2013 Hopman Cup

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Edition	XXV

The Hopman Cup XXV (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 25th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commences on the 29 December 2012 at the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia.

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

Czech Republic were the 2012 champions. In that tournament's final the Czech Republic team of Petra Kvitová and Tomáš Berdych defeated France's Marion Bartoli and Richard Gasquet 2–0. This was the Czech Republic's second Hopman Cup title.

Hopman Cup XXIV Champions
Czech Republic

Tomáš Berdych

Petra Kvitová

Tournament

The 2013 Hyundai Hopman Cup is an invitational tennis tournament and is also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2013 cup has prize money of $1 million and will follow the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches qualify for the final. All matches are best of three sets with the exception of the doubles match where a match tie break, first to ten points, is played if the match is tied at one set all. All ties are 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

Entrants

Seeds

The seeds for the 2013 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Steve Ayles, Paul Kilderry, Kim Hames and Terry Waldron.

1. Serbia – Ana Ivanović / Novak Djokovic
2. United States – Venus Williams / John Isner
3. Italy – Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi
4. Spain – Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco

5. Germany – Andrea Petkovic / Tommy Haas
6. South Africa – Chanelle Scheepers / Kevin Anderson
7. France – Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
8. Australia – Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic

Group stage

Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets	Games
1	Serbia
2	Italy
3	Germany
4	Australia

Germany vs. Australia

Germany	Perth Arena, Perth 29 December 2012, 17:45 Hard (outdoors)		Australia
1 2 3 1 Andrea Petkovic Ashleigh Barty         2 Tommy Haas Bernard Tomic         3 Andrea Petkovic / Tommy Haas Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic

Serbia vs. Italy

Serbia	Perth Arena, Perth 31 December 2012, 10:00 Hard (outdoors)		Italy
1 2 3 1 Ana Ivanović Francesca Schiavone         2 Novak Djokovic Andreas Seppi         3 Ana Ivanović / Novak Djokovic Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi

Italy vs. Germany

Italy	Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2013, 10:00 Hard (outdoors)		Germany
1 2 3 1 Francesca Schiavone Andrea Petkovic         2 Andreas Seppi Tommy Haas         3 Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi Andrea Petkovic / Tommy Haas

Serbia vs. Australia

Serbia	Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (outdoors)		Australia
1 2 3 1 Ana Ivanović Ashleigh Barty         2 Novak Djokovic Bernard Tomic         3 Ana Ivanović / Novak Djokovic Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic

Italy vs. Australia

Italy	Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (outdoors)		Australia
1 2 3 1 Francesca Schiavone Ashleigh Barty         2 Andreas Seppi Bernard Tomic         3 Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic

Serbia vs. Germany

Serbia	Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (outdoors)		Germany
1 2 3 1 Ana Ivanović Andrea Petkovic         2 Novak Djokovic Tommy Haas         3 Ana Ivanović / Novak Djokovic Andrea Petkovic / Tommy Haas

Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets	Games
1	United States
2	Spain			1-1	2-2	22-19
3	South Africa			1-1	2-2	19-22
4	France

Spain vs. South Africa

Spain 2	Perth Arena, Perth 29 December 2012, 10:00 Hard (outdoors)		South Africa 1
1 2 3 1 Fernando Verdasco Kevin Anderson 65 77 4 6     2 Anabel Medina Garrigues Chanelle Scheepers 6 4 6 2     3 Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco Chanelle Scheepers / Kevin Anderson 6 4 64 77 10 8

USA vs. South Africa

United States	Perth Arena, Perth 30 December 2012, 10:00 Hard (outdoors)		South Africa
1 2 3 1 Venus Williams Chanelle Scheepers         2 John Isner Kevin Anderson         3 Venus Williams / John Isner Chanelle Scheepers / Kevin Anderson

Spain vs. France

Spain	Perth Arena, Perth 30 December 2012, 17:45 Hard (outdoors)		France
1 2 3 1 Anabel Medina Garrigues Mathilde Johansson         2 Fernando Verdasco Jo-Wilfried Tsonga         3 Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

USA vs. France

United States	Perth Arena, Perth 1 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (outdoors)		France
1 2 3 1 Venus Williams Mathilde Johansson         2 John Isner Jo-Wilfried Tsonga         3 Venus Williams / John Isner Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

USA vs. Spain

United States	Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2013, 10:00 Hard (outdoors)		Spain
1 2 3 1 Venus Williams Anabel Medina Garrigues         2 John Isner Fernando Verdasco         3 Venus Williams / John Isner Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco

South Africa vs. France

South Africa	Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2013, 10:00 Hard (outdoors)		France
1 2 3 1 Chanelle Scheepers Mathilde Johansson         2 Kevin Anderson Jo-Wilfried Tsonga         3 Chanelle Scheepers / Kevin Anderson Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Final

Winner Group A vs. Winner Group B

TBD	Perth Arena, Perth 5 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (outdoors)		TBD
1 2 3 1 2 3

External links

• Official Site