The program of his tours ATP and WTA has received several changes in recent seasons and will present another major change at the start of the campaign 2023.
The ATP Cup was deleted after three editions and is now replaced by United Cupa new tournament created jointly between the ATP and WTA to be held in Australiaas a preview of the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open.
What is the United Cup? The new ATP and WTA tournament
The United Cup is a tournament that reproduces the spirit of the old and the traditional hoffmann cupthe mixed country tournament held between 1989 and 2019 in Perth.
they will dispute it mixed teams from 18 different countries and it will have 15 million dollars in awards, except 500 points are at stake for ranking ATP and WTA, something unprecedented for a mixed tournament.
The tournament, which will be held at venues in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney, will have 12 countries ranked by the top six tennis players in the ATP and WTA rankings. It will then be completed by the best combined ranking of No. 1s from each country on the ATP and WTA circuits. Teams will have three or four players from each circuit.
The format of the United Cup
There will be six groups of the three countries, with qualifiers consisting of two ATP singles matches, two WTA singles matches and one mixed doubles match. Each team winner will advance to the United Cup Final Four in Sydney (January 6-8), with the next best-performing team from the group stage completing the top four.
Spain, Norway, Greece, Germany, Poland, Tunisia, United States, France, Italy and Kazakhstan should be some of the countries attending the tournament.
When is the United Cup being played?
The United Cup will be held by Thursday, December 29 until Sunday, January 8 of 2023.
