Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup is an international tennis tournament that plays mixed-gender teams on a country-by-country basis.

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. 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.

Hopman Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Hopman Cup
Hopman Cup
2018 Logo
SportTennis
Founded1989 (1989) in Perth
No. of teams8 (1989, 1996-2019, 2025-)
12 (1990-1995)
6 (2023)
CompetitorsITF member nations
CountryAustralia (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 titlesUnited States (6 titles)
Official websitehopmancup.com Edit this at Wikidata

Format

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:

  • one women's singles match
  • one men's singles match
  • one mixed doubles match

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.

History

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.

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.

From 2014 to 2019, the Hopman Cup tournament director was Paul Kilderry after the resignation of Steve Ayles. 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. Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic won, with Federer becoming the first player to win the tournament three times. He and Belinda Bencic became the first pairing to successfully defend the title, having won it the previous year.

The Hopman Cup was not held in 2020 (it was replaced in the tennis calendar until 2022 by the now defunct ATP Cup). ITF president David Haggerty later announced the tournament would return in 2021. After the tournament was unable to be held in 2021, he announced it would return in 2022 instead. In December 2021, it was announced that the tournament would return, and will be played in Nice in 2023. The 2023 and 2024 editions would contract to six teams before expanding back to the original eight-team format in 2025.

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.

Telecasts

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. The Nine Network broadcast the tournament in 2019.

Records and statistics

Finals by year

Year Winners Score Runners-up Female champion Male champion Female finalist Male finalist
1989 Hopman Cup  Czechoslovakia 2–0 Hopman Cup  Australia Helena Suková Miloslav Mečíř Hana Mandlíková Pat Cash
1990 Hopman Cup  Spain 2–1 Hopman Cup  United States Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Emilio Sánchez Pam Shriver John McEnroe
1991 Hopman Cup  Yugoslavia 3–0 Hopman Cup  United States Monica Seles Goran Prpić Zina Garrison David Wheaton
1992 Hopman Cup   Switzerland 2–1 Hopman Cup  Czechoslovakia Manuela Maleeva Jakob Hlasek Helena Suková Karel Nováček
1993 Hopman Cup  Germany 2–0 Hopman Cup  Spain Steffi Graf Michael Stich Arantxa Sánchez Emilio Sánchez
1994 Hopman Cup  Czech Republic 2–1 Hopman Cup  Germany Jana Novotná Petr Korda Anke Huber Bernd Karbacher
1995 Hopman Cup  Germany (2) 2–0 Hopman Cup  Ukraine Anke Huber Boris Becker Natalia Medvedeva Andrei Medvedev
1996 Hopman Cup  Croatia 2–1 Hopman Cup   Switzerland Iva Majoli Goran Ivanišević Martina Hingis Marc Rosset
1997 Hopman Cup  United States 2–1 Hopman Cup  South Africa Chanda Rubin Justin Gimelstob Amanda Coetzer Wayne Ferreira
1998 Hopman Cup  Slovakia 2–1 Hopman Cup  France Karina Habšudová Karol Kučera Mary Pierce Cédric Pioline
1999 Hopman Cup  Australia 2–1 Hopman Cup  Sweden Jelena Dokić Mark Philippoussis Åsa Carlsson Jonas Björkman
2000 Hopman Cup  South Africa 3–0 Hopman Cup  Thailand Amanda Coetzer Wayne Ferreira Tamarine Tanasugarn Paradorn Srichaphan
2001 Hopman Cup   Switzerland (2) 2–1 Hopman Cup  United States Martina Hingis Roger Federer Monica Seles Jan-Michael Gambill
2002 Hopman Cup  Spain (2) 2–1 Hopman Cup  United States Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Tommy Robredo Monica Seles (2) Jan-Michael Gambill (2)
2003 Hopman Cup  United States (2) 3–0 Hopman Cup  Australia Serena Williams James Blake Alicia Molik Lleyton Hewitt
2004 Hopman Cup  United States (3) 2–1 Hopman Cup  Slovakia Lindsay Davenport James Blake (2) Daniela Hantuchová Karol Kučera
2005 Hopman Cup  Slovakia (2) 3–0 Hopman Cup  Argentina Daniela Hantuchová Dominik Hrbatý Gisela Dulko Guillermo Coria
2006 Hopman Cup  United States (4) 2–1 Hopman Cup  Netherlands Lisa Raymond Taylor Dent Michaëlla Krajicek Peter Wessels
2007 Hopman Cup  Russia 2–0 Hopman Cup  Spain Nadia Petrova Dmitry Tursunov Anabel Medina Garrigues Tommy Robredo
2008 Hopman Cup  United States (5) 2–1 Hopman Cup  Serbia Serena Williams (2) Mardy Fish Jelena Janković Novak Djokovic
2009 Hopman Cup  Slovakia (3) 2–0 Hopman Cup  Russia Dominika Cibulková Dominik Hrbatý (2) Dinara Safina Marat Safin
2010 Hopman Cup  Spain (3) 2–1 Hopman Cup  Great Britain María JM Sánchez Tommy Robredo (2) Laura Robson Andy Murray
2011 Hopman Cup  United States (6) 2–1 Hopman Cup  Belgium Bethanie Mattek-Sands John Isner Justine Henin Ruben Bemelmans
2012 Hopman Cup  Czech Republic (2) 2–0 Hopman Cup  France Petra Kvitová Tomáš Berdych Marion Bartoli Richard Gasquet
2013 Hopman Cup  Spain (4) 2–1 Hopman Cup  Serbia Anabel Medina Garrigues Fernando Verdasco Ana Ivanovic Novak Djokovic (2)
2014 Hopman Cup  France 2–1 Hopman Cup  Poland Alizé Cornet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Agnieszka Radwańska Grzegorz Panfil
2015 Hopman Cup  Poland 2–1 Hopman Cup  United States Agnieszka Radwańska Jerzy Janowicz Serena Williams John Isner
2016 Hopman Cup  Australia (2) 2–0 Hopman Cup  Ukraine Daria Gavrilova Nick Kyrgios Elina Svitolina Alexandr Dolgopolov
2017 Hopman Cup  France (2) 2–1 Hopman Cup  United States Kristina Mladenovic Richard Gasquet CoCo Vandeweghe Jack Sock
2018 Hopman Cup   Switzerland (3) 2–1 Hopman Cup  Germany Belinda Bencic Roger Federer (2) Angelique Kerber Alexander Zverev
2019 Hopman Cup   Switzerland (4) 2–1 Hopman Cup  Germany Belinda Bencic (2) Roger Federer (3) Angelique Kerber (2) Alexander Zverev (2)
2020–22 No competition
2023 Hopman Cup  Croatia (2) 2–0 Hopman Cup   Switzerland Donna Vekić Borna Ćorić Céline Naef Leandro Riedi
2024 No competition

Performance by team

Country Years won Runners-up
Hopman Cup  United States 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 (6) 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2015, 2017 (6)
Hopman Cup  Spain 1990, 2002, 2010, 2013 (4) 1993, 2007 (2)
Hopman Cup   Switzerland 1992, 2001, 2018, 2019 (4) 1996, 2023 (2)
Hopman Cup  Slovakia 1998, 2005, 2009 (3) 2004 (1)
Hopman Cup  Czech Republic
Hopman Cup  Czechoslovakia
1989, 1994, 2012 (3) 1992 (1)
Hopman Cup  Germany 1993, 1995 (2) 1994, 2018, 2019 (3)
Hopman Cup  Australia 1999, 2016 (2) 1989, 2003 (2)
Hopman Cup  France 2014, 2017 (2) 1998, 2012 (2)
Hopman Cup  Croatia 1996, 2023 (2)
Hopman Cup  South Africa 2000 (1) 1997 (1)
Hopman Cup  Russia 2007 (1) 2009 (1)
Hopman Cup  Poland 2015 (1) 2014 (1)
Hopman Cup  Yugoslavia 1991 (1)
Hopman Cup  Serbia 2008, 2013 (2)
Hopman Cup  Ukraine 1995, 2016 (2)
Hopman Cup  Sweden 1999 (1)
Hopman Cup  Thailand 2000 (1)
Hopman Cup  Argentina 2005 (1)
Hopman Cup  Netherlands 2006 (1)
Hopman Cup  Great Britain 2010 (1)
Hopman Cup  Belgium 2011 (1)
  • Consecutive titles
  • Consecutive finals appearances

Participation details

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
Hopman Cup  Argentina 1R RR F RR RR 5
Hopman Cup  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
Hopman Cup  Austria QF 1R SF QF RR 5
Hopman Cup  Belgium RR RR RR RR RR F RR RR 8
Hopman Cup  Bulgaria RR - 1
Hopman Cup  Canada LQ RR RR RR 4
Hopman Cup  China LQ RR 2
Hopman Cup  CIS QF Defunct 1
Hopman Cup  Chinese Taipei RR RR 2
Hopman Cup  Croatia Competed as Hopman Cup  W RR RR W 4
Hopman Cup  Czech Republic Competed as Hopman Cup  SF W SF RR RR RR RR W RR RR RR RR 12
Hopman Cup  Czechoslovakia W SF QF F Defunct 4
Hopman Cup  Denmark RR RR 2
Hopman Cup  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
Hopman Cup  Germany SF 1R SF W F W RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR F F 18
Hopman Cup  Great Britain 1R 1R 1R F RR RR RR RR RR 9
Hopman Cup  Greece LQ RR 2
Hopman Cup  Hungary RR 1
Hopman Cup  India RR RR 2
Hopman Cup  Israel 1R 1
Hopman Cup  Italy QF 1R RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR 10
Hopman Cup  Japan 1R 1R 1R LQ LQ RR 6
Hopman Cup  Kazakhstan Competed as Hopman Cup  RR RR 2
Hopman Cup  Netherlands 1R 1R QF 1R 1R RR RR F 8
Hopman Cup  New Zealand 1R 1
Hopman Cup  Paraguay LQ 1
Hopman Cup  Poland F W 2
Hopman Cup  Romania RR LQ RR 3
Hopman Cup  Russia Competed as Hopman Cup  RR RR RR RR W F RR RR 8
Hopman Cup  Serbia Competed as Hopman Cup  F RR F 3
Hopman Cup  Serbia and Montenegro Competed as Hopman Cup  RR Defunct 1
Hopman Cup  Slovakia Competed as Hopman Cup  W RR RR RR RR F W W 8
Hopman Cup  South Africa 1R 1R 1R RR F RR RR W RR RR 10
Hopman Cup  Soviet Union QF QF Defunct 2
Hopman Cup  Spain W QF SF F QF QF RR RR W RR F W RR W RR RR RR RR 18
Hopman Cup  Sweden SF 1R 1R 1R 1R RR F RR RR 9
Hopman Cup   Switzerland SF W QF QF F RR RR W RR RR W W F 13
Hopman Cup  Thailand F RR 2
Hopman Cup  Ukraine Competed as Hopman Cup  QF 1R F F 4
Hopman Cup  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
Hopman Cup  Uzbekistan Competed as Hopman Cup  RR 1
Hopman Cup  Yugoslavia 1R 1R W Defunct 3
Hopman Cup  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

Statistics by team

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 dissolved)
TOP 4 Y Ent
Y Pld
RoW
W% T Pld
W L Q PO
W-L
AHC
All SF W-L T
Hopman Cup  Argentina 1 0 5 5 3 0.29 14 4 10 0–0
Hopman Cup  Australia 12 3 31 31 4 0.46 91 42 49 0–0
Hopman Cup  Australia 2 0 0 1 1 0.33 3 1 2 0–0
Hopman Cup  Austria 2 1 1 1 5 0.55 11 6 5 0–0
Hopman Cup  Belgium 3 0 7 7 2 0.52 21 11 10 1–0
Hopman Cup  Bulgaria 1 0 1 1 2 0.67 3 2 1 0–0
Hopman Cup  Canada 2 0 4 3+1 2 0.40 10 4 6 0–1
Hopman Cup  China 0 0 2 1 0 0.00 3 0 3 0–1 0
Hopman Cup  Chinese Taipei 0 0 2 2 1 (3) 0.17 6 1 5 0–0 2
Hopman Cup  Croatia 2 0 3 3 4 0.60 10 6 4 0–0
Hopman Cup  Czech Republic 7 3 12 12 6 0.54 65 19 16 0–0
Hopman Cup  Czechoslovakia 3 3 4 4 4 0.73 11 8 3 0–0
Hopman Cup  Denmark 0 0 1 1 1 0.33 3 1 2 0–0
Hopman Cup  France 11 3 24 24 5 0.52 64 33 31 1–0
Hopman Cup  Germany 10 6 18 18 6 0.49 53 26 27 0–0
Hopman Cup  Great Britain 3 0 9 9 3 0.41 22 9 13 0–0
Hopman Cup  Greece 1 0 2 1 2 0.66 3 2 1 0–1
Hopman Cup  Hungary 0 0 1 1 1 0.33 3 1 2 1–0
Hopman Cup  India 2 0 2 2 2 (5) 0.50 6 3 3 0–0 1
Hopman Cup  Israel 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 1 0 1 0–0
Hopman Cup  Italy 2 0 10 10 3 0.33 27 9 18 1–0
Hopman Cup  Japan 0 0 6 4+1 1 0.14 7 1 6 0–2 0
Hopman Cup  Kazakhstan 1 0 2 2 2 (3) 0.33 6 2 4 0–0 1
Hopman Cup  Netherlands 1 0 8 8 4 0.31 16 5 11 2–0
Hopman Cup  New Zealand 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 1 0 1 0–0
Hopman Cup  Paraguay 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0–1
Hopman Cup  Philippines 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0–0 0
Hopman Cup  Poland 2 0 2 2 3 0.75 8 6 2 0–0
Hopman Cup  Romania 0 0 3 2 1 0.33 6 2 4 0–1
Hopman Cup  Russia 3 0 8 8 6 0.42 26 11 15 0–0
Hopman Cup  Serbia 4 0 4 4 5 0.71 14 10 4 0–0
Hopman Cup  Slovakia 4 0 8 8 7 0.56 27 15 12 1–0
Hopman Cup  South Africa 5 0 10 10 4 0.58 26 15 11 0–0
Hopman Cup  South Korea 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0–0 0
Hopman Cup  Soviet Union & Hopman Cup  CIS 0 0 3 3 1 0.25 4 1 3 0–0
Hopman Cup  Spain 9 3 17 17 6 0.60 47 28 19 0–0
Hopman Cup  Sweden 3 1 9 9 3 0.37 19 7 12 0–0
Hopman Cup   Switzerland 8 3 12 12 6 0.70 37 26 11 0–0
Hopman Cup  Thailand 1 0 4 4 3 0.43 7 3 4 1–0 0
Hopman Cup  Ukraine 2 1 4 4 3 0.64 11 7 4 0–0
Hopman Cup  United States 18 2 30 30 9 0.57 92 52 40 0–0
Hopman Cup  Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1 1 0.00 3 0 3 1–0 0
Hopman Cup  Yugoslavia, SFR 1 1 3 3 4 0.67 6 4 2 0–0
Hopman Cup  Zimbabwe 0 0 2 0+1 0 0.00 1 0 1 0–2
    Notes

Asian Hopman Cup

References

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