Hopman Cup

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Hopman Cup
image
Hopman Cup logo for 2023
SportTennis
Founded1989 (1989)
No. of teams8 (1989, 1996–2019)
12 (1990–1995)
6 (2023, 2025)
CompetitorsITF member nations
CountryAustralia (1989–2019)
France (2023)
Italy (2025)
VenuesBurswood Dome (1989–2012)
Perth Arena (2013–2019)
Nice Lawn Tennis Club (2023)
Fiera del Levante (2025)
Most recent
champion
image Canada (1st title)
(2025)
Most titlesimage United States (6 titles)
Official websitehopmancup.com

The Hopman Cup is an international tennis tournament that plays mixed teams (one male and one female) on a country-by-country basis. It was first held in Perth, Western Australia each year from 1989 to 2019, played on indoor hardcourt, before being replaced on the calendar in 2020 by the now defunct ATP Cup, which was in turn replaced by the United Cup. The tournament was played in an eight-team format, with the exception for the years 1990-1995, with twelve teams competing. It returned in July 2023 in Nice, France and was played on outdoor clay, with six teams invited to participate. This continued in 2025, with the tournament being held in Bari, Italy on hard courts.

History

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The Hopman Cup was created in 1989. The championship is named in honour of Harry Hopman (1906–1985), an Australian tennis player and coach who guided the country to 15 Davis Cup titles between 1938 and 1969. From the time the Hopman Cup was founded in 1989, it was attended each year by Hopman's widow, his second wife Lucy, who travelled to the tournament from her home in the United States until she died in 2018.

The 2005/06 Hopman Cup was the first elite-level tennis tournament in which the system was introduced allowing players to challenge point-ending line calls similar to that in clay court tournaments. The challenged calls are immediately reviewed on a large monitor using Hawk-Eye technology. Up to and including 2012, the venue was the Burswood Dome at the Burswood Entertainment Complex. The 20th Hopman Cup, in 2008, was intended to be the last held at the Burswood Dome, however this was extended until 2012 when the new Perth Arena was due for completion. From 2013 to 2019, it was played at the Perth Arena.

From 2014 to 2019, the Hopman Cup tournament director was Paul Kilderry after the resignation of Steve Ayles. Previously, the former Australian tennis player Paul McNamee, who played a key role in the founding of the championships, was the tournament director.

In 2019 for the 31st edition of the tournament, a record crowd of 14,064 witnessed the 2019 Hopman Cup match between United States and Switzerland. Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic won, with Federer becoming the first player to win the tournament three times. He and Belinda Bencic became the first pairing to successfully defend the title, having won it the previous year.

The Hopman Cup was not held in 2020 (it was replaced in the tennis calendar until 2022 by the now defunct ATP Cup). ITF president David Haggerty later announced the tournament would return in 2021. After the tournament was unable to be held in 2021, he announced it would return in 2022 instead. In December 2021, it was announced that the tournament would return in Nice in 2023. The 2023 and 2024 editions would contract to six teams before expanding back to the original eight-team format in 2025. However, there was no competition in 2024, and the 2025 edition still featured only six teams.

In March 2024, it was decided that the Hopman Cup would not be held that year due to the 2024 Summer Olympics and would return in 2025, this time at Bari, Puglia, Italy, from July 16 to 20.

Format

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Unlike other major international team tennis tournaments such as the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup, which are for men or women only, the Hopman Cup is a mixed competition in which male and female players are on combined teams and represent their countries. Players are invited to attend and national coaches are not involved in selecting teams.

The tournament is a sanctioned official event in the calendar of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) but, while individual player results are tallied, they are not regarded as official ATP matches or included in the calculation of ATP or WTA rankings.

Originally, eight nations were selected annually to compete in the Hopman Cup. The "last" team may be decided by play-offs between several nations before competition begins. For the 2007 Hopman Cup however, this did not occur, due to the Asian Qualifying Tournament creating the eighth team. Since 2023, only six teams are competing.

Each team consists of one male player and one female player. Each match-up between two teams at the event consists of:

  • one women's singles match
  • one men's singles match
  • one mixed doubles match

The competing teams are separated into two groups (with two teams being seeded) and face-off against each of the other teams in their group in a round-robin format. The seedings ensure that each group has approximately similar strength. The top team in each group then meet in a final to decide the champions.

If a player is injured then a player of a lower ranking of that nation may be the substitute.

The winning team receives a silver cup perpetual trophy and through 2013 the winning team members were presented with distinctive individual trophies in the shape of a tennis ball.

Telecasts

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The Hopman Cup was originally broadcast by the Seven Network until 1994, then by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1995–2010). From 2011, a five-year deal to broadcast the competition was signed by Network Ten, a deal that ended abruptly in November 2013. The Seven Network's 7mate channel subsequently picked up the telecasting rights. The Nine Network broadcast the tournament in 2019. In 2025, the official broadcaster was SuperTennis TV.

Records and statistics

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Finals by year

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Year Winners Score Runners-up Female champion Male champion Female finalist Male finalist
1989 image Czechoslovakia 2–0 image Australia Helena Suková Miloslav Mečíř Hana Mandlíková Pat Cash
1990 image Spain 2–1 image United States Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Emilio Sánchez Pam Shriver John McEnroe
1991 image Yugoslavia 3–0 image United States Monica Seles Goran Prpić Zina Garrison David Wheaton
1992 image  Switzerland 2–1 image Czechoslovakia Manuela Maleeva Jakob Hlasek Helena Suková Karel Nováček
1993 image Germany 2–0 image Spain Steffi Graf Michael Stich Arantxa Sánchez Emilio Sánchez
1994 image Czech Republic 2–1 image Germany Jana Novotná Petr Korda Anke Huber Bernd Karbacher
1995 image Germany (2) 2–0 image Ukraine Anke Huber Boris Becker Natalia Medvedeva Andrei Medvedev
1996 image Croatia 2–1 image  Switzerland Iva Majoli Goran Ivanišević Martina Hingis Marc Rosset
1997 image United States 2–1 image South Africa Chanda Rubin Justin Gimelstob Amanda Coetzer Wayne Ferreira
1998 image Slovakia 2–1 image France Karina Habšudová Karol Kučera Mary Pierce Cédric Pioline
1999 image Australia 2–1 image Sweden Jelena Dokić Mark Philippoussis Åsa Carlsson Jonas Björkman
2000 image South Africa 3–0 image Thailand Amanda Coetzer Wayne Ferreira Tamarine Tanasugarn Paradorn Srichaphan
2001 image  Switzerland (2) 2–1 image United States Martina Hingis Roger Federer Monica Seles Jan-Michael Gambill
2002 image Spain (2) 2–1 image United States Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Tommy Robredo Monica Seles (2) Jan-Michael Gambill (2)
2003 image United States (2) 3–0 image Australia Serena Williams James Blake Alicia Molik Lleyton Hewitt
2004 image United States (3) 2–1 image Slovakia Lindsay Davenport James Blake (2) Daniela Hantuchová Karol Kučera
2005 image Slovakia (2) 3–0 image Argentina Daniela Hantuchová Dominik Hrbatý Gisela Dulko Guillermo Coria
2006 image United States (4) 2–1 image Netherlands Lisa Raymond Taylor Dent Michaëlla Krajicek Peter Wessels
2007 image Russia 2–0 image Spain Nadia Petrova Dmitry Tursunov Anabel Medina Garrigues Tommy Robredo
2008 image United States (5) 2–1 image Serbia Serena Williams (2) Mardy Fish Jelena Janković Novak Djokovic
2009 image Slovakia (3) 2–0 image Russia Dominika Cibulková Dominik Hrbatý (2) Dinara Safina Marat Safin
2010 image Spain (3) 2–1 image Great Britain María JM Sánchez Tommy Robredo (2) Laura Robson Andy Murray
2011 image United States (6) 2–1 image Belgium Bethanie Mattek-Sands John Isner Justine Henin Ruben Bemelmans
2012 image Czech Republic (2) 2–0 image France Petra Kvitová Tomáš Berdych Marion Bartoli Richard Gasquet
2013 image Spain (4) 2–1 image Serbia Anabel Medina Garrigues Fernando Verdasco Ana Ivanovic Novak Djokovic (2)
2014 image France 2–1 image Poland Alizé Cornet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Agnieszka Radwańska Grzegorz Panfil
2015 image Poland 2–1 image United States Agnieszka Radwańska Jerzy Janowicz Serena Williams John Isner
2016 image Australia (2) 2–0 image Ukraine Daria Gavrilova Nick Kyrgios Elina Svitolina Alexandr Dolgopolov
2017 image France (2) 2–1 image United States Kristina Mladenovic Richard Gasquet CoCo Vandeweghe Jack Sock
2018 image  Switzerland (3) 2–1 image Germany Belinda Bencic Roger Federer (2) Angelique Kerber Alexander Zverev
2019 image  Switzerland (4) 2–1 image Germany Belinda Bencic (2) Roger Federer (3) Angelique Kerber (2) Alexander Zverev (2)
2020–22 No competition
2023 image Croatia (2) 2–0 image  Switzerland Donna Vekić Borna Ćorić Céline Naef Leandro Riedi
2024 No competition
2025 image Canada 2–1 image Italy Bianca Andreescu Félix Auger-Aliassime Lucia Bronzetti Flavio Cobolli

Performance by team

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Country Years won Runners-up
image United States 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 (6) 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2015, 2017 (6)
image Spain 1990, 2002, 2010, 2013 (4) 1993, 2007 (2)
image  Switzerland 1992, 2001, 2018, 2019 (4) 1996, 2023 (2)
image Slovakia 1998, 2005, 2009 (3) 2004 (1)
image Czech Republic
image Czechoslovakia
1989, 1994, 2012 (3) 1992 (1)
image Germany 1993, 1995 (2) 1994, 2018, 2019 (3)
image Australia 1999, 2016 (2) 1989, 2003 (2)
image France 2014, 2017 (2) 1998, 2012 (2)
image Croatia 1996, 2023 (2)
image South Africa 2000 (1) 1997 (1)
image Russia 2007 (1) 2009 (1)
image Poland 2015 (1) 2014 (1)
image Yugoslavia 1991 (1)
image Canada 2025 (1)
image Serbia 2008, 2013 (2)
image Ukraine 1995, 2016 (2)
image Sweden 1999 (1)
image Thailand 2000 (1)
image Argentina 2005 (1)
image Netherlands 2006 (1)
image Great Britain 2010 (1)
image Belgium 2011 (1)
image Italy 2025 (1)
  • Consecutive titles
    • All-time: 2, United States, 2003–2004; Switzerland, 2018−2019
  • Consecutive finals appearances
    • All-time: 4, United States, 2001–2004

Participation details

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Nation 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2023 2025 Total
image Argentina 1R RR F RR RR 5
image Australia F SF QF 1R QF SF QF RR RR RR W RR RR RR F RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR 31
W
image Austria QF 1R SF QF RR 5
image Belgium RR RR RR RR RR F RR RR 8
image Bulgaria RR - 1
image Canada LQ RR RR RR W 5
image China LQ RR 2
image CIS QF Defunct 1
image Chinese Taipei RR RR 2
image Croatia Competed as image W RR RR W RR 5
image Czech Republic Competed as image SF W SF RR RR RR RR W RR RR RR RR 12
image Czechoslovakia W SF QF F Defunct 4
image Denmark RR RR 2
image France RR QF SF QF SF QF SF RR RR F RR RR RR RR RR RR RR F RR W RR RR W RR RR RR 26
image Germany SF 1R SF W F W RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR F F 18
image Great Britain 1R 1R 1R F RR RR RR RR RR 9
image Greece LQ RR RR 3
image Hungary RR 1
image India RR RR 2
image Israel 1R 1
image Italy QF 1R RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR F 11
image Japan 1R 1R 1R LQ LQ RR 6
image Kazakhstan Competed as image RR RR 2
image Netherlands 1R 1R QF 1R 1R RR RR F 8
image New Zealand 1R 1
image Paraguay LQ 1
image Poland F W 2
image Romania RR LQ RR 3
image Russia Competed as image RR RR RR RR W F RR RR 8
image Serbia Competed as image F RR F 3
image Serbia and Montenegro Competed as image RR Defunct 1
image Slovakia Competed as image W RR RR RR RR F W W 8
image South Africa 1R 1R 1R RR F RR RR W RR RR 10
image Soviet Union QF QF Defunct 2
image Spain W QF SF F QF QF RR RR W RR F W RR W RR RR RR RR RR 19
image Sweden SF 1R 1R 1R 1R RR F RR RR 9
image  Switzerland SF W QF QF F RR RR W RR RR W W F 13
image Thailand F RR 2
image Ukraine Competed as image QF 1R F F 4
image United States F F QF QF QF QF RR W RR RR RR F F W W RR W RR W RR RR W RR RR RR F RR F RR RR 30
image Uzbekistan Competed as image RR 1
image Yugoslavia 1R 1R W Defunct 3
image Zimbabwe LQ LQ 2
Total 8 12 12 12 12 12 12 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6

Statistics by team

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After 2019 edition Note 1: Teams with index 2 include results only of lower placed team of every appearance in the tournament in instances where two teams from the same country entered the tournament, while team with no index includes results of higher placed team only.
Note 2: Considering there is an extremely high frequency of retirements due to various reasons w.o. wins/defeats are counted in all statistics.
Note 3: "Y Ent" statistic is not complete. Information about Asian Hopman Cup, a qualifying tournament that ran from 2006 until 2009 and granted the winners entry into the Hopman Cup the following year, is missing.

Italic non-existing teams (3)
most (best or worst) in category & best and worst %
in last 2 columns highlighted are best and worst +/- ratio
Hopman Cup team
(41 teams + 3 dissolved)
TOP 4 Y Ent
Y Pld
RoW
W% T Pld
W L Q PO
W-L
AHC
All SF W-L T
image Argentina 1 0 5 5 3 0.29 14 4 10 0–0
image Australia 12 3 31 31 4 0.46 91 42 49 0–0
image Australia 2 0 0 1 1 0.33 3 1 2 0–0
image Austria 2 1 1 1 5 0.55 11 6 5 0–0
image Belgium 3 0 7 7 2 0.52 21 11 10 1–0
image Bulgaria 1 0 1 1 2 0.67 3 2 1 0–0
image Canada 2 0 4 3+1 2 0.40 10 4 6 0–1
image China 0 0 2 1 0 0.00 3 0 3 0–1 0
image Chinese Taipei 0 0 2 2 1 (3) 0.17 6 1 5 0–0 2
image Croatia 2 0 3 3 4 0.60 10 6 4 0–0
image Czech Republic 7 3 12 12 6 0.54 65 19 16 0–0
image Czechoslovakia 3 3 4 4 4 0.73 11 8 3 0–0
image Denmark 0 0 1 1 1 0.33 3 1 2 0–0
image France 11 3 24 24 5 0.52 64 33 31 1–0
image Germany 10 6 18 18 6 0.49 53 26 27 0–0
image Great Britain 3 0 9 9 3 0.41 22 9 13 0–0
image Greece 1 0 2 1 2 0.66 3 2 1 0–1
image Hungary 0 0 1 1 1 0.33 3 1 2 1–0
image India 2 0 2 2 2 (5) 0.50 6 3 3 0–0 1
image Israel 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 1 0 1 0–0
image Italy 2 0 10 10 3 0.33 27 9 18 1–0
image Japan 0 0 6 4+1 1 0.14 7 1 6 0–2 0
image Kazakhstan 1 0 2 2 2 (3) 0.33 6 2 4 0–0 1
image Netherlands 1 0 8 8 4 0.31 16 5 11 2–0
image New Zealand 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 1 0 1 0–0
image Paraguay 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0–1
image Philippines 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0–0 0
image Poland 2 0 2 2 3 0.75 8 6 2 0–0
image Romania 0 0 3 2 1 0.33 6 2 4 0–1
image Russia 3 0 8 8 6 0.42 26 11 15 0–0
image Serbia 4 0 4 4 5 0.71 14 10 4 0–0
image Slovakia 4 0 8 8 7 0.56 27 15 12 1–0
image South Africa 5 0 10 10 4 0.58 26 15 11 0–0
image South Korea 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0–0 0
image Soviet Union & image CIS 0 0 3 3 1 0.25 4 1 3 0–0
image Spain 9 3 17 17 6 0.60 47 28 19 0–0
image Sweden 3 1 9 9 3 0.37 19 7 12 0–0
image  Switzerland 8 3 12 12 6 0.70 37 26 11 0–0
image Thailand 1 0 4 4 3 0.43 7 3 4 1–0 0
image Ukraine 2 1 4 4 3 0.64 11 7 4 0–0
image United States 18 2 30 30 9 0.57 92 52 40 0–0
image Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1 1 0.00 3 0 3 1–0 0
image Yugoslavia, SFR 1 1 3 3 4 0.67 6 4 2 0–0
image Zimbabwe 0 0 2 0+1 0 0.00 1 0 1 0–2
Notes
  1. Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union/CIS, Yugoslavia SFR.
  2. Since 1996 competition has group stage (2 groups) format where 1st team from each group advances to finals.
    Column "All" contains placements in top 2 of each group (meaning top 4; reason below) since 1996 + semi-final appearances before that period; between 1989 and 1995 competition had knockout tournament format, and column "SF" contains semi-final appearances from that period only.
    On multiple occasions 2nd placed team in the group replaced that group's 1st placed team in the finals due to latter's retirement.
  3. Years Entered is a number of times a team has entered qualifications (qualifying tournament) for the tournament, play-off tie or played in the actual tournament; in other words participated in any way in the tournament.
    Y Ent >= Y Pld.
  4. Years played is a number of times a team has played in the actual tournament. Sometimes, despite the fact they lost in the play-off tie, a team would play in the official tournament as a replacement due to retirement of other team. Those instances are noted after plus sign as "partial participations" since those teams were (in all cases) unable to qualify for the finals.
    Y Pld <= Y Ent.
  5. RoW / Hopman Cup RoW includes qualification play-off ties. RoW including qualifying tournament ties if better than HC RoW is indicated in () parentheses alongside the HC RoW.
  6. Does not include qualification play-off ties nor qualifying tournament ties.
  7. Asian Hopman Cup was a qualifying tournament that ran from 2006 until 2009 and granted the winners entry into the Hopman Cup the following year.
  8. Does not include Czechoslovakia results (see Czechoslovakia note).
  9. Out of 5 players that played for Czechoslovakia at Hopman Cup 4 were Czech. The team that won Czechoslovakia's only title included Slovak player.
  10. Does not include Soviet Union and CIS results (see Soviet Union & CIS note).
  11. Includes Serbia and Montenegro results (1 appearance) because only players from Serbia represented the team.
  12. Out of 3 players that played for Soviet Union and CIS at Hopman Cup 2 were Russian.
  13. Players from Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia represented SFR Yugoslavia at Hopman Cup.

Asian Hopman Cup

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