Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu will lead an all-star British team at the United Cup at the beginning of 2026.
The mixed-gender tournament is into its fourth year since its inception in 2023 and Draper and Raducanu will be playing for the very first time.
Draper will be using the tournament as recovery after missing the second half of the 2025 season due to an arm injury.
Draper and Raducanu will also be joined by four other players, including a Brit who is currently ranked 256 in the rankings.
Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu’s United Cup teammates confirmed
Draper and Raducanu will be joined by Billy Harris, Lloyd Glasspool, Olivia Nicholls, and Mimi Xu at the United Cup.
Harris has been a regular fixture on the ATP Tour and Challenger circuit, and the Brit made headlines when he earned his first ATP ranking points at the age of 29 in 2024.
The star played at last year’s United Cup, where he lost to Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Alex de Minaur, and Hubert Hurkacz.
Glasspool and Olivia Nicholls will join as Great Britain’s doubles specialists, with both impressing this season.
Glasspool won Wimbledon alongside Julian Cash, while Nicholls won her first WTA 500 tournament at the Berlin Open alongside Tereza Mihalíková.
They will also be joined by Mimi Xu, who is currently ranked outside the top 250. The Brit made her Wimbledon debut in June and most recently won the Wrexham Open on home soil.
Who has won the United Cup?
The United Cup has become one of the more popular ways to prepare for the Australian Open at the start of the season.
Since the tournament’s inception in 2023, the likes of Taylor Fritz, Jessica Pegula, and Stefanos Tsitsipas have flocked to Australia for the event.
The United States has an excellent record at the tournament, winning the event in two of the three years. Fritz and Pegula led their nation in 2023, while Fritz and Coco Gauff proved successful in 2025.
| 2023 | United States |
| 2024 | Germany |
| 2025 | United States |
In 2024, Alexander Zverev and Anjelique Kerber inspired Germany to lift the trophy in the tournament’s second year.
Britain has finished bottom of their group in the last two years, so Raducanu and Draper will be hoping to turn around the nation’s fortunes.
