2011 Hopman Cup

April 2014 2011 Hopman Cup 1 January 2011http://hopmancup.com/About/About-The-Event About the 2011 Hopman Cup hopmancup.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110102044619/http://hopmancup.com/About/About-The-Event 2 January 2011  – 8 January 2011 XXIII Hard (indoor) Perth, Western Australia Burswood Entertainment Complex United Stateshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/9350831.stm US secure sixth Hopman Cup title 8 January 2011 BBC Sport 250px|thumb|right|John Isner was part of the winning USA team along with Bethanie Mattek-Sands The Hopman Cup XXIII (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons)http://hopmancup.com/About/Important-Dates History of the Hopman Cup hopmancup.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110102044629/http://hopmancup.com/About/Important-Dates 2 January 2011 corresponds to the 23rd edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 1 January 2011 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia.http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=2100000434 Hopman Cup 2011 overview itftennis.com The tournament was contested on hard courts. The tournament was attended by over seventy eight thousand people over the course of the week. This is the biggest attendance at the Hopman Cup where the tournament was held over eleven sessions. Up until the eighteenth edition there was a play-off giving twelve sessions of play.http://hopmancup.com/News/437 Crowds flock to Hyundai Hopman Cup XXIII 8 January 2011 hopmancup.com 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. Spain were the 2010 championshttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/09/2788816.htm?site=perth&source=rss https://web.archive.org/web/20121112055018/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/09/2788816.htm?site=perth&source=rss dead 12 November 2012 Spain clinches third Hopman Cup 9 January 2010 abc.net.au but were not invited to defend their title. In the 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. Tournament The 2011 Hyundai Hopman Cup is an invitational tennis tournament and is also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2011 cup has prize money of A$1 million and follows the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches will qualify for the final. All matches are the best of three sets with the exception of the doubles where a match tie break, first to ten points, will be played if the match is tied at one set all. All ties will be 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 Head-to-head performances Toss of a coinhttp://hopmancup.com/Media/Media-Guide 2011 Hopman Guide 11 January 2011 hopmancup.com PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110102045636/http://hopmancup.com/Media/Media-Guide 2 January 2011 Seeds The seeds for the 2011 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Paul McNamee, Rob Casey and Geoff Masters. – Ana Ivanovic / Novak Djokovichttp://hopmancup.com/?id=103&NewsId=357 2011 Hopman Cup seeds hopmancup.com 17 October 2010 (withdrew before final match) – Laura Robson / Andy Murray (round robin) Belgium – Justine Henin / Ruben Bemelmans (runners-up) Italy – Francesca Schiavone / Potito Starace (round robin) United States were originally seeded second. But when Serena Williams was replaced with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, the USA were demoted and not seeded with Italy now the number 4 seeds as Belgium and Great Britain move up a seed.http://hopmancup.com/?id=103&NewsId=360 Serena Unfit for Hopman, Great Britain Move to Number 2 Seeds and Italy Seeded Hopmancup.com 25 November 2010 Group A Teams and players Group A was headed by the number one seeds Serbia. Serbia was represented by Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic. Djokovic is currently ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals at number 3, and is the 2008 Australian Open champion. Djokovic comes into the tournament fresh from reaching his third grand slam final at the US Open and winning the Davis Cup as well as reaching a career high of world number two in 2010. Ivanovic is the 2008 French Open champion and former world number one as ranked by the Women's Tennis Association and 2008 Australian Open finalist. Ivanovic had a mixed 2010, she teamed up and then split with Heinz Günthardt before winning her first title in two years at Linz before picking up the Tournament of Champions in Bali she is currently the world number seventeen. The pair have played together in the Hopman Cup before in 2006, where they missed out on the final by losing two more sets when compared to America's record. Standings thumb|right|150px|Djokovic won all three of his singles rubbers to help Serbia finish top of Group A. Pos.CountryWLMatchesSets 12 1 7–2 15–6 2 Belgium2 1 6–3 13–8 3Australia2 1 5–4 10–9 40 3 0–9 2–17 http://hopmancup.com/?id=103&NewsId=359 2011 draw hopmancup.com 18 October 2010http://hopmancup.com/Results/Current-Results/Team-Placings 2011 Hopman Cup group standings hopmancup.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110102211228/http://hopmancup.com/Results/Current-Results/Team-Placings 2 January 2011 Note: Ruben Bemelmans replaces Steve Darcis after he tore a ligament in his ankle.http://hopmancup.com/?id=103&NewsId=361 Bemelmans Joins Justine Henin hopmancup.com 8 December 2010 Note: Sesil Karatantcheva replaces Yaroslava Shvedova after she injured her ankle following the tie between Kazakhstan and Serbia.http://hopmancup.com/News/387 Karatantcheva Steps in for Team Kazakhstan 3 January 2014 hopmancup.com 3 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111007171436/http://hopmancup.com/News/387 7 October 2011 dead dmy-all Australia vs. Belgium Australia Belgium Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 1 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=22146 Australia clinches Hopman Cup opener itftennis.com Simon Cambers 1 January 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110111164521/http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=22146 11 January 2011 2 1 Alicia Molik 4 4 Justine Henin 6 6 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session1.pdf Australia v Belgium results 1 January 2011 hopmancup.com PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110112014316/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session1.pdf 12 January 2011 Lleyton Hewitt 6 6 Ruben Bemelmans 4 3 Alicia Molik Lleyton Hewitt 1 6 10 Justine Henin Ruben Bemelmans 6 3 8 Serbia vs. Kazakhstan Serbia Kazakhstan Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=22148 Top seeds Serbia make impressive start itftennis.com Simon Cambers 2 January 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110111164526/http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=22148 11 January 2011 3 0 Ana Ivanovic 7 6 Yaroslava Shvedova 6.059 1 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session2.pdf Serbia v Kazakhstan results 2 January 2011 hopmancup.com PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110111165028/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session2.pdf 11 January 2011 Novak Djokovic 4 6 6 Andrey Golubev 6 3 1 Ana Ivanovic Novak Djokovic 7 6 Yaroslava Shvedova Andrey Golubev 6.019 4 Belgium vs. Kazakhstan Belgium Kazakhstan Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 4 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)http://hopmancup.com/News/399 Belgium beat Kazakhstan 3–0 4 January 2011 hopmancup.com PDF 3 0 Justine Henin 6 6 Sesil Karatantcheva 4 3 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session5.pdf Belgium v Kazakhstan results 4 January 2011 hopmancup.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110111165034/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session5.pdf 11 January 2011 Ruben Bemelmans 6 6 Andrey Golubev 4 4 Justine Henin Ruben Bemelmans 4 6 10 Sesil Karatantcheva Andrey Golubev 6 2 8 Serbia vs. Australia Serbia Australia Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 4 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)http://hopmancup.com/News/404 Cup favourites Serbia too good for Aussies Chris Pike 4 January 2011 hopmancup.com 3 0 Ana Ivanovic 6 6 Alicia Molik 4 0 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session6.pdf Serbia v Australia results 4 January 2011 PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110726155507/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session6.pdf 26 July 2011 Novak Djokovic 6 6 Lleyton Hewitt 2 4 Ana Ivanovic Novak Djokovic 6.049 7 10 Alicia Molik Lleyton Hewitt 7 5 6 Australia vs. Kazakhstan Australia Kazakhstan Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 6 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) 3 0 Lleyton Hewitt 6 6 Andrey Golubev 3 3 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session9a.pdf Australia vs Kazakhstan results 4 January 2011 PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110112014348/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session9a.pdf 12 January 2011 Alicia Molik 6 6 Sesil Karatantcheva 3 2 Alicia Molik Lleyton Hewitt 87 Sesil Karatantcheva Andrey Golubev 71 Serbia vs. Belgium Serbia Belgium Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 6 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)http://hopmancup.com/News/423 Serbia Books Spot in Hopman Cup Final Chris Pike 6 January 2011 hopmancup.com 1 2 Ana Ivanovic 4 3 Justine Henin 6 6 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session9b.pdf Serbia vs Belgium results 4 January 2011 PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120310044254/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session9b.pdf 10 March 2012 Novak Djokovic 6 6 Ruben Bemelmans 3 2 Ana Ivanovic Novak Djokovic 6 4 4 Justine Henin Ruben Bemelmans 3 6 10http://hopmancup.com/?id=201 2011 Schedule hopmancup.com 19 October 2010 Group B Standings Pos.CountryWLMatchesSets 1United States3 0 7–2 13–5 2France2 1 5–4 12–9 3Italy1 2 3–6 7–14 40 3 3–6 6–8 Note: Gaël Monfils was originally selected for France, but he pulled out with a knee injury. Nicolas Mahut replaces him, setting up for the first time a rematch of his Wimbledon clash with John Isner.http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/article950086.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20101218113729/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/article950086.ece dead 18 December 2010 Mahut, Isner to meet at Hopman Cup The Hindu 13 December 2010 Great Britain vs. Italy Great Britain Italy Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)http://hopmancup.com/News/388 Italy beat Great Britain 2–1 hopmancup.com Chris Pike 3 January 2011 1 2 Laura Robson 5 3 Francesca Schiavone 7 6 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session3.pdf Great Britain v Italy results 3 January 2011 hopmancup.com PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110105070915/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session3.pdf 5 January 2011 Andy Murray 7 6 Potito Starace 5 1 Laura Robson Andy Murray 7 6.059 2 Francesca Schiavone Potito Starace 6.009 7 10 USA vs. France United States of America France Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 3 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)http://hopmancup.com/News/393 USA too good for France at Cup hopmancup.com 3 January 2011 3 0 Bethanie Mattek-Sands 3 6 6 Kristina Mladenovic 6 3 1 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session4.pdf USA v France results 3 January 2011 hopmancup.com PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110105070923/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session4.pdf 5 January 2011 John Isner 6 7 Nicolas Mahut 3 6.049 Bethanie Mattek-Sands John Isner 2 6 10 Kristina Mladenovic Nicolas Mahut 6 3 8 USA vs. Italy United States of America Italy Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 5 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)http://hopmancup.com/News/410 USA Wins But Italy Stays Alive hopmancup.com Chris Pike 5 January 2011 2 1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 6 Francesca Schiavone 4 4 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session7.pdf Italy vs USA results 5 January 2011 hopmancup.com PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110726155558/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session7.pdf 26 July 2011 John Isner 7 4 6 Potito Starace 6.049 6 4 Bethanie Mattek-Sands John Isner 7 2 3 Francesca Schiavone Potito Starace 6.049 6 10 Great Britain vs. France Great Britain France Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 5 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)http://hopmancup.com/News/417 France Stay Alive by Beating Great Britain hopmancup.com Chris Pike 5 January 2011 1 2 Laura Robson 4 6 0 Kristina Mladenovic 6 3 6 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session8.pdf Great Britain vs France 5 January 2011 hopmancup.com PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110111165054/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session8.pdf 11 January 2011 Andy Murray 7 7 Nicolas Mahut 6.029 6.039 Laura Robson Andy Murray 4 2 Kristina Mladenovic Nicolas Mahut 6 6 Italy vs. France Italy France Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 7 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)http://hopmancup.com/News/425 Schiavone Injury Sees France's Hopes Rise hopmancup.com Chris Pike 7 January 2011http://hopmancup.com/News/428 Mahut's Win Still Keeps France Alive hopmancup.com Chris Pike 7 January 2011 0 3 Francesca Schiavone 4 Kristina Mladenovic 4 1 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session10b.pdf hopmancup.com 7 January 2011 Italy v France Results PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110112014325/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session10b.pdf 12 January 2011 Potito Starace 3 6.019 Nicolas Mahut 6 7 Francesca Schiavone Potito Starace 2 Kristina Mladenovic Nicolas Mahut USA vs. Great Britain United States of America Great Britain Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 7 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/9348376.stm BBC Sport 7 January 2011 Murray beats Isner at Hopman Cup 2 1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 6 Laura Robson 4 2 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session10a.pdf 7 January 2011 hopmancup.com USA v Great Britain results PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110828080734/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session10a.pdf 28 August 2011 John Isner 4 2 Andy Murray 6 6 Bethanie Mattek-Sands John Isner 1 Laura Robson Andy Murray Final 150px|thumb|right|Ivanovic was part of the Serbian team that reached the final, but then withdrew because of her injury. Serbia qualified for the final after winning their opening two matches, 3–0.http://hopmancup.com/News/414 Session 9 Preview – Group A Double-Header 5 January 2011 Chris Pike hopmancup.com They needed just one rubber against Belgium to qualify. After Henin beat Ana Ivanovic,http://hopmancup.com/News/421 Henin Beats Ivanovic to Keep Belgium Alive 6 January 2011 hopmancup.com Novak Djokovic booked Serbia's second trip to the Hopman Cup final defeating Bemelmans in straight sets.http://hopmancup.com/News/422 Djokovic win sees Serbia into the final 6 January 2011 However, due to Ivanovic having an abdominal strain injury, Belgium replaced Serbia in the final, sneaking in above Australia because of their 2–1 win in the last rubber of the group.http://www.cbssports.com/tennis/story/14518311/ivanovic-hurt-belgium-replaces-serbia-in-hopman-cup-final Ivanovic hurt, Belgium replaces Serbia in Hopman Cup final 7 January 2011 cbssports.com The United States of America qualified, after Bethanie Mattek-Sands won her singles match giving the USA the one rubber they needed to win the group;http://hopmancup.com/News/431 Mattek-Sands Sends USA into Final 7 January 2010 hopmancup.com coupled with Francesca Schiavone's retirement from the opening rubber of the other tie; which ended Italy's chances of qualifying for the final. This meant that the USA needed to win one rubber to eliminate France. Belgium vs USA Belgium United States of America Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 8 January 2011 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)http://hopmancup.com/News/438 USA Wins Sixth Hyundai Hopman Cup hopmancup.com Chris Pike 8 January 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110210155810/http://hopmancup.com/News/438 10 February 2011 dmy 1 2 Justine Henin 7 6 Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6.059 3 http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session11.pdf 8 January 2011 hopmancup.com Belgium vs USA results PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110112014330/http://hopmancup.com/upload/documents/results/stats/xxiii/Session11.pdf 12 January 2011 Ruben Bemelmans 3 4 John Isner 6 6 Justine Henin Ruben Bemelmans 1 3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands John Isner 6 6 2011 Hopman Cup Champions USA United States Sixth References 2 External links 2011-xxiii Hopman Cup Category:Hopman Cups by year Hopman Cup Hopman Cup