Agnieszka Radwanska, Tim Henman and Gisela Dulko are among the many high-profile names to hitch an all-star line-up of previous and present tennis champions to captain groups on the inaugural United Cup.
The United Cup is a brand new annual blended crew occasion, performed throughout three Australian cities – Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, set to launch the worldwide tennis season from Thursday 29 December.
In Brisbane, former World No. 2 Radwanska will captain Staff Poland in Group B, led by World No.1 Iga Swiatek and World No. 10 Hubert Hurkacz.
In Perth, former World No. 1 doubles participant and Australian Open 2011 doubles champion Dulko will lead Staff Argentina, who’re drawn in opposition to Croatia and France in Group F.
Former World No. 4 and Roland Garros champion Iva Majoli will captain Croatia, with gamers Borna Coric and Donna Vekic to fly the flag for his or her nation.
In Sydney, Tim Henman, who impressed a British tennis revival within the Nineteen Nineties by changing into the primary Briton to achieve the boys’s semi-finals at Wimbledon in 25 years, will captain Staff Nice Britain, which incorporates World No. 14 Cameron Norrie, Daniel Evans and Harriet Dart.
Former World No. 3 doubles participant Marc Lopez will oversee Spain, a crew that includes Rafael Nadal and Paula Badosa.
Residence favourites Australia may even be in Sydney, and will probably be captained by former World No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt and former World No. 4 and a number of Grand Slam champion Sam Stosur in Group D.
Stosur is one in all a number of high-profile “taking part in captains” to function on the United Cup.
Others embrace Stan Wawrinka as captain of Staff Switzerland, and Alexander Bublik overseeing Kazakhstan in the identical group in Brisbane.
World No. 28 Grigor Dimitrov will captain Bulgaria whereas Kirsten Flipkens will captain Belgium and Grand Slam doubles champion Edouard Roger-Vasselin will captain France.
United Cup 2023 Staff Captains
Pat Rafter Area in Brisbane, RAC Area in Perth and Ken Rosewall Area in Sydney will host the United Cup group stage from Thursday 29 December to Wednesday 4 January 2023.
Every host metropolis will function two teams of three nations, competing in a round-robin format.
Every tie will comprise two males’s and two girls’s singles matches and one blended doubles match to be performed throughout two days.
Group winners in every metropolis will play off for one in all three semi-final spots.
Three Metropolis Champions will advance to the United Cup Closing 4 in Sydney to be performed at Ken Rosewall Area from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 January. The subsequent greatest performing crew from the group stage will full the quartet.
Group stage tickets for adults begin from $40 and from $20 for kids 14 years and underneath. Household passes (two adults and two youngsters) begin from $100.
The United Cup, an ATP-WTA occasion introduced in partnership with Tennis Australia, presents USD $15 million in prize cash in addition to as much as 500 Pepperstone ATP and 500 WTA rankings factors.
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