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 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. It took place at the
Perth Arena
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in
Perth
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, Western Australia.
The defending champions were
Australia
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.
Roger Federer
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, 2001 champion, made his first appearance since
2002
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, alongside his partner
Belinda Bencic
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.
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
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).
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.
It is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time, mainly due to China's large population, with an estimated population ...
).
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
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2017 in tennis
2017
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Events January
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2017 in Australian tennis
January 2017 sports events in Australia