Saturday, 31 December 2022

2023 United Cup - Day 2

2023 United Cup - Day 2

Deciding set in the Mixed Doubles is a 10 point tie break - first to 10 points with at least a two point advantage 


Group A


Greece (1) defeated Bulgaria (16) 4-1


Maria Sakkari (Greece) defeated Viktoriya Tomova (Bulgaria) 6-3 6-2

Dimitar Kuzmanov (Bulgaria) defeated Michail Pervolarakis (Greece) 6-1 6-1

Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) defeated Gergana Topalova / Adrian Andreev (Bulgaria) 6-4 6-4


Group B


Switzerland (9) defeated Kazakhstan (13) 5-0


Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) defeated Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan) 6-3 7-6(3)

Jil Teichmann (Switzerland) defeated Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kazakhstan) 6-3 6-2

Jil Teichmann / Marc-Andrea Huesler (Switzerland) defeated Zhibek Kulambayeva / Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan) 7-6(7) 6-3


Group C


USA (3) defeated Czechia (14) 4-1


Petra Kvitova (Czechia) defeated Jessica Pegula (USA) 7-6(6) 6-4

Frances Tiafoe (USA) defeated Tomas Machac (Czechia) 6-3 2-4 (retired)

Jessica Pegula / Taylor Fritz (USA) defeated Marie Bouzkova / Jiri Lehecka (Czechia) 2-6 6-3 10-7


Group D


Great Britain (15) defeated Australia (7) 3-2


Harriet Dart (Great Britain) defeated Maddison Inglis (Australia) 6-4 6-4

Jason Kubler (Australia) defeated Daniel Evans (Great Britain) 6-3 7-6(3)

Samantha Stosur / John Peers (Australia) defeated Harriet Dart / Jonny O’Mara (Great Britain) 7-6(4) 6-4


Group E


Italy (5) defeated Brazil (11) 3-2


Matteo Berrettini (Italy) defeated Thiago Monteiro (Brazil) 6-4 7-6(7)

Lucia Bronzetti (Italy) defeated Laura Pigossi (Brazil) 6-0 6-2

Luisa Stefani / Rafael Matos (Brazil) defeated Camilla Rosatello / Matteo Berrettini (Italy) 6-4 6-7(4) 10-4


Group F


France (6) defeated Argentina (17) 5-0


Caroline Garcia (France) defeated Nadia Podoroska (Argentina) 6-2 6-0

Adrian Mannarino (France) defeated Federico Coria (Argentina) 6-1 6-0

Caroline Garcia / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) defeated Nadia Podoroska / Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina) 6-2 6-4

Friday, 30 December 2022

2023 United Cup - Day 1

2023 United Cup - Day 1


Group A


Greece (1) leads Bulgaria (16) 2-0


Despina Papamichail (Greece) defeated Isabella Shinikova (Bulgaria) 3-6 6-4 6-1

Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) defeated Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 4-6 6-2 7-6(4)


Group B


Switzerland (9) leads Kazakhstan (13) 2-0


Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) defeated Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) 7-6(0) 6-3

Marc-Andrea Huesler (Switzerland) defeated Timofey Skatov (Kazakhstan) 4-6 6-3 6-3


Group C


USA (3) leads Czechia (14) 2-0


Taylor Fritz (USA) defeated Jiri Lehecka (Czechia) 6-3 6-4

Madison Keys (USA) defeated Marie Bouzkova (Czechia) 6-4 6-3


Group D


Great Britain (15) leads Australia (7) 2-0


Cameron Norrie (Great Britain) defeated Alex de Minaur (Australia) 6-3 6-3

Katie Swan (Great Britain) defeated Zoe Hives (Australia) 6-4 6-3


Group E


Italy (5) and Brazil (11) are tied 1-1


Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil) defeated Martina Trevisan (Italy) 6-2 6-0

Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) defeated Felipe Meligeni Alves (Brazil) 6-3 6-4


Group F


France (6) leads Argentina (17) 2-0


Alizé Cornet (France) defeated Maria Carle (Argentina) 6-2 6-1

Arthur Rinderknech (France) defeated Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina) 6-4 6-2

Thursday, 22 December 2022

2023 United Cup

2023 United Cup

2023 United Cup, a combined ATP and WTA team event, on Hard, in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, Australia, 29 December 2022 - 8 January 2023.

The 2023 United Cup will be the first edition of the United Cup, an international outdoor hard court mixed-gender team tennis tournament held by the ATP and the WTA. Serving as the opener for the 2023 ATP Tour and the 2023 WTA Tour, it will be held from 29 December 2022 to 8 January 2023 at three venues in the Australian cities of Brisbane, Perth and Sydney. It will also be the first mixed-gender team event to offer both ATP rankings and WTA rankings points to its players: a player will be able to win a maximum of 500 points.


Group A


Greece, Belgium, Bulgaria 


Group B


Poland, Switzerland, Kazakhstan 


Group C


USA, Germany, Czech Republic 


Group D


Spain, Australia, Great Britain 


Group E


Italy, Brazil, Norway 


Group F


France, Croatia, Argentina 


Each city will host two groups of three countries in a round robin format in the first week of the tournament. The round-robin format consists of two men's and two women's singles matches, and one mixed doubles match. There will be one men's singles and one women's singles match in each session, with the mixed doubles match taking place in the evening session.

The group winners in each city will play off for one of three semi-final spots, with the next best performing team from the group stages across all cities becoming the fourth semi-finalist.


Brisbane, Perth and Sydney will each host two groups of three countries in a round robin format in the first seven days of the tournament. Sydney will host the semi-final and final on the last four days of the tournament.