The moment for the start of the 2026 United Cup is getting closer and closerwith numerous leading figures from both ATP and WTA tennis kicking off. It will be another edition with the rank that will be, both in terms of scores and participants, comparable to a certain extent to an ATP 500 or a WTA 500.
For Italy there will be Jasmine Paolini and Flavio Cobolli as practically certain singles players, as well as the mixed doubles formed by Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori which, given the data in hand, is the most tested (even if there is no shortage of specialists). The group is the one with France and Switzerland, and there will only be decidedly interesting challenges from a competitive point of view and in view of more important events.
In the meantime some lump sums have necessarily arrived: the first is that of Jack Draperwho will miss the entire Australian tour, including the Australian Open, given the continuing problems he has been carrying with him since the US Open. For the rest various presences that may be valid and comparisons, as mentioned, of level (as well as Iga Swiatek always ready when it comes to Poland).
Born in 2023 as heir to the ATP Cupthe United Cup has the names of USA (twice) and Germany in its roll of honour, with Italy having always played in it so far and reaching the final in the first edition, not making it past the round robin in the second and stopping in the quarter-finals in the third. It remains, however, that a lot is being placed on the Australian Open by almost everyone.
UNITED CUP 2026: I PARTECIPANTI
GROUP A
USA Taylor Fritz, Coco Gauff, Mackenzie McDonald, Varvara Lepchenko, Christian Harrison, Nicole Melichar-Martinez. Captain: Michael Russell
SPAIN Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro, Carlos Taberner, Andrea Lázaro García, Íñigo Cervantes, Yvonne Cavallé Reimers. Captain: Miguel Sánchez
ARGENTINA Sebastián Báez, Solana Sierra, Marco Trungelliti, María Lourdes Carlé, Guido Andreozzi, Nicole Fossa Huergo. Captain: Sebastian Gutierrez
GROUP B
CANADA Félix Auger-Aliassime, Victoria Mboko, Alexis Galarneau, Kayla Cross, Cleeve Harper, Gabriela Dabrowski. Captain: Gabriela Dabrowski
BELGIUM Zizou Bergs, Elise Mertens, Kimmer Coppejans, Greet Minnen, Sander Gillé, Lara Salden. Captain: Christopher Heyman
CHINA Zhang Zhizhen, Zhu Lin, Te Rigele, You Xiaodi, Wang Aoran. Capitano: Wu Di
GROUP C
ITALIA Flavio Cobolli, Jasmine Paolini, Andrea Pellegrino, Nuria Brancaccio, Andrea Vavassori, Sara Errani. Captain: Stefano Cobolli
FRANCE Arthur Rinderknech, Loïs Boisson, Geoffrey Blancaneaux, Léolia Jeanjean, Édouard Roger-Vasselin, Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah. Captain: Lucas Pouille
SWISS Stan Wawrinka, Belinda Bencic, Jakub Paul, Céline Naef, Luca Castelnuovo, Naïma Karamoko. Captain: Stan Wawrinka
GROUP D
AUSTRALIA Alex de Minaur, Maya Joint, Jason Kubler, Maddison Inglis, John-Patrick Smith, Storm Hunter. Capitano: Lleyton Hewitt
CZECH REPUBLIC Jakub Menšík, Barbora Krejčíková, Dalibor Svrčina, Linda Fruhvirtová, Adam Pavlásek, Miriam Škoch. Captain: Jiří Novák
NORWAY Casper Ruud, Malene Helgø, Viktor Durasovic, Astrid Brune Olsen, Ulrikke Eikeri. Captain: Christian Ruud
GROUP E
GREAT BRITAIN Billy Harris, Emma Raducanu, Neal Skupski, Mimi Xu, Lloyd Glasspool, Olivia Nicholls. Capitano: Tim Henman
GREECE Stefanos Tsitsipas, Maria Sakkari, Stefanos Sakellaridis, Despina Papamichail, Petros Tsitsipas, Sapfo Sakellaridis. Captain: Petros Tsitsipas
JAPAN Shintaro Mochizuki, Naomi Osaka, Yasutaka Uchiyama, Nao Hibino. Capitano: Go Soeda
GROUP F
GERMANIA Alexander Zverev, Eva Lys, Patrick Zahraj, Laura Siegemund, Kevin Krawietz, Mina Hodzic. Capitano: Alexander Zverev Sr.
POLAND Hubert Hurkacz, Iga Świątek, Daniel Michalski, Katarzyna Kawa, Jan Zieliński, Katarzyna Piter. Capitano: Mateusz Terczyński
NETHERLANDS Tallon Greekpoor, Suzan Lamens, Guy den Ouden, Eva Vedder, David Pel, Demi Schuurs. Capitano: Tallon Greek Spoor
Note for China: Names are indicated in Eastern order. In the West we would say Zhizhen Zhang, Lin Zhu, Rigele Te, Xiaodi You, Aoran Wang and Di Wu.
