# 1997 Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup IX corresponds to the ninth edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament was played between 29 December 1996 and 4 January 1997 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia.
Eight teams competed for the title. Croatia were the 1996 champions but they lost in the group stage. The United States took the title after beating South Africa in the final. This was the first year that the tournament was sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation.

## Seedings

* Croatia – Goran Ivanišević / Iva Majoli
* Switzerland – Marc Rosset / Martina Hingis
* South Africa – Wayne Ferreira / Amanda Coetzer
* France – Guy Forget / Mary Pierce

## Group A
### Standings

| Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 0 | 6-3 | 13-10 |
| 2 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 6-3 | 6-7 |
| 3 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 4-5 | 9-11 |
| 4 | France | 0 | 3 | 2-7 | 5-11 |

### Australia vs. Croatia

| Australia 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | Croatia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Nicole Bradtke Iva Majoli 4 6 3 6     2 Mark Philippoussis Goran Ivanišević 6 2 6 3     3 Nicole Bradtke / Mark Philippoussis Iva Majoli / Goran Ivanišević 5 7 5 7 ||||

### France vs. United States

| France 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | United States 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mary Pierce Chanda Rubin 4 6 1 6     2 Guy Forget Justin Gimelstob 2 6 6 3 6 3   3 Mary Pierce / Guy Forget Chanda Rubin / Justin Gimelstob 6 3 3 6 2 6 ||||

### Australia vs. France

| Australia 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | France 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Nicole Bradtke Mary Pierce 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 1 6     2 Mark Philippoussis Guy Forget 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 6 2     3 Nicole Bradtke / Mark Philippoussis Mary Pierce / Guy Forget 7$^{10}$ 6$^8$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ ||||

### Croatia vs. United States

| Croatia 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | United States 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Iva Majoli Chanda Rubin 3 6 6 3 6$^4$ 7$^7$   2 Goran Ivanišević Justin Gimelstob 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 4 6 7 5   3 Iva Majoli / Goran Ivanišević Chanda Rubin / Justin Gimelstob 6 3 3 6 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$ ||||

### Australia vs. United States

| Australia 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | United States 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Nicole Bradtke Chanda Rubin 5 7 0 6     2 Mark Philippoussis Justin Gimelstob 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 4 6$^5$ 7$^7$   3 Nicole Bradtke / Mark Philippoussis Chanda Rubin / Justin Gimelstob 6 3 7 5 ||||

### Croatia vs. France

| Croatia 3 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | France 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Iva Majoli Mary Pierce 6 3 6 4     2 Goran Ivanišević Guy Forget       w/o  3 Iva Majoli / Goran Ivanišević Mary Pierce / Guy Forget       w/o ||||

## Group B
### Standings

| Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets |
| 1 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 7-2 | 13-10 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 6-3 | 6-7 |
| 3 | Romania | 1 | 2 | 5-4 | 9-9 |
| 4 | Germany | 0 | 3 | 0-9 | 1-18 |

### Romania vs. Switzerland

| Romania 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | Switzerland 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Irina Spîrlea Martina Hingis 5 7 2 6     2 Adrian Voinea Marc Rosset       w/o  3 Irina Spîrlea / Adrian Voinea Martina Hingis / Marc Rosset 6 3 5 7 3 6 ||||

### Germany vs. South Africa

| Germany 0 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | South Africa 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Petra Begerow Amanda Coetzer 0 6 5 7     2 Bernd Karbacher Wayne Ferreira 4 6 4 6     3 Petra Begerow / Bernd Karbacher Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira 3 6 4 6 ||||

### South Africa vs. Switzerland

| South Africa 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | Switzerland 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Amanda Coetzer Martina Hingis 1 6 2 6     2 Wayne Ferreira Marc Rosset 6 0 2 0    retired 3 Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira Martina Hingis / Marc Rosset       w/o ||||

### Germany vs. Romania

| Germany 0 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) | Romania 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Petra Begerow Irina Spîrlea 1 6 3 6     2 Bernd Karbacher Adrian Voinea 6 2 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 2 6   3 Petra Begerow / Bernd Karbacher Irina Spîrlea / Adrian Voinea 1 6 1 6 ||||

### Romania vs. South Africa

| Romania 1 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | South Africa 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Irina Spîrlea Amanda Coetzer 5 7 6 4 6 1   2 Adrian Voinea Wayne Ferreira 6$^9$ 7$^{11}$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$     3 Irina Spîrlea / Adrian Voinea Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira 6 4 1 6 4 6 ||||

### Germany vs. Switzerland

| Germany 0 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) | Switzerland 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Petra Begerow Martina Hingis 1 6 1 6     2 Bernd Karbacher Marc Rosset 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$     3 Petra Begerow / Bernd Karbacher Martina Hingis / Marc Rosset 5 7 1 6 ||||

## Final

| United States 2 | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Western Australia 4 January 1997 Indoor Hard | Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Western Australia 4 January 1997 Indoor Hard | South Africa 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Chanda Rubin Amanda Coetzer 7 5 6 2     2 Justin Gimelstob Wayne Ferreira 4 6 6 7     3 Justin Gimelstob / Chanda Rubin Wayne Ferreira / Amanda Coetzer 3 6 6 2 7 5 ||||
* 1997 Hopman Cup Champions
* United States First title