The Hopman Cup XXIX (also known as the 2017 Mastercard Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th 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. It took place at the
Perth Arena in
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
, Western Australia.
The defending champions were
Australia.
Roger Federer
Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e ...
, 2001 champion, made his first appearance since
2002, alongside his partner
Belinda Bencic
Belinda Bencic ( sk, Belinda Benčičová, ; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won six singl ...
.
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.
In the final France defeated the US to win its second title.
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:
Replacement players
Group stage
Group A
All times are local (
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
).
Standings
France vs. Germany
Switzerland vs. Great Britain
France vs. Great Britain
Switzerland vs. Germany
Germany vs. Great Britain
Switzerland vs. France
Group B
All times are local (
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
).
Standings
Czech Republic vs. United States
Australia vs. Spain
United States vs. Spain
Australia vs. Czech Republic
Czech Republic vs. Spain
Australia vs. United States
Final
France vs. United States
See also
*
2017 Australian Open Series
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hopman Cup
2017 in tennis
2017
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2017 in Australian tennis
January 2017 sports events in Australia