1998 Hopman Cup

1998 Hopman Cup
Date	4 January – 10 January 1998
Edition	X [1]
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Perth, Western Australia
Venue	Burswood Entertainment Complex
Champions
Slovakia
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The Hopman Cup X (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 4 January 1998 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Burswood, Western Australia.

Entrants

Group stage teams

Seed	Team [1]	Female player	Male player
1	Slovakia	Karina Habšudová	Karol Kučera
2	Australia	Annabel Ellwood	Patrick Rafter
3	Sweden	Åsa Carlsson	Thomas Enqvist
4	South Africa	Amanda Coetzer	Wayne Ferreira
5	France	Mary Pierce	Cédric Pioline
6	United States	Chanda Rubin	Jonathan Stark
7	Germany	Anke Huber	Tommy Haas
8	Spain	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Carlos Moyá

Play-off teams

Seed	Team [1]	Female player	Male player
1	Romania	Irina Spîrlea	Dinu Pescariu
2	Slovakia	Karina Habšudová	Karol Kučera

Play-off round

Slovakia 2	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia 1998 Hard (indoors)		Romania 1
1 2 3 1 Karina Habšudová Irina Spîrlea 3 6 6 4 6 2       2 Karol Kučera Dinu Pescariu 6 1 6 2         3 Karina Habšudová  /  Karol Kučera Irina Spîrlea  /  Dinu Pescariu 4 6 6 4 6 8

Group stage

Group A

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1	Slovakia	2	1	6–3	13–6
2	Australia	2	1	6–3	12–9
3	Spain	2	1	5–4	11–8
4	Sweden	0	3	1–8	3–16

Australia vs. Sweden

Australia 3	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia 1998 Hard (indoors)		Sweden 0
1 2 3 1 Annabel Ellwood Åsa Carlsson 6 4 6 2         2 Patrick Rafter Thomas Enqvist 6 3 1 6 7 5       3 Annabel Ellwood  /  Patrick Rafter Åsa Carlsson  /  Thomas Enqvist 6 2 6 4

Spain vs. Slovakia

Spain 2	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia 1998 Hard (indoors)		Slovakia 1
1 2 3 1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Karina Habšudová 6 2 6 3         2 Carlos Moyá Karol Kučera 5 7 4 6         3 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario  /  Carlos Moyá Karina Habšudová  /  Karol Kučera 77 63 6 1

Slovakia vs. Sweden

Slovakia 3	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia 1998 Hard (indoors)		Sweden 0
1 2 3 1 Karina Habšudová Åsa Carlsson 6 3 6 3         2 Karol Kučera Thomas Enqvist 6 4 6 4         3 Karina Habšudová  /  Karol Kučera Åsa Carlsson  /  Thomas Enqvist 7 5 6 3

Australia vs. Spain

Australia 2	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia 1998 Hard (indoors)		Spain 1
1 2 3 1 Annabel Ellwood Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2 6 2 6         2 Patrick Rafter Carlos Moyá 7 5 1 6 78 66       3 Annabel Ellwood  /  Patrick Rafter Arantxa Sánchez Vicario  /  Carlos Moyá 7 5 6 2

Spain vs. Sweden

Spain 2	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia 1998 Hard (indoors)		Sweden 1
1 2 3 1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Åsa Carlsson 6 2 6 2         2 Carlos Moyá Thomas Enqvist 4 6 1 6         3 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario  /  Carlos Moyá Åsa Carlsson  /  Thomas Enqvist 6 3 6 4

Slovakia vs. Australia

Slovakia 2	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia 1998 Hard (indoors)		Australia 1
1 2 3 1 Karina Habšudová Annabel Ellwood 6 3 6 3         2 Karol Kučera Patrick Rafter 63 77 6 3 63 77       3 Karina Habšudová  /  Karol Kučera Annabel Ellwood  /  Patrick Rafter 7 5 6 2

Group B

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1	France	3	0	9–0	18–2
2	South Africa	2	1	4–5	8–13
3	United States	1	2	3–6	8–13
4	Germany	0	3	2–7	8–14

South Africa vs. United States

South Africa 2	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia 1998 Hard (indoors)		United States 1
1 2 3 1 Amanda Coetzer Chanda Rubin 4 6 3 6         2 Wayne Ferreira Jonathan Stark 3 6 6 3 6 4       3 Amanda Coetzer  /  Wayne Ferreira Chanda Rubin  /  Jonathan Stark 6 2 5 7 6 1

France vs. Germany

France 3	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia 1998 Hard (indoors)		Germany 0
1 2 3 1 Mary Pierce Anke Huber 4 6 6 4 6 3       2 Cédric Pioline Tommy Haas 6 4 6 4         3 Mary Pierce  /  Cédric Pioline Anke Huber  /  Tommy Haas 2 6 6 3 7 3

South Africa vs. Germany

South Africa 2	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia 1998 Hard (indoors)		Germany 1
1 2 3 1 Amanda Coetzer Anke Huber 3 6 3 6         2 Wayne Ferreira Tommy Haas 6 4 3 6 6 1       3 Amanda Coetzer  /  Wayne Ferreira Anke Huber  /  Tommy Haas 6 2 6 2

France vs. United States

France 3	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia 1998 Hard (indoors)		United States 0
1 2 3 1 Mary Pierce Chanda Rubin 6 0 6 3         2 Cédric Pioline Jonathan Stark 6 4 6 3         3 Mary Pierce  /  Cédric Pioline Chanda Rubin  /  Jonathan Stark 6 4 77 63

United States vs. Germany

United States 2	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia 1998 Hard (indoors)		Germany 1
1 2 3 1 Chanda Rubin Anke Huber 3 6 1 6         2 Jonathan Stark Tommy Haas 77 64 63 77 6 4       3 Chanda Rubin  /  Jonathan Stark Anke Huber  /  Tommy Haas 6 3 6 4

France vs. South Africa

France 3	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia [2] 1998 Hard (indoors)		South Africa 0
1 2 3 1 Mary Pierce Amanda Coetzer 6 3 6 3         2 Cédric Pioline Wayne Ferreira 78 66 6 3         3 Mary Pierce  /  Cédric Pioline Amanda Coetzer  /  Wayne Ferreira 6 4 77 64

Final

Slovakia 2	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia [3] 10 January 1998 Hard (indoors)		France 1
1 2 3 1 Karina Habšudová Mary Pierce 4 6 5 7     2 Karol Kučera Cédric Pioline 79 67 6 4     3 Karina Habšudová  /  Karol Kučera Mary Pierce  /  Cédric Pioline 6 3 6 4

1998 Hopman Cup Champions
Slovakia First title

References

1. "Hopman Cup 1998 (X)". Hopman Cup . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
2. "Plus: Tennis -- Hopman Cup; France to Meet Slovakia in Final". The New York Times . 10 January 1998. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
3. Carkeek, Tom (11 January 1998). "Slovakia Rules Hopman Cup". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 11 January 2015.

External links

• 1998 Hopman Cup at Hopman Cup
  • Archived version