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2019 Hopman Cup

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{{Infobox tennis tournament year|2019|Hopman Cup

| date = 29 December 2018 –
6 January 2019

| edition = XXXI (31st)

| surface = Hard (indoor)

| location = Perth, Western Australia

| venue = Perth Arena

| champ = {{hopman|SUI}}

| after_year=2023

}}

The Hopman Cup XXXI was the 31st edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis and the final edition that took place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite news|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/tennis/hopman-cup-set-to-be-axed-with-funding-set-to-be-diverted-to-new-tennis-event-ng-b88889392z|title=Hopman Cup set to be axed, with funding set to be diverted to new tennis event|publisher=Perth Now|last=Quartermaine|first=Brendan|date=8 July 2018|access-date=24 September 2018}}

On 26 June 2018, the defending Swiss team of Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic and 2018 finalist German team of Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber were announced as the first teams for the 2019 tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-26/roger-federer-returns-to-hopman-cup-in-2019/9910156|title= Roger Federer returns to Perth in 2019 to defend Hopman Cup title|publisher=ABC|date=26 June 2018|access-date=27 June 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://hopmancup.com/2018/06/switzerland-and-germany-returning-for-mastercard-hopman-cup-2019/|title=Switzerland and Germany returning for Mastercard Hopman Cup 2019|publisher=Hopman Cup|date=26 June 2018|access-date=27 June 2018|archive-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616095607/https://hopmancup.com/2018/06/switzerland-and-germany-returning-for-mastercard-hopman-cup-2019/|url-status=dead}} On 15 August 2018, the teams of Greece and Spain were announced.{{cite web|url=https://hopmancup.com/2018/08/muguruza-ferrer-for-spain-tsitsipas-and-sakkari-for-greece-in-2019/|title=Muguruza, Ferrer for Spain, Tsitsipas and Sakkari for Greece in 2019|publisher=Hopman Cup|date=15 August 2018|access-date=17 August 2018|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807093059/https://hopmancup.com/2018/08/muguruza-ferrer-for-spain-tsitsipas-and-sakkari-for-greece-in-2019/|url-status=dead}}

For the first time in history, Roger Federer and Serena Williams faced each other in a competitive event. Federer came out victorious alongside Bencic in the mixed doubles rubber. This match also attracted a Perth Arena record tennis crowd of 14,064, which was the highest attendance for a tennis match in Western Australian history.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/after-two-decades-in-the-spotlight-roger-and-serena-meet-on-court-20190102-p50p5z.html|title=After two decades in the spotlight, Roger and Serena meet on court|publisher=smh.com.au|author=Ben Rothenberg|date=2019-01-02|access-date=2019-01-03}}

Switzerland successfully defended their title, beating Germany in a repeat of the previous year's final. This was Federer's 3rd Hopman Cup title, the most by any player, male or female.{{cite web|url=https://hopmancup.com/2019/01/swiss-bliss-federer-and-bencic-claim-historic-win/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108031312/https://hopmancup.com/2019/01/swiss-bliss-federer-and-bencic-claim-historic-win/|title=Swiss bliss: Federer and Bencic claim historic title|date=5 January 2019|archive-date=8 January 2019|publisher=Hopman Cup}}

Entrants

=Seeds=

The draw took place on 3 October 2018 and it placed the 8 teams into two groups, according to the following ranking-based seedings:

class="wikitable"
SeedTeamFemale playerWTA1Male playerATP1

!Total

Elimination
align=center|1

|{{hopman|GER}}

|Angelique Kerber

|align=center|2

|Alexander Zverev

|align=center|5

|align=center|7

|Runner-up

align=center|2

|{{hopman|SUI}}

|Belinda Bencic

|align=center|41

|Roger Federer

|align=center|2

|align=center|43

|Champions

align=center|3

|{{hopman|FRA}}

|Alizé Cornet

|align=center|39

|Lucas Pouille

|align=center|19

|align=center|58

|Round robin

align=center|4

|{{hopman|USA}}

|Serena Williams

|align=center|17

|Frances Tiafoe

|align=center|41

|align=center|58

|Round robin

align=center|5

|{{hopman|GRE}}

|Maria Sakkari

|align=center|43

|Stefanos Tsitsipas

|align=center|15

|align=center|58

|Round robin

align=center|6

|{{hopman|AUS}}

|Ashleigh Barty

|align=center|19

|Matthew Ebden

|align=center|48

|align=center|67

|Round robin

align=center|7

|{{hopman|ESP}}

|Garbiñe Muguruza

|align=center|15

|David Ferrer

|align=center|147

|align=center|162

|Round robin

align=center|8

|{{hopman|GBR}}

|Katie Boulter

|align=center|109

|Cameron Norrie

|align=center|78

|align=center|187

|Round robin

colspan="8" align="center" |1 – {{Small|ATP and WTA rankings as of 1 October 2018 (latest before draw date)}}{{Cite web|url=https://hopmancup.com/2018/10/serena-williams-and-roger-federer-set-for-new-years-day-match-up-at-mastercard-hopman-cup-2019/|title=Serena Williams and Roger Federer set for New Year's day match-up at Mastercard Hopman Cup 2019|date=3 October 2018|access-date=3 October 2018|archive-date=3 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003101543/https://hopmancup.com/2018/10/serena-williams-and-roger-federer-set-for-new-years-day-match-up-at-mastercard-hopman-cup-2019/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles?rankDate=2018-10-01&rankRange=0-100|title = Rankings | Singles | ATP Tour | Tennis}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/content/wta-rankings-2018-10-01 |title=WTA Rankings - 2018-10-01 | WTA Tennis |access-date=3 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210254/https://www.wtatennis.com/content/wta-rankings-2018-10-01 |archive-date=3 January 2019 |url-status=dead }}

= Alternated =

class="wikitable"

!colspan=4|In-tournament partial replacement (in doubles matches only)

Team

!In

!For

!Reason

{{hopman|ESP}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} Whitney Osuigwe

|Garbiñe Muguruza

|Injury

Group stage

=Group A=

==Standings==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

!width=10|

!width=120|

!width=75|Germany
{{flagicon|GER}}

!width=75|France
{{flagicon|FRA}}

!width=75|Australia
{{flagicon|AUS}}

!width=75|Spain
{{flagicon|ESP}}

!width=75|RR W–L

!width=75|Matches W–L

!width=75|Sets W–L

!width=75|Games W–L

!width=75|Standings

1

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

! bgcolor="#ededed" |

|2–1

|2–1

|3–0

|3–0

|7–2

|14–8

|108–88

|1

3

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

|1–2

! bgcolor="#ededed" |

|1–2

|1–2

|0–3

|3–6

|10–12

|92–106

|4

6

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

|1–2

|2–1

! bgcolor="#ededed" |

|2–1

|2–1

|5–4

|10–10

|91–88

|2

7

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

|0–3

|2–1

|1–2

! bgcolor="#ededed" |

|1–2

|3–6

|9–13

|94–103

|3

All times are local (UTC+8).

==Australia vs. France==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=AUS

|team2=FRA

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=29 December 2018, 17:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1=2

|score2=1

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Ashleigh Barty | 7 | 6 | |T2P1=Alizé Cornet | 5 | 3 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Matthew Ebden | 3 | 7 | 6 |T2P1=Lucas Pouille | 6 | 6.049 | 2 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Ashleigh Barty |T1P2=Matthew Ebden | 3.039 | 2 | |T2P1=Alizé Cornet |T2P2=Lucas Pouille | 4 | 4 | }}

}}

==Germany vs. Spain==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=GER

|team2=SPA

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=30 December 2018, 10:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1=3

|score2=0

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Angelique Kerber | 6 | 3 | 6 |T2P1=Garbiñe Muguruza | 2 | 6 | 3 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Alexander Zverev | 6 | 4 | 7 |T2P1=David Ferrer | 4 | 6 | 6.00 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Angelique Kerber |T1P2=Alexander Zverev | 4 | 4 | |T2P1=Garbiñe Muguruza |T2P2=David Ferrer| 2 | 3.029 | }}

}}

==France vs. Germany==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=FRA

|team2=GER

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=2 January 2019, 10:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1=1

|score2=2

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Alizé Cornet | 7 | 2 | 4 |T2P1=Angelique Kerber | 5 | 6 | 6 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Lucas Pouille | 3 | 7 | 2 |T2P1=Alexander Zverev | 6 | 6.07 | 6 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Alizé Cornet |T1P2=Lucas Pouille | 4 | 4 | |T2P1=Angelique Kerber |T2P2=Alexander Zverev| 3.039 | 3.029 | }}

}}

==Australia vs. Spain==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=AUS

|team2=SPA

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=2 January 2019, 17:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1=2

|score2=1

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Ashleigh Barty | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=Garbiñe Muguruza | 3 | 4 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Matthew Ebden | 6.009 | 5 | |T2P1=David Ferrer | 7 | 7 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Ashleigh Barty |T1P2=Matthew Ebden | 3.029 | 4 | 4 |T2P1=Garbiñe Muguruza |T2P2=David Ferrer| 4 | 3.00 | 3.029 }}

}}

==Spain vs. France==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=SPA

|team2=FRA

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date= 4 January 2019, 10:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 2

|score2=1

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Garbiñe Muguruza | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=Alizé Cornet | 1 | 3 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=David Ferrer | 6 | 6.05 |7 |T2P1=Lucas Pouille | 4 | 7 |6.02 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Whitney Osuigwe |T1P2=David Ferrer |2 |2 | |T2P1=Alizé Cornet |T2P2=Lucas Pouille |4 |4 | }}

}}

American Whitney Osuigwe played instead of Garbiñe Muguruza due to her withdrawal due to injury. Scores counted as a 4–0, 4–0 win for the French mixed pair.

==Australia vs. Germany==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=AUS

|team2=GER

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=4 January 2019, 17:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1=1

|score2=2

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Ashleigh Barty | 4 | 4 | |T2P1=Angelique Kerber | 6 | 6 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Matthew Ebden | 4 | 3 | |T2P1=Alexander Zverev | 6 | 6 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Ashleigh Barty |T1P2=Matthew Ebden | 4 | 4 | |T2P1=Angelique Kerber |T2P2=Alexander Zverev| 0 | 3.009 | }}

}}

=Group B=

==Standings==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

!width=10|

!width=120|

!width=75|Switzerland
{{flagicon|SUI}}

!width=75|Greece
{{flagicon|GRE}}

!width=75|United States
{{flagicon|USA}}

!width=75|Great Britain
{{flagicon|GBR}}

!width=75|RR W–L

!width=75|Matches W–L

!width=75|Sets W–L

!width=75|Games W–L

!width=75|Standings

2

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

! bgcolor="#ededed" |

|1−2

|2−1

|3–0

|2–1

|6–3

|14–6

|97–74

|1

4

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

|1−2

|1–2

! bgcolor="#ededed" |

|1−2

|0–3

|3–6

|9–13

|86–99

|4

5

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

|2−1

! bgcolor="#ededed" |

|2–1

|1–2

|2–1

|5–4

|11–12

|105−96

|2

8

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

|0–3

|2–1

|2−1

! bgcolor="#ededed" |

|2–1

|4–5

|9–12

|77–96

|3

All times are local (UTC+8).

==Great Britain vs. Greece==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=GBR

|team2=GRE

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=29 December 2018, 10:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 2

|score2= 1

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Cameron Norrie | 7 | 6 | |T2P1=Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6.07 | 4 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Katie Boulter | 0 | 6 | 2 |T2P1=Maria Sakkari | 6 | 4 | 6 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Katie Boulter |T1P2=Cameron Norrie| 4 | 3.019 | 4 |T2P1=Maria Sakkari|T2P2=Stefanos Tsitsipas| 3.00 | 4 | 3.039 }}

}}

==Great Britain vs. Switzerland==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=GBR

|team2=SUI

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=30 December 2018, 17:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1=0

|score2=3

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Cameron Norrie | 1 | 1 | |T2P1=Roger Federer | 6 | 6 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Katie Boulter | 2 | 6.00 | |T2P1=Belinda Bencic | 6 | 7 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Katie Boulter |T1P2=Cameron Norrie | 3.039 | 1 | |T2P1=Belinda Bencic |T2P2=Roger Federer| 4 | 4 | }}

}}

==United States vs. Greece==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=USA

|team2=GRE

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=31 December 2018, 10:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 1

|score2= 2

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Frances Tiafoe | 3 | 7 | 3 |T2P1=Stefanos Tsitsipas |6 | 6.029 | 6 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Serena Williams | 7 | 6 | |T2P1=Maria Sakkari | 6.029 | 2 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Serena Williams |T1P2=Frances Tiafoe | 1 | 4 | 2 |T2P1=Maria Sakkari|T2P2=Stefanos Tsitsipas| 4 | 1 | 4 }}

}}

==United States vs. Switzerland==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=USA

|team2=SUI

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=1 January 2019, 17:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 1

|score2= 2

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Frances Tiafoe | 4 |1 | |T2P1=Roger Federer | 6 | 6 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Serena Williams | 4 | 6 | 6 |T2P1=Belinda Bencic | 6 | 4 | 3 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Serena Williams |T1P2=Frances Tiafoe | 2| 3.029| |T2P1=Belinda Bencic |T2P2=Roger Federer|4 |4 | }}

}}

==Great Britain vs. United States==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=GBR

|team2=USA

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=3 January 2019, 10:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1=2

|score2=1

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Cameron Norrie | 7 | 6 | |T2P1=Frances Tiafoe | 6.039 | 0 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Katie Boulter | 1 | 6.019 | |T2P1=Serena Williams | 6 | 7 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Katie Boulter |T1P2=Cameron Norrie | 3.019 | 4 | 4 |T2P1=Serena Williams |T2P2=Frances Tiafoe | 4 | 3.039 | 1 }}

}}

==Greece vs. Switzerland==

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1=GRE

|team2=SUI

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=3 January 2019, 17:30

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 2

|score2= 1

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6.049 | 6.039 | |T2P1=Roger Federer | 7 | 7 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Maria Sakkari | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=Belinda Bencic | 3 | 4 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Maria Sakkari|T1P2=Stefanos Tsitsipas| 4 | 2 | 4 |T2P1=Belinda Bencic |T2P2=Roger Federer| 3.039 | 4 | 3.029 | }}

}}

Final

= Germany vs. Switzerland =

{{HopmanCupbox

|team1= Germany

|team2= Switzerland

|venue=Perth Arena, Perth

|date=5 January 2019, 16:00

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1= 1

|score2= 2

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1= Alexander Zverev | 4 | 2 | |T2P1= Roger Federer |6 |6 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1= Angelique Kerber | 6 | 7 | |T2P1= Belinda Bencic | 4 | 6.059 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1= Angelique Kerber |T1P2= Alexander Zverev | 0 | 4 | 3.039 |T2P1=Belinda Bencic |T2P2=Roger Federer | 4 | 1 | 4 }}

}}

Note: the championship was defined in a decisive point.

{{winners-other|2019 Hopman Cup Champions|Switzerland|Switzerland|Fourth}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|hopmancup.com}}

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