The 2024 United Cup is upon us, with the second edition of the mixed-gender tennis competition set to hear the official start of a brand new tennis season.
A host of top stars will travel to Australia split into two cities - Perth and Sydney - for group stage action pitting 18 countries. Each group winner and the best runner-up from the two cities advance into a knock-out stage in the quarterfinals.
In this article, we shall list all available means of watching the 2024 United Cup, either on television, mobile phone, or tablet if you are far away from the Perth and Sydney tennis courts.
The 2024 United Cup will commence on Friday, December 29, 2023, and run till Sunday, January 7, 2024. The tournament will be held exclusively on outdoor hard courts in two Australian cities - Perth and Sydney. Each tie will consist of a men's singles match, a women's singles match, and a mixed doubles match.
The 18-team tournament will assemble some of their top-ranked players from either tour. Both the men's and women's number ones will partake at the event, with Novak Djokovic set to make his debut while Iga Swiatek returns to have another crack at winning the tournament after last year's disappointment. The full player list can be accessed here.
The tournament organizers have committed a prize money package to the tune of $10 million. Each tour will fight for a fair share of $5 million. Details on prize money breakdown and points distribution can be accessed here.
Some of the major broadcast partners for the 2024 United Cup are highlighted below:
BeIN Sports: Middle East & North Africa
9Now & Stan Sport: Australia (Streaming)
Nine: Australia (Free-to-air TV)
Polsat Sport: Poland
Super Tennis: Italy, San Marino, Vatican City
SuperSport: Sub-Saharan Africa
Tennis Channel International: Austria, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Tennis Channel: Puerto Rico, USA, US Virgin Islands
TRS & RDS: Canada
United Cup YouTube: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Viaplay: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden