Hopman Cup

Hopman Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2018 Hopman Cup
Sport Tennis
Founded 1989 (1989) in Perth
Claim to fame Named in honour of Harry Hopman
No. of teams 8 Teams (Group A+B)
Competitors ITF member nations
Country  Australia
Venue(s) Burswood Dome (1989–2012)
Perth Arena (2013–present)
Continent Worldwide
Most recent
champion(s)
Switzerland (3rd title)
Most titles United States (6 titles)
Official website HopmanCup.com

The Hopman Cup is an annual international eight-team indoor hardcourt tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early January (sometimes commencing in late December) each year, which plays mixed-gender teams on a country-by-country basis.[1]

The championship is named in honour of Harry Hopman (1906–1985), an Australian tennis player and coach who guided the country to 15 Davis Cup titles between 1938 and 1969. Since the Hopman Cup was founded in 1989, it has been attended each year by Harry Hopman's widow, his second wife Lucy, who travels to the tournament annually from her home in the United States.[2]

The tournament is a sanctioned event in the calendar of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), but while individual player results are tallied, they are not included in the calculation of tennis world rankings. The competition receives extensive television coverage in Australia and is an important lead-up tournament to the Australian Open each January as part of the Australian Open Series.

The winning team receives a silver cup perpetual trophy and up to 2014 the winning team members were presented with distinctive individual trophies in the shape of a tennis ball designed and created by Brinkhaus Jewellers encrusted with diamonds from the Argyle diamond mine in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. In 2014 and 2015, the individual trophies were created in the shape of an intricate diamond encrusted tennis racket and ball, using just under an ounce of 18-carat white, yellow and rose gold and approximately half an ounce of pink argyle diamonds. These trophies are valued at $26,000.

Until 2012, the Hopman Cup was played at the Burswood Dome. Since 2013, the Hopman Cup has been played at the Perth Arena.[3]

Format

Unlike other major international team tennis tournaments such as the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup, which are for men or women only, the Hopman Cup is a mixed competition in which male and female players are on combined teams and represent their countries. Players are invited to attend and national coaches are not involved in selecting teams.

Eight nations are selected annually to compete in the Hopman Cup. The "last" team may be decided by play-offs between several nations before competition begins. For the 2007 Hopman Cup however, this did not occur, due to the Asian Qualifying Tournament creating the eighth team. The official tournament website also has no qualifier listed in its schedule.

Each team consists of one male player and one female player. Each match-up between two teams at the championships consists of:

  • one women's singles match
  • one men's singles match
  • one mixed doubles match

The eight competing teams are separated into two groups of four (with two teams being seeded) and face-off against each of the other three teams in their group in a round-robin format. These seedings ensure that each group has approximately similar strength. The top team in each group then meet in a final to decide the champions.

If a player is injured then a player of a lower ranking of that nation may be the substitute.

Management

The 2014 Hopman Cup Tournament Director is Paul Kilderry after the resignation of Steve Ayles.[4][5] Previously, the former Australian tennis player Paul McNamee, who played a key role in the founding of the championships, was the tournament director.

History

Up to and including 2012, the venue was the Burswood Dome at the Burswood Entertainment Complex.

The 2005/06 Hopman Cup was the first elite-level tennis tournament in which the system was introduced allowing players to challenge point-ending line calls similar to that in clay court tournaments. The challenged calls are immediately reviewed on a large monitor using Hawk-Eye technology.

The 20th Hopman Cup, in 2008, was intended to be the last held at the Burswood Dome, however this was extended until 2012 when the new Perth Arena was due for completion.

2013 marked the 25th year of the running of the Hopman Cup.

In 2018 for the 30th edition of the tournament, a record crowd of 14,029 watched the Hopman Cup group stage match between United States and Switzerland.[6] This was also the highest attendance for a tennis match in Western Australian history.

Telecasts

The Hopman Cup was originally broadcast by the Seven Network until 1994, then by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1995–2010). From 2011, a five-year deal to broadcast the Hopman Cup was signed by the commercial television station Network Ten a deal which ended abruptly in November 2013. 7mate subsequently picked up the telecasting rights.[7] From 2019, the Nine Network will broadcast the tournament.

Records and statistics

Past champions

Year Winners Score Runners-up Female champion Male champion Female finalist Male finalist
1989  Czechoslovakia 2–0  Australia Helena Suková Miloslav Mečíř Hana Mandlíková Pat Cash
1990  Spain 2–1  United States Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Emilio Sánchez Pam Shriver John McEnroe
1991  Yugoslavia 3–0  United States (2) Monica Seles Goran Prpić Zina Garrison David Wheaton
1992   Switzerland 2–1  Czechoslovakia Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere Jakob Hlasek Helena Suková Karel Nováček
1993  Germany 2–0  Spain Steffi Graf Michael Stich Arantxa Sánchez Emilio Sánchez
1994  Czech Republic 2–1  Germany Jana Novotná Petr Korda Anke Huber Bernd Karbacher
1995  Germany (2) 2–0  Ukraine Anke Huber Boris Becker Natalia Medvedeva Andrei Medvedev
1996  Croatia 2–1   Switzerland Iva Majoli Goran Ivanišević Martina Hingis Marc Rosset
1997  United States 2–1  South Africa Chanda Rubin Justin Gimelstob Amanda Coetzer Wayne Ferreira
1998  Slovakia 2–1  France Karina Habšudová Karol Kučera Mary Pierce Cédric Pioline
1999  Australia 2–1  Sweden Jelena Dokić Mark Philippoussis Åsa Carlsson Jonas Björkman
2000  South Africa 3–0  Thailand Amanda Coetzer Wayne Ferreira Tamarine Tanasugarn Paradorn Srichaphan
2001   Switzerland (2) 2–1  United States (3) Martina Hingis Roger Federer Monica Seles Jan-Michael Gambill
2002  Spain (2) 2–1  United States (4) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Tommy Robredo Monica Seles (2) Jan-Michael Gambill (2)
2003  United States (2) 3–0  Australia (2) Serena Williams James Blake Alicia Molik Lleyton Hewitt
2004  United States (3) 2–1  Slovakia Lindsay Davenport James Blake (2) Daniela Hantuchová Karol Kučera
2005  Slovakia (2) 3–0  Argentina Daniela Hantuchová Dominik Hrbatý Gisela Dulko Guillermo Coria
2006  United States (4) 2–1  Netherlands Lisa Raymond Taylor Dent Michaëlla Krajicek Peter Wessels
2007  Russia 2–0  Spain (2) Nadia Petrova Dmitry Tursunov Anabel Medina Garrigues Tommy Robredo
2008  United States (5) 2–1  Serbia Serena Williams (2) Mardy Fish Jelena Janković Novak Djokovic
2009  Slovakia (3) 2–0  Russia Dominika Cibulková Dominik Hrbatý (2) Dinara Safina Marat Safin
2010  Spain (3) 2–1  Great Britain MJ Martínez Sánchez Tommy Robredo (2) Laura Robson Andy Murray
2011  United States (6) 2–1  Belgium Bethanie Mattek-Sands John Isner Justine Henin Ruben Bemelmans
2012  Czech Republic (2) 2–0  France (2) Petra Kvitová Tomáš Berdych Marion Bartoli Richard Gasquet
2013  Spain (4) 2–1  Serbia (2) Anabel Medina Garrigues Fernando Verdasco Ana Ivanovic Novak Djokovic (2)
2014  France 2–1  Poland Alizé Cornet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Agnieszka Radwańska Grzegorz Panfil
2015  Poland 2–1  United States (5) Agnieszka Radwańska Jerzy Janowicz Serena Williams John Isner
2016  Australia (2) 2–0  Ukraine (2) Daria Gavrilova Nick Kyrgios Elina Svitolina Alexandr Dolgopolov
2017  France (2) 2–1  United States (6) Kristina Mladenovic Richard Gasquet Coco Vandeweghe Jack Sock
2018   Switzerland (3) 2–1  Germany (2) Belinda Bencic Roger Federer (2) Angelique Kerber Alexander Zverev

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Past finalists

CountryYears wonRunners-up
 United States 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 (6) 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2015, 2017 (6)
 Spain 1990, 2002, 2010, 2013 (4) 1993, 2007 (2)
 Slovakia 1998, 2005, 2009 (3) 2004 (1)
  Switzerland 1992, 2001, 2018 (3) 1996 (1)
 Australia 1999, 2016 (2) 1989, 2003 (2)
 France 2014, 2017 (2) 1998, 2012 (2)
 Germany 1993, 1995 (2) 1994, 2018 (2)
 Czech Republic 1994, 2012 (2) (0)
 Czechoslovakia 1989 (1) 1992 (1)
 South Africa 2000 (1) 1997 (1)
 Russia 2007 (1) 2009 (1)
 Poland 2015 (1) 2014 (1)
 Yugoslavia 1991 (1) (0)
 Croatia 1996 (1) (0)
 Serbia (0) 2008, 2013 (2)
 Ukraine (0) 1995, 2016 (2)
 Sweden (0) 1999 (1)
 Thailand (0) 2000 (1)
 Argentina (0) 2005 (1)
 Netherlands (0) 2006 (1)
 Great Britain (0) 2010 (1)
 Belgium (0) 2011 (1)
  • Consecutive titles
  • Consecutive finals appearances

Participation details

Nation 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Total
 Argentina1RRRFRRRR5
 AustraliaFSFQF1RQFSFQFRRRRRRW RRRRRRFRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR30
W
 AustriaQF1RSFQFRR5
 BelgiumRRRRRRRRRRFRR7
 BulgariaRR-1
 CanadaLQRRRRRR4
 ChinaLQRR2
 CISQFDefunct1
 Chinese TaipeiRRRR2
 CroatiaCompeted as Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaW RRRR3
 Czech RepublicCompeted as CzechoslovakiaSFW SFRRRRRRRRW RRRRRRRR12
 Czechoslovakia W SFQFFDefunct4
 DenmarkRR1
 FranceRRQFSFQFSFQFSFRRRRFRRRRRRRRRRRRRRFRRW RRRRW 23
 GermanySF1RSFW FW RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRF17
 Great Britain1R1R1RFRRRRRRRR8
 GreeceLQ1
 HungaryRR1
 IndiaRRRR2
 Israel1R1
 ItalyQF1RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR10
 Japan1R1R1RLQLQRR6
 KazakhstanCompeted as Soviet UnionRRRR2
 Netherlands1R1RQF1R1RRRRRF8
 New Zealand1R1
 ParaguayLQ1
 PolandFW 2
 RomaniaRRLQRR3
 RussiaCompeted as Soviet UnionRRRRRRRRW FRRRR8
 SerbiaCompeted as Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaFRRF3
 Serbia and MontenegroCompeted as Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRRDefunct1
 SlovakiaCompeted as CzechoslovakiaW RRRRRRRRFW W 8
 South Africa1R1R1RRRFRRRRW RRRR10
 Soviet Union QFQFDefunct2
 SpainW QFSFFQFQFRRRRW RRFW RRW RRRR16
 SwedenSF1R1R1R1RRRFRRRR9
  SwitzerlandSFW QFQFFRRRRW RRRRW 11
 ThailandFRR2
 UkraineCompeted as Soviet UnionQF1RFF4
 United StatesFFQFQFQFQFRRW RRRRRRFFW W RRW RRW RRRRW RRRRRRFRRFRR29
 UzbekistanCompeted as Soviet UnionRR1
 Yugoslavia 1R1RW Defunct3
 ZimbabweLQLQ2
Total8 12 12 12 12 12 12 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Detailed statistic

After 2018 edition

Note 1: Teams with index 2 include results only of lower placed team of every appearance in the tournament in instances where two teams from the same country entered the tournament, while team with no index includes results of higher placed team only.
Note 2: Considering there is an extremely high frequency of retirements due to various reasons w.o. wins/defeats are counted in all statistics.
Note 3: "Y Ent" statistic is not complete. Information about Asian Hopman Cup, a qualifying tournament which ran from 2006 until 2009 and granted the winners entry into the Hopman Cup the following year, is missing.

Italic non-existing teams (3)
most (best or worst) in category & best and worst %
in last 2 columns highlighted are best and worst +/- ratio
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Hopman Cup team
(41 teams + 3[N 1] dissolved)
TOP 4[N 2] Y Ent
[N 3]
Y Pld
[N 4]
RoW
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W% T Pld
[N 6]
W L Q PO
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AHC[N 7]
All SF W-L T
 Argentina10 55 30.2914410 0–0
 Australia113 3030 40.45884048 0–0
 Australia 200 11 0.33312 0–0
 Austria21 11 50.551165 0–0
 Belgium30 77 20.52211110 1–0
 Bulgaria10 11 20.67321 0–0
 Canada20 43+1 20.401046 0–1
 China00 21 00.00303 0–1 0
 Chinese Taipei00 22 1 (3)0.17615 0–0 2
 Croatia20 33 40.601064 0–0
 Czech Republic [N 8]73 1212 60.54651916 0–0
 Czechoslovakia [N 9]33 44 40.731183 0–0
 Denmark00 11 10.33312 0–0
 France113 2323 50.54613328 1–0
 Germany95 1717 60.47492326 0–0
 Great Britain30 88 30.3719712 0–0
 Greece00 10 0000 0–1
 Hungary00 11 10.33312 1–0
 India20 22 2 (5)0.50633 0–0 1
 Israel00 11 00.00101 0–0
 Italy20 1010 30.3327918 1–0
 Japan00 64+1 10.14716 0–2 0
 Kazakhstan10 22 2 (3)0.33624 0–0 1
 Netherlands10 88 40.3116511 2–0
 New Zealand00 11 00.00101 0–0
 Paraguay00 10 0000 0–1
 Philippines00 10 0000 0–0 0
 Poland20 22 30.75862 0–0
 Romania00 32 10.33624 0–1
 Russia [N 10]30 88 60.42261115 0–0
 Serbia [N 11]40 44 50.7114104 0–0
 Slovakia40 88 70.56271512 1–0
 South Africa50 1010 40.58261511 0–0
 South Korea00 20 0000 0–0 0
 Soviet Union &  CIS [N 12]00 33 10.25413 0–0
 Spain93 1616 60.61442717 0–0
 Sweden31 99 30.3719712 0–0
  Switzerland72 1111 4+0.70332310 0–0
 Thailand10 44 30.43734 1–0 0
 Ukraine21 44 30.641174 0–0
 United States182 2929 90.58895237 0–0
 Uzbekistan00 11 10.00303 1–0 0
 Yugoslavia, SFR [N 13]11 33 40.67642 0–0
 Zimbabwe00 20+1 00.00101 0–2
Notes
  1. Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union/CIS, Yugoslavia SFR.
  2. Since 1996 competition has group stage (2 groups) format where 1st team from each group advances to finals.
    Column "All" contains placements in top 2 of each group (meaning top 4; reason below) since 1996 + semi-final appearances before that period; between 1989 and 1995 competition had knockout tournament format, and column "SF" contains semi-final appearances from that period only.
    On multiple occasions 2nd placed team in the group replaced that group's 1st placed team in the finals due to latter's retirement.
  3. Years Entered is a number of times a team has entered qualifications (qualifying tournament) for the tournament, play-off tie or played in the actual tournament; in other words participated in any way in the tournament.
    Y Ent >= Y Pld.
  4. Years Played is a number of times a team has played in the actual tournament. Sometimes, despite the fact they lost in the play-off tie, a team would play in the official tournament as a replacement due to retirement of other team. Those instances are noted after plus sign as "partial participations" since those teams were (in all cases) unable to qualify for the finals.
    Y Pld <= Y Ent.
  5. RoW / Hopman Cup RoW includes qualification play-off ties. RoW including qualifying tournament ties if better than HC RoW is indicated in () parenthesis alongside the HC RoW.
  6. Does not include qualification play-off ties nor qualifying tournament ties.
  7. Asian Hopman Cup was a qualifying tournament which ran from 2006 until 2009 and granted the winners entry into the Hopman Cup the following year.
  8. Does not include Czechoslovakia results (see Czechoslovakia note).
  9. Out of 5 players that played for Czechoslovakia at Hopman Cup 4 were Czech. The team that won Czechoslovakia's only title included Slovak player.
  10. Does not include Soviet Union and CIS results (see Soviet Union & CIS note).
  11. Includes Serbia and Montenegro results (1 appearance) because only players from Serbia represented the team.
  12. Out of 3 players that played for Soviet Union and CIS at Hopman Cup 2 were Russian.
  13. Players from Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia represented SFR Yugoslavia at Hopman Cup.

Asian Hopman Cup

References

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  3. Joseph Sapienza (20 April 2010). "Perth Arena to ensure Hopman Cup stays in WA". WA Today.
  4. "Kilderry new Hopman Cup tournament director". Tennis Australia. 17 October 2013.
  5. Courtney Walsh (17 October 2013). "Sam Stosur's manager rises in Hopman Cup shake-up". The Australian.
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