras and on home soil in Antofagasta.

“Proud of the effort and already looking ahead to what’s next,” Garin wrote in an Instagram post reflecting on his 2025 season. “Thank you to everyone who supported me. See you in ’26.”

Garin, seeded fifth in Montevideo, rallied from a set down in his final three matches of the week. After falling to as low as World No. 214 in April, Garin is now in good position to make the Australian Open main draw.

 

Challenger Singles Titles Leaders, 2025

Player Titles
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer 4
Jan Choinski 4
Borna Coric 4
Emilio Nava 4
Patrick Kypson 4
Cristian Garin 4

Garin was not the only former Top 25 player to triumph on the Challenger circuit this week. German Jan-Lennard Struff lifted his seventh trophy at that level with a title run at the ALL IN OPEN Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in Lyon.

Struff, who reached a career-high No. 21 in June 2023, downed British qualifier Liam Broady 6-4, 6-4 in the championship match.

<img alt=”From left to right, Liam Broady, former No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Lyon champion Jan-Lennard Struff.” style=”width:100%;” src=”/-/media/images/news/2025/11/17/16/11/struff-lyonch-2025.jpg?w=100%25″ />
From left to right: Liam Broady, former No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Lyon champion Jan-Lennard Struff. Credit: All In Group

Kozlov claims first title since 2021, fittingly at same tournament
American Stefan Kozlov captured his first Challenger title in four years by triumphing at the Paine Schwartz Partners Challenger — the same event he won back in 2021. The 27-year-old saved a match point in his quarter-final against Darwin Blanch and rode that momentum through the final, claiming a 7-6(3), 7-5 victory against former Arizona State University standout Murphy Cassone.

Glinka, 25, becomes third Estonian Challenger champion
Daniil Glinka became the third Estonian player (Mark Lajal, Jurgen Zopp) to win a Challenger title with his maiden title at the Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville. The 25-year-old lefty, who beat Canadian wild card Duncan Chan 6-4, 6-2 in the final, is up to a career-high No. 191 in the PIF ATP Rankings.

Watanuki wins Kobe Challenger for third time
Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki capped a memorable week at the Hyogo Noah Challenger in Kobe, where the home favourite won the tournament for the third time. Having lifted the trophy in 2019 and 2022, Watanuki found his best level to return to the winner’s circle. The 27-year-old downed Elias Ymer 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the title match.

Bolt begins Aussie swing with home victory
A three-week Australian hard-court swing began at the Brisbane QTC Tennis International, featuring home hope Alex Bolt going all the way to the title. Bolt did not drop a set across five matches to secure his first Challenger crown since June 2021. The lefty defeated Tung-Lin Wu 6-3, 6-3 in the final.

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