| 2023 United Cup | ||||
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| Date | 29 December 2022 – 8 January 2023 | |||
| Edition | 1st | |||
| Category | United Cup | |||
| Draw | 18 teams | |||
| Prize money | US$15,000,000 | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Brisbane,Queensland Perth,Western Australia Sydney,New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Venue | Pat Rafter Arena RAC Arena Ken Rosewall Arena | |||
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The2023 United Cup was the first edition of theUnited Cup, an international outdoorhard courtmixed-gender teamtennis competition held by theAssociation of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and theWomen's Tennis Association (WTA). Serving as the opener for the2023 ATP Tour and the2023 WTA Tour, it was held from 29 December 2022 to 8 January 2023 at three venues in the Australian cities ofBrisbane,Perth, andSydney. It was also the first mixed-gender team event to offer bothATP rankings andWTA rankings points to its players: a player was able to win a maximum of 500 points.[1]
TheUnited States defeated Italy in the tennis finals, 4–0, to capture the inaugural 2023United Cup. The United States swept Poland in the semifinals while Italy lost one match in their defeat of Greece.[2]
Each city hosted two groups of three countries in a round robin format in the first week of the tournament. Each tie consisted of two men's and two women's singles matches, and one mixed doubles match. There was one men's singles and one women's singles match in each day or session, with the mixed doubles match taking place in the second day or in the evening session.
The group winners in each host city played off for one of three semi-final spots with the highest ranked host city playoff loser, taking into account all ties, becoming the fourth semi-finalist.
There was a travel day allocated before the semi-finals and final take place in Sydney.[3]
18 countries qualified as follows:
In exchange for being the host nation, Australia was guaranteed one of the spots reserved for teams with the best combined ranking should they have failed to qualify on merit,[3] though this was not needed as Australia qualified in the second combined ranking spot.
Teams featured three or four players from each tour.[4]
Brisbane, Perth and Sydney each hosted two groups of three countries in a round robin format and the host city finals in the first seven days of the tournament. Sydney hosted the semifinals and the final on the last four days of the tournament.
| Image | Name | Opened | Capacity | Location | Events | Map |
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| Pat Rafter Arena | 2009 | 5,500 | Brisbane, Queensland | Group stage, Host city final | ||
| RAC Arena | 2012 | 15,500 | Perth, Western Australia | Group stage, Host city final | ||
| Ken Rosewall Arena | 1999 | 10,500 | Sydney, New South Wales | Group stage, Host city final, Semifinals, Final |
| Round | Points per win vs. opponent ranked | ||||||
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| No. 1–10 | No. 11–20 | No. 21–30 | No. 31–50 | No. 51–100 | No. 101–250 | No. 251+ | |
| Final | 180 | 140 | 120 | 90 | 60 | 40 | 35 |
| Semifinals | 130 | 105 | 90 | 60 | 40 | 35 | 25 |
| Host city finals | 80 | 65 | 55 | 40 | 35 | 25 | 20 |
| Group stage | 55 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 25 | 20 | 15 |
The main doubles and their alternates were announced on 9 November 2022.[3][6]
The 18 teams were divided into six groups of three teams each in a round-robin format. The winners of each group qualified for thehost city finals.
| Qualified for theknockout stage (in bold) | |
| Eliminated (in italics) |
T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets
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| Country | T | M | S | Country | T | M | S | Country | T | M | S | |
| A | 2–0 | 8–2 | 17–7 | 1–1 | 4–6 | 12–13 | 0–2 | 3–7 | 8–17 | |||
| B | 2–0 | 7–3 | 14–8 | 1–1 | 7–3 | 15–7 | 0–2 | 1–9 | 4–18 | |||
| C | United States | 2–0 | 9–1 | 18–4 | 1–1 | 4–6 | 9–12 | 0–2 | 2–8 | 5–16 | ||
| D | 2–0 | 7–3 | 15–10 | 1–1 | 5–5 | 10–12 | 0–2 | 3–7 | 12–15 | |||
| E | 2–0 | 8–2 | 17–5 | 1–1 | 6–4 | 12–9 | 0–2 | 1–9 | 3–18 | |||
| F | 2–0 | 8–2 | 16–7 | 1–1 | 7–3 | 15–6 | 0–2 | 0–10 | 2–20 | |||
Host city:Perth
| Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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| 1 | 2–0 | 8–2 | 17–7 | 71% | 126–92 | 58% | |
| 2 | 1–1 | 4–6 | 12–13 | 48% | 104–111 | 48% | |
| 3 | 0–2 | 3–7 | 8–17 | 32% | 95–122 | 44% |
Greece 4 | RAC Arena 29–30 December 2022 | Bulgaria 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Host city:Brisbane
| Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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| 1 | 2–0 | 7–3 | 14–8 | 64% | 116–98 | 54% | |
| 2 | 1–1 | 7–3 | 15–7 | 68% | 123–99 | 55% | |
| 3 | 0–2 | 1–9 | 4–18 | 18% | 86–128 | 40% |
Switzerland 5 | Pat Rafter Arena 29–30 December 2022 | Kazakhstan 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Poland 4 | Pat Rafter Arena 31 Dec 2022–1 Jan 2023 | Kazakhstan 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Host city:Sydney
| Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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| 1 | United States | 2–0 | 9–1 | 18–4 | 82% | 105–71 | 60% |
| 2 | 1–1 | 4–6 | 9–12 | 43% | 91–88 | 51% | |
| 3 | 0–2 | 2–8 | 5–16 | 24% | 80–117 | 41% |
United States 4 | Ken Rosewall Arena 29–30 December 2022 | Czech Republic 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Note: By United Cup rules a retired match counts as a straight-set win or loss, but not into percentage of games.[7]
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United States 5 | Ken Rosewall Arena 2–3 January 2023 | Germany 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Host city: Sydney
| Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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| 1 | 2–0 | 7–3 | 15–10 | 60% | 122–108 | 53% | |
| 2 | 1–1 | 5–5 | 10–12 | 45% | 99–108 | 48% | |
| 3 | 0–2 | 3–7 | 12–15 | 44% | 114–119 | 49% |
Australia 2 | Ken Rosewall Arena 29–30 December 2022 | Great Britain 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spain 1 | Ken Rosewall Arena 31 Dec 2022–1 Jan 2023 | Great Britain 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spain 2 | Ken Rosewall Arena 2–3 January 2023 | Australia 3 | ||||||
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Host city: Brisbane
| Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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| 1 | 2–0 | 8–2 | 17–5 | 77% | 117–91 | 56% | |
| 2 | 1–1 | 6–4 | 12–9 | 57% | 98–90 | 52% | |
| 3 | 0–2 | 1–9 | 3–18 | 14% | 87–121 | 42% |
Italy 3 | Pat Rafter Arena 29–30 December 2022 | Brazil 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Host city: Perth
| Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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| 1 | 2–0 | 8–2 | 16–7 | 70% | 123–104 | 54% | |
| 2 | 1–1 | 7–3 | 15–6 | 71% | 122–79 | 61% | |
| 3 | 0–2 | 0–10 | 2–20 | 9% | 60–122 | 33% |
France 5 | RAC Arena 29–30 December 2022 | Argentina 0 | ||||||
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| Perth | 3–2 | |
| Brisbane | 3–2 | |
| Sydney | United States def. | 4–1 |
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Ranking of teams losing in the host city finals
| Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
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| 1 | 2–1 | 10–5 | 21–12 | 64% | 156–142 | 52% | |
| 2 | 2–1 | 10–5 | 21–13 | 62% | 175–156 | 53% | |
| 3 | 2–1 | 8–7 | 19–19 | 50% | 176–177 | 50% |
Greece 3 | Perth, RAC Arena 4 January 2023 | Croatia 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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