2012 Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup XXIV (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1][2] corresponds to the 24th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 31 December 2011 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia.

2012 Hopman Cup
Date	31 December 2011 – 7 January 2012[1]
Edition	XXIV
Surface	Hard indoor
Location	Perth, Western Australia
Venue	Crown Perth
Champions
Czech Republic

Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group progressed to the final.

United States were the 2011 champions. In that tournament's final the United States of America team of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and John Isner defeated Belgium's Justine Henin and Ruben Bemelmans 2–1. This was the USA's sixth Hopman Cup title.

Czech Republic won their second title, defeating France in the final 2–0.[3]

Hopman Cup XXIV Champions
Czech Republic

Tomáš Berdych

Petra Kvitová

Tournament

The 2012 Hyundai Hopman Cup was an invitational tennis tournament and is also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2012 cup had prize money of $1 million and followed the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches qualified for the final. All matches were best of three sets with the exception of the doubles match where a match tie break, first to ten points, was played if the match was tied at one set all. All ties were 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[4]

Entrants

Seeds

The seeds for the 2012 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Paul McNamee, Rob Casey and Geoff Masters.[4]

1.  Czech Republic – Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych (Champions)[5]
2.  France – Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet (Finalists)[6][7]
3.  Spain – Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco[7] (Round Robin)
4.  United States – Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish[8] (Round Robin)

Other Entrants

•  Denmark – Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen[7] (Round Robin)
•  Australia – Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt[9] (Round Robin)
•  Bulgaria – Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov[7] (Round Robin)
•  China – Li Na / Wu Di[9] (Round Robin)

Group stage

Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets	Games
1	Czech Republic	3	0	7–1	15–4	104–66
2	Bulgaria	2	1	5–4	11–10	93–92
3	Denmark	1	2	3–5	9–11	97–97
4	United States	0	3	2–7	4–14	70–107

Czech Republic vs. Bulgaria

Czech Republic 2	Crown Perth, Perth 2 January 2012, 09:30 Hard (indoors)		Bulgaria 1
1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Tsvetana Pironkova 6 4 6 2    [10] 2 Tomáš Berdych Grigor Dimitrov 6 4 6^9 7^11 6 3  [10] 3 Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov 6 2 3 6 [9] [11]  [10]

USA vs. Denmark

United States 1	Crown Perth, Perth 2 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors)		Denmark 2
1 2 3 1 Mardy Fish Frederik Nielsen 4 6 7^7 6^5 6 4  [10] 2 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Caroline Wozniacki 6^4 7^7 2 6    [10] 3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen 5 7 3 6    [10]

Denmark vs. Bulgaria

Denmark 1	Crown Perth, Perth 4 January 2012, 09:30 Hard (indoors)		Bulgaria 2
1 2 3 1 Caroline Wozniacki Tsvetana Pironkova 7 5 4 6 6 2  [10] 2 Frederik Nielsen Grigor Dimitrov 6^5 7^7 2 6    [10] 3 Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov 6 3 4 6 [1] [10]  [10]

Czech Republic vs. USA

Czech Republic 3	Crown Perth, Perth 4 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors)		United States 0
1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 2 6 1    [10] 2 Tomáš Berdych Mardy Fish 6 3 6 3    [10] 3 Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish 6 3 7 5    [10]

Czech Republic vs. Denmark

Czech Republic 2	Crown Perth, Perth 6 January 2012, 13:00 Hard (indoors)		Denmark 0
1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Caroline Wozniacki 7^7 6^4 3 6 6 4  [10] 2 Tomáš Berdych Frederik Nielsen 6 1 6 3    [10] 3 Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen       not played

USA vs. Bulgaria

United States 1	Crown Perth, Perth 6 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors)		Bulgaria 2
1 2 3 1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Tsvetana Pironkova 6 4 6 4    [10] 2 Mardy Fish Grigor Dimitrov 2 6 1 6    [10] 3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov 5 8      [10]

Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets	Games
1	France	3	0	7–1	15–3	101–49
2	Spain	2	1	4–4	9–10	78–83
3	Australia	1	2	3–6	8–13	81–105
4	China	0	3	3–6	6–12	67–90

France vs. China

France 2	Crown Perth, Perth 31 December 2011, 09:30 Hard (indoors)		China 1
1 2 3 1 Marion Bartoli Li Na 6 2 2 6 4 6  [10] 2 Richard Gasquet Wu Di 6 1 6 3    [10] 3 Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet Li Na / Wu Di 6 1 6 1    [10]

Australia vs. Spain

Australia 1	Crown Perth, Perth 1 January 2012, 15:00 Hard (indoors)		Spain 2
1 2 3 1 Jarmila Gajdošová Anabel Medina Garrigues 6 3 3 6 6 3  [10] 2 Lleyton Hewitt Fernando Verdasco 3 6 6 3 5 7  [10] 3 Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco 6 3 3 6 [9] [11]  [10]

Spain vs. China

Spain 2	Crown Perth, Perth 3 January 2012, 09:30 Hard (indoors)		China 1
1 2 3 1 Anabel Medina Garrigues Li Na 3 6 1 6    [10] 2 Fernando Verdasco Wu Di 6 3 6 4    [10] 3 Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco Li Na / Wu Di 6 0 6 2    [10]

Australia vs. France

Australia 0	Crown Perth, Perth 3 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors)		France 3
1 2 3 1 Jarmila Gajdošová Marion Bartoli 0 6 0 6    [10] 2 Lleyton Hewitt Richard Gasquet 2 6 7 5 1 6  [10] 3 Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet 3 6 4 6    [10]

France vs. Spain

France 2	Crown Perth, Perth 5 January 2012, 13:00 Hard (indoors)		Spain 0
1 2 3 1 Marion Bartoli Anabel Medina Garrigues 6 2 6 4    [10] 2 Richard Gasquet Fernando Verdasco 6 2 6 4    [10] 3 Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco       not played

Australia vs. China

Australia 2	Crown Perth, Perth 5 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors)		China 1
1 2 3 1 Jarmila Gajdošová Li Na 3 6 2 6    [10] 2 Lleyton Hewitt Wu Di 6 4 7 5    [10] 3 Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt Li Na / Wu Di 8 5      [10]

Final

Czech Republic vs. France

Czech Republic 2	Crown Perth, Perth 7 January 2012, 15:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard (indoors)		France 0
1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Marion Bartoli 7 5 6 1    [10] 2 Tomáš Berdych Richard Gasquet 7^7 6^0 6 4    [10] 3 Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet       not played

2012 Hopman Cup Champions
Czech Republic Second title

References

1. "About the 2011 Hopman Cup". hopmancup.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
2. "History of the Hopman Cup". hopmancup.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
3. "Hopman glory for Czechs". Sky Sports. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
4. "Hyundai Hopman Cup XXIV Media Guide" (PDF). hopmancup.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
5. "Kvitova and Berdych named for Hopman Cup". itftennis.com. 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
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7. "Wozniacki completes Hopman Cup line-up". itftennis.com. 12 October 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
8. "USA name team for Hopman Cup title defence". itftennis.com. 10 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
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10. "Final Results". hopmancup.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.

External links

• 2012 Hopman Cup at Hopman Cup