Canada at the Hopman Cup

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First year 2004
Years played4
Best finishSecond in Group A (2014, 2015)
Most total wins Eugenie Bouchard (7–10)
Most singles winsEugenie Bouchard (4–5)
Most doubles winsEugenie Bouchard (3–5)
Best doubles teamEugenie Bouchard /
Milos Raonic (2–1)
Most years playedEugenie Bouchard (3)

Canada has competed at the Hopman Cup tennis tournament on four occasions, in 2004, 2014, 2015 and 2018. In 2004, the team of Maureen Drake and Frank Dancevic was defeated in the qualification play-off and as such did not compete in the round robin, except to stand in for the injured Belgium team for the final round robin tie against Hungary. [1] Milos Raonic and Eugenie Bouchard represented Canada in 2014 and finished second in Group A. [2] [3] Bouchard represented Canada once again in 2015, this time with Vasek Pospisil, and ranked second in Group A for the second straight year. [4] Bouchard and Pospisil represented Canada in 2018 and finished last in their group. [5]

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Players

This is a list of players who have played for Canada in the Hopman Cup.

NameTotal W/LSingles W/LDoubles W/LFirst year playedNo. of years played
Eugenie Bouchard 7–104–53–5 2014 3
Frank Dancevic 1–21–10–1 2004 1
Maureen Drake 0–30–20–1 2004 1
Vasek Pospisil 5–73–32–4 2015 2
Milos Raonic 4–22–12–1 2014 1

Results

YearCompetitionLocationOpponentScoreResult
2004 1Qualification play-offs Burswood Dome, Perth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1–2Loss
Round RobinBurswood Dome, PerthFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0–3Loss
2014 Round Robin Perth Arena, PerthFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2–1Win
Round RobinPerth Arena, PerthFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 1–2Loss
Round RobinPerth Arena, PerthFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 3–0Win
2015 Round RobinPerth Arena, PerthFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1–2Loss
Round RobinPerth Arena, PerthFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2–1Win
Round RobinPerth Arena, PerthFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 2–1Win
2018 Round RobinPerth Arena, PerthFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1–2Loss
Round RobinPerth Arena, PerthFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 0–3Loss
Round RobinPerth Arena, PerthFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0–3Loss

1 Despite losing the qualification play-off against Hungary in 2004, Canada replaced the injured Belgium team for their final round robin tie (again against the Hungarian team) where they conceded the mixed doubles dead rubber as a walkover. [1]

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