The 2026 Eisenhower Cup player field has been revealed as Elena Rybakina and Taylor Fritz have confirmed they will try to make it back-to-back in the desert.
For the past couple of years, the Eisenhower Cup – a Tie-Break Tens event – has been taking place just before the start of the 1000-category men's and women's tournament in Indian Wells. The event features an eight-team player field, with the winning pair bagging $200k.
The Tie-Break Tenis event never lacks entertaining teams and the same is the case this year. Besides the defending champions, the confirmed pairs include: Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud, Mirra Andreeva and Daniil Medvedev, Emma Navarro and Ben Shelton, Jasmine Paolini and Matteo Berrettini, Jessica Pegula and Tommy Paul, Amanda Anisimova and Andrey Rublev, Leylah Fernandez and Felix Auger-Aliassime.
This lineup 😍
Eisenhower Cup champions Rybakina & Fritz defend their crown against 7 all-star teams!
🎾 Swiatek/Ruud
🎾 Andreeva/Medvedev
🎾 Navarro/Shelton
🎾 Paolini/Berrettini
🎾 Pegula/Paul
🎾 Anisimova/Rublev
🎾 Fernandez/Auger-Aliassime@tiebreaktens | #TennisParadise pic.twitter.com/cvKw17DMVi— BNP Paribas Open (@BNPPARIBASOPEN) February 10, 2026
This year's event edition will be staged on March 3.
Rybakina and Fritz ready to defend their Eisenhower Cup title
En route to winning the Tie-Break event in 2025 and collecting a $200k prize money, Rybakina and Fritz defeated Anisimova and Medvedev, Navarro and Shelton, and Madison Keys and Paul in the final.
“It’s really special. I’m glad I was lucky to play here. Thanks to my partner of course and everyone who came to watch. It’s a great event. Super happy to be a winner," the Kazakh said after winning the Eisenhower Cup in her team debut with the American ATP star.
Meanwhile, the 2024 US Open runner-up is excited to play again with Rybakina in the desert.
"It was awesome. You come here to try and win it, and it was super exciting to play with Elena,” Fritz said.
