- Mixed team-based tennis tournament begins 29 December
- Sydney and Perth to host 18 countries in round-robin format
Home nation Australia, Great Britain and defending champions the United States have caught the eye after being drawn together in the United Cup, the main Australian Open lead-in tournament starting at the end of December.
Serbia – led by world No 1 Novak Djokovic – were grouped with China and the Czech Republic in the second pool based in Perth, while women’s world No 2 Iga Swiatek, playing for Poland against Spain and another qualifier to be named next month, will also be in Perth.