Lleyton Hewitt, Tim Henman and Stan Wawrinka are among the star-studded line-up of former and current tennis stars to captain teams at the 2026 United Cup.
The fourth edition of the innovative mixed team competition will once again open the global tennis season, with 18 countries competing from January 2 to 11 led by some of the sport’s most respected names in Perth and Sydney.
In Perth, three-time champion Wawrinka will captain Team Switzerland alongside WTA No. 11 Belinda Bencic. Team Switzerland will face Italy and France in Group C.
Henman, who inspired a British tennis revival in the 1990s by becoming the first Briton in 25 years to reach the men’s semi-finals at Wimbledon, will captain Team Great Britain. starring world number 10 Jack Draper and WTA No. 29 Emma Raducanu in Group E.
Lucas Pouille, former No. 10 in the PIF ATP Rankings, will lead Team France, with French No. 1 Arthur Rinderknech and Lois Boisson in Group C.
Former Japanese player Go Soeda will guide Japan on their United Cup debut with four-time major champion Naomi Osaka and 2019 Wimbledon boys’ singles title winner Shintaro Mochizuki in the same group as Great Britain and Greece.
In Sydney, home favorites Australia will be led by former world number 1 and two-time major champion Hewitt in Group D.
Gabriela Dabrowski, a Top 10 doubles player on the Hologic WTA Tour, will manage second-seeded Team Canada, which consists of World number 5 Felix Auger-Aliassime and teen sensation Victoria Mboko.
The list is rounded out by a number of father-son duos, including Alexander Zverev Sr. for Team Germany, Christian Ruud for Team Norway and Stefano Cobolli who manages Team Italy.
Tickets for the United Cup are now for sale. Check out the list of teams below:
Seed | Country | No. 1 player | Captain | Host city |
1 | USA | Coco Gauff | Michael Russell | Perth |
2 | Canada | Luckily Auger too | Gabriela Dabrowski | Sydney |
3 | Italy | Jasmine Paolini | Stefano Cobolli | Perth |
4 | Australia | Alex de Minaur | Leyton Hewitt | Sydney |
5 | Great Britain | Jack Draper | Tim Henman | Perth |
6 | Germany | Alexander Zverev | Alexander Zverev Sr | Sydney |
7 | Belgium | Elise Mertens | Christopher Heyman | Sydney |
8 | France | Arthur Rinderknech | Lucas Pouille | Perth |
9 | Poland | Iga Swaatek | Mateusz Terczynski | Sydney |
10 | Spain | Jaume Munar | Michael Sanchez | Perth |
11 | Czech Republic | Barbara Krejcikova | Use Novak | Sydney |
12 | Greece | Stefanos Tsitsipas | Petros Tsitsipas | Perth |
13 | Japan | Naomi Osaka | Go Sudan | Perth |
14 | Argentina | Sebastian Baez | Sebastian Gutierrez | Perth |
15 | The Netherlands | Tallon Greek track | Tallon Greek track | Sydney |
16 | Switzerland | Belinda Bencic |
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