Emma Raducanu is nearing a return to tennis.

Raducanu has not played on the WTA Tour since the summer, when she made it to the final of Queen’s. Donna Vekic beat Raducanu in that match, with the Briton unable to feature since then because of injury.

Slipping to 107 in the WTA rankings because of her absence, she has been suffering from a stress fracture in her lower right leg. But the 23-year-old is set to make a long-awaited return at the United Cup, which returns to the calendar in January.

The draw for the tournament, which includes WTA and ATP players, has now been confirmed. And that means Raducanu and her Great Britain teammates now have an idea of the players they could be taking on.

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Who Emma Raducanu could play at the United Cup on her return to tennis

Great Britain have been drawn in Group D of the team competition, which takes place over 10 days in Perth and Sydney. They will be joined by hosts Australia and France. Three group winners of six from a round-robin format will advance to the quarterfinals, along with the best-placed runner-up in each city.

Raducanu is joined for Great Britain by WTA players Francesca Jones and Olivia Nicholls, while Arthur Fery, Jan Choinski and Neal Skupski are the ATP representatives. And they certainly face tricky possible ties in Sydney.

Talia Gibson, Daria Saville and Ellen Perez are on the Australian WTA entry list, and are joined by ATP players Rinky Hijikata, Alex Bolt and Marc Polmans. Meanwhile, Diane Parry, Leolia Jeanjean and Fiona Ferro will play for France, alongside Arthur Fils, Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Manuel Guinard.

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Elsewhere at the United Cup, the United States team comprises star duo Coco Gauff and Ben Shelton. Canada also boasts the likes of Victoria Mboko and Felix Auger-Aliassime, while Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas will represent Greece. Both nations will play in Perth, where Groups A, C and E have been drawn. Meanwhile, Groups B, D and F are in Sydney.

Czech star Linda Noskova, who has just reached the WTA semifinals, will also be involved, along with ATP icons Rafael Jodar, Flavio Cobolli and Holger Rune. Other names on the entry list include Belinda Bencic, Paula Badosa, Hubert Hurkacz and Maja Chwalinska. Each tie comprises three matches; men’s singles, women’s singles and mixed doubles, all of which are best-of-three sets.

Beyond the United Cup, Raducanu has also committed herself to Queen’s, where she will be hoping to go one better than she did this year. But the 2021 US Open champion will undoubtedly hope to have played many more tournaments before her return to British soil next summer. Injuries limited her to just 21 matches throughout the entire 2026 season.