2009 Hopman Cup
# 2009 Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup XXI (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 21st edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament was held from 3 January through 9 January 2009 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia.

Eight nations competed. They were formed of one man and one woman from the same nation. The nations were split into two pools of four in a round robin format, with the group winners contesting the final.

The United States were the defending champions and they were invited to compete again. Chinese Taipei qualified for the event by winning the Asian Hopman Cup.

Slovakia won their third title, defeating Russia in the final 2–0.

## Teams and seeding

* USA – Meghann Shaughnessy and James Blake
* RUS – Dinara Safina and Marat Safin (finalists)
* FRA – Alizé Cornet and Gilles Simon
* AUS – Casey Dellacqua and Lleyton Hewitt
* ITA – Flavia Pennetta and Simone Bolelli
* GER – Sabine Lisicki and Nicolas Kiefer
* SVK – Dominika Cibulková and Dominik Hrbatý (champions)
* TPE – Hsieh Su-wei and Lu Yen-hsun

## Group A

### Standings

| Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 8 – 1 | 13 – 4 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 4 – 5 | 10 – 10 |
| 3 | United States | 1 | 2 | 3 – 6 | 9 – 14 |
| 4 | Australia | 0 | 3 | 3 – 6 | 10 – 14 |

### Australia vs. Germany

| Australia 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 5 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 5 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Germany 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Casey Dellacqua Sabine Lisicki 6 4 2 6 5 7 2 Lleyton Hewitt Nicolas Kiefer $6^6$ $7^8$ 6 3 6 2 3 Casey Dellacqua / Lleyton Hewitt Sabine Lisicki / Nicolas Kiefer $7^7$ $6^2$ 3 6 [10] ||||

### USA vs. Slovakia

| United States 0 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 5 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 5 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Slovakia 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Meghann Shaughnessy Dominika Cibulková 2 6 2 6   2 James Blake Dominik Hrbatý 3 6 6 4 $6^1$ $7^7$ 3 Meghann Shaughnessy / James Blake Dominika Cibulková / Dominik Hrbatý 4 6 $6^5$ $7^7$ ||||

### Australia vs. Slovakia

| Australia 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 6 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 6 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Slovakia 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Casey Dellacqua Dominika Cibulková 5 7 2 6   2 Lleyton Hewitt Dominik Hrbatý $7^7$ $6^4$ $6^1$ $7^7$ 6 4 3 Casey Dellacqua / Lleyton Hewitt Dominika Cibulková / Dominik Hrbatý $7^7$ $6^5$ 3 6 [4] ||||

### USA vs. Germany

| United States 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 7 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 7 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Germany 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Meghann Shaughnessy Sabine Lisicki 6 4 0 6 4 6 2 James Blake Nicolas Kiefer $7^7$ $6^3$ $6^7$ $7^9$ 6 4 3 Meghann Shaughnessy / James Blake Sabine Lisicki / Nicolas Kiefer 3 6 6 3 [7] [10] ||||

### USA vs. Australia

| United States 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 8 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 8 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Australia 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Meghann Shaughnessy Casey Dellacqua 3 6 4 6   2 James Blake Lleyton Hewitt 6 2 6 2   3 Meghann Shaughnessy / James Blake Casey Dellacqua / Lleyton Hewitt 6 3 5 7 [10] [6] ||||

### Germany vs. Slovakia

| Germany 0 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 8 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 8 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Slovakia 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Sabine Lisicki Dominika Cibulková $6^3$ $7^7$ 4 6   2 Nicolas Kiefer Dominik Hrbatý 3 1     retired 3 Sabine Lisicki / Nicolas Kiefer Dominika Cibulková / Dominik Hrbatý        w/o ||||

## Group B

### Standings

| Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 6 – 3 | 14 – 7 |
| 2 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 6 – 3 | 8 – 7 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 2 | 5 – 4 | 10 – 8 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 3 | 1 – 8 | 3 – 13 |

### France vs. Chinese Taipei

| France 3 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Chinese Taipei 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Alizé Cornet Hsieh Su-wei 6 4 6 4   2 Gilles Simon Lu Yen-Hsun 6 3 $7^8$ $6^6$   3 Alizé Cornet / Gilles Simon Hsieh Su-wei / Lu Yen-Hsun 6 4 $7^{11}$ $6^9$ ||||

### Russia vs. Italy

| Russia 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 4 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 4 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Italy 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Dinara Safina Flavia Pennetta 7 5 6 3   2 Marat Safin Simone Bolelli $7^7$ $6^5$ 6 4   3 Dinara Safina / Marat Safin Flavia Pennetta / Simone Bolelli 7 5 4 6 [2] [10] ||||

### France vs. Italy

| France 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 6 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 6 January 2009, 10:30 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Italy 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Alizé Cornet Flavia Pennetta 7 5 6 2   2 Gilles Simon Simone Bolelli 3 6 3 6   3 Alizé Cornet / Gilles Simon Flavia Pennetta / Simone Bolelli 4 6 $6^2$ $7^7$ ||||

### Russia vs. Chinese Taipei

| Russia 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 7 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 7 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Chinese Taipei 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Dinara Safina Hsieh Su-wei 4 6 6 2 7 5 2 Marat Safin Lu Yen-Hsun $7^8$ $6^6$ 7 5   3 Dinara Safina / Marat Safin Hsieh Su-wei / Lu Yen-Hsun 6 4 3 6 [8] [10] ||||

### Russia vs. France

| Russia 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 8 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 8 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | France 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Dinara Safina Alizé Cornet 6 3 6 2   2 Marat Safin Gilles Simon $6^5$ $7^7$ 3 6   3 Dinara Safina / Marat Safin Alizé Cornet / Gilles Simon 6 4 6 3 ||||

### Italy vs. Chinese Taipei

| Italy 3 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 8 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 8 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Chinese Taipei 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Flavia Pennetta Hsieh Su-wei 7 5 6 3   2 Simone Bolelli Lu Yen-Hsun       w/o 3 Flavia Pennetta / Simone Bolelli Hsieh Su-wei / Lu Yen-Hsun       w/o ||||

## Final

### Slovakia vs. Russia

| Slovakia 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 9 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 9 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Russia 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Dominika Cibulková Dinara Safina $6^3$ $7^7$ 6 1 6 4 2 Dominik Hrbatý Marat Safin $6^5$ $7^7$ 7 5 $7^7$ $6^3$ 3 Dominika Cibulková / Dominik Hrbatý Dinara Safina / Marat Safin       not played ||||

* 2009 Hopman Cup Champions
* Slovakia Third title
