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Spain At The Hopman Cup
Spain is a nation that has competed at the Hopman Cup tournament on fourteen occasions, their first appearance coming at the 2nd annual staging of the event in 1990. They have won the tournament four times: in 1990, 2002, 2010 and 2013. They were also the runners-up on two occasions: in 1993 and 2007. Players This is a list of players who have played for Spain in the Hopman Cup. Results 1 Having already won the two singles rubbers and thus the title, Germany conceded the mixed doubles dead rubber against Spain in the 1993 final. This gave the Germans a 2–1 victory overall. 2 In 1999, Spain did not compete in their final tie against South Africa. They were instead replaced by Zimbabwe. 3 In 2002, Spain's final round robin tie against Australia was cancelled, with Australia giving Spain a 3–0 walkover. This was due to Australian opponent, Lleyton Hewitt, being diagnosed with chicken pox and being unable to compete. The women's singles match was, however, played as an exhibi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Hopman Cup
The 1990 Hopman Cup was the second edition of the Hopman Cup, an international mixed teams tournament played at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia. The event was held from 26 December 1989 through 1 January 1990. Twelve teams competed in the tournament with the top four seeded teams ( United States, Spain, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union) each receiving a bye into the quarter-finals. The remaining eight teams played in the first round. In the final which was played on 1 January, Spanish pair, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Emilio Sánchez defeated the American pair, Pam Shriver and John McEnroe 2–1 to record Spain's first victory at the Hopman Cup. Teams Seeds # – Pam Shriver and John McEnroe ''(Final)'' # – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Emilio Sánchez ''(Champions) # – Helena Suková and Petr Korda ''(Semifinals)'' # – Natalia Zvereva and Andrei Chesnokov ''(Quarterfinals)'' # – Hana Mandlíková and Mark Woodfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Hopman Cup
The 2003 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the Hopman Cup tennis sporting event, held on 28 December 2002 through 4 January 2003 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia. The champions are Serena Williams and James Blake of the United States, who defeated Alicia Molik and Lleyton Hewitt of Australia in the final. Play-off Uzbekistan vs. Paraguay Champion's Group Teams and standings * – Kim Clijsters and Xavier Malisse (Round robin win–loss: 2–1; match win–loss: 6–3) * – Virginia Ruano Pascual and Tommy Robredo (Round robin win–loss 1–2; match win–loss: 3–6) * – Rossana de los Ríos and Ramón Delgado (Round robin win–loss: 0–1; match win–loss: 1–2) * – Serena Williams and James Blake (Round robin win–loss: 3–0; match win–loss: 8–1) * – Iroda Tulyaganova and Oleg Ogorodov (Round robin win–loss: 1–3; match win–loss: 3–9) Belgium vs. Spai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicken Pox
Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a highly contagious disease caused by the initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). The disease results in a characteristic skin rash that forms small, itchy blisters, which eventually scab over. It usually starts on the chest, back, and face. It then spreads to the rest of the body. The rash and other symptoms, such as fever, tiredness, and headaches, usually last five to seven days. Complications may occasionally include pneumonia, inflammation of the brain, and bacterial skin infections. The disease is usually more severe in adults than in children. Chickenpox is an airborne disease which spreads easily from one person to the next through the coughs and sneezes of an infected person. The incubation period is 10–21 days, after which the characteristic rash appears. It may be spread from one to two days before the rash appears until all lesions have crusted over. It may also spread through contact with the blisters. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 2001, Hewitt became, at the time, the youngest man to be singles world No. 1 in the ATP rankings, at the age of , though this record was surpassed in 2022 by Carlos Alcaraz, who ascended to the top at . He won 30 singles titles and 3 doubles titles, with highlights being the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon singles titles, the 2000 US Open men's doubles title, back-to-back Tour Finals titles in 2001 and 2002, and the Davis Cup with Australia in 1999 and 2003. Between 1997 and 2016, Hewitt contested twenty consecutive Australian Open men's singles tournaments, his best result being runner-up in 2005. He was also the runner-up at the 2004 US Open. Early life Hewitt was born in Adelaide, South Australia. His father, Glynn, is a former Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia At The Hopman Cup
Australia is a nation that has competed at each edition of the Hopman Cup tournament since the inaugural event in 1989. Australia won the title in 1999 and 2016, and finished as the runners up in 1989 and 2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des .... Players This is a list of players who have played for Australia in the Hopman Cup. 1 Baccanello replaced Mark Philippoussis in the 2005 tie against the USA after Philippoussis suffered two tears in an adductor muscle in his groin. 2 Bradtke competed under her maiden name, Provis, in the first two of her four appearances at the event. 3 Healy played Australia's final tie in 2007 against the USA after Mark Philippoussis injured his right knee during the tie against France. 4 Reid competed in 2006 after being brought in to repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwe At The Hopman Cup
Zimbabwe is a nation that has competed at two Hopman Cup tournaments and first competed in the 11th Hopman Cup in 1999. Both times Zimbabwe has competed, it has lost in the qualification play-offs. Players This is a list of players who have played for Zimbabwe in the Hopman Cup. Results 1 Despite losing in the qualification play-offs, Zimbabwe replaced the injured Spanish team for their final tie against South Africa. References {{National sports teams of Zimbabwe Hopman Cup teams Hopman Cup Hopman Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa At The Hopman Cup
South Africa is a nation that competed at four consecutive Hopman Cup tournaments and first competed in the 5th annual staging in 1993. They won the event in 2000 and were also the runners-up three years earlier in 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t .... Players This is a list of players who have played for South Africa in the Hopman Cup. Results 1 In the 1997 tie against Switzerland, South Africa's two points came as a result of the male Swiss competitor, Marc Rosset, withdrawing from his singles match and being unable to compete in the mixed doubles due to injury. 2 In the 1999 tie against Zimbabwe, the South African team conceded one point as a result of their choice not to compete in the mixed doubles. References {{National sports teams of South Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany At The Hopman Cup
Germany is a nation that has competed at fourteen Hopman Cup tournaments and first competed in the inaugural Hopman Cup in 1989 (competing in 1989 under the name West Germany). Germany reached the final for three consecutive years between 1993 and 1995, finishing as the runners-up in 1994 but winning the tournament on the other two occasions. Players This is a list of players who have played for Germany in the Hopman Cup. Results 1 In the last tie against Argentina, Tommy Haas strained his thigh muscle during the singles match and was both forced to retire from this match and forfeit the mixed doubles, thus defaulting both points. 2 Due to a back problem, Nikolas Kiefer was unable to play the final tie against the Netherlands therefore Germany had to forfeit two points. 3 Nikolas Kiefer tore two ligaments in his ankle during his singles match in the final tie against Slovakia. He was forced to retire from that match and was unable to participate in the mixed doubles, thus losing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth Arena
Perth Arena (known commercially as ) is an entertainment and sporting arena in the city centre of Perth, Western Australia, used mostly for basketball matches. It is located on Wellington Street near the site of the former Perth Entertainment Centre, and was officially opened on 10 November 2012. Perth Arena is the first stage of the Perth City Link, a major urban renewal and redevelopment project which involves the sinking of the Fremantle railway line to link the Perth central business district directly with Northbridge. About The arena was jointly designed by architectural firms Ashton Raggatt McDougall and Cameron Chisholm Nicol. With its design based on the Eternity puzzle, the venue holds up to 13,910 spectators for tennis events, 14,846 for basketball (the arena's capacity is capped at 13,000 for National Basketball League regular season games) and a maximum of 15,000 for music or rock concerts. The venue has a retractable roof, 36 luxury appointed corporate suites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Hopman Cup
The Hopman Cup XI (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was an Australian tennis tournament played at the Burswood Entertainment Complex located in Perth. Australia's Jelena Dokić and Mark Philippoussis of Australia won, defeating Sweden's Åsa Carlsson and Jonas Björkman in the final. Team participation * – Jelena Dokić and Mark Philippoussis * – Sandrine Testud and Guillaume Raoux * – Karina Habšudová and Karol Kučera * – Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira * – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Carlos Moyà * – Åsa Carlsson and Jonas Björkman * – Martina Hingis and Ivo Heuberger * – Lindsay Davenport and Jan-Michael Gambill *1 – Cara Black and Wayne Black 1Zimbabwe lost in qualifying to France, but then took the place of Spain in the South Africa-Spain series of matches. Play-off France vs. Zimbabwe Group A Teams and standings Australia vs. France Australia vs. South Africa Australia vs. Spain France vs. South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Hopman Cup
The 1992 Hopman Cup was the fourth edition to the Hopman Cup tennis event. Jakob Hlasek and Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere (who mostly, but not in this case, played for Bulgaria) of Switzerland beat Helena Suková and Karel Nováček of Czechoslovakia in the final at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia. The tournament took place between 27 December 1991 through 3 January 1992. Teams Seeds # – Steffi Graf and Boris Becker ''(semifinalists)'' # – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Emilio Sánchez ''(semifinalists)'' # – Amy Frazier and Derrick Rostagno ''(quarterfinalists)'' # – Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere and Jakob Hlasek ''(champions)'' # – Helena Suková and Karel Nováček ''(finalists)'' # – Natasha Zvereva and Andrei Cherkasov ''(quarterfinalists)'' # – Julie Halard and Henri Leconte ''(quarterfinalists)'' # – Brenda Schultz and Richard Krajicek ''(quarterfinalists)'' Unseeded * – Rachel McQuillan and Todd Woodbridge ''(fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Hopman Cup
The 1991 Hopman Cup was the third edition of the Hopman Cup, an international mixed teams tournament played at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia. The event was held from 27 December 1990 through 4 January 1991. Twelve teams competed in the tournament with the top four seeded teams (United States, Spain, Switzerland and the Soviet Union) each receiving a bye into the quarter-finals. The remaining eight teams played in the first round. In the final which was played on 4 January, Yugoslav pair, Goran Prpić and Monica Seles won both of their singles matches to defeat the American pair, Zina Garrison and David Wheaton without needing to go with the mixed doubles (which was also won by Yugoslavia). Teams Seeds # – Zina Garrison and David Wheaton ''(Finalists)'' # – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Emilio Sánchez ''(Quarterfinalists)'' # – Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere and Jakob Hlasek ''(Semifinalists)'' # – Natalia Zvereva and Andrei Chesnokov ''( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
