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United Cup 2025: Coco Gauff heads to Perth, Iga Swiatek starts in Sydney for Australian Open warm-up

Posted on by L. Dreeye
United Cup 2025: Coco Gauff heads to Perth, Iga Swiatek starts in Sydney for Australian Open warm-up

The draw for the 2025 United Cup took place on Monday, with 18 teams divided into six groups and stationed in two host cities – Perth and Sydney.

The team competition, now in its third year, will take place from December 27, 2024 to January 5, 2025, and will feature seven of the world’s top 10 women and six of the world’s top 12 men.

Perth will host the strongest US team led by 2023 US Open champion and world number three Coco Gauff.

Meanwhile, Group A will also feature Team Canada, which will include Leila Fernandez and Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Group B, which will host Sydney, includes second-seeded Poland, led by world number two Iga Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz, who finished runners-up to Germany last season.

Group B also included the Czech team with the participation of Karolina Muchova and Tomas Machac, as well as the Norwegian team of Kasper Ruud.

In addition, the Great Britain team, which includes tournament debutants Katie Boulter and Jack Draper, is in Sydney’s Group F, along with hosts Australia.

Australia will be represented by Alex De Minaur and Olivia Gadecki, as well as Olympic doubles champion and world number seven Matt Ebden.

De Minaur said at the United Cup: “I’m really excited to play, it’s going to be a lot of fun. I have good memories of this year, it was there that I entered the top ten for the first time. Any chance you get to represent Australia is always a lot of fun.”

Reigning champions Germany, represented by world number three Alexander Zverev and Laura Siegemund, are in Group E along with Brazil and China, the latter featuring Paris 2024 Olympic singles gold medalist Zheng Qingwen.

The full giveaway is below.

Perth

USA: Coco Gauff, Taylor Fritz, Danielle Collins, Denis Kudla, Desiree Krawczyk, Robert Galloway

Canada: Leila Fernandez, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Stacy Fung, Liam Draxl, Ariane Arsenault

Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Petros Tsitsipas

Kazakhstan: Elena Rybakina, Alexander Shevchenko, Zhibek Kulambaeva, Dmitry Popko, Alexander Nedovesov

Spain: Jessica Buzas Maneiro, Pablo Carreno Busta, Marina Bassols Ribera, Carlos Taberner, Yvonne Cavalier-Reimers, Sergio Martos Gornes

China: Zheng Qinwen, Zhang Zhizhen, Gao Xinyu, Bai Yan, Zhang Shuai, Sun Fajing

Germany: Laura Siegemund, Alexander Zverev, Lena Papadakis, Daniel Masur, Vivien Heisen, Tim Pütz

Brazil: Beatriz Haddad Maia, Thiago Monteiro, Caroline Alves, Gustavo Heide, Luisa Stefani, Rafael Matos

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Sydney

Poland: Iga Swiatek, Hubert Hurkacz, Maja Chwalinska, Kamil Majchrzak, Alicia Rosolska, Jan Zielinski

Czech Republic: Karolina Muchova, Tomas Machak, Gabriela Knutson, Marek Gengel, Vendula Valdmannova, Patrick Rikl

Norway: Malen Helgo, Kasper Ruud, Emily Lind Gallagher, Victor Durasovic, Ulrikke Eikeri, Nikolay Budkov Kjaer

Italy: Jasmine Paolini, Flavio Cobolli, Sara Errani, Matteo Gigante, Angelica Moratelli, Andrea Vavassori

France: Diane Parry, Hugo Humbert, Chloe Paquet, Corentin Moutet, Elixan Leschemia, Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

Switzerland: Belinda Bencic, Dominique Stricker, Celine Naef, Remy Bertola, Connie Perrin, Jakub Pohl

Australia: Olivia Gadeki, Alex De Minaur, Destani Aiawa, Omar Yasika, Ellen Perez, Matthew Ebden

UK: Katie Boulter, Jack Draper, Yuriko Lily Miyazaki, Billy Harris, Olivia Nicholls, Joe Salisbury

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