Spain already knows its team and its opponents in the 2027 United Cup

The 2026 season has not yet finished, and the world of tennis is already thinking about what will happen starting next January. There are many exciting events on the horizon in Oceania, especially in Australia, which is getting ready for the first Grand Slam of the season. The ball will start rolling in Melbourne in just over two months, and one of the key events that will serve as preparation for it will be the United Cup 2027, to which Spain returns with a leader making his debut in this competition: none other than Rafael Jódar, accompanied by Paula Badosa.

This event, preceded by an ATP Cup that began allowing the participation of women with a mixed category tournament, will be spread across the entire Australian territory as usual. Firstly, Spain already knows who its rivals will be in Group F, whose matches will be played in Sydney. We will face the Argentina team and the Belgium team for a place in the quarter-finals: it is not unreasonable to think that Spain will start as the clear favorite in this group, with Jódar as the top male player based on ranking (Alexander Blockx will lead the Belgians, while Tomás Etcheverry will do the same with the Argentines), while Badosa can, at the very least, compete equally against the top female players of each team (Solana Sierra for Argentina, Elise Mertens for Belgium).

Here are all the teams for the United Cup 2027

Of course, the Spanish squad, as in every edition of this tournament, will be filled with names that have become true stalwarts of our tennis. The mixed doubles will decide matches in case the singles do not, and Spain will complete its roster with players who can lend a hand in any situation, although it would be logical to see Rafa and Paula teaming up (unless their individual matches are particularly demanding).

Thus, the Spanish team will also include Nikolas Sánchez Izquierdo, who has approached the ATP top-150 thanks to his great performances this season on the Challenger circuit; Leyre Romero, who recently became champion of a WTA 125 and has proven she is ready for the big leagues; and two doubles players who have also been shining on the second tier of world tennis, Benjamín Winter and Yvonne Cavallé. The rest of the teams, organized by groups, with their main players, will be as follows:

Group A (Perth)

• United States: Ben Shelton, Coco Gauff

• Croatia: Dino Prizmic, Donna Vekic

• Kazakhstan: Alexander Shevchenko, Yulia Putintseva

Group B (Sydney)

• Czech Republic: Jiri Lehecka, Linda Noskova

• Greece: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Maria Sakkari

• Hungary: Fabian Marozsán, Anna Bondar

Group C (Perth)

• Canada: Felix Auger-Aliassime, Victoria Mboko

• Italy: Flavio Cobolli, Elisabetta Cocciaretto

• Denmark: Holger Rune, Clara Tauson

Group D (Sydney)

• France: Arthur Fils, Diane Parry

• Australia: Rinky Hijikata, Talia Gibson

• Great Britain: Emma Raducanu, Arthur Fery

Group E (Perth)

• Poland: Hubert Hurkacz, Maja Chwalinska

• Germany: Yannick Hanfmann, Tamara Korpatsch

• Switzerland: Jerome Kym, Belinda Bencic

Group F (Sydney)

• Belgium: Alexander Blockx, Elise Mertens

• Spain: Rafa Jódar, Paula Badosa

• Argentina: Tomás Etcheverry, Solana Sierra

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