United Cup 2025 schedule today: TV schedule, kick-off time, order of play, live streaming details and more


Elena Rybakina will headline the action on Day 1 of the United Cup, which marks the start of the new tennis season on Friday. His team faces Spain in their first game.

While Rybakina-led Kazakhstan will take to the courts at Perth's RAC Arena in the morning session, China and Brazil will be in action in the evening. Zhang Zhizhen and Beatriz Haddad Maia lead the two teams, respectively.

There's a lot to unpack on Day 1 of United Cup 2025 and the fixture list is a good place to start:


Schedule of match day 1 of the United Cup 2025

Zhang Zhizhen will lead the Chinese team at the United Cup 2025. (Source: Getty)Zhang Zhizhen will lead the Chinese team at the United Cup 2025. (Source: Getty)
Zhang Zhizhen will lead the Chinese team at the United Cup 2025. (Source: Getty)

RAC Arena, Perth

Morning session: (9) Kazakhstan vs (14) Spain

From 10 am local time: Alexander Shevchenko vs Pablo Carreño Busta

followed by: Elena Rybakina vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro

Followed by: Alexander Shevchenko / Elena Rybakina vs Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers / Sergio Martos Gornes

Morning session: (5) China vs (13) Brazil

From 10 am local time: Gao Xinyu against Beatriz Haddad Maia

Followed by: Zhang Zhizhen vs Thiago Monteiro

Followed by: Zhang Zhizhen / S Zhang vs Beatriz Haddad Maia / Rafael Matos


United Cup 2025: where to watch?

Viewers can keep up to date with the United Cup 2025 action on the following channels and sites:

canada – TSN, RDS

USA – Tennis Channel

caribbean – Run

brazil – N Sports

Latin America – TyC Sports

Bulgaria – A1

Czech i Slovakia – Czech TV and Slovak TV

Hungary – Network 4

Italy – Super Tennis

Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerlandi united kingdom – Tennis Channel

nordic i Netherlands – Viaplay (NENT)

poland – Pulsed

Portugal – Sports television

united kingdom – Sky Sports

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol i Luxembourg – Sky Germany

Spain – TV

Serbia, Kosovo, bosnia i Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro i Slovenia – Sports club

Turkey – TRT

Greece – ERT

Israel – Sports 5

Middle East i North Africa – beIN Sports

Kazakhstan – Sport+

Central Asia – Seventy

Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, East Timor – beIN Sports

India – Tennis Channel

Japan – Unext

china – YouKu, GDTV, CCTV

Africa – Supersport

Australia – Nine

new zealand – Sky NZ

For more information on the broadcast of the matches, click here.

United Cup 2025 – Match times

The RAC Arena in Perth will host the opening day action. Source: GettyThe RAC Arena in Perth will host the opening day action. Source: Getty
The RAC Arena in Perth will host the opening day action. Source: Getty

The day session will start at 10am local Perth time, while the afternoon session will start no earlier than 5pm. For fans in the US, Canada, UK and India, here are the broadcast times for Day 1 of the tournament:

country Day Session (Perth) evening session (Perth)
USA December 26, 2024; 9 p.m. ET December 27, 2024; 4 am ET
canada December 26, 2024; 9 p.m. ET December 27, 2024; 4 am ET
united kingdom December 27, 2024: 02:00 GMT December 27, 2024; 9am GMT
India December 27, 2024; 7.30 am IST December 27, 2024; 2.30 pm IST