# 2008 Hopman Cup

The 2008 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 20th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. Eight teams participated in the World Group with one qualifier from the Asian region, Chinese Taipei.
The first matches were held on 29 December 2007, and the final took place on 4 January 2008 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Western Australia.
For the first time in History, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic faced each other in a competitive event. Williams emerged victorious in the mixed doubles rubber alongside Mardy Fish.

## Teams and seedings

* United States – Serena Williams$^1$ (6) and Mardy Fish (39) (champions)
* Serbia – Jelena Janković (3) and Novak Djokovic (3) (finalists)
* Czech Republic – Lucie Šafářová (23) and Tomáš Berdych (14)
* France – Tatiana Golovin (13) and Arnaud Clément (54)
* Argentina – Gisela Dulko (37) and Juan Ignacio Chela (20)
* Australia – Alicia Molik (56) and Peter Luczak (79)
* India – Sania Mirza (31) and Rohan Bopanna (267)
* Chinese Taipei – Hsieh Su-wei (157) and Lu Yen-hsun (110)

## Group A
### Standings

| Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets |
| 1. | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 7 – 2 | 15 – 8 |
| 2. | France | 2 | 1 | 6 – 3 | 13 – 7 |
| 3. | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | 3 – 6 | 9 – 14 |
| 4. | Argentina | 0 | 3 | 2 – 7 | 7 – 15 |

### Serbia vs. Chinese Taipei

| Serbia 3 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 30 December 2007, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 30 December 2007, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Chinese Taipei 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jelena Janković Hsieh Su-wei 6 4 6 4     2 Novak Djokovic Lu Yen-hsun 7 5 2 6 6 3   3 Jelena Janković / Novak Djokovic Hsieh Su-wei / Lu Yen-hsun 3 6 6 2 [10] [8] ||||

### France vs. Argentina

| France 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 30 December 2007, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 30 December 2007, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Argentina 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tatiana Golovin Gisela Dulko 6 4 6 3     2 Arnaud Clément Juan Ignacio Chela 3 6 1 6     3 Tatiana Golovin / Arnaud Clément Gisela Dulko / Juan Ignacio Chela 6 3 6 2 ||||

### Serbia vs. France

| Serbia 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2008, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2008, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | France 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jelena Janković Tatiana Golovin 1 0     retired  2 Novak Djokovic Arnaud Clément 6 3 6 3     3 Jelena Janković / Novak Djokovic Tatiana Golovin / Arnaud Clément 5 7 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^5$ ||||

### Argentina vs. Chinese Taipei

| Argentina 0 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Chinese Taipei 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gisela Dulko Hsieh Su-wei 6 3 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 5 7   2 Juan Ignacio Chela Lu Yen-hsun 3 6 4 6     3 Gisela Dulko / Juan Ignacio Chela Hsieh Su-wei / Lu Yen-hsun 6 3 4 6 6$^4$ 7$^{10}$ ||||

### Serbia vs. Argentina

| Serbia 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Argentina 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jelena Janković Gisela Dulko 7$^{12}$ 6$^{10}$     retired  2 Novak Djokovic Juan Ignacio Chela 6 2 6 3     3 Jelena Janković / Novak Djokovic Gisela Dulko / Juan Ignacio Chela 6 1 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ ||||

### France vs. Chinese Taipei

| France 3 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Chinese Taipei 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tatiana Golovin Hsieh Su-wei 6 1 6 1     2 Arnaud Clément Lu Yen-hsun 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 4     3 Tatiana Golovin / Arnaud Clément Hsieh Su-wei / Lu Yen-hsun 6 4 4 6 7$^8$ 6$^6$ ||||

## Group B
### Standings

| Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets |
| 1. | United States | 3 | 0 | 8 – 1 | 16 – 4 |
| 2. | India | 1 | 2 | 4 – 5 | 10 – 12 |
| 3. | Australia | 1 | 2 | 3 – 6 | 8 – 12 |
| 4. | Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 3 – 6 | 7 – 13 |

### United States vs. India

| United States 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 29 December 2007, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 29 December 2007, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | India 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Meghann Shaughnessy Sania Mirza 6 3 4 6 6 3   2 Mardy Fish Rohan Bopanna 6 2 6 4     3 Meghann Shaughnessy / Mardy Fish Sania Mirza / Rohan Bopanna 4 6 4 6 ||||

### Czech Republic vs. Australia

| Czech Republic 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 29 December 2007, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 29 December 2007, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Australia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lucie Šafářová Alicia Molik 5 7 2 6     2 Tomáš Berdych Peter Luczak 7$^{10}$ 6$^8$ 6 4     3 Lucie Šafářová / Tomáš Berdych Alicia Molik / Peter Luczak 5 7 3 6 ||||

### United States vs. Czech Republic

| United States 3 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 31 December 2007, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 31 December 2007, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Czech Republic 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Serena Williams Lucie Šafářová 6 0 2 6 7 5   2 Serena Williams / Mardy Fish Lucie Šafářová / Tomáš Berdych 6 0      retired 3 Mardy Fish Tomáš Berdych       w/o ||||

### Australia vs. India

| Australia 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 1 January 2008, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 1 January 2008, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | India 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Alicia Molik Sania Mirza 2 6 6 2 4 6   2 Peter Luczak Rohan Bopanna 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 3     3 Alicia Molik / Peter Luczak Sania Mirza / Rohan Bopanna 2 6 6 4 6$^{12}$ 7$^{14}$ ||||

### United States vs. Australia

| United States 3 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2008, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2008, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Australia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Serena Williams Alicia Molik 6 2 7$^{10}$ 6$^8$     2 Mardy Fish Peter Luczak 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7$^{12}$ 6$^{10}$     3 Serena Williams / Mardy Fish Alicia Molik / Peter Luczak 6 2 6 3 ||||

### Czech Republic vs. India

| Czech Republic 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2008, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2008, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | India 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lucie Šafářová Sania Mirza 6 2 4 6 6 3   2 Tomáš Berdych Rohan Bopanna 6 4 6 0     3 Lucie Šafářová / Tomáš Berdych Sania Mirza / Rohan Bopanna 3 6 2 6 ||||

## Final
### Serbia vs. United States

| Serbia 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 4 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 4 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9) hard (indoors) | United States 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jelena Janković Serena Williams        w/o 2 Novak Djokovic Mardy Fish 6 2 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$   3 Jelena Janković / Novak Djokovic Serena Williams / Mardy Fish 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 2 6 ||||
* 2008 Hopman Cup Champions
* United States Fifth title