A proud tennis country, Spain has thrived in representative competitions when its players don national colours.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Six-time Davis Cup champions as well as five times a winner of the Billie Jean King Cup, Spain has also won 15 tennis medals at the Olympic Games, including two golds.<\/p>\n
The United Cup is the next frontier for Spanish players, a team event yet to be conquered but where two players will be hoping to change that in 2026.<\/p>\n
In January, Team Spain will be represented by the rising duo of Jaume Munar and Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, who will travel to Perth to compete against the USA and Argentina in Group A. Rounding out Spain\u2019s six-player squad at RAC Arena are Carlos Taberner, Inigo Cervantes, Andrea Lazaro Garcia and Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers.<\/p>\n
TICKETS: Cheer on Team Spain at RAC Arena in Perth<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n For the first time in 2025, both Munar and Bouzas Maneiro ended a season inside the world\u2019s top 50, and both are trending up and forming a dangerous threat among the 18-country field at United Cup 2026.<\/p>\n Munar is fresh off helping Spain into the 2025 Davis Cup final in Bologna. As the Spanish team\u2019s No.1 player he pushed Flavio Cobolli to the limit in a pulsating second rubber before going down in three sets, a result which saw Italy win its third straight Davis Cup.<\/p>\n Despite the loss, Munar\u2019s ability to challenge higher-ranked opponents has been a defining factor in this breakout season. He outplayed top-20 Czech Jiri Lehecka in the Davis Cup quarterfinals and pushed world No.3 Alexander Zverev to two tiebreaks in the semifinals, two of several head-turning performances in 2025.<\/p>\n After reaching the fourth round of the US Open \u2013 his best ever Grand Slam result \u2013 and the same stage of the Shanghai Masters, Munar stunned Ben Shelton and Felix Auger-Aliassime en route to the Basel 500 semifinals.<\/p>\n That result propelled him to a career-high ranking of world No.36 just six months after he was ranked 66th, meaning he is within striking distance of an Australian Open seeding.<\/p>\n The 28-year-old said that beyond clashes with the world\u2019s dominant top two Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, every match-up was tight \u2013 and winnable. <\/p>\n \u201cEverything is close,\u201d said Munar, who will face Taylor Fritz and Sebastian Baez in Perth. \u201cI feel like any match-up now in the tour, it’s pretty much the same. It’s very close because the level is high. <\/p>\n \u201cOf course, we have two guys on top of that. The rest, I think we fight each other.\u201d<\/p>\n