United Cup 2026 Predictions & Betting tips
Find our free United Cup 2026 tennis prediction on the final winner, as well as our experts predictions on all the matches in this mixed gender ATP-WTA competition. Here you’ll find plenty of information for your sports betting!
United Cup 2026 Tennis - Presentation and Prediction
The United Cup is the first tennis event of the year, with a 4th edition taking place in early 2026 this season.
Following last year's wins by Americans Taylor Fritz and Coco Gauff, the 18 participating nations will compete for the fourth trophy of its kind, which brings together the best male and female players in the ATP singles and doubles rankings.
Who should you bet on? Who is the favourite for the United Cup 2026? How do you make accurate tennis predictions? You’ll find all the answers and more in this article.
Tournament details
- Venue: Perth and Sydney (Australia)
- Dates: 02 January 2026 - 11 January 2026
- Surface: Hard
- Prize Money: $11,170,000
- Previous Winner: USA (Fritz, Gauff, Kudla)
For a detailed format of the competition, click here.
United Cup Winner Prediction: who will win the tournament in 2026?
After a thrilling final in 2025 between the United States and Poland, several nations are sharing the favourites' spots this year. Quite naturally, last year's finalists are among them, with three players from the top 10 in the mix: Taylor Fritz, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek.
Italy and Canada also have high-quality teams. Host nation Australia cannot be ruled out, but Alex de Minaur and his teammates are likely to be quickly outclassed by more complete nations. Arthur Rinderknech and Loïs Boisson's France will have to fight hard from the group stage onwards to get through, with Great Britain and Switzerland in their group.
With two victories in three editions of the United Cup, the United States have a head start on their opponents, with a strong squad that led them to victory last year (Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz headlining). They are bound to be the team to beat in this competition, closely followed by teams made up of some of the best players in the world today.
Canada and Italy will not be easy to beat either, nor will Poland, twice finalists in the tournament in 2024 and 2025, led by Swiatek and Hurkacz.
So if you want to place an outright bet for this tournament, your best bet would be to look to one of these four nations. Therefore, the SportyTrader editorial team's prediction for the winner is as follows: win for the United States, who had a more favourable draw and won twice.
United Cup 2026 Winner odds
- USA - 3.25
- Italy - 5.00
- Poland - 5.00
- Canada - 8.00
- Great Britain - 8.00
- Germany - 9.00
- Australia - 12.00
- Czechia - 21.00
- Greece - 21.00
- Japan - 29.00
- Netherlands - 29.00
- Switzerland - 29.00
- Spain - 41.00
- Argentina - 51.00
- Belgium - 51.00
- China - 51.00
- France - 51.00
- Norway - 51.00
Outright odds taken from Bet365.
Format of the United Cup 2026
Having seen our winner's prediction let's take a quick look at the layout of the tournament before we get into the team comps.
For the tournament format, the United Cup structure is fairly similar to that of the ATP Finals.
United Cup group stage
- Dates: 02 January - 7 January 2026
- Venues: Perth and Sydney (Australia)
- 3 groups of 3 teams in Perth
- 3 groups of 3 teams in Sydney
- Group winners qualify for the quarter-finals
- Runners-up in each city (Perth or Sydney) qualify directly for the quarter-finals
United Cup finals
- Dates: 7 to 11 January 2026
- Venue of the final: Sydney (Australia)
- Semi-final in Perth between the two quarter-final winners
- Semi-final in Sydney between the two quarter-final winners
- United Cup final between the two semi-final winners
The format of the United Cup 2026 is unusual for a tennis tournament, so make sure you bear this in mind when placing your bets with the bookmakers. What's more, the odds on the United Cup should be attractive right through to the end of the competition this season.
Group stage: the United Cup 2026 groups
The group stage of the United Cup promises some exciting clashes. These include matches between Great-Britain and Greece, Germany and Poland, Italy and France or Australia and Czechia. It's a very exciting line-up, which you can follow on our United Cup live score service.
Perth
The city of Perth will host 9 of the 18 teams taking part in the tournament. Among them are the winners of the first and third editions, the United States.
- Group A: United States - Spain - Argentina
- Group C: Italy - France - Switzerland
- Group E: Great-Britain - Greece - Japon
Spectators in Perth will get the chance to watch great players like Taylor Fritz, Coco Gauff, Jack Draper and Flavio Cobolli play.
Sydney
In Sydney, the 9 other participating nations will be competing for a place in the final. The final will be played in the same city. Motivation guaranteed!
- Group B: Canada - Belgium - China
- Group D: Australia - Czechia - Norway
- Group F: Germany - Poland - Netherlands
Hurkacz, De Minaur, Zverev and Auger-Aliassime among others in the men's draw, Swiatek, Mboko and Krejcikova in the women's: there should be plenty of action right through to the end in Sydney. This United Cup 2026 is a mouth-watering event on all fronts.
Our tips for making good United Cup tennis predictions
Do you want to place reliable predictions on the United Cup 2026 and maximise your winnings? Here are the best tips from our tennis specialists. Keep them in mind as they will certainly come in handy when betting on this competition.
Check out the rankings
This first tip is probably the most logical, but you shouldn't overlook it. By taking note of the rankings of each player taking part in the competition, you'll get a good idea of who starts as the favourite in each match.
Although this is not the only criterion that should be taken into account in your analysis, it's certainly a good starting point. However, it also needs to be supplemented with the following tips, at the very least.
Pay attention to the form of the players
Next, it's important to analyse the form of the players who will be playing against each other in the United Cup. By form, of course, we're referring to recent results, but also the performances of these players in their last few matches.
It's vital to take this aspect into account before placing your bet. It will affect the score and therefore the result of the match. For example, Fritz, who is on a 15-match winning streak, will be a better bet than his opponent, especially if the latter is in mediocre form.
Taking the playing surface into account
The third major criterion, which also has a major influence on match results, is the surface on which the competition is played. You'll need to pay close attention to this, whatever the tournament.
As mentioned above, the United Cup is played on a hard surface. Some players feel much more at home on hard courts than on grass or clay and perform particularly well on this surface. It's good practice to analyse how the players play on each surface, and whether they have obtained good results compared with other court types.
Observe head-to-head history
Thanks to the latest head-to-head encounters, you'll be able to improve your perspective of the outcome of the match. In line with the previous point, however, you need to pay attention to the surface on which these duels were played, as well as the date.
If one player beat another on clay in 2015, that head-to-head won't be very relevant to your analysis of a match at this United Cup 2026. As well as giving you a good idea of which player is most likely to win, the history between the two players will also tell you who has the psychological edge going into the match.
United Cup 2026 predictions: statistics you need to know
Want to make smarter, more informed bets on the United Cup? Here are some figures from the first edition of the tournament, which should help you find the right bets at the top bookmakers.
- Average number of games per match: 20.8 games
- Two-set matches: 74%
- Three-set matches: 26%
- Matches where the winner won the 1st set: 85%
- Matches with a golden set (6-0): 10%
- Matches with a tie-break in the 1st set: 15%
- Matches with a tie-break in the 2nd set: 13%
- Matches with a tie-break in the 3rd set: 1%
- Remontadas (0-1 then 2-1): 14% of matches
Note that in the event of a tie in the last match (mixed), the third set is played in one game until one team reaches 10 points. These United Cup statistics are worth bearing in mind.
Among other things, these statistics show that there is a high proportion of matches played in two sets at the United Cup, and that matches played in three sets often favour the players who won the first set (85% of cases). The average number of games played is 20.8 per match, which should help you with your over-under bets.
In short: how to make a good United Cup prediction?
To make a reliable prediction on the United Cup 2026, always bear in mind the format of the competition, the statistics discussed on this page, and the history of the meetings between the two players who are facing each other (head-to-head).
Also, remember that this is the first tournament of the tennis year and that the top players are not necessarily in peak physical condition. If the odds on a favourite are very low, think twice before playing it on a sports betting site!
Our current predictions for the United Cup:
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United Cup: the best tennis betting odds
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