2013 Hopman Cup


The Hopman Cup XXV 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.
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.
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.

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;

Seeds

The seeds for the 2013 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Steve Ayles, Paul Kilderry, Kim Hames and Terry Waldron.
SeedTeamFemale playerMale player
1Ana IvanovicNovak Djokovic
2Venus WilliamsJohn Isner
3Francesca SchiavoneAndreas Seppi
4Anabel Medina GarriguesFernando Verdasco
5Andrea Petkovic
Tatjana Malek
Tommy Haas
6Chanelle ScheepersKevin Anderson
7Mathilde JohanssonJo-Wilfried Tsonga
8Ashleigh BartyBernard Tomic

Replacement Players

pre-tournament
TeamReplacementOriginal player
Ashleigh BartyCasey Dellacqua

in-tournament temporary replacements
TeamReplacementOriginal player
Tatjana MalekAndrea Petkovic
Thanasi KokkinakisTommy Haas
Thanasi KokkinakisJohn Isner

Group stage

Group A

All times are local.

Standings

Pos.CountryWLMatchesSetsGames
1307–214–5103–55
2216–314–8104–64
3124–58–1284–104
4031–85–1649–117

Germany vs. Australia

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

Serbia vs. Italy

Italy vs. Germany

Serbia vs. Australia

Italy vs. Australia

Serbia vs. Germany

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.

Standings

Pos.CountryWLMatchesSetsGames
1307–214–5103–54
2214–58–1374–102
3124–510–11100–103
4033–69–1288–106

Spain vs. South Africa

USA vs. South Africa

Spain vs. France

USA vs. France

USA vs. Spain

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

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

Final

Serbia vs. Spain