this The ATP and WTA organized a new mixed team competition called the United Cup.which will open the tennis season in 2023 and will be played in Australia. 29 December 2022 and 8 January 2023. The new tournament will be played in the Australian cities of Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, with 18 countries each represented by up to eight players (four men, four women) participating.

The United Cup will give away $15 million in prizes and 500 points for the ATP and WTA rankings. The top 12 nations will go through the men’s and women’s circuit from among the top six 1st place players. The remaining six nations will be entered according to their best combined ranking of their No. 1 male and female players. new tournament Replaces the Hopman Cup played in australia before covid-19 and attended by the top two male and female players from a country, playing two singles and one mixed.

Each host city will host two groups of three countriescompetes in a tour robin format with ties consisting of two ATP and two WTA singles matches and one mixed doubles match. The three winning countries in each group and the fourth best country among the second teams in the groups will qualify for the Final Four to be held in Sydney from January 6-8.

The birth of this new competition is a new step towards the world tennis association supported by ATP and WTA. “Seeing the best players together and points at stake in a mixed tournament will be the best way to start the season,” said Andrea Gaudenzi, former Italian tennis player and ATP president.