The Hopman Cup XXVI (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponded to the 26th edition of the

Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup is an international tennis tournament that plays mixed teams (one male and one female) on a country-by-country basis. It was first held in Perth, Western Australia each year from 1989 to 2019, played on indoor hardcourt, before b ...

tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 28 December 2013 at the

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, Western Australia. Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin 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 Serbia's

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and

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2–1. This was Spain's fourth Hopman Cup title. They returned to defend their title, however, in 2014, Medina Garrigues was paired with Daniel Muñoz de la Nava—a replacement for the injured

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—and the nation failed to defend their title, finishing at the bottom of Group B. On 17 July, France were the first team to confirm their entry into this year's edition; and were to be originally represented by

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and former Australian Open finalist

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...

;Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli to play Hopman Cup , Tennis - News
, NDTVSports.com however, with Bartoli retiring in August, it was announced in October that Tsonga will instead pair with

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. After two previous runner-up showings, the nation won its first Hopman Cup title by defeating top seeds Poland in the final by two rubbers to one.

Tournament

The 2014 Hyundai Hopman Cup was an invitational tennis tournament and was also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2014 cup had prize money of $1 million and followed the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches qualify 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, is played if the match is 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 were 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 2014 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Steve Ayles, Paul Kilderry, Kim Hames and Terry Waldron.

Replacement players

pre-tournament in-tournament temporary replacements

Group stage

Group A

''All times are local (

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).''

Standings

Poland vs. Italy

The mixed doubles match was played with Australian junior Oliver Anderson playing for Seppi.

Canada vs. Australia

Poland vs. Canada

Italy vs. Australia

Italy vs. Canada

The mixed doubles match was played with Australian Bojana Bobusic playing for Flavia Pennetta.

Poland vs. Australia

Group B

''All times are local (

).''

Standings

Czech Republic vs. Spain

United States vs. Spain

France vs. Czech Republic

United States vs. France

France vs. Spain

Czech Republic vs. United States

The Men's Singles match was played with Canadian Milos Raonic playing for John Isner.
The Mixed Doubles match was played with Australian's Bobusic & Anderson playing for Stephens & Isner.

Tournament

Entrants

Seeds

Replacement players

Group stage

Group A

Standings

Poland vs. Italy

Canada vs. Australia

Poland vs. Canada

Italy vs. Australia

Italy vs. Canada

Poland vs. Australia

Group B

Standings

Czech Republic vs. Spain

United States vs. Spain

France vs. Czech Republic

United States vs. France

France vs. Spain

Czech Republic vs. United States

Final

References

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