2016 Hopman Cup

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.

2016 Hopman Cup
Date	3 January - 9 January 2016
Edition	XXVIII (28th)
Surface	Hard indoor
Location	Perth, Western Australia
Venue	Perth Arena
Champions
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.[1][2] Originally, Lleyton Hewitt and Casey Dellacqua were supposed to represent Australia Gold, but Dellacqua was replaced by Jarmila Wolfe.[3] 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.[4] The competition was won by Australia Green.[5][6]

Entrants

Seeds

Seed	Team	Female player	WTA^1	Male player	ATP^1	Total	Elimination
1	United States	Serena Williams	1	Jack Sock	30	31	Round-robin
2	Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	9	Jiří Veselý	40	49	Round-robin
3	Ukraine	Elina Svitolina	18	Alexandr Dolgopolov	35	53	Runners-up
4	Great Britain	Heather Watson	62	Andy Murray	3	65	Round-robin
5	Australia Green	Daria Gavrilova	35	Nick Kyrgios	34	69	Champions
6	Germany	Sabine Lisicki	30	Alexander Zverev	78	108	Round-robin
7	France	Caroline Garcia	39	Kenny de Schepper	133	172	Round-robin
8	Australia Gold	Jarmila Wolfe	100	Lleyton Hewitt	291	391	Round-robin
^1 – ATP and WTA Rankings as of 5 October 2015 (latest before draw date)

Replacement players

Pre-tournament replacement
Team	Replacement	Original player	Reason
Australia Gold	Jarmila Wolfe	Casey Dellacqua	Concussion[7]
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	Lucie Šafářová	Illness
France	Kenny de Schepper	Gaël Monfils	Leg injury
In-tournament partial replacement
United States	Victoria Duval	Serena Williams	Knee inflammation[8]

Group stage

Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

	Australia Gold	Czech Republic	Ukraine	United States	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Australia Gold		0–3	1–2	3–0	1–2	4–5	10–11	103–104	3
Czech Republic	3–0		1–2	1–2	1–2	5–4	12–10	122–108	2
Ukraine	2–1	2–1		2–1	3–0	6–3	13–7	105–89	1
United States	0–3	2–1	1–2		1–2	3–6	7–14	86–115	4

Australia Gold vs. Czech Republic

Australia 0	Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2016, 17:30 Hard (i)		Czech Republic 3
1 2 3 1 Lleyton Hewitt Jiří Veselý 3 6 7^7 6^1 4 6   2 Jarmila Wolfe Karolína Plíšková 5 7 3 6     3 Jarmila Wolfe / Lleyton Hewitt Karolína Plíšková / Jiří Veselý 2 6 5 7

Ukraine vs. United States

Ukraine 2	Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2016, 10:00 Hard (i)		United States 1
1 2 3 1 Elina Svitolina Victoria Duval 6 4 6 1     2 Alexandr Dolgopolov Jack Sock 6 4 6 2     3 Elina Svitolina / Alexandr Dolgopolov Victoria Duval / Jack Sock 2 6 3 6

Czech Republic vs. Ukraine

Czech Republic 1	Perth Arena, Perth 5 January 2016, 10:00 Hard (i)		Ukraine 2
1 2 3 1 Karolína Plíšková Elina Svitolina 5 7 2 6     2 Jiří Veselý Alexandr Dolgopolov 5 7 6^3 7^7     3 Karolína Plíšková / Jiří Veselý Elina Svitolina / Alexandr Dolgopolov 6 3 6 1

Australia Gold vs. United States

Australia 3	Perth Arena, Perth 5 January 2016, 17:30 Hard (i)		United States 0
1 2 3 1 Jarmila Wolfe Serena Williams 7 5 2 1     retired 2 Lleyton Hewitt Jack Sock 7 5 6 4     3 Jarmila Wolfe / Lleyton Hewitt Victoria Duval / Jack Sock 7^7 6^4 6 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

Ukraine 2	Perth Arena, Perth 7 January 2016, 10:00 Hard (i)		Australia 1
1 2 3 1 Elina Svitolina Jarmila Wolfe 6 3 6 3     2 Alexandr Dolgopolov Lleyton Hewitt 4 6 6 3 6 4   3 Elina Svitolina / Alexandr Dolgopolov Jarmila Wolfe / Lleyton Hewitt 6 3 5 7 [5] [10]

Czech Republic vs. United States

Czech Republic 1	Perth Arena, Perth 7 January 2016, 17:30 Hard (i)		United States 2
1 2 3 1 Jiří Veselý Jack Sock 6 4 2 6 6^3 7^7   2 Karolína Plíšková Victoria Duval 4 6 6 1 6 4   3 Jiří Veselý / Karolína Plíšková Jack Sock / Victoria Duval 6^5 7^7 6 4 [7] [10]

Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

	Australia Green	France	Germany	Great Britain	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Australia Green		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	7–2	15–8	119–101	1
France	1–2		1–2	1–2	0–3	3–6	9–13	95–110	4
Germany	0–3	2–1		0–3	1–2	2–7	6–15	90–115	3
Great Britain	1–2	2–1	3–0		2–1	6–3	14–8	123–111	2

Australia Green vs. Germany

Australia 3	Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2016, 10:00 Hard (i)		Germany 0
1 2 3 1 Daria Gavrilova Sabine Lisicki 6 2 6 2     2 Nick Kyrgios Alexander Zverev 4 6 6 1 6 4   3 Daria Gavrilova / Nick Kyrgios Sabine Lisicki / Alexander Zverev 6 3 4 6 [10] [7]

Great Britain vs. France

Great Britain 2	Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2016, 17:30 Hard (i)		France 1
1 2 3 1 Andy Murray Kenny de Schepper 6 2 6 2     2 Heather Watson Caroline Garcia 3 6 7 5 3 6   3 Heather Watson / Andy Murray Caroline Garcia / Kenny de Schepper 6 2 5 7 [10] [6]

France vs. Germany

France 1	Perth Arena, Perth 6 January 2016, 10:00 Hard (i)		Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Caroline Garcia Sabine Lisicki 6 2 7^7 6^5     2 Kenny de Schepper Alexander Zverev 2 6 2 6     3 Caroline Garcia / Kenny de Schepper Sabine Lisicki / Alexander Zverev 4 6 7^8 6^6 [6] [10]

Australia Green vs. Great Britain

Australia 2	Perth Arena, Perth 6 January 2016, 17:30 Hard (i)		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 1 Nick Kyrgios Andy Murray 6 4 7^7 6^5     2 Daria Gavrilova Heather Watson 7^7 6^2 2 6 5 7   3 Daria Gavrilova  / Nick Kyrgios Heather Watson / Andy Murray 6 2 6^0 7^7 [11] [9]

Great Britain vs. Germany

Great Britain 3	Perth Arena, Perth 8 January 2016, 10:00 Hard (i)		Germany 0
1 2 3 1 Heather Watson Sabine Lisicki 6 3 6 4     2 Andy Murray Alexander Zverev 6 3 6 4     3 Andy Murray / Heather Watson Alexander Zverev / Sabine Lisicki 6 3 6 4

Australia Green vs. France

Australia 2	Perth Arena, Perth 8 January 2016, 17:30 Hard (i)		France 1
1 2 3 1 Nick Kyrgios Kenny de Schepper 6 4 6 4     2 Daria Gavrilova Caroline Garcia 4 6 6^7 7^9     3 Daria Gavrilova / Nick Kyrgios Kenny de Schepper / Caroline Garcia 6 4 2 6 [11] [9]

Final

Ukraine vs. Australia Green

Ukraine 0	Perth Arena, Perth 9 January 2016, 15:30 Hard (i)		Australia 2
1 2 3 1 Elina Svitolina Daria Gavrilova 4 6 6^6 7^8     2 Alexandr Dolgopolov Nick Kyrgios 3 6 4 6     3 Elina Svitolina / Alexandr Dolgopolov Daria Gavrilova / Nick Kyrgios 0 0 0 0

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

2016 Hopman Cup Champions
Australia Second title

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.[9]

References

1. "Hewitt & Murray set for Hopman Cup". Hopman Cup. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
2. "Order of play". Hopman Cup. Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
3. http://hopmancup.com/countries/australia-goldfor health reasons Archived 4 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
4. Chadwick, Justin (17 September 2015). "Hopman Cup part of Hewitt's swansong". The Roar. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
5. "Nick Kyrgios secures victory for Australia Green". BBC Sport. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
6. "Hopman Cup: Kyrgios, Gavrilova win for Australia". The Australian. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
7. Casey Dellacqua withdraws from Hopman Cup, 4 December 2015
8. Vicky Duval fills big shoes, 4 January 2016
9. Knox, David (17 December 2015). "Seven Tennis 2016: summer guide". TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

External links

• Official Site