2018 Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup XXX (also known as the 2018 Mastercard Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 30th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. It took place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia.

2018 Hopman Cup
Date30 December 2017 –
6 January 2018
EditionXXX (30th)
SurfaceHard indoor
LocationPerth, Australia
VenuePerth Arena
Champions
  Switzerland

France were the defending champions; however they did not return to defend their title. This marked the first edition without France competing since 2010.[2]

Switzerland defeated Germany in the final to win its third title.[3][4]

Entrants

Seeds

The draw took place on 5 October 2017 and it placed the 8 teams into two groups, according to the following ranking-based seedings:

SeedTeamFemale playerWTA1Male playerATP1 TotalElimination
1  Germany Angelique Kerber 12 Alexander Zverev 3 15 Runners-up
2  United States Coco Vandeweghe 10 Jack Sock 8 18 Round robin
3  Belgium Elise Mertens 38 David Goffin 7 49 Round robin
4  Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 21 Karen Khachanov 42 63 Round robin
5  Japan Naomi Osaka 62 Yūichi Sugita 40 102 Round robin
6  Canada Eugenie Bouchard 79 Vasek Pospisil 84 163 Round robin
7   Switzerland Belinda Bencic 196 Roger Federer 2 198 Champions
8  Australia Daria Gavrilova 22 Thanasi Kokkinakis 212 234 Round robin
1 – ATP and WTA Rankings as of 2 October 2017 (latest before draw date)[5]

Replacement players
Pre-tournament replacement
Team Replacement Original player Reason
 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Svetlana Kuznetsova Left wrist injury[6]
In-tournament partial replacement
 Japan Maddison Inglis Naomi Osaka Illness
 United States Pat Cash Jack Sock Hip injury
 Canada Maddison Inglis Eugenie Bouchard Gluteus maximus injury

Group stage

Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings
Germany
 Belgium
 Canada
 Australia
 RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
1  Germany 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 7–2 13–4 89–66 1
3  Belgium 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 7–2 14–6 97–68 2
6  Canada 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–8 3–16 56–97 4
8  Australia 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 3–6 8–12 80–91 3

Australia vs. Canada

Australia
2		 Perth Arena, Perth
31 December 2017, 10:00
Hard (i)
Canada
1
1 2 3
1
Daria Gavrilova
Eugenie Bouchard		 6
1		 6
4		    
2
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Vasek Pospisil		 6
4		 3
6 		6
3		  
3
Daria Gavrilova / Thanasi Kokkinakis
Eugenie Bouchard / Vasek Pospisil		 31
45		 34
45		    

Belgium vs. Germany

Belgium
1		 Perth Arena, Perth
1 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
Germany
2
1 2 3
1
Elise Mertens
Angelique Kerber		 66
78		 61
77		    
2
David Goffin
Alexander Zverev		 6
3		 6
3		    
3
Elise Mertens / David Goffin
Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev		 2
4 		32
45		    

Canada vs. Germany

Canada
0		 Perth Arena, Perth
3 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)
Germany
3
1 2 3
1
Eugenie Bouchard
Angelique Kerber		 1
6 		3
6 		   
2
Vasek Pospisil
Alexander Zverev		 4
6 		2
6 		   
3
Eugenie Bouchard / Vasek Pospisil
Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev		 32
45		 32
45		    

Australia vs. Belgium

Australia
0		 Perth Arena, Perth
3 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
Belgium
3
1 2 3
1
Daria Gavrilova
Elise Mertens		 6
2		 4
6 		2
6 		 
2
Thanasi Kokkinakis
David Goffin		 4
6 		2
6 		   
3
Daria Gavrilova / Thanasi Kokkinakis
Elise Mertens / David Goffin		 33
45		 4
2		 1
4 		 

Belgium vs. Canada

Belgium
3		 Perth Arena, Perth
5 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)
Canada
0
1 2 3
1
Elise Mertens
Eugenie Bouchard		 6
4		 6
4		    
2
David Goffin
Vasek Pospisil		 6
2		 6
4		    
3
Elise Mertens / David Goffin
Maddison Inglis / Vasek Pospisil		 45
33		 32
45		 34
45		  

Notes. Due to Eugenie Bouchard's withdrawal from the mixed doubles rubber, the scores are counted as 4–0, 4–0 win for Belgium.

Australia vs. Germany

Australia
1		 Perth Arena, Perth
5 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
Germany
2
1 2 3
1
Daria Gavrilova
Angelique Kerber		 1
6 		2
6 		   
2
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Alexander Zverev		 5
7 		77
64		 6
4		  
3
Daria Gavrilova / Thanasi Kokkinakis
Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev		 4
1		 1
4 		33
45		  

Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings
United States
 Russia
 Japan
 Switzerland
 RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
2  United States 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 4–5 9–11 85–69 2
4  Russia 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 3–6 10–13 93–94 3
5  Japan 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–7 5–15 59–98 4
7   Switzerland 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 18–3 109–76 1

Russia vs. United States

Russia
1		 Perth Arena, Perth
30 December 2017, 10:00
Hard (i)
United States
2
1 2 3
1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Coco Vandeweghe		 3
6 		3
6 		   
2
Karen Khachanov
Jack Sock		 4
6 		6
1		 3
6 		 
3
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Karen Khachanov
Coco Vandeweghe / Jack Sock		 33
45		 4
1		 4
2		  

Japan vs. Switzerland

Japan
0		 Perth Arena, Perth
30 December 2017, 17:30
Hard (i)
Switzerland
3
1 2 3
1
Naomi Osaka
Belinda Bencic		 5
7 		3
6 		   
2
Yūichi Sugita
Roger Federer		 4
6 		3
6 		   
3
Naomi Osaka / Yūichi Sugita
Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer		 4
2		 1
4 		31
45		  

Japan vs. United States

Japan
1		 Perth Arena, Perth
2 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)
United States
2
1 2 3
1
Maddison Inglis
Coco Vandeweghe		 5
7 		2
6 		   
2
Yūichi Sugita
Jack Sock		 77
61		 1
1		    
retired
3
Maddison Inglis / Yūichi Sugita
Coco Vandeweghe / Pat Cash		 0
4 		45
32		 4
0		  

Notes. Maddison Inglis of Australia played instead of Naomi Osaka for the first match. Scores counted as 6–0, 6–0 win for Vandeweghe and 4–0, 4–0 win for the American mixed pair due to Naomi Osaka's withdrawal due to illness.[7] Due to Jack Sock's retirement in the men's singles rubber, the second set is counted as 6–1 win for Sugita.

Russia vs. Switzerland

Russia
0		 Perth Arena, Perth
2 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
Switzerland
3
1 2 3
1
Karen Khachanov
Roger Federer		 3
6 		68
710		    
2
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Belinda Bencic		 1
6 		6
3		 3
6 		 
3
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Karen Khachanov
Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer		 31
45		 45
33		 1
4 		 

Japan vs. Russia

Japan
1		 Perth Arena, Perth
4 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)
Russia
2
1 2 3
1
Naomi Osaka
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova		 6
4		 3
6 		77
65		  
2
Yūichi Sugita
Karen Khachanov		 4
6 		2
6 		   
3
Naomi Osaka / Yūichi Sugita
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Karen Khachanov		 1
4 		0
4 		   

Switzerland vs. United States

Switzerland
3		 Perth Arena, Perth
4 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
United States
0
1 2 3
1
Roger Federer
Jack Sock		 77
65		 7
5		    
2
Belinda Bencic
Coco Vandeweghe		 78
66		 6
4		    
3
Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer
Coco Vandeweghe / Jack Sock		 45
33		 4
2		    

Final

Germany vs. Switzerland

Germany
1		 Perth Arena, Perth
6 January 2018,16:00
Hard (i)
Switzerland
2
1 2 3
1
Alexander Zverev
Roger Federer		 77
64		 0
6 		2
6 		 
2
Angelique Kerber
Belinda Bencic		 6
4		 6
1		    
3
Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev
Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer		 33
45		 2
4 		   


2018 Hopman Cup Champions

Switzerland
Third title

References
  1. "Mastercard named as Hopman Cup title sponsor". ITFTennis.com. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. "A closer look at the Mastercard Hopman Cup 2018 field". HopmanCup.com. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. Richard Wainwright (6 January 2018). "Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic win Hopman Cup for Switzerland". abc.net.au. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. "Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic win Hopman Cup for Switzerland". BBC Sport. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  5. "Hopman Cup draw and rankings".
  6. "Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in for Svetlana Kuznetsova - Hopman Cup". HopmanCup.com. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  7. "Results – Completed Matches". HopmanCup.com. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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