2017 Hopman Cup | |
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Date | 1–7 January 2017 |
Edition | XXIX (29th) |
Surface | Hard (indoor) |
Location | Perth, Western Australia |
Venue | Perth Arena |
Champions | |
France |
The Hopman Cup XXIX (also known as the 2017 Mastercard Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons [1] ) was the 29th 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.
The defending champions were Australia. Roger Federer, 2001 champion, made his first appearance since 2002, alongside his partner Belinda Bencic. [2]
For this edition, the Fast4 rule was implemented in Mixed Doubles matches. This marked the first time that an official tournament applied this rule since its inception in 2015. [3]
In the final France defeated the US to win its second title. [4] [5]
The draw took place on 6 October 2016 and it placed the 8 teams into two groups, according to the following ranking-based seedings:
Seed | Team | Female player | WTA1 | Male player | ATP1 | Total | Elimination |
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1 | Switzerland | Belinda Bencic | 43 | Roger Federer | 7 | 50 | Round robin |
2 | Australia | Daria Gavrilova | 49 | Nick Kyrgios | 15 | 64 | Round robin |
3 | United States | CoCo Vandeweghe | 40 | Jack Sock | 25 | 65 | Runners-up |
4 | Germany | Andrea Petkovic | 44 | Alexander Zverev | 24 | 68 | Round robin |
5 | France | Kristina Mladenovic | 57 | Richard Gasquet | 17 | 74 | Champions |
6 | Spain | Lara Arruabarrena | 61 | Feliciano López | 28 | 89 | Round robin |
7 | Great Britain | Heather Watson | 76 | Daniel Evans | 56 | 132 | Round robin |
8 | Czech Republic | Lucie Hradecká | 196 | Adam Pavlásek | 85 | 281 | Round robin |
1 – ATP and WTA rankings as of 3 October 2016 (latest before draw date) |
Pre-tournament replacement | |||
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Team | Replacement | Original player | Reason |
Czech Republic | Lucie Hradecká | Petra Kvitová | Foot injury [6] |
In-tournament partial replacement | |||
Australia | Matthew Ebden | Nick Kyrgios | Minor knee complaint |
All times are local (UTC+8).
France | Germany | Great Britain | Switzerland | RR W–L | Matches W–L | Sets W–L | Games W–L | Standings | ||
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2 | Switzerland | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 14–7 | 104–78 | 2 | |
4 | France | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 7–2 | 14–6 | 88–78 | 1 | |
5 | Germany | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 81–87 | 3 | |
7 | Great Britain | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–8 | 4–16 | 71–91 | 4 |
France 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2017, 10:00 Hard (i) | Germany 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Switzerland 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2017, 17:30 Hard (i) | Germany 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Germany 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 6 January 2017, 10:00 Hard (i) | Great Britain 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Switzerland 1 | Perth Arena, Perth 6 January 2017, 17:30 Hard (i) | France 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All times are local (UTC+8).
Australia | Czech Republic | Spain | United States | RR W–L | Matches W–L | Sets W–L | Games W–L | Standings | ||
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1 | Australia | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–6 | 8–13 | 79–98 | 4 | |
3 | United States | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 17–6 | 110–77 | 1 | |
6 | Spain | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 10–10 | 82–83 | 2 | |
8 | Czech Republic | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–6 | 8–14 | 88–101 | 3 |
Czech Republic 0 | Perth Arena, Perth 1 January 2017, 10:00 Hard (i) | United States 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Czech Republic 1 | Perth Arena, Perth 5 January 2017, 10:00 Hard (i) | Spain 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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France 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 7 January 2017, 16:00 Hard (i) | United States 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 Hopman Cup Champions |
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France Second title |
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