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{{Infobox tennis tournament year|2016|Hopman Cup

| date = 3–9 January 2016

| edition = XXVIII (28th)

| surface = Hard (indoor)

| location = Perth, Western Australia

| venue = Perth Arena

| champ = {{hopman|AUS}}

}}

The Hopman Cup XXVIII was the 28th 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.

Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group advanced to the final. For the first time, there were two Australian teams, Australia Green (representing 25 and under) and Australia Gold (representing the veterans). The original full line-up of entrants was announced in October.{{cite web|url=http://hopmancup.com/news/2015/09/16/hewitt-murray-set-for-hopman-cup|title=Hewitt & Murray set for Hopman Cup|publisher=Hopman Cup|date=16 September 2015|access-date=16 September 2015|archive-date=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921011757/http://hopmancup.com/news/2015/09/16/hewitt-murray-set-for-hopman-cup|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://hopmancup.com/schedules-draws/order-of-play|title=Order of play|publisher=Hopman Cup|access-date=16 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206013435/http://hopmancup.com/schedules-draws/order-of-play|archive-date=2015-12-06|url-status=dead}} Originally, Lleyton Hewitt and Casey Dellacqua were supposed to represent Australia Gold, but Dellacqua was replaced by Jarmila Wolfe.http://hopmancup.com/countries/australia-goldfor health reasons {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104021352/http://hopmancup.com/countries/australia-gold |date=4 January 2016 }} Other replacements are Kenny de Schepper for Gaël Monfils in the French team, Karolína Plíšková for Lucie Šafářová in the Czech team.

The 2015 champions Poland did not return to defend their title.{{cite web|url=http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/09/17/hopman-cup-part-of-hewitts-swansong/|title=Hopman Cup part of Hewitt's swansong|first=Justin|last=Chadwick|publisher=The Roar|date=17 September 2015|access-date=17 September 2015|archive-date=18 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918170628/http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/09/17/hopman-cup-part-of-hewitts-swansong/|url-status=live}}

The competition was won by Australia Green.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/35271371|title=Nick Kyrgios secures victory for Australia Green|date=9 January 2016|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=22 June 2016|archive-date=28 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828144712/http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/35271371|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tennis/hopman-cup-kyrgios-gavrilova-win-for-australia/news-story/443719b8ecaddc18d2eb3112124db8dd|title=Hopman Cup: Kyrgios, Gavrilova win for Australia|date=9 January 2016|work=The Australian|access-date=22 June 2016}}

Entrants

=Seeds=

class="wikitable"
SeedTeamFemale playerWTA1Male playerATP1TotalElimination
align=center|1

|{{hopman|USA}}

|Serena Williams

|align=center|1

|Jack Sock

|align=center|30

|align=center|31

|Round-robin

align=center|2

|{{hopman|CZE}}

|Karolína Plíšková

|align=center|9

|Jiří Veselý

|align=center|40

|align=center|49

|Round-robin

align=center|3

|{{hopman|UKR}}

|Elina Svitolina

|align=center|18

|Alexandr Dolgopolov

|align=center|35

|align=center|53

|Runners-up

align=center|4

|{{hopman|GBR}}

|Heather Watson

|align=center|62

|Andy Murray

|align=center|3

|align=center|65

|Round-robin

align=center|5

|{{hopman|AUS}} Green

|Daria Gavrilova

|align=center|35

|Nick Kyrgios

|align=center|34

|align=center|69

|Champions

align=center|6

|{{hopman|GER}}

|Sabine Lisicki

|align=center|30

|Alexander Zverev

|align=center|78

|align=center|108

|Round-robin

align=center|7

|{{hopman|FRA}}

|Caroline Garcia

|align=center|39

|Kenny de Schepper

|align=center|133

|align=center|172

|Round-robin

align=center|8

|{{hopman|AUS}} Gold

|Jarmila Wolfe

|align=center|100

|Lleyton Hewitt

|align=center|291

|align=center|391

|Round-robin

colspan=8 align=center|1 – {{Small|ATP and WTA rankings as of 5 October 2015 (latest before draw date)}}

=Replacement players=

class="wikitable"
colspan=4 |Pre-tournament replacement
TeamReplacementOriginal playerReason
{{hopman|AUS}} Gold

|Jarmila Wolfe

|Casey Dellacqua

|Concussion[http://hopmancup.com/news/2015/12/04/casey-dellacqua-withdraws-from-hopman-cup Casey Dellacqua withdraws from Hopman Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211100742/http://hopmancup.com/news/2015/12/04/casey-dellacqua-withdraws-from-hopman-cup |date=11 February 2016 }}, 4 December 2015

{{hopman|CZE}}

|Karolína Plíšková

|Lucie Šafářová

|Illness

{{hopman|FRA}}

|Kenny de Schepper

|Gaël Monfils

|Leg injury

colspan=4|In-tournament partial replacement
{{hopman|USA}}

|Victoria Duval

|Serena Williams

|Knee inflammation[http://hopmancup.com/news/2016/01/04/vicky-duval-fills-big-shoes Vicky Duval fills big shoes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104162624/http://hopmancup.com/news/2016/01/04/vicky-duval-fills-big-shoes |date=4 January 2016 }}, 4 January 2016

Group stage

=Group A=

All times are local (UTC+8).

==Standings==

class="wikitable" style="width: 100%; text-align:center; font-size:90%"
width=130|

|width=130|{{hopman|AUS}} Gold

|width=130|{{hopman|CZE}}

|width=130|{{hopman|UKR}}

|width=130|{{hopman|USA}}

!width=80|RR W–L

!width=80|Matches W–L

!width=80|Sets W–L

!width=80|Games W–L

!width=80|Standings

style="text-align:left;"|{{hopman|AUS}} Gold

!bgcolor="ededed"|

|0–3

|1–2

|3–0

|1–2

|4–5

|10–11

|103–104

|3

style="text-align:left;"|{{hopman|CZE}}

|3–0

!bgcolor="ededed"|

|1–2

|1–2

|1–2

|5–4

|12–10

|122–108

|2

style="text-align:left;"|{{hopman|UKR}}

|2–1

|2–1

!bgcolor="ededed"|

| 2–1

|3–0

|6–3

|13–7

|105–89

|1

style="text-align:left;"|{{hopman|USA}}

| 0–3

| 2–1

| 1–2

!bgcolor="ededed"|

|1–2

|3–6

|7–14

|86–115

|4

==Australia Gold vs. Czech Republic==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=AUS

|team2=CZE

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=3 January 2016, 17:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 0

|score2= 3

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Lleyton Hewitt |3 |7 |4 |T2P1=Jiří Veselý |6 |6.01 |6 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Jarmila Wolfe |5 |3 | |T2P1=Karolína Plíšková |7 |6 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Jarmila Wolfe |T1P2=Lleyton Hewitt | 2 | 5 | |T2P1=Karolína Plíšková |T2P2=Jiří Veselý |6 | 7 | }}

}}

==Ukraine vs. United States==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=UKR

|team2=USA

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=4 January 2016, 10:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 2

|score2= 1

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Elina Svitolina | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=Victoria Duval | 4 | 1 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Alexandr Dolgopolov | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=Jack Sock |4 |2 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Elina Svitolina |T1P2=Alexandr Dolgopolov |2 | 3 | |T2P1=Victoria Duval |T2P2=Jack Sock |6 | 6 | }}

}}

==Czech Republic vs. Ukraine==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=CZE

|team2=UKR

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=5 January 2016, 10:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1=1

|score2=2

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Karolína Plíšková | 5 |2 | |T2P1=Elina Svitolina |7 |6 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Jiří Veselý |5 |6.021 | |T2P1=Alexandr Dolgopolov |7 |7 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Karolína Plíšková |T1P2=Jiří Veselý | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=Elina Svitolina |T2P2=Alexandr Dolgopolov | 3 | 1 | }}

}}

==Australia Gold vs. United States==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=AUS

|team2=USA

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=5 January 2016, 17:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 3

|score2= 0

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Jarmila Wolfe | 7 | 2 | |T2P1=Serena Williams | 5 | 1 | re2=2 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Lleyton Hewitt |7 |6 | |T2P1=Jack Sock |5 |4 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Jarmila Wolfe |T1P2=Lleyton Hewitt |7 |6 | |T2P1=Victoria Duval |T2P2=Jack Sock |6.03 |1 | }}

}}

Serena Williams was unable to participate in the mixed doubles rubber, Aus Gold was awarded a 6–0, 6–0 win. However, a match was still played in which the score was 77-64, 6–1 to Australia (see above).

==Australia Gold vs. Ukraine==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=UKR

|team2=AUS

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=7 January 2016, 10:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 2

|score2= 1

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Elina Svitolina | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=Jarmila Wolfe | 3 | 3 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Alexandr Dolgopolov |4 |6 |6 |T2P1=Lleyton Hewitt |6 |3 |4 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Elina Svitolina |T1P2=Alexandr Dolgopolov |6 |5 |5 |T2P1=Jarmila Wolfe |T2P2=Lleyton Hewitt |3 |7 |10 |mtb=}}

}}

==Czech Republic vs. United States==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=CZE

|team2=USA

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=7 January 2016, 17:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 1

|score2= 2

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Jiří Veselý | 6 | 2 | 6.023 |T2P1=Jack Sock | 4 | 6 | 7 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Karolína Plíšková | 4 | 6 | 6 |T2P1=Victoria Duval | 6 | 1 | 4 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Jiří Veselý |T1P2=Karolína Plíšková | 6.05 | 6 | 7 |T2P1=Jack Sock |T2P2=Victoria Duval | 7 | 4 | 10 |mtb=}}

}}

=Group B=

All times are local (UTC+8).

==Standings==

class="wikitable" style="width: 100%; text-align:center; font-size:90%"
width=130|

|width=130|{{hopman|AUS}} Green

|width=130|{{hopman|FRA}}

|width=130|{{hopman|GER}}

|width=130|{{hopman|GBR}}

!width=80|RR W–L

!width=80|Matches W–L

!width=80|Sets W–L

!width=80|Games W–L

!width=80|Standings

style="text-align:left;"|{{hopman|AUS}} Green

!bgcolor="ededed"|

|2–1

|3–0

|2–1

|3–0

|7–2

|15–8

|119–101

|1

style="text-align:left;"|{{hopman|FRA}}

| 1–2

!bgcolor="ededed"|

| 1–2

| 1–2

|0–3

|3–6

|9–13

|95–110

|4

style="text-align:left;"|{{hopman|GER}}

| 0–3

| 2–1

!bgcolor="ededed"|

|0–3

|1–2

|2–7

|6–15

|90–115

|3

style="text-align:left;"|{{hopman|GBR}}

|1–2

|2–1

|3–0

!bgcolor="ededed"|

|2–1

|6–3

|14–8

|123–111

|2

==Australia Green vs. Germany==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=AUS

|team2=GER

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=3 January 2016, 10:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 3

|score2= 0

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Daria Gavrilova |6 |6 | |T2P1=Sabine Lisicki |2 |2 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Nick Kyrgios | 4 | 6 | 6 |T2P1=Alexander Zverev |6 | 1 | 4 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Daria Gavrilova |T1P2=Nick Kyrgios | 6 | 4 | 10 |T2P1=Sabine Lisicki |T2P2=Alexander Zverev | 3 | 6 | 7 |mtb= }}

}}

==Great Britain vs. France==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=GBR

|team2=FRA

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=4 January 2016, 17:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 2

|score2= 1

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Andy Murray | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=Kenny de Schepper |2 |2 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Heather Watson |3 |7 |3 |T2P1=Caroline Garcia | 6 | 5 |6 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Heather Watson |T1P2=Andy Murray | 6 | 5 | 10 |T2P1=Caroline Garcia |T2P2=Kenny de Schepper |2 | 7 |6 |mtb= }}

}}

==France vs. Germany==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=FRA

|team2=GER

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=6 January 2016, 10:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 1

|score2= 2

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Caroline Garcia | 6 |7 | |T2P1=Sabine Lisicki | 2 |6.05 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Kenny de Schepper | 2 | 2 | |T2P1=Alexander Zverev | 6 | 6 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Caroline Garcia |T1P2=Kenny de Schepper |4 |7 |6 |T2P1=Sabine Lisicki |T2P2=Alexander Zverev |6 |6.06 |10 |mtb= }}

}}

==Australia Green vs. Great Britain==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=AUS

|team2=GBR

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=6 January 2016, 17:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 2

|score2= 1

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Nick Kyrgios |6 |7 | |T2P1=Andy Murray |4 |6.045 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Daria Gavrilova |7 |2 |5 |T2P1=Heather Watson |6.02 |6 |7 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Daria Gavrilova|T1P2=Nick Kyrgios |6 |6.00 |11 |T2P1=Heather Watson |T2P2=Andy Murray |2 |7 |9 |mtb= }}

}}

==Great Britain vs. Germany==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=GBR

|team2=GER

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=8 January 2016, 10:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 3

|score2= 0

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Heather Watson | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=Sabine Lisicki |3| 4 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Andy Murray | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=Alexander Zverev | 3 | 4 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Andy Murray |T1P2=Heather Watson | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=Alexander Zverev |T2P2=Sabine Lisicki | 3 | 4 | }}

}}

==Australia Green vs. France==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=AUS

|team2=FRA

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=8 January 2016, 17:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 2

|score2= 1

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Nick Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=Kenny de Schepper | 4 | 4 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Daria Gavrilova | 4 | 6.065 | |T2P1=Caroline Garcia | 6 | 7 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Daria Gavrilova|T1P2=Nick Kyrgios | 6 | 2 | 11 |T2P1=Kenny de Schepper |T2P2=Caroline Garcia | 4 | 6 | 9 |mtb= }}

}}

Final

= Ukraine vs. Australia Green =

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=UKR

|team2=AUS

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=9 January 2016, 15:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 0

|score2= 2

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Elina Svitolina |4 |6.06 | |T2P1=Daria Gavrilova |6 |7 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Alexandr Dolgopolov |3 |4 | |T2P1=Nick Kyrgios |6 |6 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1= Elina Svitolina |T1P2= Alexandr Dolgopolov | | | |T2P1=Daria Gavrilova |T2P2=Nick Kyrgios | | | np=}}

}}

The mixed doubles event was not played in the final, as Australia Green had won both singles matches.

{{winners-other|2016 Hopman Cup Champions|Australia|Australia|Second}}

Broadcast

Selected matches aired in Australia on either 7mate or 7Two, with live coverage of both day and night sessions. Every match was also available to be streamed live through a free 7Tennis mobile app.{{cite web|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/12/seven-tennis-2016-summer-guide.html|title=Seven Tennis 2016: summer guide|date=17 December 2015|access-date=9 January 2016|archive-date=4 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104201157/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/12/seven-tennis-2016-summer-guide.html|url-status=live}}

References

External links

  • [http://hopmancup.com/?id=1 Official Site]

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