2018 Hopman Cup

2018 Hopman Cup
2018 Hopman Cup
Date	30 December 2017 – ; 6 January 2018
Edition	XXX (30th)
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Perth, Western Australia
Venue	Perth Arena
Champions
	Switzerland

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.

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 edit

Seeds edit

The draw took place on 5 October 2017 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
1	Germany	Angelique Kerber	12	Alexander Zverev	3	15	Runners-up
2	United States	CoCo Vandeweghe	10	Jack Sock	8	18	Round robin
3	Belgium	Elise Mertens	38	David Goffin	7	49	Round robin
4	Russia	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	21	Karen Khachanov	42	63	Round robin
5	Japan	Naomi Osaka	62	Yūichi Sugita	40	102	Round robin
6	Canada	Eugenie Bouchard	79	Vasek Pospisil	84	163	Round robin
7	Switzerland	Belinda Bencic	196	Roger Federer	2	198	Champions
8	Australia	Daria Gavrilova	22	Thanasi Kokkinakis	212	234	Round robin
¹ – ATP and WTA rankings as of 2 October 2017 (latest before draw date)^[5]

Replacement players edit

Pre-tournament replacement
Team	Replacement	Original player	Reason
Russia	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Left wrist injury^[6]
In-tournament partial replacement
Japan	Maddison Inglis	Naomi Osaka	Illness
United States	Pat Cash	Jack Sock	Hip injury
Canada	Maddison Inglis	Eugenie Bouchard	Gluteus maximus injury

Group stage edit

Group A edit

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings edit

		Germany	Belgium	Canada	Australia	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
1	Germany		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	7–2	13–4	89–66	1
3	Belgium	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–1	7–2	14–6	97–68	2
6	Canada	0–3	0–3		1–2	0–3	1–8	3–16	56–97	4
8	Australia	1–2	0–3	2–1		1–2	3–6	8–12	80–91	3

Australia vs. Canada edit

Australia
2

Perth Arena, Perth
31 December 2017, 10:00
Hard (i)

Canada
1

		1	2	3
1	Daria Gavrilova Eugenie Bouchard	6 1	6 4
2	Thanasi Kokkinakis Vasek Pospisil	6 4	3 6	6 3
3	Daria Gavrilova / Thanasi Kokkinakis Eugenie Bouchard / Vasek Pospisil	3¹ 4⁵	3⁴ 4⁵

Belgium vs. Germany edit

Belgium
1

Perth Arena, Perth
1 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)

Germany
2

		1	2
1	Elise Mertens Angelique Kerber	6⁶ 7⁸	6¹ 7⁷
2	David Goffin Alexander Zverev	6 3	6 3
3	Elise Mertens / David Goffin Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev	2 4	3² 4⁵

Canada vs. Germany edit

Canada
0

Perth Arena, Perth
3 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)

Germany
3

		1	2
1	Eugenie Bouchard Angelique Kerber	1 6	3 6
2	Vasek Pospisil Alexander Zverev	4 6	2 6
3	Eugenie Bouchard / Vasek Pospisil Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev	3² 4⁵	3² 4⁵

Australia vs. Belgium edit

Australia
0

Perth Arena, Perth
3 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)

Belgium
3

		1	2	3
1	Daria Gavrilova Elise Mertens	6 2	4 6	2 6
2	Thanasi Kokkinakis David Goffin	4 6	2 6
3	Daria Gavrilova / Thanasi Kokkinakis Elise Mertens / David Goffin	3³ 4⁵	4 2	1 4

Belgium vs. Canada edit

Belgium
3

Perth Arena, Perth
5 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)

Canada
0

		1	2	3
1	Elise Mertens Eugenie Bouchard	6 4	6 4
2	David Goffin Vasek Pospisil	6 2	6 4
3	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 edit

Australia
1

Perth Arena, Perth
5 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)

Germany
2

		1	2	3
1	Daria Gavrilova Angelique Kerber	1 6	2 6
2	Thanasi Kokkinakis Alexander Zverev	5 7	7⁷ 6⁴	6 4
3	Daria Gavrilova / Thanasi Kokkinakis Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev	4 1	1 4	3³ 4⁵

Group B edit

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings edit

		United States	Russia	Japan	Switzerland	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
2	United States		2–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	4–5	9–11	85–69	2
4	Russia	1–2		2–1	0–3	1–2	3–6	10–13	93–94	3
5	Japan	1–2	1–2		0–3	0–3	2–7	5–15	59–98	4
7	Switzerland	3–0	3–0	3–0		3–0	9–0	18–3	109–76	1

Russia vs. United States edit

Russia
1

Perth Arena, Perth
30 December 2017, 10:00
Hard (i)

United States
2

		1	2	3
1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova CoCo Vandeweghe	3 6	3 6
2	Karen Khachanov Jack Sock	4 6	6 1	3 6
3	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Karen Khachanov CoCo Vandeweghe / Jack Sock	3³ 4⁵	4 1	4 2

Japan vs. Switzerland edit

Japan
0

Perth Arena, Perth
30 December 2017, 17:30
Hard (i)

Switzerland
3

		1	2	3
1	Naomi Osaka Belinda Bencic	5 7	3 6
2	Yūichi Sugita Roger Federer	4 6	3 6
3	Naomi Osaka / Yūichi Sugita Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer	4 2	1 4	3¹ 4⁵

Japan vs. United States edit

Japan
2

Perth Arena, Perth
2 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)

United States
1

		1	2	3
1	Maddison Inglis CoCo Vandeweghe	5 7	2 6
2	Yūichi Sugita Jack Sock	7⁷ 6¹	1 1		retired
3	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 edit

Russia
0

Perth Arena, Perth
2 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)

Switzerland
3

		1	2	3
1	Karen Khachanov Roger Federer	3 6	6⁸ 7¹⁰
2	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Belinda Bencic	1 6	6 3	3 6
3	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Karen Khachanov Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer	3¹ 4⁵	4⁵ 3³	1 4

Japan vs. Russia edit

Japan
1

Perth Arena, Perth
4 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)

Russia
2

		1	2	3
1	Naomi Osaka Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6 4	3 6	7⁷ 6⁵
2	Yūichi Sugita Karen Khachanov	4 6	2 6
3	Naomi Osaka / Yūichi Sugita Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Karen Khachanov	1 4	0 4

Switzerland vs. United States edit

Switzerland
3

Perth Arena, Perth
4 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)

United States
0

		1	2
1	Roger Federer Jack Sock	7⁷ 6⁵	7 5
2	Belinda Bencic CoCo Vandeweghe	7⁸ 6⁶	6 4
3	Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer CoCo Vandeweghe / Jack Sock	4⁵ 3³	4 2

Final edit

Germany vs. Switzerland edit

Germany
1

Perth Arena, Perth
6 January 2018,16:00
Hard (i)

Switzerland
2

		1	2	3
1	Alexander Zverev Roger Federer	7⁷ 6⁴	0 6	2 6
2	Angelique Kerber Belinda Bencic	6 4	6 1
3	Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer	3³ 4⁵	2 4

2018 Hopman Cup Champions
Switzerland Third title

References edit

^ "Mastercard named as Hopman Cup title sponsor". ITFTennis.com. 13 October 2016. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
^ "A closer look at the Mastercard Hopman Cup 2018 field". HopmanCup.com. 4 October 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
^ Richard Wainwright (6 January 2018). "Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic win Hopman Cup for Switzerland". abc.net.au. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
^ "Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic win Hopman Cup for Switzerland". BBC Sport. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
^ "Hopman Cup draw and rankings".
^ "Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in for Svetlana Kuznetsova – Hopman Cup". HopmanCup.com. 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
^ "Results – Completed Matches". HopmanCup.com. 2 January 2018. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

External links edit

Official website

[1] "Mastercard named as Hopman Cup title sponsor". ITFTennis.com. 13 October 2016. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

[2] "A closer look at the Mastercard Hopman Cup 2018 field". HopmanCup.com. 4 October 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.

[3] Richard Wainwright (6 January 2018). "Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic win Hopman Cup for Switzerland". abc.net.au. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

[4] "Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic win Hopman Cup for Switzerland". BBC Sport. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[5] "Hopman Cup draw and rankings".

[6] "Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in for Svetlana Kuznetsova – Hopman Cup". HopmanCup.com. 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[7] "Results – Completed Matches". HopmanCup.com. 2 January 2018. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

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