2012 Hopman Cup

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Edition	XXIV

The Hopman Cup XXIV (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 24rd edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament will commence on the 30 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. The United States were the 2011 champions. In the 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.

Tournament

The 2012 Hyundai Hopman Cup is an invitational tennis tournament and is also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2012 cup has prize money of A$1 million and follows the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches will qualify for the final. All matches are the best of three sets with the exception of the doubles where a match tie break, first to ten points, will be played if the match is tied at one set all. All ties will be 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
• Head to Head performances
• Toss of a coin

Entrants

Seeds

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

1. Czech Republic – Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych
2. France – Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet

3. Spain – Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco
4. United States – Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish

Other Entrants

• Denmark – Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen
• Australia – Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt

• Bulgaria – Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov
• China – Li Na / Wu Di

Group A

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
	Czech Republic
	United States
	Denmark
	Bulgaria

Czech Republic vs. Bulgaria

Czech Republic TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2012, 9:30 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		Bulgaria TBD
1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Tsvetana Pironkova         2 Tomáš Berdych Grigor Dimitrov         3 Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov

USA vs. Denmark

United States TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2012, 17:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		Denmark TBD
1 2 3 1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Caroline Wozniacki         2 Mardy Fish Frederik Nielsen         3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen

Denmark vs. Bulgaria

Denmark TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 4 January 2012, 9:30 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		Bulgaria TBD
1 2 3 1 Caroline Wozniacki Tsvetana Pironkova         2 Frederik Nielsen Grigor Dimitrov         3 Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov

Czech Republic vs. USA

Czech Republic TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 4 January 2012, 17:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		United States TBD
1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Bethanie Mattek-Sands         2 Tomáš Berdych Mardy Fish         3 Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish

Czech Republic vs. Denmark

Czech Republic TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 6 January 2012, 13:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		Denmark TBD
1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Caroline Wozniacki         2 Tomáš Berdych Frederik Nielsen         3 Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen

USA vs. Bulgaria

United States TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 6 January 2012, 13:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		Bulgaria TBD
1 2 3 1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Tsvetana Pironkova         2 Mardy Fish Grigor Dimitrov         3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov

Group B

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
	France
	Spain
	Australia
	China

France vs. China

France TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 31 December 2011, 9:30 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		China TBD
1 2 3 1 Marion Bartoli Li Na         2 Richard Gasquet Wu Di         3 Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet Li Na / Wu Di

Australia vs. Spain

Australia TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 1 January 2012, 15:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		Spain TBD
1 2 3 1 Jarmila Gajdošová Anabel Medina Garrigues         2 Lleyton Hewitt Fernando Verdasco         3 Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco

Spain vs. China

Spain TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2012, 9:30 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		China TBD
1 2 3 1 Anabel Medina Garrigues Li Na         2 Fernando Verdasco Wu Di         3 Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco Li Na / Wu Di

Australia vs. France

Australia TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2012, 17:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		France TBD
1 2 3 1 Jarmila Gajdošová Marion Bartoli         2 Lleyton Hewitt Richard Gasquet         3 Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet

Australia vs. China

Australia TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 5 January 2012, 13:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		China TBD
1 2 3 1 Jarmila Gajdošová Li Na         2 Lleyton Hewitt Wu Di         3 Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt Li Na / Wu Di

France vs. Spain

France TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 5 January 2012, 13:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		Spain TBD
1 2 3 1 Marion Bartoli Anabel Medina Garrigues         2 Richard Gasquet Fernando Verdasco         3 Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco

Final

TBD vs. TBD

TBD	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 7 January 2012, 15:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard		TBD
1 2 3 1           2           3

External links

• Official Site