Elena Rybakina will lead the action on Day 1 of the United Cup, which marks the start of the new tennis season on Friday. Her team faces Spain in their first game.
While Rybakina-led Kazakhstan will take to the courts at the RAC Arena in Perth 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 unpack on Day 1 of the United 2025 Cup and the fixture list is a good place to start:
Schedule for Day 1 of United Cup 2025

RAC Arena, Perth
Morning session: (9) Kazakhstan vs (14) Spain
Start 10:00 local time: Alexander Shevchenko vs Pablo Carreno Busta
Followed by: Elena Rybakina vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
They followed: Alexander Shevchenko / Elena Rybakina vs Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers / Sergio Martos Gornes
Morning session: (5) China vs (13) Brazil
Start 10:00 local time: Gao Xinyu vs Beatriz Haddad Maia
They followed: Zhang Zhizhen vs Thiago Monteiro
They followed: Zhang Zhizhen / S Zhang vs Beatriz Haddad Maia / Rafael Matos
United Cup 2025: Where to watch?
Viewers can watch the action in United Cup 2025 on the following channels and websites:
Canada – TSN, RDS
US – Tennis channel
Caribbean – Rush
Brazil – N Sports
Latin America – TyC Sports
Bulgaria – A1
Czech Republic and Slovakia – Czech and Slovak TV
Hungary – Network 4
Italy – Super tennis
Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerlandand United Kingdom – Tennis channel
Scandinavians and Netherlands – Viaplay (NENT)
Poland – Polsat
Portugal – Sports TV
United Kingdom – Sky Sports
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol and Luxembourg – Sky Germany
Spain – TVE
Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia – Sports Club
Turkey – TRT
Greece – ERT
Israel – Sports 5
Middle East and 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 – Next
China – YouKu, GDTV, CCTV
Africa – Supersport
Australia – Nine
New Zealand – Sky NZ
For more information on broadcasting the matches, click here.
United Cup 2025 – Match Schedule

The day session will start at 10 am. local time in Perth, while the evening session will begin no earlier than 5 p.m. For fans in the US, Canada, UK and India, here are the broadcast times for Day 1 of the tournament:
Edited by Krutik Jain