# 2013 Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup XXV (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 25th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 29 December 2012 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.
Czech Republic were the 2012 champions. In that tournament's final the Czech Republic team of Petra Kvitová and Tomáš Berdych defeated France's Marion Bartoli and Richard Gasquet 2–0. This was the Czech Republic's second Hopman Cup title. They decided not to defend their title; Berdych instead competed at the 2013 Aircel Chennai Open and Kvitová decided to participate at the 2013 Brisbane International.
The 2013 Hopman Cup was won by Spain – Spain's fourth title, defeating Serbia in the final 2–1. Serbia won the men's singles, followed by Spain's winning of the women's singles; then the deciding mixed doubles event was won by Spain in straight sets.

## Tournament

The 2013 Hyundai Hopman Cup is an invitational tennis tournament and is also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2013 cup has prize money of $1 million and will follow the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches qualify for the final. All matches are 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 are 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

## Entrants
### Seeds

The seeds for the 2013 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Steve Ayles, Paul Kilderry, Kim Hames and Terry Waldron.
| Seed | Team | Female player | Male player |
| 1 | Serbia | Ana Ivanovic | Novak Djokovic |
| 2 | United States | Venus Williams | John Isner |
| 3 | Italy | Francesca Schiavone | Andreas Seppi |
| 4 | Spain | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Fernando Verdasco |
| 5 | Germany | Andrea Petkovic Tatjana Malek | Tommy Haas |
| 6 | South Africa | Chanelle Scheepers | Kevin Anderson |
| 7 | France | Mathilde Johansson | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga |
| 8 | Australia | Ashleigh Barty | Bernard Tomic |

### Replacement players

pre-tournament
| Team | Replacement | Original player |
| Australia | Ashleigh Barty | Casey Dellacqua |
in-tournament temporary replacements
| Team | Replacement | Original player |
| Germany | Tatjana Malek | Andrea Petkovic |
| Germany | Thanasi Kokkinakis | Tommy Haas |
| United States | Thanasi Kokkinakis | John Isner |

## Group stage
### Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

#### Standings

| Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets | Games |
| 1 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 7–2 | 14–5 | 103–55 |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 6–3 | 14–8 | 104–64 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 4–5 | 8–12 | 84–104 |
| 4 | Germany | 0 | 3 | 1–8 | 5–16 | 49–117 |

#### Germany vs. Australia

| Germany 0 | Perth Arena, Perth 29 December 2012, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 29 December 2012, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | Australia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tommy Haas Bernard Tomic 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6 3 5 7   2 Andrea Petkovic Ashleigh Barty 6 4     retired  3 Andrea Petkovic / Tommy Haas Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic        w/o ||||
Scores stand as 6–0, 6–0 win for Barty and 6–0, 6–0 win for Barty/Tomic.

#### Serbia vs. Italy

| Serbia 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 31 December 2012, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 31 December 2012, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | Italy 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ana Ivanovic Francesca Schiavone 6 0 6 4     2 Novak Djokovic Andreas Seppi 6 3 6 4     3 Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovic Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 4 6 ||||

#### Italy vs. Germany

| Italy 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | Germany 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andreas Seppi Tommy Haas 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6$^7$ 7$^9$     2 Francesca Schiavone Tatjana Malek 3 6 6 3 6 3   3 Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi Tatjana Malek / Tommy Haas 6 4 7 5 ||||

#### Serbia vs. Australia

| Serbia 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 2 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | Australia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Novak Djokovic Bernard Tomic 4 6 4 6     2 Ana Ivanovic Ashleigh Barty 6 2 6 3     3 Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovic Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic 6 4 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$ [10] [6] ||||

#### Italy vs. Australia

| Italy 1 | Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | Australia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andreas Seppi Bernard Tomic 3 6 5 7     2 Francesca Schiavone Ashleigh Barty 0 6 3 6     3 Francesca Schiavone / Andreas Seppi Ashleigh Barty / Bernard Tomic 2 6 6 4 [10] [3] ||||

#### Serbia vs. Germany

| Serbia 3 | Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | Germany 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Novak Djokovic Tommy Haas 6 2 6 0     2 Ana Ivanovic Tatjana Malek 6 0 6 1     3 Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovic Tatjana Malek / Thanasi Kokkinakis 6 2 7 5 ||||
Score stands as 6–0, 6–0 win for Ivanovic/Djokovic due to Haas' withdrawal before the mixed match.

### Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

#### Standings

| Pos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets | Games |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 7–2 | 14–5 | 103–54 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 4–5 | 8–13 | 74–102 |
| 3 | South Africa | 1 | 2 | 4–5 | 10–11 | 100–103 |
| 4 | France | 0 | 3 | 3–6 | 9–12 | 88–106 |

#### Spain vs. South Africa

| Spain 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 29 December 2012, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 29 December 2012, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | South Africa 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Fernando Verdasco Kevin Anderson 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 4 6     2 Anabel Medina Garrigues Chanelle Scheepers 6 4 6 2     3 Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco Chanelle Scheepers / Kevin Anderson 6 4 6$^4$ 7$^7$ [10] [8] ||||

#### USA vs. South Africa

| United States 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 30 December 2012, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 30 December 2012, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | South Africa 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Venus Williams Chanelle Scheepers 4 6 6 2 6 3   2 John Isner Kevin Anderson 6$^0$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$     3 Venus Williams / John Isner Chanelle Scheepers / Kevin Anderson 6 3 6 2 ||||

#### Spain vs. France

| Spain 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 30 December 2012, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 30 December 2012, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | France 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Fernando Verdasco Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 5 7 3 6     2 Anabel Medina Garrigues Mathilde Johansson 6 3 6 2     3 Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 3 6 3 ||||

#### USA vs. France

| United States 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 1 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 1 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | France 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 John Isner Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3 6 2 6     2 Venus Williams Mathilde Johansson 3 6 7 5 6 4   3 Venus Williams / John Isner Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 2 [10] [8] ||||

#### USA vs. Spain

| United States 1 | Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 3 January 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | Spain 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Thanasi Kokkinakis Fernando Verdasco 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 3 6     2 Venus Williams Anabel Medina Garrigues 6 3 6 4     3 Venus Williams / Thanasi Kokkinakis Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco 1 6 3 6 ||||
Scores stand as 3–0 win for Spain; 6–0, 6–0 win for Verdasco; 6–0, 6–0 win for Medina Garrigues and 6–0, 6–0 win for Verdasco/Medina Garrigues due to John Isner withdrawal before start of USA vs. Spain match.

#### South Africa vs. France

| South Africa 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 4 January 2013, 10:00 Hard (indoors) | France 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Chanelle Scheepers Mathilde Johansson 4 6 6 4 6 4   2 Kevin Anderson Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 7$^7$     3 Chanelle Scheepers / Kevin Anderson Mathilde Johansson / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 3      retired ||||
Score stands as 6–0, 6–0 win for Scheepers/Anderson.

## Final
### Serbia vs. Spain

| Serbia 1 | Perth Arena, Perth 5 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | Perth Arena, Perth 5 January 2013, 17:45 Hard (indoors) | Spain 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Novak Djokovic Fernando Verdasco 6 3 7 5     2 Ana Ivanovic Anabel Medina Garrigues 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 2 6   3 Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovic Anabel Medina Garrigues / Fernando Verdasco 4 6 5 7 ||||
* 2013 Hopman Cup Champions
* Spain Fourth title