2013 Hopman Cup

The tournament commenced on 29 December 2012 at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.

2013 Hopman Cup
Date	29 December 2012 – 6 January 2013
Edition	XXV
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Perth, Western Australia
Venue	Perth Arena
Champions
Spain
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Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group progress to the final.

Czech Republic were the 2012 champions. In that tournament's final the Czech Republic team of Petra Kvitová and Tomáš Berdych defeated France's Marion Bartoli and Richard Gasquet 2–0. This was the Czech Republic's second Hopman Cup title. They decided not to defend their title; Berdych instead competed at the 2013 Aircel Chennai Open and Kvitová decided to participate at the 2013 Brisbane International.^{[citation needed]}

The 2013 Hopman Cup was won by Spain – Spain's fourth title, defeating Serbia in the final 2–1. Serbia won the men's singles, followed by Spain's winning of the women's singles; then the deciding mixed doubles event was won by Spain in straight sets.

Hopman Cup XXV Champions
Spain

Fernando Verdasco

Anabel Medina Garrigues

The 2013 Hyundai Hopman Cup is an invitational tennis tournament and is also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2013 cup has prize money of $1 million and will follow the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches qualify for the final. All matches are best of three sets with the exception of the doubles match where a match tie break, first to ten points, is played if the match is tied at one set all. All ties are played in this format; women's singles, men's singles and finally mixed doubles. In the event of a tie in the final group standings the following will be used to separate the nations;

• The highest total of matches won
• Best percentage of sets won and lost
• Best percentage of games won and lost
• Head-to-head performances
• Toss of a coin

Seeds

The seeds for the 2013 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Steve Ayles, Paul Kilderry, Kim Hames and Terry Waldron.

Seed	Team	Female player	Male player
1	Serbia	Ana Ivanovic	Novak Djokovic
2	United States	Venus Williams	John Isner
3	Italy	Francesca Schiavone	Andreas Seppi
4	Spain	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Fernando Verdasco
5	Germany	Andrea Petkovic Tatjana Malek	Tommy Haas
6	South Africa	Chanelle Scheepers	Kevin Anderson
7	France	Mathilde Johansson	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
8	Australia	Ashleigh Barty	Bernard Tomic

Replacement players

pre-tournament

Team	Replacement	Original player
Australia	Ashleigh Barty	Casey Dellacqua

in-tournament temporary replacements

Team	Replacement	Original player
Germany	Tatjana Malek	Andrea Petkovic
Germany	Thanasi Kokkinakis	Tommy Haas
United States	Thanasi Kokkinakis	John Isner

Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets	Games
1	Serbia	3	0	7–2	14–5	103–55
2	Australia	2	1	6–3	14–8	104–64
3	Italy	1	2	4–5	8–12	84–104
4	Germany	0	3	1–8	5–16	49–117

Germany vs. Australia

Germany 0	Perth Arena, Perth 29 December 2012, 17:45 Hard (indoors)		Australia 3
1 2 3 1     Tommy Haas Bernard Tomic 66 78 6 3 5 7   2     Andrea Petkovic Ashleigh Barty 6 4     retired   3     Andrea Petkovic / Tommy Haas Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic         w/o

Scores stand as 6–0, 6–0 win for Barty and 6–0, 6–0 win for Barty/Tomic.

Serbia vs. Italy

Serbia 2	Perth Arena, Perth 31 December 2012, 10:00 Hard (indoors)		Italy 1
1 2 3 1     Ana Ivanovic Francesca Schiavone 6 0 6 4     2     Novak Djokovic Andreas Seppi 6 3 6 4     3     Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovic Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi 64 77 4 6

Italy vs. Germany

Italy 2	Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors)		Germany 1
1 2 3 1     Andreas Seppi Tommy Haas 63 77 67 79     2     Francesca Schiavone Tatjana Malek 3 6 6 3 6 3   3     Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi Tatjana Malek / Tommy Haas 6 4 7 5

Serbia vs. Australia

Serbia 2	Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors)		Australia 1
1 2 3 1     Novak Djokovic Bernard Tomic 4 6 4 6     2     Ana Ivanovic Ashleigh Barty 6 2 6 3     3     Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovic Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic 6 4 68 710 [10] [6]

Italy vs. Australia

Italy 1	Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors)		Australia 2
1 2 3 1     Andreas Seppi Bernard Tomic 3 6 5 7     2     Francesca Schiavone Ashleigh Barty 0 6 3 6     3     Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic 2 6 6 4 [10] [3]

Serbia vs. Germany

Serbia 3	Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors)		Germany 0
1 2 3 1     Novak Djokovic Tommy Haas 6 2 6 0     2     Ana Ivanovic Tatjana Malek 6 0 6 1     3     Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovic Tatjana Malek / Thanasi Kokkinakis 6 2 7 5

Score stands as 6–0, 6–0 win for Ivanovic/Djokovic due to Haas' withdrawal before the mixed match.

Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets	Games
1	Spain	3	0	7–2	14–5	103–54
2	United States	2	1	4–5	8–13	74–102
3	South Africa	1	2	4–5	10–11	100–103
4	France	0	3	3–6	9–12	88–106

Spain vs. South Africa

Spain 2	Perth Arena, Perth 29 December 2012, 10:00 Hard (indoors)		South Africa 1
1 2 3 1     Fernando Verdasco Kevin Anderson 65 77 4 6     2     Anabel Medina Garrigues Chanelle Scheepers 6 4 6 2     3     Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco Chanelle Scheepers / Kevin Anderson 6 4 64 77 [10] [8]

USA vs. South Africa

United States 2	Perth Arena, Perth 30 December 2012, 10:00 Hard (indoors)		South Africa 1
1 2 3 1     Venus Williams Chanelle Scheepers 4 6 6 2 6 3   2     John Isner Kevin Anderson 60 77 65 77     3     Venus Williams / John Isner Chanelle Scheepers / Kevin Anderson 6 3 6 2

Spain vs. France

Spain 2	Perth Arena, Perth 30 December 2012, 17:45 Hard (indoors)		France 1
1 2 3 1     Fernando Verdasco Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 5 7 3 6     2     Anabel Medina Garrigues Mathilde Johansson 6 3 6 2     3     Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 3 6 3

USA vs. France

United States 2	Perth Arena, Perth 1 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors)		France 1
1 2 3 1     John Isner Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3 6 2 6     2     Venus Williams Mathilde Johansson 3 6 7 5 6 4   3     Venus Williams / John Isner Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 65 77 6 2 [10] [8]

USA vs. Spain

United States 1	Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors)		Spain 2
1 2 3 1     Thanasi Kokkinakis Fernando Verdasco 64 77 3 6     2     Venus Williams Anabel Medina Garrigues 6 3 6 4     3     Venus Williams / Thanasi Kokkinakis Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco 1 6 3 6

Scores stand as 3–0 win for Spain; 6–0, 6–0 win for Verdasco; 6–0, 6–0 win for Medina Garrigues and 6–0, 6–0 win for Verdasco/Medina Garrigues due to John Isner withdrawal before start of USA vs. Spain match.

South Africa vs. France

South Africa 2	Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors)		France 1
1 2 3 1     Chanelle Scheepers Mathilde Johansson 4 6 6 4 6 4   2     Kevin Anderson Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 63 77 64 77     3     Chanelle Scheepers / Kevin Anderson Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 3       retired

Score stands as 6–0, 6–0 win for Scheepers/Anderson.

Serbia vs. Spain

Serbia 1	Perth Arena, Perth 5 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors)		Spain 2
1 2 3 1     Novak Djokovic Fernando Verdasco 6 3 7 5     2     Ana Ivanovic Anabel Medina Garrigues 4 6 77 63 2 6   3     Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovic Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco 4 6 5 7

2013 Hopman Cup Champions
Spain Fourth title