2012 Hopman Cup

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2012 Hopman Cup
Date31 December 2011 – 7 January 2012 [1]
EditionXXIV
Surface Hard (indoor)
Location Perth, Western Australia
Venue Crown Perth
Champions
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
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The Hopman Cup XXIV (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) [1] [2] corresponds to the 24th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 31 December 2011 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia.

Contents

Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group progressed to the final.

United States were the 2011 champions. In that tournament's final the United States of America team of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and John Isner defeated Belgium's Justine Henin and Ruben Bemelmans 2–1. This was the USA's sixth Hopman Cup title.

Czech Republic won their second title, defeating France in the final 2–0. [3]

Hopman Cup XXIV Champions
Czech Republic

Tournament

The 2012 Hyundai Hopman Cup was an invitational tennis tournament and is also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2012 cup had prize money of $1 million and followed the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches qualified for the final. All matches were best of three sets with the exception of the doubles match where a match tie break, first to ten points, was played if the match was tied at one set all. All ties were played in this format; women's singles, men's singles and finally mixed doubles. In the event of a tie in the final group standings the following will be used to separate the nations;

Entrants

Seeds

The seeds for the 2012 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Paul McNamee, Rob Casey and Geoff Masters. [4]

Other entrants

Group stage

Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

Pos.CountryWLMatchesSetsGames
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 307–115–4104–66
2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 215–411–1093–92
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 123–59–1197–97
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 032–74–1470–107

Czech Republic vs. Bulgaria

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Czech Republic
2
Crown Perth, Perth
2 January 2012, 09:30
Hard (indoors)
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Bulgaria
1
123
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Petra Kvitová
Tsvetana Pironkova
6
4
6
2
   [10]
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Tomáš Berdych
Grigor Dimitrov
6
4
69
711
6
3
  [10]
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Petra Kvitová  /  Tomáš Berdych
Tsvetana Pironkova  /  Grigor Dimitrov
6
2
3
6
[9]
[11]
  [10]

USA vs. Denmark

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United States
1
Crown Perth, Perth
2 January 2012, 17:00
Hard (indoors)
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Denmark
2
123
1 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Mardy Fish
Frederik Nielsen
4
6
77
65
6
4
  [10]
2 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Caroline Wozniacki
64
77
2
6
   [10]
3 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Bethanie Mattek-Sands  /  Mardy Fish
Caroline Wozniacki  /  Frederik Nielsen
5
7
3
6
   [10]

Denmark vs. Bulgaria

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Denmark
1
Crown Perth, Perth
4 January 2012, 09:30
Hard (indoors)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Bulgaria
2
123
1 Flag of Denmark.svg
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Caroline Wozniacki
Tsvetana Pironkova
7
5
4
6
6
2
  [10]
2 Flag of Denmark.svg
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Frederik Nielsen
Grigor Dimitrov
65
77
2
6
   [10]
3 Flag of Denmark.svg
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Caroline Wozniacki  /  Frederik Nielsen
Tsvetana Pironkova  /  Grigor Dimitrov
6
3
4
6
[1]
[10]
  [10]

Czech Republic vs. USA

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Czech Republic
3
Crown Perth, Perth
4 January 2012, 17:00
Hard (indoors)
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United States
0
123
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Petra Kvitová
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
6
2
6
1
   [10]
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Tomáš Berdych
Mardy Fish
6
3
6
3
   [10]
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Petra Kvitová  /  Tomáš Berdych
Bethanie Mattek-Sands  /  Mardy Fish
6
3
7
5
   [10]

Czech Republic vs. Denmark

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Czech Republic
2
Crown Perth, Perth
6 January 2012, 13:00
Hard (indoors)
Flag of Denmark.svg
Denmark
0
123
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Petra Kvitová
Caroline Wozniacki
77
64
3
6
6
4
  [10]
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Tomáš Berdych
Frederik Nielsen
6
1
6
3
   [10]
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Petra Kvitová  /  Tomáš Berdych
Caroline Wozniacki  /  Frederik Nielsen
   not
played

USA vs. Bulgaria

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United States
1
Crown Perth, Perth
6 January 2012, 17:00
Hard (indoors)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Bulgaria
2
123
1 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Tsvetana Pironkova
6
4
6
4
   [10]
2 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Mardy Fish
Grigor Dimitrov
2
6
1
6
   [10]
3 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Bethanie Mattek-Sands  /  Mardy Fish
Tsvetana Pironkova  /  Grigor Dimitrov
5
8
    [10]

Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

Pos.CountryWLMatchesSetsGames
1Flag of France.svg  France 307–115–3101–49
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 214–49–1078–83
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 123–68–1381–105
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 033–66–1267–90

France vs. China

Flag of France.svg
France
2
Crown Perth, Perth
31 December 2011, 09:30
Hard (indoors)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
1
123
1 Flag of France.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Marion Bartoli
Li Na
6
2
2
6
4
6
  [10]
2 Flag of France.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Richard Gasquet
Wu Di
6
1
6
3
   [10]
3 Flag of France.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Marion Bartoli  /  Richard Gasquet
Li Na  /  Wu Di
6
1
6
1
   [10]

Australia vs. Spain

Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
1
Crown Perth, Perth
1 January 2012, 15:00
Hard (indoors)
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
2
123
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Jarmila Gajdošová
Anabel Medina Garrigues
6
3
3
6
6
3
  [10]
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Lleyton Hewitt
Fernando Verdasco
3
6
6
3
5
7
  [10]
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Jarmila Gajdošová  /  Lleyton Hewitt
Anabel Medina Garrigues  /  Fernando Verdasco
6
3
3
6
[9]
[11]
  [10]

Spain vs. China

Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
2
Crown Perth, Perth
3 January 2012, 09:30
Hard (indoors)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
1
123
1 Flag of Spain.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Li Na
3
6
1
6
   [10]
2 Flag of Spain.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Fernando Verdasco
Wu Di
6
3
6
4
   [10]
3 Flag of Spain.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Anabel Medina Garrigues  /  Fernando Verdasco
Li Na  /  Wu Di
6
0
6
2
   [10]

Australia vs. France

Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
0
Crown Perth, Perth
3 January 2012, 17:00
Hard (indoors)
Flag of France.svg
France
3
123
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of France.svg
Jarmila Gajdošová
Marion Bartoli
0
6
0
6
   [10]
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of France.svg
Lleyton Hewitt
Richard Gasquet
2
6
7
5
1
6
  [10]
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of France.svg
Jarmila Gajdošová  /  Lleyton Hewitt
Marion Bartoli  /  Richard Gasquet
3
6
4
6
   [10]

France vs. Spain

Flag of France.svg
France
2
Crown Perth, Perth
5 January 2012, 13:00
Hard (indoors)
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
0
123
1 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Marion Bartoli
Anabel Medina Garrigues
6
2
6
4
   [10]
2 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Richard Gasquet
Fernando Verdasco
6
2
6
4
   [10]
3 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Marion Bartoli  /  Richard Gasquet
Anabel Medina Garrigues  /  Fernando Verdasco
   not
played

Australia vs. China

Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
2
Crown Perth, Perth
5 January 2012, 17:00
Hard (indoors)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
1
123
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Jarmila Gajdošová
Li Na
3
6
2
6
   [10]
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Lleyton Hewitt
Wu Di
6
4
7
5
   [10]
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Jarmila Gajdošová  /  Lleyton Hewitt
Li Na  /  Wu Di
8
5
    [10]

Final

Czech Republic vs. France

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic
2
Crown Perth, Perth
7 January 2012, 15:00 AWST (UTC+8)
Hard (indoors)
Flag of France.svg
France
0
123
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of France.svg
Petra Kvitová
Marion Bartoli
7
5
6
1
   [10]
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of France.svg
Tomáš Berdych
Richard Gasquet
77
60
6
4
   [10]
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of France.svg
Petra Kvitová  /  Tomáš Berdych
Marion Bartoli  /  Richard Gasquet
   not
played
2012 Hopman Cup Champions
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic
Second title

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