2014 Hopman Cup | ||||
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Date | 28 December 2013 – 4 January 2014 | |||
Edition | XXVI | |||
Surface | Hard (indoor) | |||
Location | Perth, Western Australia | |||
Venue | Perth Arena | |||
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TheHopman Cup XXVI (also known as theHyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponded to the 26th edition of theHopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 28 December 2013 at thePerth Arena inPerth, Western Australia.[1]
Eight teams competed for the title, with tworound robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group progress to the final.
Spain were the2013 champions. In that tournament's final theSpain team ofAnabel Medina Garrigues andFernando Verdasco defeatedSerbia'sAna Ivanovic andNovak Djokovic 2–1. This was Spain's fourth Hopman Cup title. They returned to defend their title, however, in 2014, Medina Garrigues was paired withDaniel Muñoz de la Nava—a replacement for the injuredTommy Robredo—and the nation failed to defend their title, finishing at the bottom of Group B.
On 17 July, France were the first team to confirm their entry into this year's edition; and were to be originally represented byMarion Bartoli and former Australian Open finalistJo-Wilfried Tsonga;[2] however, with Bartoli retiring in August, it was announced in October that Tsonga will instead pair withAlizé Cornet.[3] After two previous runner-up showings, the nation won its first Hopman Cup title by defeating top seeds Poland in the final by two rubbers to one.[4][5][6]
The 2014 Hyundai Hopman Cup was an invitational tennis tournament and was also known as theOfficial Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2014 cup had prize money of $1 million and followed the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches qualify 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, is played if the match is 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 were used to separate the nations;
The seeds for the 2014 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament directorSteve Ayles,Paul Kilderry,Kim Hames andTerry Waldron.
pre-tournament
Team | Replacement | Original player | Reason |
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![]() | Alizé Cornet | Marion Bartoli | Retirement from tennis |
![]() | Grzegorz Panfil | Jerzy Janowicz | Metatarsus injury[10] |
![]() | Daniel Muñoz de la Nava | Tommy Robredo | Right arm injury[11] |
in-tournament temporary replacements
Team | Replacement | Original player | Reason |
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![]() | ![]() | Andreas Seppi | Illness |
![]() | ![]() | Flavia Pennetta | Wrist injury |
![]() | ![]() | John Isner | Leg injury |
![]() | ![]() ![]() | Sloane Stephens John Isner | Wrist injury Leg injury |
All times are local (UTC+8).
Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets | Games |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 7–2 | 15–7 | 106–79 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 6–3 | 13–8 | 104–77 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2–7 | 5–14 | 51–103 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3–6 | 9–13 | 97–99 |
![]() Poland 3 | Perth Arena, Perth 28 December 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | ![]() Italy 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The mixed doubles match was played with Australian junior Oliver Anderson playing for Seppi.
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![]() Poland 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 29 December 2013, 17:30 Hard (indoors) | ![]() Canada 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Italy 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 31 December 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | ![]() Australia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Italy 0 | Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2014, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | ![]() Canada 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The mixed doubles match was played with Australian Bojana Bobusic playing for Flavia Pennetta.
![]() Poland 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2014, 17:30 Hard (indoors) | ![]() Australia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All times are local (UTC+8).
Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets | Games |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 7–2 | 15–6 | 114–78 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 7–2 | 14–5 | 97–48 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 4–5 | 9–11 | 72–95 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0–9 | 2–18 | 52–119 |
![]() Czech Republic 3 | Perth Arena, Perth 29 December 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | ![]() Spain 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() United States 3 | Perth Arena, Perth 30 December 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | ![]() Spain 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() France 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 30 December 2013, 17:30 Hard (indoors) | ![]() Czech Republic 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() United States 1 | Perth Arena, Perth 1 January 2014, 17:30 Hard (indoors) | ![]() France 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() France 3 | Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2014, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | ![]() Spain 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Czech Republic 3 | Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2014, 17:30 Hard (indoors) | ![]() United States 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Men's Singles match was played with Canadian Milos Raonic playing for John Isner.
The Mixed Doubles match was played with Australian's Bobusic & Anderson playing for Stephens & Isner.
![]() Poland 1 | Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2014, 17:30 Hard (indoors) | ![]() France 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014 Hopman Cup Champions |
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![]() France First title |
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