United Cup 2027: Jan. 1-10 in Perth and Sydney, Schedule by Round and Time Zone

The United Cup 2027 will be played from Fri., Jan. 1 to Sun., Jan. 10, 2027, in Perth and Sydney, according to unitedcup.com, the event’s official site. The site calls it the fifth edition. The official draw “will be released on Thursday 12 November.” The 2027 session times are not yet announced, so the time tables below use 2026 start times and are labeled that way.

United Cup 2027 schedule by round

The dates come from the unitedcup.com overview. Weekdays match the 2027 calendar.

Round	City	Dates
Group stage	Perth	Fri., Jan. 1 to Tue., Jan. 5
Group stage	Sydney	Sat., Jan. 2 to Wed., Jan. 6
Quarter-finals	Perth	Wed., Jan. 6
Quarter-finals	Sydney	Thu., Jan. 7 and Fri., Jan. 8
Semi-finals (two)	Sydney	Sat., Jan. 9
Final	Sydney	Sun., Jan. 10

The United Cup overview names Ken Rosewall Arena as the Sydney venue for the group stage; Sydney also hosts both semi-finals and the final. Mark the ten days on our January 2027 printable calendar or print the schedule sheet in the downloads box.

How does the United Cup format work?

Per the overview, 18 countries qualify and each city hosts nine teams in three groups of three, playing round-robin. Each tie has one men’s singles match, one women’s singles match and one mixed doubles match. Singles are best of three tie-break sets. Mixed doubles are best of two tie-break sets, with a 10-point match tie-break at one set all.

Group winners in each city reach the quarter-finals, plus one spot in each city for the best runner-up there. Australia is guaranteed entry. The entry deadline is Nov. 10, 2026 at 4:00 a.m. Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT), which is noon on Mon., Nov. 9 in Eastern Time (ET), by our conversion.

When is the United Cup 2027 draw, and who plays?

The draw is due Thu., Nov. 12, 2026. The teams and players are not yet announced. The entry deadline is Nov. 10, and the draw is due two days later, so check unitedcup.com after Nov. 12 for the groups.

What time do matches start in the U.S. and UK?

For 2026, unitedcup.com said Perth’s day session started at 10:00 a.m. and the night session at 5:00 p.m. local time. In Sydney the day session began at 10:30 a.m. and the second session at 5:30 p.m. The 2027 times are not yet announced.

In January, Perth is on Australian Western Standard Time (AWST), UTC+8. Sydney is on AEDT, UTC+11. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is UTC+0, ET is UTC-5 and Pacific Time (PT) is UTC-8. The table applies the 2026 start times to the first day of each city, Fri., Jan. 1 in Perth and Sat., Jan. 2 in Sydney.

Start (2026 time)	GMT	ET	PT
Perth, 10 a.m. Fri., Jan. 1	2 a.m. Fri., Jan. 1	9 p.m. Thu., Dec. 31	6 p.m. Thu., Dec. 31
Perth, 5 p.m. Fri., Jan. 1	9 a.m. Fri., Jan. 1	4 a.m. Fri., Jan. 1	1 a.m. Fri., Jan. 1
Sydney, 10:30 a.m. Sat., Jan. 2	11:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 1	6:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 1	3:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 1
Sydney, 5:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 2	6:30 a.m. Sat., Jan. 2	1:30 a.m. Sat., Jan. 2	10:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 1

A Sydney night session reaches the U.S. East Coast in the small hours. In 2026, the final started from 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11 in Sydney; at the same 2027 start, Sunday, Jan. 10, that is 1:30 a.m. ET and 10:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, Jan. 9. Use the printable weekly calendar to plan overnight viewing.

Tickets, TV and what comes next

unitedcup.com lists “2027 Tickets” and says “Tickets on sale now!” It gives no prices or session times. The 2027 broadcasters are not yet announced.

The tournament leads into the next Grand Slam: our Australian Open 2027 guide covers the Jan. 11-31 dates at Melbourne Park, which start the day after the United Cup final. For other tennis team events, see the Davis Cup Final 8 guide.