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


Elena Rybakina will headline the action on the first day of the United Cup, which marks the start of the new tennis season on Friday. His team will face Spain in its first match.

While Kazakhstan, led by Rybakina, will take to the courts at Perth’s RAC Arena during 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 analyze on Day 1 of the 2025 United Cup and the match schedule is a good place to start:


Schedule for day 1 of United Cup 2025

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

RAC Arena, Perth

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

Starting at 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 Cavallé-Reimers / Sergio Martos Gornes

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

Starting at 10 am local time: Gao Xinyu vs. 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 stay up to date with the United Cup 2025 action on the following channels and sites:

Canada – TSN, RDS

US – Tennis channel

Caribbean – Run

Brazil -N Sports

Latin America – TyC Sports

Bulgaria – A1

Czechia and Slovakia – Czech TV and Slovak TV

Hungary – Network 4

Italy – SuperTennis

Germany, Austria, Spain, Swissand United Kingdom – Tennis channel

nordic and Netherlands – Viaplay (NENT)

Poland – Poland

Portugal – Sports television

United Kingdom – Sky Sports

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol and Luxembourg – Heaven Germany

Spain -TVE

Serbia, Kosovo, bosnia and herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia – Sports club

Turkey -TRT

Greece – ERTE

Israel – Sport5

Middle East and North Africa – beIN Sports

Kazakhstan – Sport+

Central Asia – Setanta

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

India – Tennis channel

Japan – Not next

Porcelain – YouKu, GDTV, CCTV

Africa – supercar

Australia – Nine

New Zealand – Sky New Zealand

For more information on streaming matches, click here.

United Cup 2025 – Match schedules

Perth's RAC Arena will host the opening day action. Source: GettyPerth's RAC Arena will host the opening day action. Source: Getty
Perth’s RAC Arena will host the opening day action. Source: Getty

The day session will begin at 10am local time in Perth, while the night session will begin 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 pm eastern time December 27, 2024; 4 a.m. Eastern Time
Canada December 26, 2024; 9 pm Eastern Time December 27, 2024; 4 a.m. Eastern Time
United Kingdom December 27, 2024: 2 am GMT December 27, 2024; 09:00 GMT
India December 27, 2024; 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time December 27, 2024; 2:30 pm Eastern Time