2012 Hopman Cup
Tennis tournament
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The Hopman Cup XXIV (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1][2] corresponds to the 24th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 31 December 2011 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia.
| 2012 Hopman Cup | |
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| Date | 31 December 2011 – 7 January 2012[1] |
| Edition | XXIV |
| Surface | Hard (indoor) |
| Location | Perth, Western Australia |
| Venue | Crown Perth |
| Champions | |
 Czech Republic | |
Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group progressed to the final.
United States were the 2011 champions. In that tournament's final the United States of America team of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and John Isner defeated Belgium's Justine Henin and Ruben Bemelmans 2–1. This was the USA's sixth Hopman Cup title.
Czech Republic won their second title, defeating France in the final 2–0.[3]
Czech Republic
Tournament
The 2012 Hyundai Hopman Cup was an invitational tennis tournament and is also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2012 cup had prize money of $1 million and followed the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches qualified 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, was played if the match was 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 will be 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[4]
Entrants
Seeds
The seeds for the 2012 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Paul McNamee, Rob Casey and Geoff Masters.[4]
Czech Republic – Petra Kvitová / Tomáš Berdych (champions)[5]
France – Marion Bartoli / Richard Gasquet (finalists)[6][7]
Spain – Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco[7] (round robin)
United States – Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mardy Fish[8] (round robin)
Other entrants
Denmark – Caroline Wozniacki / Frederik Nielsen[7] (round robin)
Australia – Jarmila Gajdošová / Lleyton Hewitt[9] (round robin)
Bulgaria – Tsvetana Pironkova / Grigor Dimitrov[7] (round robin)
China – Li Na / Wu Di[9] (round robin)
Group stage
Group A
All times are local (UTC+8).
Standings
| Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets | Games |
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| 1 | Czech Republic |
3 | 0 | 7–1 | 15–4 | 104–66 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria |
2 | 1 | 5–4 | 11–10 | 93–92 |
| 3 |  Denmark |
1 | 2 | 3–5 | 9–11 | 97–97 |
| 4 |  United States |
0 | 3 | 2–7 | 4–14 | 70–107 |
Czech Republic vs. Bulgaria
 Czech Republic 2 |
Crown Perth, Perth 2 January 2012, 09:30 Hard (indoors) |
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USA vs. Denmark
 United States 1 |
Crown Perth, Perth 2 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) |
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Denmark vs. Bulgaria
Denmark 1 |
Crown Perth, Perth 4 January 2012, 09:30 Hard (indoors) |
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Czech Republic vs. USA
Czech Republic 3 |
Crown Perth, Perth 4 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) |
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Czech Republic vs. Denmark
Czech Republic 2 |
Crown Perth, Perth 6 January 2012, 13:00 Hard (indoors) |
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USA vs. Bulgaria
United States 1 |
Crown Perth, Perth 6 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) |
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Group B
All times are local (UTC+8).
Standings
France vs. China
 France 2 |
Crown Perth, Perth 31 December 2011, 09:30 Hard (indoors) |
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Australia vs. Spain
 Australia 1 |
Crown Perth, Perth 1 January 2012, 15:00 Hard (indoors) |
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Spain vs. China
Spain 2 |
Crown Perth, Perth 3 January 2012, 09:30 Hard (indoors) |
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Australia vs. France
Australia 0 |
Crown Perth, Perth 3 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) |
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France vs. Spain
France 2 |
Crown Perth, Perth 5 January 2012, 13:00 Hard (indoors) |
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Australia vs. China
Australia 2 |
Crown Perth, Perth 5 January 2012, 17:00 Hard (indoors) |
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Final
Czech Republic vs. France
Czech Republic 2 |
Crown Perth, Perth 7 January 2012, 15:00 AWST (UTC+8) Hard (indoors) |
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| 2012 Hopman Cup Champions |
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Czech Republic Second title |