2018 Hopman Cup

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2018 Hopman Cup
Date30 December 2017 –
6 January 2018
EditionXXX (30th)
Surface Hard (indoor)
Location Perth, Western Australia
Venue Perth Arena
Champions
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
  2017  · Hopman Cup ·  2019  

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.

Contents

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 playerATP1TotalElimination
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Angelique Kerber 12 Alexander Zverev 315Runners-up
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States CoCo Vandeweghe 10 Jack Sock 818Round robin
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Elise Mertens 38 David Goffin 749Round robin
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 21 Karen Khachanov 4263Round robin
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Naomi Osaka 62 Yūichi Sugita 40102Round robin
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Eugenie Bouchard 79 Vasek Pospisil 84163Round robin
7Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Belinda Bencic 196 Roger Federer 2198Champions
8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Daria Gavrilova 22 Thanasi Kokkinakis 212234Round robin
1ATP and WTA rankings as of 2 October 2017 (latest before draw date) [5]

Replacement players

Pre-tournament replacement
TeamReplacementOriginal playerReason
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Svetlana Kuznetsova Left wrist injury [6]
In-tournament partial replacement
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maddison Inglis Naomi Osaka Illness
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pat Cash Jack Sock Hip injury
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maddison Inglis Eugenie Bouchard Gluteus maximus injury

Group stage

Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

Germany
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Belgium
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Canada
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Australia
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RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–LGames W–LStandings
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2–13–02–13–07–213–489–661
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1–23–03–02–17–214–697–682
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0–30–31–20–31–83–1656–974
8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1–20–32–11–23–68–1280–913

Australia vs. Canada

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Australia
2
Perth Arena, Perth
31 December 2017, 10:00
Hard (i)
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Canada
1
123
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Daria Gavrilova
Eugenie Bouchard
6
1
6
4
  
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Vasek Pospisil
6
4
3
6
6
3
 
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Daria Gavrilova  /  Thanasi Kokkinakis
Eugenie Bouchard  /  Vasek Pospisil
31
45
34
45
  

Belgium vs. Germany

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Belgium
1
Perth Arena, Perth
1 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
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Germany
2
123
1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Elise Mertens
Angelique Kerber
66
78
61
77
  
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Flag of Germany.svg
David Goffin
Alexander Zverev
6
3
6
3
  
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Elise Mertens  /  David Goffin
Angelique Kerber  /  Alexander Zverev
2
4
32
45
  

Canada vs. Germany

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Canada
0
Perth Arena, Perth
3 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)
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Germany
3
123
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Eugenie Bouchard
Angelique Kerber
1
6
3
6
  
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Vasek Pospisil
Alexander Zverev
4
6
2
6
  
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Eugenie Bouchard  /  Vasek Pospisil
Angelique Kerber  /  Alexander Zverev
32
45
32
45
  

Australia vs. Belgium

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Australia
0
Perth Arena, Perth
3 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
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Belgium
3
123
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Daria Gavrilova
Elise Mertens
6
2
4
6
2
6
 
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Thanasi Kokkinakis
David Goffin
4
6
2
6
  
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Daria Gavrilova  /  Thanasi Kokkinakis
Elise Mertens  /  David Goffin
33
45
4
2
1
4
 

Belgium vs. Canada

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
3
Perth Arena, Perth
5 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
0
123
1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Elise Mertens
Eugenie Bouchard
6
4
6
4
  
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
David Goffin
Vasek Pospisil
6
2
6
4
  
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
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

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Australia
1
Perth Arena, Perth
5 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
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Germany
2
123
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Daria Gavrilova
Angelique Kerber
1
6
2
6
  
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Alexander Zverev
5
7
77
64
6
4
 
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Germany.svg
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
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Russia
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Japan
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Switzerland
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–LGames W–LStandings
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2–12–10–32–14–59–1185–692
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1–22–10–31–23–610–1393–943
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1–21–20–30–32–75–1559–984
7Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3–03–03–03–09–018–3109–761

Russia vs. United States

Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
1
Perth Arena, Perth
30 December 2017, 10:00
Hard (i)
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United States
2
123
1 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
CoCo Vandeweghe
3
6
3
6
  
2 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Karen Khachanov
Jack Sock
4
6
6
1
3
6
 
3 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  /  Karen Khachanov
CoCo Vandeweghe  /  Jack Sock
33
45
4
1
4
2
 

Japan vs. Switzerland

Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
0
Perth Arena, Perth
30 December 2017, 17:30
Hard (i)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
3
123
1 Flag of Japan.svg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Naomi Osaka
Belinda Bencic
5
7
3
6
  
2 Flag of Japan.svg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Yūichi Sugita
Roger Federer
4
6
3
6
  
3 Flag of Japan.svg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Naomi Osaka  /  Yūichi Sugita
Belinda Bencic  /  Roger Federer
4
2
1
4
31
45
 

Japan vs. United States

Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
2
Perth Arena, Perth
2 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
1
123
1 Flag of Japan.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Maddison Inglis
CoCo Vandeweghe
5
7
2
6
  
2 Flag of Japan.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Yūichi Sugita
Jack Sock
77
61
1
1
  
retired
3 Flag of Japan.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
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. Sock was replaced by Australian Pat Cash for the doubles match.

Russia vs. Switzerland

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Russia
0
Perth Arena, Perth
2 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
3
123
1 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Karen Khachanov
Roger Federer
3
6
68
710
  
2 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Belinda Bencic
1
6
6
3
3
6
 
3 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  /  Karen Khachanov
Belinda Bencic  /  Roger Federer
31
45
45
33
1
4
 

Japan vs. Russia

Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
1
Perth Arena, Perth
4 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)
Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
2
123
1 Flag of Japan.svg
Flag of Russia.svg
Naomi Osaka
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
6
4
3
6
77
65
 
2 Flag of Japan.svg
Flag of Russia.svg
Yūichi Sugita
Karen Khachanov
4
6
2
6
  
3 Flag of Japan.svg
Flag of Russia.svg
Naomi Osaka  /  Yūichi Sugita
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  /  Karen Khachanov
1
4
0
4
  

Switzerland vs. United States

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
3
Perth Arena, Perth
4 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
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United States
0
123
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Roger Federer
Jack Sock
77
65
7
5
  
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Belinda Bencic
CoCo Vandeweghe
78
66
6
4
  
3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Belinda Bencic  /  Roger Federer
CoCo Vandeweghe  /  Jack Sock
45
33
4
2
  

Final

Germany vs. Switzerland

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Germany
1
Perth Arena, Perth
6 January 2018,16:00
Hard (i)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
2
123
1 Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Alexander Zverev
Roger Federer
77
64
0
6
2
6
 
2 Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Angelique Kerber
Belinda Bencic
6
4
6
1
  
3 Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Angelique Kerber  /  Alexander Zverev
Belinda Bencic  /  Roger Federer
33
45
2
4
  
2018 Hopman Cup Champions
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
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