2018 Hopman Cup Explained

Date:30 December 2017 –
6 January 2018
Edition:XXX (30th)
Surface:Hard (indoor)
Location:Perth, Western Australia
Venue:Perth Arena

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, Western Australia.

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:

Seed Team Female player WTA1Male player ATP1TotalElimination
1Angelique Kerber12Alexander Zverev315Runners-up
2CoCo Vandeweghe10Jack Sock818Round robin
3Elise Mertens38David Goffin749Round robin
4Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova21Karen Khachanov4263Round robin
5Naomi Osaka62Yūichi Sugita40102Round robin
6Eugenie Bouchard79Vasek Pospisil84163Round robin
7Belinda Bencic196Roger Federer2198Champions
8Daria Gavrilova22Thanasi Kokkinakis212234Round robin
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Replacement players

Pre-tournament replacement
TeamReplacementOriginal playerReason
Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaSvetlana KuznetsovaLeft wrist injury[6]
In-tournament partial replacement
Maddison InglisNaomi OsakaIllness
Pat CashJack SockHip injury
Maddison InglisEugenie BouchardGluteus maximus injury

Group stage

Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

width=10width=110width=75Germany
width=75Belgium
width=75Canada
width=75Australia
width=50RR W–Lwidth=50Matches W–Lwidth=50Sets W–L width=50Games W–LStandings
12–13–02–13–07–213–489–661
31–2 3–03–02–17–214–697–682
60–30–31–20–31–83–1656–974
81–2 0–3 2–11–23–68–1280–913

Belgium vs. Canada

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

Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

width=10width=110width=75United States
width=75Russia
width=75Japan
width=75Switzerland
width=50RR W–Lwidth=50Matches W–Lwidth=50Sets W–L width=50Games W–LStandings
22–12–10–32–14–59–1185–692
41–22–10–31–23–610–1393–943
51–2 1–20–30–32–75–1559–984
73–03–03–03–09–018–3109–761

Japan vs. United States

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. Sock was replaced by Australian Pat Cash for the doubles match.

Switzerland vs. United States

Final

Germany vs. Switzerland

Notes and References

  1. News: Mastercard named as Hopman Cup title sponsor. ITFTennis.com. 13 October 2016. 2017-12-30. 17 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161017045223/http://www.itftennis.com/news/244146.aspx. dead.
  2. Web site: A closer look at the Mastercard Hopman Cup 2018 field. HopmanCup.com. 4 October 2017. 2017-04-10. 4 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171004191334/https://hopmancup.com/news/2017/10/04/closer-look-mastercard-hopman-cup-2018-field. dead.
  3. News: Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic win Hopman Cup for Switzerland. abc.net.au. Richard Wainwright. 2018-01-06. 2018-01-06.
  4. Web site: Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic win Hopman Cup for Switzerland. 6 January 2018. BBC Sport. 8 January 2018.
  5. Web site: Hopman Cup draw and rankings.
  6. News: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in for Svetlana Kuznetsova – Hopman Cup. 13 November 2017. HopmanCup.com. 2017-11-13. 13 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171113165648/https://hopmancup.com/news/2017/11/13/anastasia-pavlyuchenkova-svetlana-kuznetsova. dead.
  7. News: Results – Completed Matches. HopmanCup.com. 2 January 2018. 2018-01-02. 29 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171229151830/https://hopmancup.com/results/completed-matches/. dead.