The Hopman Cup XXV (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 25th edition of the

Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup is an international eight-team indoor hardcourt tennis tournament that played mixed-gender teams on a country-by-country basis.It was held in Perth, Western Australia each year from 1989 to 2019, before being replaced on the calen ...

tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 29 December 2012 at the

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, Western Australia. Eight teams competed for the title, with two

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groups of four, from which the top team of each group progress to the final.

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were the

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champions. In that tournament's final the

team of

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and

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defeated France's

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and

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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

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. The 2013 Hopman Cup was won by

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– Spain's fourth title, defeating

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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; * The highest total of matches won * Best percentage of sets won and lost * Best percentage of games won and lost * Head-to-head performances * Toss of a coin

Entrants

Seeds

The seeds for the 2013 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Steve Ayles, Paul Kilderry,

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and

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Replacement players

pre-tournament in-tournament temporary replacements

Group stage

Group A

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).''

Standings

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

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.

Tournament

Entrants

Seeds

Replacement players

Group stage

Group A

Standings

Germany vs. Australia

Serbia vs. Italy

Italy vs. Germany

Serbia vs. Australia

Italy vs. Australia

Serbia vs. Germany

Group B

Standings

Spain vs. South Africa

USA vs. South Africa

Spain vs. France

USA vs. France

USA vs. Spain

South Africa vs. France

Final

Serbia vs. Spain

References

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