WA will miss out on Alex de Minaur for a second straight summer, with the star Aussie drawn to play in Sydney rather than Perth for the United Cup.
But RAC Arena will host Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz as a star-studded US duo, as well as the likes of Naomi Osaka and Jack Draper.
De Minaur and Maya Joint will represent Australia in Sydney in Group D for the tournament, which begins on January 2.
PERTH UNITED CUP TEAMS
Group A: USA (Coco Gauff & Taylor Fritz), Spain (Jessica Bouzas Maneiro & Jaume Munar), Argentina (Solana Sierra & Sebastian Baez)
Group C: Italy (Jasmine Paolini & Flavio Cobolli), France (Lois Boisson & Arthur Rinderknech), Switzerland (Belinda Bencic & Stan Wawrinka)
Group E: Great Britain (Emma Raducanu & Jack Draper), Greece (Maria Sakkari & Stefanos Tsitsipas), Japan (Naomi Osaka & Shintaro Mochizuki)
More to come
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