2012 Hopman Cup

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

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 the 31 December 2011 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Australia.

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]

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;

Entrants

Seeds

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

Other Entrants

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
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
2 January 2012, 09:30
Hard (indoors)

Bulgaria
1
1 2 3
1 Czech Republic
Bulgaria
Petra Kvitová
Tsvetana Pironkova
6
4
6
2
   [10]
2 Czech Republic
Bulgaria
Tomáš Berdych
Grigor Dimitrov
6
4
69
711
6
3
 [10]
3 Czech Republic
Bulgaria
Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych
Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov
6
2
3
6
[9]
[11]
 [10]

USA vs. Denmark


United States
1
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
2 January 2012, 17:00
Hard (indoors)

Denmark
2
1 2 3
1 United States
Denmark
Mardy Fish
Frederik Nielsen
4
6
77
65
6
4
 [10]
2 United States
Denmark
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Caroline Wozniacki
64
77
2
6
   [10]
3 United States
Denmark
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish
Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen
5
7
3
6
   [10]

Denmark vs. Bulgaria


Denmark
1
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
4 January 2012, 09:30
Hard (indoors)

Bulgaria
2
1 2 3
1 Denmark
Bulgaria
Caroline Wozniacki
Tsvetana Pironkova
7
5
4
6
6
2
 [10]
2 Denmark
Bulgaria
Frederik Nielsen
Grigor Dimitrov
65
77
2
6
   [10]
3 Denmark
Bulgaria
Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen
Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov
6
3
4
6
[1]
[10]
 [10]

Czech Republic vs. USA


Czech Republic
3
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
4 January 2012, 17:00
Hard (indoors)

United States
0
1 2 3
1 Czech Republic
United States
Petra Kvitová
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
6
2
6
1
   [10]
2 Czech Republic
United States
Tomáš Berdych
Mardy Fish
6
3
6
3
   [10]
3 Czech Republic
United States
Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish
6
3
7
5
   [10]

Czech Republic vs. Denmark


Czech Republic
2
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
6 January 2012, 13:00
Hard (indoors)

Denmark
0
1 2 3
1 Czech Republic
Denmark
Petra Kvitová
Caroline Wozniacki
77
64
3
6
6
4
 [10]
2 Czech Republic
Denmark
Tomáš Berdych
Frederik Nielsen
6
1
6
3
   [10]
3 Czech Republic
Denmark
Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych
Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen
      not
played

USA vs. Bulgaria


United States
1
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
6 January 2012, 17:00
Hard (indoors)

Bulgaria
2
1 2 3
1 United States
Bulgaria
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Tsvetana Pironkova
6
4
6
4
   [10]
2 United States
Bulgaria
Mardy Fish
Grigor Dimitrov
2
6
1
6
   [10]
3 United States
Bulgaria
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
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
31 December 2011, 09:30
Hard (indoors)

China
1
1 2 3
1 France
China
Marion Bartoli
Li Na
6
2
2
6
4
6
 [10]
2 France
China
Richard Gasquet
Wu Di
6
1
6
3
   [10]
3 France
China
Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet
Li Na / Wu Di
6
1
6
1
   [10]

Australia vs. Spain


Australia
1
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
1 January 2012, 15:00
Hard (indoors)

Spain
2
1 2 3
1 Australia
Spain
Jarmila Gajdošová
Anabel Medina Garrigues
6
3
3
6
6
3
 [10]
2 Australia
Spain
Lleyton Hewitt
Fernando Verdasco
3
6
6
3
5
7
 [10]
3 Australia
Spain
Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco
6
3
3
6
[9]
[11]
 [10]

Spain vs. China


Spain
2
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
3 January 2012, 09:30
Hard (indoors)

China
1
1 2 3
1 Spain
China
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Li Na
3
6
1
6
   [10]
2 Spain
China
Fernando Verdasco
Wu Di
6
3
6
4
   [10]
3 Spain
China
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco
Li Na / Wu Di
6
0
6
2
   [10]

Australia vs. France


Australia
0
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
3 January 2012, 17:00
Hard (indoors)

France
3
1 2 3
1 Australia
France
Jarmila Gajdošová
Marion Bartoli
0
6
0
6
   [10]
2 Australia
France
Lleyton Hewitt
Richard Gasquet
2
6
7
5
1
6
 [10]
3 Australia
France
Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt
Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet
3
6
4
6
   [10]

France vs. Spain


France
2
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
5 January 2012, 13:00
Hard (indoors)

Spain
0
1 2 3
1 France
Spain
Marion Bartoli
Anabel Medina Garrigues
6
2
6
4
   [10]
2 France
Spain
Richard Gasquet
Fernando Verdasco
6
2
6
4
   [10]
3 France
Spain
Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco
      not
played

Australia vs. China


Australia
2
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
5 January 2012, 17:00
Hard (indoors)

China
1
1 2 3
1 Australia
China
Jarmila Gajdošová
Li Na
3
6
2
6
   [10]
2 Australia
China
Lleyton Hewitt
Wu Di
6
4
7
5
   [10]
3 Australia
China
Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt
Li Na / Wu Di
8
5
     [10]

Final

Czech Republic vs. France


Czech Republic
2
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
7 January 2012, 15:00 AWST (UTC+8)
Hard (indoors)

France
0
1 2 3
1 Czech Republic
France
Petra Kvitová
Marion Bartoli
7
5
6
1
   [10]
2 Czech Republic
France
Tomáš Berdych
Richard Gasquet
77
60
6
4
   [10]
3 Czech Republic
France
Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych
Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet
      not
played
2012 Hopman Cup Champions
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Second title

References

  1. 1 2 "About the 2011 Hopman Cup". hopmancup.com.
  2. "History of the Hopman Cup". hopmancup.com.
  3. "Hopman glory for Czechs". Sky Sports. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Hyundai Hopman Cup XXIV Media Guide" (PDF). hopmancup.com. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  5. "Kvitova and Berdych named for Hopman Cup". itftennis.com. 2011-08-05.
  6. "Session 9 France v Spain Wrap - France advance to Final". hopmancup.com. 2012-01-06.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Wozniacki completes Hopman Cup line-up". itftennis.com. 2011-10-12.
  8. "USA name team for Hopman Cup title defence". itftennis.com. 2011-10-10.
  9. 1 2 "Li and Hewitt confirm Hopman Cup attendance". itftennis.com. 2011-08-22.
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