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1997 Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup IX corresponds to the ninth edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament was played between 29 December 1996 and 4 January 1997 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia.

1997 Hopman Cup
Date29 December 1996 – 4 January 1997
EditionIX
SurfaceHard indoor
LocationPerth, Western Australia
VenueBurswood Entertainment Complex
Champions
 United States
← 1996 · Hopman Cup · 1998 →

Eight teams competed for the title. Croatia were the 1996 champions[1] but they lost in the group stage. The United States took the title after beating South Africa in the final.
This was the first year that the tournament was sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation.

Seedings edit

  1.   Croatia – Goran Ivanišević / Iva Majoli
  2.    Switzerland – Marc Rosset / Martina Hingis
  3.   South Africa – Wayne Ferreira / Amanda Coetzer
  4.   France – Guy Forget / Mary Pierce

Group A edit

Standings edit

Pos. Country W L Matches Sets
1   United States 3 0 6-3 13-10
2   Croatia 2 1 6-3 6-7
3   Australia 1 2 4-5 9-11
4   France 0 3 2-7 5-11

Australia vs. Croatia edit

 
Australia
1 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth

hard (indoors) 		 
Croatia
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Nicole Bradtke
Iva Majoli 		4
6 		3
6 		   
2  
  		Mark Philippoussis
Goran Ivanišević 		6
2 		6
3 		   
3  
  		Nicole Bradtke / Mark Philippoussis
Iva Majoli / Goran Ivanišević 		5
7 		5
7 		   

France vs. United States edit

 
France
1 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth

hard (indoors) 		 
United States
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Mary Pierce
Chanda Rubin 		4
6 		1
6 		   
2  
  		Guy Forget
Justin Gimelstob 		2
6 		6
3 		6
3 		 
3  
  		Mary Pierce / Guy Forget
Chanda Rubin / Justin Gimelstob 		6
3 		3
6 		2
6 		 

Australia vs. France edit

 
Australia
2 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth

hard (indoors) 		 
France
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Nicole Bradtke
Mary Pierce 		66
78 		1
6 		   
2  
  		Mark Philippoussis
Guy Forget 		77
61 		6
2 		   
3  
  		Nicole Bradtke / Mark Philippoussis
Mary Pierce / Guy Forget 		710
68 		77
65 		   

Croatia vs. United States edit

 
Croatia
1 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8)
hard (indoors) 		 
United States
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Iva Majoli
Chanda Rubin 		3
6 		6
3 		64
77 		 
2  
  		Goran Ivanišević
Justin Gimelstob 		77
65 		4
6 		7
5 		 
3  
  		Iva Majoli / Goran Ivanišević
Chanda Rubin / Justin Gimelstob 		6
3 		3
6 		68
710 		 

Australia vs. United States edit

 
Australia
1 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8)
hard (indoors) 		 
United States
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Nicole Bradtke
Chanda Rubin 		5
7 		0
6 		   
2  
  		Mark Philippoussis
Justin Gimelstob 		65
77 		6
4 		65
77 		 
3  
  		Nicole Bradtke / Mark Philippoussis
Chanda Rubin / Justin Gimelstob 		6
3 		7
5 		   

Croatia vs. France edit

 
Croatia
3 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8)
hard (indoors) 		 
France
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Iva Majoli
Mary Pierce 		6
3 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Goran Ivanišević
Guy Forget 		      w/o
 
3  
  		Iva Majoli / Goran Ivanišević
Mary Pierce / Guy Forget 		      w/o
 

Group B edit

Standings edit

Pos. Country W L Matches Sets
1   South Africa 3 0 7-2 13-10
2    Switzerland 2 1 6-3 6-7
3   Romania 1 2 5-4 9-9
4   Germany 0 3 0-9 1-18

Romania vs. Switzerland edit

 
Romania
1 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth

hard (indoors) 		 
Switzerland
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Irina Spîrlea
Martina Hingis 		5
7 		2
6 		   
2  
  		Adrian Voinea
Marc Rosset 		      w/o
 
3  
  		Irina Spîrlea / Adrian Voinea
Martina Hingis / Marc Rosset 		6
3 		5
7 		3
6 		 

Germany vs. South Africa edit

 
Germany
0 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth

hard (indoors) 		 
South Africa
3
1 2 3
1  
  		Petra Begerow
Amanda Coetzer 		0
6 		5
7 		   
2  
  		Bernd Karbacher
Wayne Ferreira 		4
6 		4
6 		   
3  
  		Petra Begerow / Bernd Karbacher
Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira 		3
6 		4
6 		   

South Africa vs. Switzerland edit

 
South Africa
2 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth

hard (indoors) 		 
Switzerland
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Amanda Coetzer
Martina Hingis 		1
6 		2
6 		   
2  
  		Wayne Ferreira
Marc Rosset 		6
0 		2
0 		   
retired
3  
  		Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira
Martina Hingis / Marc Rosset 		      w/o
 

Germany vs. Romania edit

 
Germany
0 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8)
hard (indoors) 		 
Romania
3
1 2 3
1  
  		Petra Begerow
Irina Spîrlea 		1
6 		3
6 		   
2  
  		Bernd Karbacher
Adrian Voinea 		6
2 		65
77 		2
6 		 
3  
  		Petra Begerow / Bernd Karbacher
Irina Spîrlea / Adrian Voinea 		1
6 		1
6 		   

Romania vs. South Africa edit

 
Romania
1 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth

hard (indoors) 		 
South Africa
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Irina Spîrlea
Amanda Coetzer 		5
7 		6
4 		6
1 		 
2  
  		Adrian Voinea
Wayne Ferreira 		69
711 		65
77 		   
3  
  		Irina Spîrlea / Adrian Voinea
Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira 		6
4 		1
6 		4
6 		 

Germany vs. Switzerland edit

 
Germany
0 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth

hard (indoors) 		 
Switzerland
3
1 2 3
1  
  		Petra Begerow
Martina Hingis 		1
6 		1
6 		   
2  
  		Bernd Karbacher
Marc Rosset 		64
77 		65
77 		   
3  
  		Petra Begerow / Bernd Karbacher
Martina Hingis / Marc Rosset 		5
7 		1
6 		   

Final edit

 
United States
2 		Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Western Australia
4 January 1997
Indoor Hard 		 
South Africa
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Chanda Rubin
Amanda Coetzer 		7
5 		6
2 		   
2  
  		Justin Gimelstob
Wayne Ferreira 		4
6 		6
7 		   
3  
  		Justin Gimelstob / Chanda Rubin
Wayne Ferreira / Amanda Coetzer 		3
6 		6
2 		7
5 		 
1997 Hopman Cup Champions
 
United States
First title

References edit

  1. ^ "Rosset hands Hopman Cup win to Croatia". Independent.co.uk. 8 January 1996. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.

External links edit

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