2012 Hopman Cup
# 2012 Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup XXIV (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 24th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 31 December 2011 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia.

Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group progressed to the final.

United States were the 2011 champions. In that tournament's final the United States of America team of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and John Isner defeated Belgium's Justine Henin and Ruben Bemelmans 2–1. This was the USA's sixth Hopman Cup title.

Czech Republic won their second title, defeating France in the final 2–0.

## Tournament

The 2012 Hyundai Hopman Cup was an invitational tennis tournament and is also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2012 cup had prize money of $1 million and followed the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches qualified for the final. All matches were best of three sets with the exception of the doubles match where a match tie break, first to ten points, was played if the match was tied at one set all. All ties were 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 2012 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Paul McNamee, Rob Casey and Geoff Masters.

* Czech Republic – Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych (champions)
* France – Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet (finalists)
* Spain – Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco (round robin)
* United States – Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish (round robin)

### Other entrants

* Denmark – Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen (round robin)
* Australia – Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt (round robin)
* Bulgaria – Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov (round robin)
* China – Li Na / Wu Di (round robin)

## Group stage

### Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

**Standings**

| Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets | Games |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 7–1 | 15–4 | 104–66 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 5–4 | 11–10 | 93–92 |
| 3 | Denmark | 1 | 2 | 3–5 | 9–11 | 97–97 |
| 4 | United States | 0 | 3 | 2–7 | 4–14 | 70–107 |

**Czech Republic vs. Bulgaria**

| Czech Republic 2 | Crown Perth, Perth 2 January 2012, 09:30 Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 2 January 2012, 09:30 Hard (indoors) | Bulgaria 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Tsvetana Pironkova 6 4 6 2   2 Tomáš Berdych Grigor Dimitrov 6 4 $6^9$ $7^{11}$ 6 3 3 Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov 6 2 3 6 [9] [11] ||||

**USA vs. Denmark**

| United States 1 | Crown Perth, Perth 2 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 2 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) | Denmark 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Mardy Fish Frederik Nielsen 4 6 $7^7$ $6^5$ 6 4 2 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Caroline Wozniacki $6^4$ $7^7$ 2 6   3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen 5 7 3 6 ||||

**Denmark vs. Bulgaria**

| Denmark 1 | Crown Perth, Perth 4 January 2012, 09:30 Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 4 January 2012, 09:30 Hard (indoors) | Bulgaria 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Caroline Wozniacki Tsvetana Pironkova 7 5 4 6 6 2 2 Frederik Nielsen Grigor Dimitrov $6^5$ $7^7$ 2 6   3 Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov 6 3 4 6 [1] ||||

**Czech Republic vs. USA**

| Czech Republic 3 | Crown Perth, Perth 4 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 4 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) | United States 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 2 6 1   2 Tomáš Berdych Mardy Fish 6 3 6 3   3 Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish 6 3 7 5 ||||

**Czech Republic vs. Denmark**

| Czech Republic 2 | Crown Perth, Perth 6 January 2012, 13:00 Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 6 January 2012, 13:00 Hard (indoors) | Denmark 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Caroline Wozniacki $7^7$ $6^4$ 3 6 6 4 2 Tomáš Berdych Frederik Nielsen 6 1 6 3   3 Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen       not played ||||

**USA vs. Bulgaria**

| United States 1 | Crown Perth, Perth 6 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 6 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) | Bulgaria 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Tsvetana Pironkova 6 4 6 4   2 Mardy Fish Grigor Dimitrov 2 6 1 6   3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov 5 8 ||||

### Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

**Standings**

| Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets | Games |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 3 | 0 | 7–1 | 15–3 | 101–49 |
| 2 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 4–4 | 9–10 | 78–83 |
| 3 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 3–6 | 8–13 | 81–105 |
| 4 | China | 0 | 3 | 3–6 | 6–12 | 67–90 |

**France vs. China**

| France 2 | Crown Perth, Perth 31 December 2011, 09:30 Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 31 December 2011, 09:30 Hard (indoors) | China 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Marion Bartoli Li Na 6 2 2 6 4 6 2 Richard Gasquet Wu Di 6 1 6 3   3 Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet Li Na / Wu Di 6 1 6 1 ||||

**Australia vs. Spain**

| Australia 1 | Crown Perth, Perth 1 January 2012, 15:00 Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 1 January 2012, 15:00 Hard (indoors) | Spain 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Jarmila Gajdošová Anabel Medina Garrigues 6 3 3 6 6 3 2 Lleyton Hewitt Fernando Verdasco 3 6 6 3 5 7 3 Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco 6 3 3 6 [9] [11] ||||

**Spain vs. China**

| Spain 2 | Crown Perth, Perth 3 January 2012, 09:30 Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 3 January 2012, 09:30 Hard (indoors) | China 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Anabel Medina Garrigues Li Na 3 6 1 6   2 Fernando Verdasco Wu Di 6 3 6 4   3 Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco Li Na / Wu Di 6 0 6 2 ||||

**Australia vs. France**

| Australia 0 | Crown Perth, Perth 3 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 3 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) | France 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Jarmila Gajdošová Marion Bartoli 0 6 0 6   2 Lleyton Hewitt Richard Gasquet 2 6 7 5 1 6 3 Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet 3 6 4 6 ||||

**France vs. Spain**

| France 2 | Crown Perth, Perth 5 January 2012, 13:00 Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 5 January 2012, 13:00 Hard (indoors) | Spain 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Marion Bartoli Anabel Medina Garrigues 6 2 6 4   2 Richard Gasquet Fernando Verdasco 6 2 6 4   3 Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco       not played ||||

**Australia vs. China**

| Australia 2 | Crown Perth, Perth 5 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 5 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) | China 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Jarmila Gajdošová Li Na 3 6 2 6   2 Lleyton Hewitt Wu Di 6 4 7 5   3 Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt Li Na / Wu Di 8 5 ||||

## Final

### Czech Republic vs. France

| Czech Republic 2 | Crown Perth, Perth 7 January 2012, 15:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard (indoors) | Crown Perth, Perth 7 January 2012, 15:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard (indoors) | France 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Marion Bartoli 7 5 6 1   2 Tomáš Berdych Richard Gasquet $7^7$ $6^0$ 6 4   3 Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet       not played ||||

* 2012 Hopman Cup Champions
* Czech Republic Second title
