2013 Hopman Cup

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 commenced on 29 December 2012 at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.[1]

2013 Hopman Cup
Date31 December 2012 – 6 January 2013
EditionXXV
SurfaceHard indoor
LocationPerth, Western Australia
VenuePerth Arena
Champions
 Spain

Eight teams competed 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. They decided not to defend their title; Berdych instead competed at the 2013 Aircel Chennai Open and Kvitová decided to participate at the 2013 Brisbane International.

The 2013 Hopman Cup was won by Spain - Spain's fourth title, defeating Serbia in the final 2–1.[2] Serbia won the men's singles, followed by Spain's winning of the women's singles; then the deciding mixed doubles event was won by Spain in straight sets.[3]

Hopman Cup XXV Champions
Spain
Fernando Verdasco
Anabel Medina Garrigues

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[4]

Entrants

Seeds

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

Seed Team Female player Male player
1  Serbia Ana Ivanovic[5] Novak Djokovic
2  United States Venus Williams John Isner[6]
3  Italy Francesca Schiavone Andreas Seppi
4  Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Fernando Verdasco
5  Germany Andrea Petkovic
Tatjana Malek		 Tommy Haas
6  South Africa Chanelle Scheepers Kevin Anderson
7  France Mathilde Johansson Jo-Wilfried Tsonga[7]
8  Australia Ashleigh Barty Bernard Tomic

Replacement Players

pre-tournament

TeamReplacementOriginal player
 Australia Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua

in-tournament temporary replacements

TeamReplacementOriginal player
 Germany Tatjana Malek Andrea Petkovic
 Germany Thanasi Kokkinakis Tommy Haas
 United States Thanasi Kokkinakis John Isner

Group stage

Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

[8]

Pos. Country W L Matches Sets Games
1  Serbia 3 0 7–2 14–5 103–55
2  Australia 2 1 6–3 14–8 104–64
3  Italy 1 2 4–5 8–12 84–104
4  Germany 0 3 1–8 5–16 49–117

Germany vs. Australia

Germany
0		 Perth Arena, Perth
29 December 2012, 17:45
Hard (indoors)
Australia
3
1 2 3
1
Tommy Haas
Bernard Tomic		 66
78		 6
3		 5
7 		 
2
Andrea Petkovic
Ashleigh Barty		 6
4		     retired
 
3
Andrea Petkovic / Tommy Haas
Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic		        
w/o

Scores stand as 6–0, 6–0 win for Barty and 6–0, 6–0 win for Barty/Tomic.

Serbia vs. Italy

Serbia
2		 Perth Arena, Perth
31 December 2012, 10:00
Hard (indoors)
Italy
1
1 2 3
1
Ana Ivanovic
Francesca Schiavone		 6
0		 6
4		    
2
Novak Djokovic
Andreas Seppi		 6
3		 6
4		    
3
Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovic
Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi		 64
77		 4
6 		   

Italy vs. Germany

Italy
2		 Perth Arena, Perth
2 January 2013, 10:00
Hard (indoors)
Germany
1
1 2 3
1
Andreas Seppi
Tommy Haas		 63
77		 67
79		    
2
Francesca Schiavone
Tatjana Malek		 3
6 		6
3		 6
3		  
3
Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi
Tatjana Malek / Tommy Haas		 6
4		 7
5		    

Serbia vs. Australia

Serbia
2		 Perth Arena, Perth
2 January 2013, 17:45
Hard (indoors)
Australia
1
1 2 3
1
Novak Djokovic
Bernard Tomic		 4
6 		4
6 		   
2
Ana Ivanovic
Ashleigh Barty		 6
2		 6
3		    
3
Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovic
Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic		 6
4		 68
710		 [10]
[6]		  

Italy vs. Australia

Italy
1		 Perth Arena, Perth
3 January 2013, 17:45
Hard (indoors)
Australia
2
1 2 3
1
Andreas Seppi
Bernard Tomic		 3
6 		5
7 		   
2
Francesca Schiavone
Ashleigh Barty		 0
6 		3
6 		   
3
Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi
Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic		 2
6 		6
4		 [10]
[3]		  

Serbia vs. Germany

Serbia
3		 Perth Arena, Perth
4 January 2013, 17:45
Hard (indoors)
Germany
0
1 2 3
1
Novak Djokovic
Tommy Haas		 6
2		 6
0		    
2
Ana Ivanovic
Tatjana Malek		 6
0		 6
1		    
3
Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovic
Tatjana Malek / Thanasi Kokkinakis		 6
2		 7
5		    

Score stands as 6–0, 6–0 win for Ivanovic/Djokovic due to Haas' withdrawal before the mixed match.

Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

[8]

Pos. Country W L Matches Sets Games
1  Spain 3 0 7–2 14–5 103–54
2  United States 2 1 4–5 8–13 74–102
3  South Africa 1 2 4–5 10–11 100–103
4  France 0 3 3–6 9–12 88–106

Spain vs. South Africa

Spain
2		 Perth Arena, Perth
29 December 2012, 10:00
Hard (indoors)
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
2		 Perth Arena, Perth
30 December 2012, 10:00
Hard (indoors)
South Africa
1
1 2 3
1
Venus Williams
Chanelle Scheepers		 4
6 		6
2		 6
3		  
2
John Isner
Kevin Anderson		 60
77		 65
77		    
3
Venus Williams / John Isner
Chanelle Scheepers / Kevin Anderson		 6
3		 6
2		    

Spain vs. France

Spain
2		 Perth Arena, Perth
30 December 2012, 17:45
Hard (indoors)
France
1
1 2 3
1
Fernando Verdasco
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		 5
7 		3
6 		   
2
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Mathilde Johansson		 6
3		 6
2		    
3
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco
Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		 6
3		 6
3		    

USA vs. France

United States
2		 Perth Arena, Perth
1 January 2013, 17:45
Hard (indoors)
France
1
1 2 3
1
John Isner
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		 3
6 		2
6 		   
2
Venus Williams
Mathilde Johansson		 3
6 		7
5		 6
4		  
3
Venus Williams / John Isner
Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		 65
77		 6
2		 [10]
[8]		  

USA vs. Spain

United States
1		 Perth Arena, Perth
3 January 2013, 10:00
Hard (indoors)
Spain
2
1 2 3
1
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Fernando Verdasco		 64
77		 3
6 		   
2
Venus Williams
Anabel Medina Garrigues		 6
3		 6
4		    
3
Venus Williams / Thanasi Kokkinakis
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco		 1
6 		3
6 		   

Scores stand as 3–0 win for Spain; 6–0, 6–0 win for Verdasco; 6–0, 6–0 win for Medina Garrigues and 6–0, 6–0 win for Verdasco/Medina Garrigues due to John Isner withdrawal before start of USA vs. Spain match.

South Africa vs. France

South Africa
2		 Perth Arena, Perth
4 January 2013, 10:00
Hard (indoors)
France
1
1 2 3
1
Chanelle Scheepers
Mathilde Johansson		 4
6 		6
4		 6
4		  
2
Kevin Anderson
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		 63
77		 64
77		    
3
Chanelle Scheepers / Kevin Anderson
Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		 6
3		      
retired

Score stands as 6–0, 6–0 win for Scheepers/Anderson.

Final

Serbia vs. Spain

Serbia
1		 Perth Arena, Perth
5 January 2013, 17:45
Hard (indoors)
Spain
2
1 2 3
1
Novak Djokovic
Fernando Verdasco		 6
3		 7
5		    
2
Ana Ivanovic
Anabel Medina Garrigues		 4
6 		77
63		 2
6 		 
3
Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovic
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco		 4
6 		5
7 		   
2013 Hopman Cup Champions

Spain
Fourth title

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