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2018 Hopman Cup

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2018 Hopman Cup
Date30 December 2017 –
6 January 2018
EditionXXX (30th)
SurfaceHard (indoor)
LocationPerth, Western Australia
VenuePerth Arena
Champions
  Switzerland
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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

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Seeds

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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

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

Group stage

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Group A

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All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

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Germany
Germany 		Belgium
Belgium 		Canada
Canada 		Australia
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

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Australia
2 		Perth Arena, Perth
31 December 2017, 10:00
Hard (i)
Canada
1
1 2 3
1 Australia
Canada 		Daria Gavrilova
Eugenie Bouchard 		6
1 		6
4 		   
2 Australia
Canada 		Thanasi Kokkinakis
Vasek Pospisil 		6
4 		3
6 		6
3 		 
3 Australia
Canada 		Daria Gavrilova / Thanasi Kokkinakis
Eugenie Bouchard / Vasek Pospisil 		31
45 		34
45 		   

Belgium vs. Germany

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Belgium
1 		Perth Arena, Perth
1 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
Germany
2
1 2 3
1 Belgium
Germany 		Elise Mertens
Angelique Kerber 		66
78 		61
77 		   
2 Belgium
Germany 		David Goffin
Alexander Zverev 		6
3 		6
3 		   
3 Belgium
Germany 		Elise Mertens / David Goffin
Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev 		2
4 		32
45 		   

Canada vs. Germany

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Canada
0 		Perth Arena, Perth
3 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)
Germany
3
1 2 3
1 Canada
Germany 		Eugenie Bouchard
Angelique Kerber 		1
6 		3
6 		   
2 Canada
Germany 		Vasek Pospisil
Alexander Zverev 		4
6 		2
6 		   
3 Canada
Germany 		Eugenie Bouchard / Vasek Pospisil
Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev 		32
45 		32
45 		   

Australia vs. Belgium

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Australia
0 		Perth Arena, Perth
3 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
Belgium
3
1 2 3
1 Australia
Belgium 		Daria Gavrilova
Elise Mertens 		6
2 		4
6 		2
6 		 
2 Australia
Belgium 		Thanasi Kokkinakis
David Goffin 		4
6 		2
6 		   
3 Australia
Belgium 		Daria Gavrilova / Thanasi Kokkinakis
Elise Mertens / David Goffin 		33
45 		4
2 		1
4 		 

Belgium vs. Canada

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Belgium
3 		Perth Arena, Perth
5 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)
Canada
0
1 2 3
1 Belgium
Canada 		Elise Mertens
Eugenie Bouchard 		6
4 		6
4 		   
2 Belgium
Canada 		David Goffin
Vasek Pospisil 		6
2 		6
4 		   
3 Belgium
Canada 		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

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Australia
1 		Perth Arena, Perth
5 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
Germany
2
1 2 3
1 Australia
Germany 		Daria Gavrilova
Angelique Kerber 		1
6 		2
6 		   
2 Australia
Germany 		Thanasi Kokkinakis
Alexander Zverev 		5
7 		77
64 		6
4 		 
3 Australia
Germany 		Daria Gavrilova / Thanasi Kokkinakis
Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev 		4
1 		1
4 		33
45 		 

Group B

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All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

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United States
United States 		Russia
Russia 		Japan
Japan 		Switzerland
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

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Russia
1 		Perth Arena, Perth
30 December 2017, 10:00
Hard (i)
United States
2
1 2 3
1 Russia
United States 		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
CoCo Vandeweghe 		3
6 		3
6 		   
2 Russia
United States 		Karen Khachanov
Jack Sock 		4
6 		6
1 		3
6 		 
3 Russia
United States 		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Karen Khachanov
CoCo Vandeweghe / Jack Sock 		33
45 		4
1 		4
2 		 

Japan vs. Switzerland

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Japan
0 		Perth Arena, Perth
30 December 2017, 17:30
Hard (i)
Switzerland
3
1 2 3
1 Japan
Switzerland 		Naomi Osaka
Belinda Bencic 		5
7 		3
6 		   
2 Japan
Switzerland 		Yūichi Sugita
Roger Federer 		4
6 		3
6 		   
3 Japan
Switzerland 		Naomi Osaka / Yūichi Sugita
Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer 		4
2 		1
4 		31
45 		 

Japan vs. United States

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Japan
2 		Perth Arena, Perth
2 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)
United States
1
1 2 3
1 Japan
United States 		Maddison Inglis
CoCo Vandeweghe 		5
7 		2
6 		   
2 Japan
United States 		Yūichi Sugita
Jack Sock 		77
61 		1
1 		   
retired
3 Japan
United States 		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

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Russia
0 		Perth Arena, Perth
2 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
Switzerland
3
1 2 3
1 Russia
Switzerland 		Karen Khachanov
Roger Federer 		3
6 		68
710 		   
2 Russia
Switzerland 		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Belinda Bencic 		1
6 		6
3 		3
6 		 
3 Russia
Switzerland 		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Karen Khachanov
Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer 		31
45 		45
33 		1
4 		 

Japan vs. Russia

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Japan
1 		Perth Arena, Perth
4 January 2018, 10:00
Hard (i)
Russia
2
1 2 3
1 Japan
Russia 		Naomi Osaka
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 		6
4 		3
6 		77
65 		 
2 Japan
Russia 		Yūichi Sugita
Karen Khachanov 		4
6 		2
6 		   
3 Japan
Russia 		Naomi Osaka / Yūichi Sugita
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Karen Khachanov 		1
4 		0
4 		   

Switzerland vs. United States

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Switzerland
3 		Perth Arena, Perth
4 January 2018, 17:30
Hard (i)
United States
0
1 2 3
1 Switzerland
United States 		Roger Federer
Jack Sock 		77
65 		7
5 		   
2 Switzerland
United States 		Belinda Bencic
CoCo Vandeweghe 		78
66 		6
4 		   
3 Switzerland
United States 		Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer
CoCo Vandeweghe / Jack Sock 		45
33 		4
2 		   

Final

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Germany vs. Switzerland

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Germany
1 		Perth Arena, Perth
6 January 2018,16:00
Hard (i)
Switzerland
2
1 2 3
1 Germany
Switzerland 		Alexander Zverev
Roger Federer 		77
64 		0
6 		2
6 		 
2 Germany
Switzerland 		Angelique Kerber
Belinda Bencic 		6
4 		6
1 		   
3 Germany
Switzerland 		Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev
Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer 		33
45 		2
4 		   
2018 Hopman Cup Champions
Switzerland
Switzerland
Third title

References

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  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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