Emma Raducanu Kicks Off 2026 Season at the United Cup in Australia

Stay up to date with Emma Raducanu's 2026 tennis schedule, including her latest results and upcoming matches, exclusively on Sky Sports Tennis. Raducanu is set to make her competitive return at the United Cup, which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Tennis from January 2-11. She will be representing Great Britain alongside Billy Harris in Australia. Raducanu had initially hoped to finish the 2025 season strongly to secure a seeding at the Australian Open in January, but she was forced to cut her season short due to illness. The world No. 29 suffered a concerning withdrawal at the Wuhan Open and struggled physically in her first-round exit at the Ningbo Open. Raducanu, 22, had been striving to push herself into contention for a coveted seeding spot at the first Grand Slam of the year in Melbourne, which she can achieve if she breaks into the top 32 in the world rankings. However, she decided not to push her body further after feeling unwell for several days. Raducanu regained her British No. 1 ranking from Katie Boulter after reaching the semi-finals at the Washington Open. According to the WTA live rankings, Raducanu is currently ranked No. 29, leaving her Australian Open seeding uncertain. You can catch all the tennis action on Sky Sports or stream it with NOW. For the latest tennis scores and schedules, visit our website. Raducanu has confirmed her participation in the mixed-team United Cup event in Australia, which takes place from January 2-11 and offers tour ranking points for singles. Her career-high ranking was No. 10, achieved in July 2022. Raducanu has been working with coach Francis Roig since August 2025. Roig previously coached Rafael Nadal for most of his career. The British No. 1 and experienced Spaniard Francisco Roig have agreed to continue their partnership in 2026. Prior to joining forces with Roig, Raducanu was coached by former British No. 1 Mark Petchey, with whom she achieved some positive results after informally teaming up in March. Raducanu had been without a permanent coach since parting ways with Nick Cavaday in January. Before teaming up with Petchey, she had a two-week trial period with Vladimir Platenik. Raducanu began her 2025 campaign at the Australian Open, where she reached the third round before losing to Iga Swiatek in straight sets. At the Singapore Open, she lost a grueling three-hour battle to world No. 101 Cristina Bucsa from Spain in the first round. Further disappointing first-round losses followed, including defeats to Marketa Vondrousova in Abu Dhabi and Ekaterina Alexandrova in Qatar. Raducanu broke her four-match losing streak with a victory over former world No. 3 Maria Sakkari in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships, but then suffered a straight-sets loss to Karolina Muchova in the next round. Raducanu returned to action at Indian Wells in March, losing in the first round to Japan's Moyuka Uchijima before putting together an impressive run in Miami. Her best result in a WTA 1000 event came when she reached the quarter-finals of the Miami Open in March, just weeks after being knocked out in the first round at Indian Wells. Raducanu pulled out of Great Britain's team for the Billie Jean King Cup qualifying round, which featured ties against the Netherlands and Germany. Her clay-court season began at the Madrid Open, where she recorded a straight-sets win over Suzan Lamens in the opening round before losing to Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in a competitive second-round match. At the Italian Open in Rome, Raducanu beat Maya Joint, Jil Teichmann, and Veronika Kudermetova before falling short against fourth seed Coco Gauff in the last 16. Raducanu defeated world No. 17 Daria Kasatkina at the Strasbourg Open, marking her first career win over a top-20 player on clay. However, she then needed treatment on her back during a loss to Danielle Collins at the last-16 stage. At the French Open, Raducanu opened her campaign with a first-round victory over China's Wang Xinyu but then suffered a second-round defeat to four-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek, losing 6-1, 6-2. Raducanu defeated Cristina Bucșa and Rebecca Sramkova to reach the quarter-finals at Queen's Club before bowing out to top seed Qinwen Zheng. She missed the Berlin Open but participated in the Eastbourne Open, where she beat Ann Li before losing to Australian Maya Joint despite making a miraculous recovery from 5-2 down in the deciding set. Raducanu returned to Wimbledon, the site of her 2021 breakthrough, but was troubled by a back problem since competing at Strasbourg in May. She came through her first-round encounter with fellow Brit Mimi Xu and produced arguably her best performance in years with a win over 2023 champion Marketa Vondrousova. Raducanu then took on world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in a thrilling match under the roof, losing a close battle. Raducanu reached the semi-finals of the WTA 500 Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, overcoming two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka and Greece's Maria Sakkari before being defeated by Anna Kalinskaya in straight sets. She then headed to the WTA 1000 National Bank Open in Montreal, where Wimbledon runner-up Amanda Anisimova secured a comfortable win over Raducanu in the third round. Raducanu closed out her preparations for the US Open at the Cincinnati Open, losing to world No. 1 Sabalenka in a contest lasting three hours and nine minutes. She breezed through to the third round in New York, winning her first two matches with the loss of only six games, but was then defeated by former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in just 62 minutes. Raducanu's next assignment was as a wildcard entry in the Korea Open, where she overcame Jaqueline Cristin in the first round before losing to Krejcikova. At the China Open, Raducanu crashed out in the third round after suffering a loss to American Jessica Pegula, who saved three match points in the second-set tie-break to complete a stunning comeback. A week later at the Wuhan Open, Raducanu retired when 6-1, 4-1 down to American Ann Li and struggled physically in a first-round exit at the Ningbo Open. So far, Raducanu's 2021 US Open victory remains her sole success in a major tournament. She reached the fourth round in Wimbledon that year, a feat she matched in 2024, but at the Australian and French Opens, she has never progressed beyond the third round. Watch the ATP and WTA Tours in 2026 live on Sky Sports or stream with NOW and the Sky Sports app, giving Sky Sports customers access to over 50 per cent more live sport this year at no extra cost.