2014 Hopman Cup


The Hopman Cup XXVI corresponded to the 26th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 28 December 2013 at the Perth Arena 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 progress to the final.
Spain were the 2013 champions. In that tournament's final the Spain team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Fernando Verdasco defeated Serbia's Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic 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 Tommy Robredo--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 Marion Bartoli and former Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga; however, with Bartoli retiring in August, it was announced in October that Tsonga will instead pair with Alizé Cornet. 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;

Seeds

The seeds for the 2014 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Steve Ayles, Paul Kilderry, Kim Hames and Terry Waldron.
SeedTeamFemale playerMale player
1Agnieszka RadwańskaGrzegorz Panfil
2Sloane StephensJohn Isner
3Alizé CornetJo-Wilfried Tsonga
4Eugenie BouchardMilos Raonic
5Petra KvitováRadek Štěpánek
6Flavia PennettaAndreas Seppi
7Samantha StosurBernard Tomic
8Anabel Medina GarriguesDaniel Muñoz de la Nava

Replacement players

pre-tournament
TeamReplacementOriginal playerReason
Alizé CornetMarion BartoliRetirement from tennis
Grzegorz PanfilJerzy JanowiczMetatarsus injury
Daniel Muñoz de la NavaTommy RobredoRight arm injury

in-tournament temporary replacements
TeamReplacementOriginal playerReason
Oliver AndersonAndreas SeppiIllness
Bojana BobusicFlavia PennettaWrist injury
Milos RaonicJohn IsnerLeg injury
Bojana Bobusic
Oliver Anderson
Sloane Stephens
John Isner
Wrist injury
Leg injury

Group stage

Group A

All times are local.

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.

Final