2017 Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup XXIX (also known as the 2017 Mastercard Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons^[1]) was the 29th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. It took place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.

2017 Hopman Cup
Date	1–7 January 2017
Edition	XXIX (29th)
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Perth, Western Australia
Venue	Perth Arena
Champions
France

The defending champions were Australia. Roger Federer, 2001 champion, made his first appearance since 2002, alongside his partner Belinda Bencic.^[2]

For this edition, the Fast4 rule was implemented in Mixed Doubles matches. This marked the first time that an official tournament applied this rule since its inception in 2015.^[3]

In the final France defeated the US to win its second title.^[4][5]

Entrants

Seeds

The draw took place on 6 October 2016 and it placed the 8 teams into two groups, according to the following ranking-based seedings:

Seed	Team	Female player	WTA1	Male player	ATP1	Total	Elimination
1	Switzerland	Belinda Bencic	43	Roger Federer	7	50	Round robin
2	Australia	Daria Gavrilova	49	Nick Kyrgios	15	64	Round robin
3	United States	CoCo Vandeweghe	40	Jack Sock	25	65	Runners-up
4	Germany	Andrea Petkovic	44	Alexander Zverev	24	68	Round robin
5	France	Kristina Mladenovic	57	Richard Gasquet	17	74	Champions
6	Spain	Lara Arruabarrena	61	Feliciano López	28	89	Round robin
7	Great Britain	Heather Watson	76	Daniel Evans	56	132	Round robin
8	Czech Republic	Lucie Hradecká	196	Adam Pavlásek	85	281	Round robin
1 – ATP and WTA rankings as of 3 October 2016 (latest before draw date)

Replacement players

Pre-tournament replacement
Team	Replacement	Original player	Reason
Czech Republic	Lucie Hradecká	Petra Kvitová	Foot injury[6]
In-tournament partial replacement
Australia	Matthew Ebden	Nick Kyrgios	Minor knee complaint

Group stage

Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

		France	Germany	Great Britain	Switzerland	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
2	Switzerland	1–2	2–1	3–0		2–1	6–3	14–7	104–78	2
4	France		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	7–2	14–6	88–78	1
5	Germany	1–2		2–1	1–2	1–2	4–5	8–11	81–87	3
7	Great Britain	0–3	1–2		0–3	0–3	1–8	4–16	71–91	4

France vs. Germany

France 2	Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2017, 10:00 Hard (i)		Germany 1
1 2 3 1 Kristina Mladenovic Andrea Petkovic 2 6 1 6     2 Richard Gasquet Alexander Zverev 7 5 6 3     3 Kristina Mladenovic / Richard Gasquet Andrea Petkovic / Alexander Zverev 4 2 4 1

Switzerland vs. Great Britain

Switzerland 3	Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2017, 17:30 Hard (i)		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 1 Roger Federer Daniel Evans 6 3 6 4     2 Belinda Bencic Heather Watson 7 5 3 6 6 2   3 Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer Heather Watson / Daniel Evans 4 0 4 1

France vs. Great Britain

France 3	Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2017, 10:00 Hard (i)		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 1 Kristina Mladenovic Heather Watson 6 4 5 7 6 3   2 Richard Gasquet Daniel Evans 6 4 6 2     3 Kristina Mladenovic / Richard Gasquet Heather Watson / Daniel Evans 45 34 45 32

Switzerland vs. Germany

Switzerland 2	Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2017, 17:30 Hard (i)		Germany 1
1 2 3 1 Roger Federer Alexander Zverev 61 77 77 64 64 77   2 Belinda Bencic Andrea Petkovic 6 3 6 4     3 Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer Andrea Petkovic / Alexander Zverev 4 1 4 2

Germany vs. Great Britain

Germany 2	Perth Arena, Perth 6 January 2017, 10:00 Hard (i)		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 1 Andrea Petkovic Heather Watson 2 6 63 77     2 Alexander Zverev Daniel Evans 6 4 6 3     3 Andrea Petkovic / Alexander Zverev Heather Watson / Daniel Evans 4 2 4 2

Switzerland vs. France

Switzerland 1	Perth Arena, Perth 6 January 2017, 17:30 Hard (i)		France 2
1 2 3 1 Roger Federer Richard Gasquet 6 1 6 4     2 Belinda Bencic Kristina Mladenovic 4 6 6 2 3 6   3 Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer Kristina Mladenovic / Richard Gasquet 2 4 2 4

Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

		Australia	Czech Republic	Spain	United States	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
1	Australia		1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	3–6	8–13	79–98	4
3	United States	2–1	3–0	3–0		3–0	8–1	17–6	110–77	1
6	Spain	2–1	2–1		0–3	2–1	4–5	10–10	82–83	2
8	Czech Republic	2–1		1–2	0–3	1–2	3–6	8–14	88–101	3

Czech Republic vs. United States

Czech Republic 0	Perth Arena, Perth 1 January 2017, 10:00 Hard (i)		United States 3
1 2 3 1 Lucie Hradecká CoCo Vandeweghe 4 6 2 6     2 Adam Pavlásek Jack Sock 5 7 6 3 3 6   3 Lucie Hradecká / Adam Pavlásek CoCo Vandeweghe / Jack Sock 4 2 2 4 1 4

Australia vs. Spain

Australia 1	Perth Arena, Perth 1 January 2017, 17:30 Hard (i)		Spain 2
1 2 3 1 Nick Kyrgios Feliciano López 6 3 6 4     2 Daria Gavrilova Lara Arruabarrena 5 7 1 6     3 Daria Gavrilova / Nick Kyrgios Lara Arruabarrena / Feliciano López 0 4 2 4

United States vs. Spain

United States 3	Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2017, 10:00 Hard (i)		Spain 0
1 2 3 1 CoCo Vandeweghe Lara Arruabarrena 6 2 6 4     2 Jack Sock Feliciano López 3 6 6 2 6 3   3 CoCo Vandeweghe / Jack Sock Lara Arruabarrena / Feliciano López 45 33 32 45 45 32

Australia vs. Czech Republic

Australia 1	Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2017, 17:30 Hard (i)		Czech Republic 2
1 2 3 1 Nick Kyrgios Adam Pavlásek 7 5 6 4     2 Daria Gavrilova Lucie Hradecká 6 4 4 6 4 6   3 Daria Gavrilova / Nick Kyrgios Lucie Hradecká / Adam Pavlásek 45 31 31 45 2 4

Czech Republic vs. Spain

Czech Republic 1	Perth Arena, Perth 5 January 2017, 10:00 Hard (i)		Spain 2
1 2 3 1 Lucie Hradecká Lara Arruabarrena 6 2 6 4     2 Adam Pavlásek Feliciano López 65 77 4 6     3 Lucie Hradecká / Adam Pavlásek Lara Arruabarrena / Feliciano López 2 4 1 4

Australia vs. United States

Australia 1	Perth Arena, Perth 5 January 2017, 17:30 Hard (i)		United States 2
1 2 3 1 Nick Kyrgios Jack Sock 2 6 2 6     2 Daria Gavrilova CoCo Vandeweghe 6 3 4 6 7 5   3 Daria Gavrilova / Matthew Ebden CoCo Vandeweghe / Jack Sock 1 4 1 4

Final

France vs. United States

France 2	Perth Arena, Perth 7 January 2017, 16:00 Hard (i)		United States 1
1 2 3 1 Richard Gasquet Jack Sock 6 3 5 7 78 66   2 Kristina Mladenovic CoCo Vandeweghe 4 6 5 7     3 Kristina Mladenovic / Richard Gasquet CoCo Vandeweghe / Jack Sock 4 1 45 30

2017 Hopman Cup Champions
France Second title

See also

• 2017 Australian Open Series