Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Hopman Cup | |
Sport | Tennis |
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Founded | 1989 |
No. of teams | 8 (1989,1996–2019,2025–) 12 (1990–1995) 6 (2023) |
Competitors | ITF member nations |
Country | Australia (1989–2019) France (2023) |
Venue(s) | Burswood Dome (1989–2012) Perth Arena (2013–2019) Nice Lawn Tennis Club (2023) |
Most recent champion(s) | Croatia (2nd title) |
Most titles | United States (6 titles) |
Official website | hopmancup |
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The Hopman Cup is an international tennis tournament that plays mixed-gender teams on a country-by-country basis. [1] It was first held in Perth, Western Australia each year from 1989 to 2019, played on indoor hardcourt, before being replaced on the calendar in 2020 by the now defunct ATP Cup. [2] The tournament was played in an eight-team format, with the exception for the years 1990-1995, with twelve teams competing. It returned in July 2023 in Nice, France, played on outdoor clay, with six teams invited to participate. [3]
Unlike other major international team tennis tournaments such as the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup, which are for men or women only, the Hopman Cup is a mixed competition in which male and female players are on combined teams and represent their countries. Players are invited to attend and national coaches are not involved in selecting teams.
The tournament is a sanctioned official event in the calendar of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) but, while individual player results are tallied, they are not regarded as official ATP matches or included in the calculation of ATP or WTA rankings.
Eight nations are selected annually to compete in the Hopman Cup. The "last" team may be decided by play-offs between several nations before competition begins. For the 2007 Hopman Cup however, this did not occur, due to the Asian Qualifying Tournament creating the eighth team.
Each team consists of one male player and one female player. Each match-up between two teams at the event consists of:
The eight competing teams are separated into two groups of four (with two teams being seeded) and face-off against each of the other three teams in their group in a round-robin format. The seedings ensure that each group has approximately similar strength. The top team in each group then meet in a final to decide the champions.
If a player is injured then a player of a lower ranking of that nation may be the substitute.
The winning team receives a silver cup perpetual trophy and through 2013 the winning team members were presented with distinctive individual trophies in the shape of a tennis ball.
The Hopman Cup was created in 1989. The championship is named in honour of Harry Hopman (1906–1985), an Australian tennis player and coach who guided the country to 15 Davis Cup titles between 1938 and 1969. From the time the Hopman Cup was founded in 1989, it was attended each year by Hopman's widow, his second wife Lucy, who travelled to the tournament from her home in the United States until she died in 2018. [4]
The 2005/06 Hopman Cup was the first elite-level tennis tournament in which the system was introduced allowing players to challenge point-ending line calls similar to that in clay court tournaments. The challenged calls are immediately reviewed on a large monitor using Hawk-Eye technology. Up to and including 2012, the venue was the Burswood Dome at the Burswood Entertainment Complex. The 20th Hopman Cup, in 2008, was intended to be the last held at the Burswood Dome, however this was extended until 2012 when the new Perth Arena was due for completion. From 2013 to 2019, it was played at the Perth Arena. [5]
From 2014 to 2019, the Hopman Cup tournament director was Paul Kilderry after the resignation of Steve Ayles. [6] [7] Previously, the former Australian tennis player Paul McNamee, who played a key role in the founding of the championships, was the tournament director.
In 2019 for the 31st edition of the tournament, a record crowd of 14,064 witnessed the 2019 Hopman Cup match between United States and Switzerland. [8] Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic won, with Federer becoming the first player to win the tournament three times. [9] He and Belinda Bencic became the first pairing to successfully defend the title, having won it the previous year. [10]
The Hopman Cup was not held in 2020 (it was replaced in the tennis calendar until 2022 by the now defunct ATP Cup). [11] ITF president David Haggerty later announced the tournament would return in 2021. [12] After the tournament was unable to be held in 2021, he announced it would return in 2022 instead. [13] In December 2021, it was announced that the tournament would return, and will be played in Nice in 2023. [14] The 2023 and 2024 editions would contract to six teams before expanding back to the original eight-team format in 2025. [15]
In March 2024, it was decided that the Hopman Cup would not be held that year due to the 2024 Summer Olympics and would return in 2025. [16]
The Hopman Cup was originally broadcast by the Seven Network until 1994, then by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1995–2010). From 2011, a five-year deal to broadcast the competition was signed by Network Ten, a deal that ended abruptly in November 2013. The Seven Network's 7mate channel subsequently picked up the telecasting rights. [17] The Nine Network broadcast the tournament in 2019.
Country | Years won | Runners-up |
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United States | 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 (6) | 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2015, 2017 (6) |
Spain | 1990, 2002, 2010, 2013 (4) | 1993, 2007 (2) |
Switzerland | 1992, 2001, 2018, 2019 (4) | 1996, 2023 (2) |
Slovakia | 1998, 2005, 2009 (3) | 2004 (1) |
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia | 1989, 1994, 2012 (3) | 1992 (1) |
Germany | 1993, 1995 (2) | 1994, 2018, 2019 (3) |
Australia | 1999, 2016 (2) | 1989, 2003 (2) |
France | 2014, 2017 (2) | 1998, 2012 (2) |
Croatia | 1996, 2023 (2) | – |
South Africa | 2000 (1) | 1997 (1) |
Russia | 2007 (1) | 2009 (1) |
Poland | 2015 (1) | 2014 (1) |
Yugoslavia | 1991 (1) | – |
Serbia | – | 2008, 2013 (2) |
Ukraine | – | 1995, 2016 (2) |
Sweden | – | 1999 (1) |
Thailand | – | 2000 (1) |
Argentina | – | 2005 (1) |
Netherlands | – | 2006 (1) |
Great Britain | – | 2010 (1) |
Belgium | – | 2011 (1) |
Nation | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2023 | Total |
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Argentina | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1R | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | – | – | F | RR | – | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | 5 |
Australia | F | SF | QF | 1R | QF | SF | QF | RR | RR | RR | W | RR | RR | RR | F | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | - | 31 |
W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austria | – | QF | – | – | 1R | SF | QF | – | – | – | – | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 5 |
Belgium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | F | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | − | RR | 8 |
Bulgaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | – | – | – | - | – | – | − | − | 1 |
Canada | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | LQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | RR | – | – | RR | − | − | 4 |
China | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | LQ | – | – | – | – | – | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 2 |
CIS | – | – | – | QF | Defunct | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese Taipei | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 2 |
Croatia | Competed as | – | – | – | W | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | W | 4 | |||
Czech Republic | Competed as | SF | W | SF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | RR | – | – | RR | RR | – | – | – | W | – | RR | RR | RR | RR | – | − | − | 12 | |||
Czechoslovakia | W | SF | QF | F | Defunct | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | RR | 2 |
France | RR | QF | SF | QF | SF | QF | SF | RR | RR | F | RR | – | – | RR | – | RR | – | – | RR | RR | RR | – | RR | F | RR | W | RR | RR | W | – | RR | RR | 25 |
Germany | SF | – | 1R | SF | W | F | W | RR | RR | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | RR | – | – | RR | RR | – | – | RR | – | – | RR | RR | F | F | − | 18 |
Great Britain | 1R | – | 1R | 1R | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | F | RR | – | – | – | RR | RR | RR | – | RR | − | 9 |
Greece | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | LQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | − | 2 |
Hungary | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 1 |
India | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 2 |
Israel | – | – | – | – | 1R | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 1 |
Italy | – | QF | 1R | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | RR | – | RR | – | – | – | RR | – | RR | – | RR | RR | RR | – | – | – | − | − | 10 |
Japan | 1R | – | – | 1R | 1R | – | – | – | – | – | – | LQ | LQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | − | − | 6 |
Kazakhstan | Competed as | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 2 | ||
Netherlands | – | 1R | 1R | QF | – | 1R | 1R | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 8 |
New Zealand | – | 1R | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 1 |
Paraguay | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | LQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 1 |
Poland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | F | W | – | – | – | − | − | 2 |
Romania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | LQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 3 |
Russia | Competed as | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | – | – | RR | RR | RR | W | – | F | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | − | − | 8 | ||
Serbia | Competed as | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | F | – | – | RR | – | F | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 3 | ||
Serbia and Montenegro | Competed as | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | Defunct | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Slovakia | Competed as | – | – | – | – | – | W | RR | RR | RR | – | RR | F | W | – | – | – | W | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 8 | |||
South Africa | – | – | – | – | 1R | 1R | 1R | RR | F | RR | RR | W | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 10 |
Soviet Union | – | QF | QF | Defunct | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spain | – | W | QF | SF | F | QF | QF | – | – | RR | RR | – | – | W | RR | – | – | – | F | – | – | W | – | RR | W | RR | – | – | RR | – | RR | RR | 18 |
Sweden | SF | 1R | – | 1R | – | 1R | 1R | – | – | RR | F | RR | – | – | – | – | – | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 9 |
Switzerland | – | – | SF | W | QF | QF | – | F | RR | – | RR | – | W | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | W | W | F | 13 |
Thailand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | F | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 2 |
Ukraine | Competed as | – | QF | 1R | F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | F | – | – | − | − | 4 | ||
United States | – | F | F | QF | QF | QF | QF | RR | W | RR | RR | RR | F | F | W | W | RR | W | RR | W | RR | RR | W | RR | RR | RR | F | RR | F | RR | RR | − | 30 |
Uzbekistan | Competed as | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 1 | ||
Yugoslavia | 1R | 1R | W | – | Defunct | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | LQ | – | – | – | – | – | LQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | − | − | 2 |
Total | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
After 2019 edition Note 1: Teams with index 2 include results only of lower placed team of every appearance in the tournament in instances where two teams from the same country entered the tournament, while team with no index includes results of higher placed team only.
Note 2: Considering there is an extremely high frequency of retirements due to various reasons w.o. wins/defeats are counted in all statistics.
Note 3: "Y Ent" statistic is not complete. Information about Asian Hopman Cup, a qualifying tournament that ran from 2006 until 2009 and granted the winners entry into the Hopman Cup the following year, is missing.
Italic | non-existing teams (3) |
most (best or worst) in category & best and worst % in last 2 columns highlighted are best and worst +/- ratio | |
Hopman Cup team (41 teams + 3 [N 1] dissolved) | TOP 4 [N 2] | Y Ent [N 3] | Y Pld [N 4] | RoW [N 5] | W% | T Pld [N 6] | W | L | Q PO W-L | AHC [N 7] | ||
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Argentina | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0.29 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0–0 | — | — |
Australia | 12 | 3 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 0.46 | 91 | 42 | 49 | 0–0 | — | — |
Australia 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0.33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0–0 | — | — |
Austria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.55 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0–0 | — | — |
Belgium | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0.52 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1–0 | — | — |
Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0–0 | — | — |
Canada | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 | 0.40 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0–1 | — | — |
China | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0–1 | 0 | |
Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 (3) | 0.17 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0–0 | 2 | |
Croatia | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.60 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0–0 | — | — |
Czech Republic [N 8] | 7 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0.54 | 65 | 19 | 16 | 0–0 | — | — |
Czechoslovakia [N 9] | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0.73 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0–0 | — | — |
Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0–0 | — | — |
France | 11 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 0.52 | 64 | 33 | 31 | 1–0 | — | — |
Germany | 10 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 0.49 | 53 | 26 | 27 | 0–0 | — | — |
Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0.41 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0–0 | — | — |
Greece | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.66 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0–1 | — | — |
Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1–0 | — | — |
India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 (5) | 0.50 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0–0 | 1 | |
Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0–0 | — | — |
Italy | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0.33 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 1–0 | — | — |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4+1 | 1 | 0.14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0–2 | 0 | |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 (3) | 0.33 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0–0 | 1 | |
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0.31 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 2–0 | — | — |
New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0–0 | — | — |
Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–1 | — | — |
Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | |
Poland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.75 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0–0 | — | — |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.33 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0–1 | — | — |
Russia [N 10] | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0.42 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0–0 | — | — |
Serbia [N 11] | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0.71 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0–0 | — | — |
Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0.56 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 1–0 | — | — |
South Africa | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0.58 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 0–0 | — | — |
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | |
Soviet Union & CIS [N 12] | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0–0 | — | — |
Spain | 9 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 0.60 | 47 | 28 | 19 | 0–0 | — | — |
Sweden | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0.37 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0–0 | — | — |
Switzerland | 8 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0.70 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 0–0 | — | — |
Thailand | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.43 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1–0 | 0 | |
Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.64 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0–0 | — | — |
United States | 18 | 2 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 0.57 | 92 | 52 | 40 | 0–0 | — | — |
Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1–0 | 0 | |
Yugoslavia, SFR [N 13] | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.67 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0–0 | — | — |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0–2 | — | — |
2006 [20] | ||
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Host: India | Winner: India | Participants: China, Chinese Taipei, India, Japan, Philippines, Thailand |
Group A | Group B | Final |
1. India (RR W-L: 2–0; match W-L: 6–0) 2. China (RR W-L: 1–1; match W-L: 2–4) 3. Japan (RR W-L: 0–2; match W-L: 1–5) | 1. Chinese Taipei (RR W-L: 2–0; match W-L: 6–0) 2. Thailand (RR W-L: 1–1; match W-L: 2–4) 3. Philippines (RR W-L: 0–2; match W-L: 1–5) | India d Chinese Taipei 3–0 |
India d China 3–0 India d Japan 3–0 China d Japan 2–1 | Chinese Taipei d Thailand 3–0 Chinese Taipei d Philippines 3–0 Thailand d Philippines 2–1 |
2007 [21] | ||
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Host: Thailand | Winner: Chinese Taipei | Participants: China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Uzbekistan |
Group A | Group B | Final |
1. Thailand (RR W-L: 2–0; match W-L: 5–0) 2. South Korea (RR W-L: 1–1; match W-L: 3–2) 3. China (RR W-L: 0–2; match W-L: 0–6) | 1. Chinese Taipei (RR W-L: 2–0; match W-L: 5–1) 2. Japan (RR W-L: 1–1; match W-L: 3–3) 3. Uzbekistan (RR W-L: 0–2; match W-L: 1–5) | Chinese Taipei d Thailand 2–1 |
Thailand d South Korea 2–0 Thailand d China 3–0 South Korea d China 3–0 | Chinese Taipei d Japan 2–1 Chinese Taipei d Uzbekistan 3–0 Japan d Uzbekistan 2–1 |
2008 [22] | ||
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Host: Kazakhstan | Winner: Chinese Taipei | Participants: China, Chinese Taipei, India, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Thailand |
Group A | Group B | Final |
1. Chinese Taipei (RR W-L: 2–0; match W-L: 6–0) 2. India (RR W-L: 1–1; match W-L: 2–4) 3. South Korea (RR W-L: 0–2; match W-L: 1–5) | 1. Kazakhstan (RR W-L: 2–0; match W-L: 5–1) 2. Thailand (RR W-L: 1–1; match W-L: 3–3) 3. China (RR W-L: 0–2; match W-L: 1–5) | Chinese Taipei d Kazakhstan 2-0 [23] [24] |
Chinese Taipei d India 3–0 Chinese Taipei d South Korea 3–0 India d South Korea 2–1 | Kazakhstan d Thailand 2–1 Kazakhstan d China 3–0 Thailand d China 2–1 |
2009 | ||
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Host: Kazakhstan | Winner: Kazakhstan | Participants: China, Chinese Taipei, India, Kazakhstan, Thailand |
Group A | Group B | Final |
Kazakhstan d Chinese Taipei 2-1 [25] |
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The Hopman Cup XXIX 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 Laver Cup is an international indoor hard court men's team tennis tournament between Team Europe and Team World, the latter of which is composed of players from all other continents except Europe. Usually held annually since 2017, the tournament is intended to be the Ryder Cup of the tennis world. It normally takes place two weeks after the US Open, with the location rotating between various host cities ; alternating yearly between European cities and cities in the rest of the world. In addition to the guaranteed participation fees which are based upon the players' ATP rankings, each member of the winning team gets $250,000 in prize money, but the tournament itself does not count towards the players' point totals in the ATP Tour for that year. In May 2019, the Laver Cup became an officially sanctioned ATP Tour event. Matches during the Laver Cup tournament differ from conventional 3-set matches played on the ATP Tour; in the event when the match is tied at one set all, a 10-point “match tiebreak” is played instead of a deciding final set. In addition, unlike conventional ATP tour matches, coaching of match participants is commonly applied courtside by teammates and team captains.
The Hopman Cup XXX 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.
Roger Federer's 2018 tennis season officially began on 30 December 2017, with the start of the Hopman Cup, and ended on 17 November 2018, with a loss in the semifinals of the ATP Finals. He finished the year ranked No. 3 in the ATP rankings. This season saw Federer improving his career best start to a season at 17–0. Federer won his twentieth major at the Australian Open and extended his then-record of weeks at World No. 1 to 310 weeks in this season.
The Hopman Cup XXXI was the 31st edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis and the final edition that took place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.
The 2019 ATP Finals (also known as the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played at the O2 Arena on indoor hard courts in London, United Kingdom, from 10 to 17 November 2019. It was the season-ending event for the highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the 2019 ATP Tour and was the 50th edition of the tournament (45th in doubles). The singles event was won by Stefanos Tsitsipas over Dominic Thiem in three sets. In doubles, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeated Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in straight sets.
The ATP Cup was an international outdoor hard court men's tennis team tournament, which ran from 2020 to 2022. The tournament was played across one or three Australian cities over ten days in the lead up to the Australian Open, and featured teams from 12, 16 or 24 countries. The event was the first ATP team competition since the ATP World Team Cup, which was held in Düsseldorf from 1978 to 2012.
Roger Federer's 2019 tennis season officially began on 30 December 2018, with the start of the Hopman Cup. His season ended on 16 November 2019, with a loss in the semifinals of the ATP Finals. Despite failing to defend his title at the Australian Open, Federer was able to maintain his ranking of World No. 3 by the end of the year.
The 2020 ATP Cup was the first edition of the ATP Cup, an international outdoor hard court men's team tennis tournament held by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Serving as the opener for the 2020 ATP Tour, it was the first ATP team tournament since the last edition of the World Team Cup in 2012. It was held on 3–12 January 2020 at three venues in the Australian cities of Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney.
The 2021 ATP Cup was the second edition of the ATP Cup, an international outdoor hard court men's team tennis tournament held by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). It was held with 12 teams at Melbourne Park in Australia, from 2 to 7 February 2021.
The Hopman Cup XXXII was the 32nd edition of the Hopman Cup, a tennis tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. It took place from 19–23 July 2023 on clay courts at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club in Nice, France.
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