2019 Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup XXXI was the 31st edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis and the final edition that took place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.

On 26 June 2018, the defending Swiss team of Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic and 2018 finalist German team of Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber were announced as the first teams for the 2019 tournament. On 15 August 2018, the teams of Greece and Spain were announced.

For the first time in history, Roger Federer and Serena Williams faced each other in a competitive event. Federer came out victorious alongside Bencic in the mixed doubles rubber. This match also attracted a Perth Arena record tennis crowd of 14,064, which was the highest attendance for a tennis match in Western Australian history.

Switzerland successfully defended their title, beating Germany in a repeat of the previous year's final. This was Federer's 3rd Hopman Cup title, the most by any player, male or female.

The draw took place on 3 October 2018 and it placed the 8 teams into two groups, according to the following ranking-based seedings:

All times are local (UTC+8).

Australia 2	Perth Arena, Perth 29 December 2018, 17:30 Hard (i)		France 1
1 2 3 1 Ashleigh Barty Alizé Cornet 7 5 6 3     2 Matthew Ebden Lucas Pouille 3 6 77 65 6 2   3 Ashleigh Barty / Matthew Ebden Alizé Cornet / Lucas Pouille 34 45 2 4

Germany 3	Perth Arena, Perth 30 December 2018, 10:00 Hard (i)		Spain 0
1 2 3 1 Angelique Kerber Garbiñe Muguruza 6 2 3 6 6 3   2 Alexander Zverev David Ferrer 6 4 4 6 77 60   3 Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev Garbiñe Muguruza / David Ferrer 4 2 45 33

France 1	Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2019, 10:00 Hard (i)		Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Alizé Cornet Angelique Kerber 7 5 2 6 4 6   2 Lucas Pouille Alexander Zverev 3 6 710 68 2 6   3 Alizé Cornet / Lucas Pouille Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev 45 34 45 33

Australia 2	Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2019, 17:30 Hard (i)		Spain 1
1 2 3 1 Ashleigh Barty Garbiñe Muguruza 6 3 6 4     2 Matthew Ebden David Ferrer 61 77 5 7     3 Ashleigh Barty / Matthew Ebden Garbiñe Muguruza / David Ferrer 33 45 45 30 45 33

Spain 2	Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2019, 10:00 Hard (i)		France 1
1 2 3 1 Garbiñe Muguruza Alizé Cornet 6 1 6 3     2 David Ferrer Lucas Pouille 6 4 65 77 77 62   3 Whitney Osuigwe / David Ferrer Alizé Cornet / Lucas Pouille 2 4 2 4

American Whitney Osuigwe played instead of Garbiñe Muguruza due to her withdrawal due to injury. Scores counted as a 4–0, 4–0 win for the French mixed pair.

Australia 1	Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2019, 17:30 Hard (i)		Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Ashleigh Barty Angelique Kerber 4 6 4 6     2 Matthew Ebden Alexander Zverev 4 6 3 6     3 Ashleigh Barty / Matthew Ebden Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev 4 0 45 31

All times are local (UTC+8).

Great Britain 2	Perth Arena, Perth 29 December 2018, 10:00 Hard (i)		Greece 1
1 2 3 1 Cameron Norrie Stefanos Tsitsipas 710 68 6 4     2 Katie Boulter Maria Sakkari 0 6 6 4 2 6   3 Katie Boulter / Cameron Norrie Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas 45 30 32 45 45 34

Great Britain 0	Perth Arena, Perth 30 December 2018, 17:30 Hard (i)		Switzerland 3
1 2 3 1 Cameron Norrie Roger Federer 1 6 1 6     2 Katie Boulter Belinda Bencic 2 6 60 77     3 Katie Boulter / Cameron Norrie Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer 34 45 1 4

United States 1	Perth Arena, Perth 31 December 2018, 10:00 Hard (i)		Greece 2
1 2 3 1 Frances Tiafoe Stefanos Tsitsipas 3 6 77 63 3 6   2 Serena Williams Maria Sakkari 77 63 6 2     3 Serena Williams / Frances Tiafoe Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas 1 4 4 1 2 4

United States 1	Perth Arena, Perth 1 January 2019, 17:30 Hard (i)		Switzerland 2
1 2 3 1 Frances Tiafoe Roger Federer 4 6 1 6     2 Serena Williams Belinda Bencic 4 6 6 4 6 3   3 Serena Williams / Frances Tiafoe Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer 2 4 33 45

Great Britain 2	Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2019, 10:00 Hard (i)		United States 1
1 2 3 1 Cameron Norrie Frances Tiafoe 77 64 6 0     2 Katie Boulter Serena Williams 1 6 62 77     3 Katie Boulter / Cameron Norrie Serena Williams / Frances Tiafoe 32 45 45 34 4 1

Greece 2	Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2019, 17:30 Hard (i)		Switzerland 1
1 2 3 1 Stefanos Tsitsipas Roger Federer 65 77 64 77     2 Maria Sakkari Belinda Bencic 6 3 6 4     3 Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer 45 34 2 4 45 33

Germany 1	Perth Arena, Perth 5 January 2019, 16:00 Hard (i)		Switzerland 2
1 2 3 1 Alexander Zverev Roger Federer 4 6 2 6     2 Angelique Kerber Belinda Bencic 6 4 78 66     3 Angelique Kerber / Alexander Zverev Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer 0 4 4 1 34 45

Note: the championship was defined in a decisive point.

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