United Cup 2027: GB drawn against France & Australia with Emma Raducanu & Arthur Fery set to star
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Great Britain has been drawn in Group D for the 2027 United Cup from 1-10 January – joining France and host nation Australia.
The United Cup is a combined women’s and men’s team event taking place at the start of the tennis season in Perth and Sydney.
The 10-day competition will see 18 nations compete across six round-robin groups, with the top six teams and two best-performing runners-up progressing to the quarter-finals.
Ties are played as a best-of-three format, including one women’s and one men’s singles match and one mixed doubles rubber.
Group D will be played in Sydney at the Ken Roswell Arena from 2-6 January. Quarter-finals will take place from 7-8 January, semi-finals on 9 January, and the final on Sunday 10 January.
Great Britain United Cup squad
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Women’s |
Men’s |
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Emma Raducanu |
Arthur Fery |
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Francesca Jones |
Jan Choinski |
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Olivia Nicholls |
Neal Skupski |
Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu and British No.1 Arthur Fery are amongst the Great Britain squad for the United Cup.
They will be joined by Francesca Jones, Jan Choinski, Olivia Nicholls and Neal Skupski as part of a strong British squad.
This will be the Raducanu’s first tournament back after six months out with injury. Before the setback, Raducanu had been enjoying her best-ever start to a season, reaching two WTA finals at the Transylvania Open and the HSBC Championships.
Fery is coming off the back of his breakout season, reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon, making his first ATP final in Winston-Salem, and is set to lead the Brits at the Davis Cup Finals in Bologna later this month.
Jones won back-to-back WTA 125 singles titles back in the summer, while Choinski cracked the ATP top 100 for the first time in his career.
British doubles No.1 Nicholls narrowly missed out on a place at the WTA Finals this year and claimed silverware at The Queen’s Club.
World No.2 Skupski won two Grand Slam titles in 2026 at the Australian Open and US Open with partner Christian Harrison, and is one of the favourites at the upcoming Nitto ATP Finals.
Since the competition began in 2023, GB has reached the quarter-finals twice, and will be hoping to make a push for the title in January.
Great Britain’s opponents France and Australia have also announced their teams for the upcoming tournament.
Arthur Fils and Diane Parry will lead a French team that also includes Leolia Jeanjean, Fiona Ferro, Geoffrey Blancaneaux, and Manuel Guinard.
Host nation Australia has announced Talia Gibson and Rinky Hijikata as their top-ranked singles players in a team with Daria Saville, Alex Bolt, Ellen Perez, and Marc Polmans.
