2015 Hopman Cup

2015 Hopman Cup
Date	4 January - 10 January
Edition	XXVII
Surface	Hard indoor
Location	Perth, Australia
Venue	Perth Arena
Champions
Poland

The Hopman Cup XXVII was the 27th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on the 4th of January 2015 at the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia.^[1]

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

France were the 2014 champions. In that tournament's final the French team of Alizé Cornet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Poland 2–1, but they failed to defend their title. Agnieszka Radwańska recorded an impressive win over Serena Williams in the final, ultimately carrying the Polish team to their first Hopman Cup title with a 2–1 victory over the United States.^[2][3]

Entrants

Seeds

On 1 October, the full line-up for the event was announced.^[4]

Team	Female Player	WTA1	Male Player	ATP1	Elimination
Australia	Casey Dellacqua	29	Marinko Matosevic	77	Round-robin
Canada	Eugenie Bouchard	6	Vasek Pospisil	56	Round-robin
Czech Republic	Lucie Šafářová	15	Adam Pavlásek	239	Round-robin
France	Alizé Cornet	18	Benoît Paire	126	Round-robin
Great Britain	Heather Watson	50	Andy Murray	6	Round-robin
Italy	Flavia Pennetta	12	Fabio Fognini	19	Round-robin
Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	5	Jerzy Janowicz	43	Winner
United States	Serena Williams	1	John Isner	18	Runner-up
1 – ATP and WTA Rankings as of January 5, 2015

Replacement players

Pre-tournament replacement
Team	Replacement	Original Player	Reason
France	Benoît Paire	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Arm injury[5]
United States	John Isner	Jack Sock	Hip surgery[6]
Czech Republic	Adam Pavlásek	Radek Štěpánek	Foot injury[7]
Australia	Matthew Ebden	Nick Kyrgios	Back injury[8]
In-tournament temporary replacement
Australia	Benjamin Mitchell	Matthew Ebden	Calf injury
Italy	Benjamin Mitchell	Fabio Fognini
In-tournament permanent replacement
Australia	Marinko Matosevic	Matthew Ebden	Calf injury[9]

Group stage

Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

	Canada	Czech Republic	Italy	United States	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Canada		1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	5–4	11–8	97–84	2
Czech Republic	2–1		3–0	0–3	2–1	5–4	11–9	104–87	3
Italy	1–2	0–3		0–3	0–3	1–8	6–17	88–126	4
United States	1–2	3–0	3–0		2–1	7–2	14–8	115–106	1

Canada vs. Czech Republic

Canada 1	Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2015, 10:00 Hard (indoors)		Czech Republic 2
1 2 3 1 Eugenie Bouchard Lucie Šafářová 0 6 4 6     2 Vasek Pospisil Adam Pavlásek 77 65 6 2     3 Eugenie Bouchard / Vasek Pospisil Lucie Šafářová / Adam Pavlásek 4 6 2 6

Italy vs. United States

Italy 0	Perth Arena, Perth 5 January 2015, 10:00 Hard (indoors)		United States 3
1 2 3 1 Flavia Pennetta Serena Williams 6 0 3 6 0 6   2 Fabio Fognini John Isner 5 7 7 5 64 77   3 Flavia Pennetta / Fabio Fognini Serena Williams / John Isner 2 6 6 2 [9] [11]

Czech Republic vs. Italy

Czech Republic 3	Perth Arena, Perth 6 January 2015, 10:00 Hard (indoors)		Italy 0
1 2 3 1 Lucie Šafářová Flavia Pennetta 7 5 6 3     2 Adam Pavlásek Fabio Fognini 3 6 7 5 6 1   3 Lucie Šafářová / Adam Pavlásek Flavia Pennetta / Benjamin Mitchell 8 6

Fabio Fognini was unable to participate in the mixed doubles rubber, Czech was awarded a 6–0, 6–0 win. However, a match was still played in which the score was 8-6 to Czech republic (see above).

Canada vs. USA

Canada 2	Perth Arena, Perth 6 January 2015, 17:30 Hard (indoors)		United States 1
1 2 3 1 Eugenie Bouchard Serena Williams 6 2 6 1     2 Vasek Pospisil John Isner 6 3 77 64     3 Eugenie Bouchard / Vasek Pospisil Serena Williams / John Isner 3 6 5 7

Canada vs. Italy

Canada 2	Perth Arena, Perth 8 January 2015, 10:00 Hard (indoors)		Italy 1
1 2 3 1 Eugenie Bouchard Flavia Pennetta 6 3 6 4     2 Vasek Pospisil Fabio Fognini 6 0 6 3     3 Eugenie Bouchard / Vasek Pospisil Flavia Pennetta / Fabio Fognini 3 6 6 4 [7] [10]

Czech Republic vs. USA

Czech Republic 0	Perth Arena, Perth 8 January 2015, 17:30 Hard (indoors)		United States 3
1 2 3 1 Lucie Šafářová Serena Williams 3 6 77 61 66 78   2 Adam Pavlásek John Isner 64 77 4 6     3 Lucie Šafářová / Adam Pavlásek Serena Williams / John Isner 3 6 3 6

Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

	Australia	France	Great Britain	Poland	RR	Matches	Sets	Games	Standings
Australia		1–2	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–8	4–17	71–120	4
France	2–1		1–2	2–1	2–1	5–4	12–11	120–109	3
Great Britain	3–0	2–1		1–2	2–1	6–3	12–7	93-83	2
Poland	3–0	1-2	2–1		2–1	6–3	14–7	110–82	1

Australia vs. Poland

Australia 0	Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2015, 17:30 Hard (indoors)		Poland 3
1 2 3 1 Casey Dellacqua Agnieszka Radwańska 2 6 3 6     2 Matthew Ebden Jerzy Janowicz 6 3 5 7 0 6   3 Casey Dellacqua / Benjamin Mitchell Agnieszka Radwańska / Jerzy Janowicz 6 8

Matthew Ebden was unable to participate in the mixed doubles rubber, Poland was awarded a 6–0, 6–0 win. However a match was still played in which the score was 8-6 to Poland (see above).

Great Britain vs. France

Great Britain 2	Perth Arena, Perth 5 January 2015, 17:30 Hard (indoors)		France 1
1 2 3 1 Heather Watson Alizé Cornet 2 6 2 6     2 Andy Murray Benoît Paire 6 2 7 5     3 Heather Watson / Andy Murray Alizé Cornet / Benoît Paire 6 4 2 6 10 8

Great Britain vs. Poland

Great Britain 1	Perth Arena, Perth 7 January 2015, 10:00 Hard (indoors)		Poland 2
1 2 3 1 Heather Watson Agnieszka Radwańska 3 6 1 6     2 Andy Murray Jerzy Janowicz 6 2 6 4     3 Heather Watson / Andy Murray Agnieszka Radwańska / Jerzy Janowicz 4 6 4 6

Australia vs. France

Australia 1	Perth Arena, Perth 7 January 2015, 17:30 Hard (indoors)		France 2
1 2 3 1 Casey Dellacqua Alizé Cornet 6 4 5 7 1 6   2 Marinko Matosevic Benoît Paire 2 6 6 4 6 2   3 Casey Dellacqua / Marinko Matosevic Alizé Cornet / Benoît Paire 63 77 5 7

France vs. Poland

France 2	Perth Arena, Perth 9 January 2015, 10:00 Hard (indoors)		Poland 1
1 2 3 1 Alizé Cornet Agnieszka Radwańska 6 4 2 6 7 5   2 Benoît Paire Jerzy Janowicz 4 6 66 78     3 Alizé Cornet / Benoît Paire Agnieszka Radwańska / Jerzy Janowicz 4 6 0 0     retired

Since Poland had already won the group and clinched a berth in the Final with their win in the men's singles match, the mixed doubles rubber comprised just a single tiebreak set by agreement between the teams (see above). Poland retired after first set.

Australia vs. Great Britain

Australia 0	Perth Arena, Perth 9 January 2015, 17:30 Hard (indoors)		Great Britain 3
1 2 3 1 Casey Dellacqua Heather Watson 3 6 4 6     2 Marinko Matosevic Andy Murray 3 6 2 6     3 Casey Dellacqua / Marinko Matosevic Heather Watson / Andy Murray 5 7 1 6

Final

United States vs. Poland

United States 1	Perth Arena, Perth 10 January 2015, 15:30 Hard (indoors)		Poland 2
1 2 3 1 Serena Williams Agnieszka Radwańska 4 6 77 63 1 6   2 John Isner Jerzy Janowicz 712 610 6 4     3 Serena Williams / John Isner Agnieszka Radwańska / Jerzy Janowicz 5 7 3 6

2015 Hopman Cup Champions
Poland First title

References

1. ↑ "Hopman Cup honour lures WA's Dellacqua". The West Australian. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014. 
2. ↑ "Poland beat USA in Perth final". BBC Sport. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015. 
3. ↑ "Poland wins Hopman Cup as Agnieszka Radwanska and Jerzy Janowicz combine to beat Serena Williams and John Isner in Perth". ABC.net. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015. 
4. ↑ http://www.itftennis.com/news/187700.aspx
5. ↑ http://hopmancup.com/news/2014/12/18/isner-paire-step-in-for-sock-and-tsonga-at-hopman-cup
6. ↑ http://www.livetennis.com/category/livetennis-news/defending-champion-jo-wilfried-tsonga-and-jack-sock-pull-out-of-the-hopman-cup-20141218-0002/
7. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=908038299208594&set=vb.709182412427518&type=2&theater/
8. ↑ https://twitter.com/hopmancup/status/550264049641193472
9. ↑ http://hopmancup.com/news/2015/01/06/matosevic-in-for-ebden

External links

• Official Site