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
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
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:
Edited by Krutik Jain.